Morning Report for Tuesday 9 November 2021

8:51 AM.A new international carbon market has been on the table since the Paris Agreement in 2015 but it has never been signed off.

Now, Negotiators at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow are working… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Around 70,000 New Zealanders have dementia - but that number is expected to balloon to about 170,000 within 30 years.

Health experts are warning that will put an unsustainable amount of pressure on… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A protest has caused traffic delays on Auckland's northern border at Te Hana.

Police say protesters have gathered at the northern side of the border and as a result State Highway 1 was blocked for a… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Protesters against the development of Shelly Bay in Wellington say letters asking them to vacate the site make no difference to them.

Developers and iwi leaders handed the letters to the occupiers on… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.We hear a lot of doom and gloom about how hard it is for buyers to get a foot on the property ladder, but first-home buyers share of the property market has reached a record high.

A new report from… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.So how are Aucklanders feeling about the latest government move?

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson, the National Party's Tamaki MP Simon O'Connor and Māori Party spokesperson John Tamihere spoke… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.An Australian epidemiologist says the best time to move Auckland out of lockdown could be right now - based on how New South Wales and Victoria have negotiated the lifting of restrictions.

The… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Riders are giddying up and strapping themselves to see who will have the winning horse for Cup Day at the Addington Raceway.

There's one noticeable omission this year - there won't be any public… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.It's crunch time for the COP26 climate conference, as nations hammer out final negotiations this week.

So far there have been some breakthroughs, but some experts are concerned they won't even get… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.The pandemic has stretched our nursing workforce - whether it be to the MIQ front line, to mass testing or vaccinating.

Now they have to devote resources to the thorny task of "remote support" for… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Officials are pulling back from bold new standards to make houses warmer, because of the stresses on the supply chain.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment will announce new insulation… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.A small King Country school expects all of its staff will be banned from the classrooms when the government's vaccine mandate takes effect next week.

Matiere School is one of several warning they… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Commercial Bay in downtown Auckland, is the sort of place where alert level announcements can be a matter of economic life or death for the tenants.

Precinct Properties is the developer of the… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Summer travellers will need to be fully vaccinated or receive a negative Covid-19 test to fly domestically with Air New Zealand from mid-December.

The change will apply to passengers 12 years or… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Health Minister Andrew Little admits some people are slipping through the cracks, but says he hasn't had any indication public health officials are falling behind with cases isolating at home with… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Aucklanders can expect to move out of lockdown into the Covid-19 traffic light system in just three weeks, after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern all but promised the move.

She says there is a "strong… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A young Auckland man with Covid-19 spent six days sleeping in his car, because he couldn't safely isolate at home.

Teams working to support people isolating in their own houses say it's an example of… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Iwi leaders in Northland say the gates into the region should stay shut until its population is at least 95 percent vaccinated.

The northern part of Te Tai Tokerau will move back down to Alert Level… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Aucklanders can expect to move out of lockdown into the traffic light system in just three weeks - but one Covid-19 modeller warns that's risky.

The Prime Minister said on Monday there is a "strong… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.A young man spent six days living in his car with Covid-19 as health groups tried to find him and help him.

Health workers on the frontline say it is another sign of the public health system under… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Europe is being hit by what's being called a "fourth wave" of the pandemic - despite a successful rollout of vaccines.

Germany recorded last week record-high numbers of infections, close to 40,000… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Waikato District's mayor is frustrated the region wasn't considered for a shift down in Covid-19 alert levels.

The region is currently at Alert Level 3, step 2 with restrictions to be reviewed next… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.After nearly three months in lockdown, Auckland business owners are breathing a sigh of relief, sort of.

From 11.59 on Tuesday, Auckland will move to Alert Level 3, step 2 - allowing retail to reopen… Read more Audio