Morning Report

Gisborne iwi Rongowhakaata is welcoming the opportunity to have their say on the instalment of two new replicas of Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour in the city.

The district council came under fire last week for voting 11 to 3 in favour of installing the replicas without any public consultation, and have since decided to revoke their decision.

A spokesperson for Rongowhakaata, Amohaere Houkamau, says the Mayor has met with local iwi to apologise.

She told RNZ reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui she was shocked when she found out iwi initially were not going to be consulted, but is pleased the council has had a change of heart.

The introduction of cameras on commercial fishing boats has been delayed for 15 months, with no explanation.

In 2017 the then National Government introduced legislation requiring cameras, but it has since been repeatedly delayed by the Labour-led coalition government.

Cameras were supposed to be on board the boats from July the first, but this week a regulation was quietly introduced to parliament, pushing the date back to October, 2021.

National Party spokesperson for Fisheries Ian McKelvie speaks to Kim Hill.

A brief update of movements in the financial sector.

The last New Zealand-made lawnmower has rolled off the production line at the Steelfort factory in Palmerston North.

John McOviney's father started the business 74 years ago, and he has spent his life developing it, but says he had no choice but to move manufacturing to Beijing.

He speaks to Kim Hill.

Rod Duke, managing director of the Briscoes Group which owns Rebel Sport, Living and Giving, and Briscoes says trading is pretty good right now.

Banks are reporting that retail spending has rebounded surprisingly vigorously after the lockdown was lifted.

But Duke is not sure how long the boost will last.

He speaks to Corin Dann.

Small businesses are expected to face another dip in revenue when the second round of wage subsidies runs out.

Year-on-year their revenue was down 10 percent in March and 34 percent in April.

The data was collected by the accountancy software firm Xero.

But some economists are saying the shock from Covid-19 is not quite as bad as expected.

Craig Hudson is managing director of Xero.

The memorial service for George Floyd in Minneapolis has now been going for more than an hour and a half.

Noted civil rights leader, Reverend Al Sharpton gave the eulogy.

He told the crowd that Mr Floyd's death was just one example of police brutality and the racism occuring everyday all across America.

In the last few minutes, a judge has set bail at $1 million each for three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the murder of George Floyd.

Bail for the three defendants, who made their first court appearance today, would be lowered to three quarters of a million dollars each if they agreed to certain conditions, including forfeiting any personal firearms

Gardeners in Christchurch are up in arms about the prospect of having to pay for water.

The Christchurch City Council says 20 percent of households use more than than half of the city's water and introducing a water charge could both conserve the resource and raise $2 million a year.

Conan Young reports.

The public will get to have its say on proposed changes to the lawyers' code of conduct that aims to tackle bullying and sexual harassment in the legal community.

The Law Society has launched a public consultation on a plan to clearly define discrimination and harassment, prevent victimisation, and ensure lawyers facing a formal complaint can't slip out the back door.

But one lawyer says the move was appallingly slow to happen and should have been done years ago.

Under the proposed rules, law firms would have to report each year on how they are dealing with complaints.

Rachel Thomas reports.

A former Australian Prime Minister is warning the world is sliding towards anarchy as the United States abandons its global leadership position in the Covid-19 crisis.

Kevin Rudd made the comments in an episode of the RNZ podcast After the Virus, looking at the politics of the pandemic and shifts in global power.

He appeared alongside CNN international anchor Christianne Amanpour who singled out New Zealand as having a world leading response to the virus.

The podcast is hosted by RNZ's Guyon Espiner, who filed this report.