Morning Report for Monday 10 January 2022

8:56 AM.Drinking beer once involved a pint of bitter or larger, or perhaps a flagon of the favourite from the bottle store.

But the industry is now big business and constantly changing to keep up with… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.Tauranga's water supply has hit a record low, which could see further water restrictions introduced.

Residents are already forbidden from washing cars, houses or boats with a hose and with water… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.More than half a million doses of the children's Pfizer vaccine have arrived in the country, ahead of the rollout next week. From next Monday, those aged from 5 to 11 can receive their first… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.It's been a troublesome start to the year for the Green Party, with former party figures lashing out at the leadership.

Former MPs and delegates have accused the Greens of sidelining their core… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Fiji has braced itself for a tropical cyclone overnight, and severe flooding already affecting some areas.

Members of the public were warned to stay put - between 2017 and 2021, a total of 17 people… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.A large scrub fire near Wanaka had residents on high alert overnight.

The blaze ripped through around 200 hectares of regenerating bush at Emerald Bay yesterday afternoon, closing Mount Aspiring… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.New court documents filed in the United States say the cruise passengers hurt and killed in the Whakaari eruption weren't fully warned about the dangers.

Twenty-two people were killed when the… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Today, a Melbourne court will hear arguments on whether the unvaccinated tennis star, Novak Djokovic, should be allowed into the country to play in next week's Australian Open, or whether he should be… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.In Australia, more than 90, 000 Covid cases were recorded across the country on Sunday, as Omicron rips through the community - with Victoria and New South Wales the worst hit states.

One of the new… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The highly transmissible Omicron variant has spread rapidly around the globe, but so far in New Zealand it's been contained at the border.

Microbiologist and Associate Professor at the University of… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Covid-19 experts are nervously eyeing the ever increasing number of infected cases stacking up at the border, as the threat of an Omicron outbreak looms.

The highly transmissible variant has rapidly… Read more Audio