Morning Report

A slight bounce in the economy is brightening the outlook as the country heads into the winter months and alert level one.

Retail spending is up and New Zealand shares rose for a third day yesterday.

Key indicators have led some economists to point to a faster recovery than expected.

Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens and Kiwibank senior economist Jeremy Couchman speak to Corin Dann.

As the country turns its eyes to life under level one, confusion remains over the rules around contact tracing.

Hospitality businesses say the government needs to be more clear about what it expects of them, and if it is going to enforce the use of its QR code app.

Katie Todd reports.

A blueprint for a trans-Tasman travel bubble is now on the desks of both the New Zealand and Australian prime ministers.

The safe border group, made up of business and government representatives from both sides of the Tasman, has provided a number of recommendations for a safe air corridor.

The group of 40 experts has recommended multiple layers of protection to ensure passengers do not bring Covid-19 with them when flights reopen.

Adrian Littlewood is part of the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum - he's also the chief executive of Auckland Airport.

Police on Armed Response Teams failed to record their call outs properly on almost every occasion during the trial's first two months.

The six month experiment , which equipped officers with guns on their hips at all times, ended in April.

Officers were expected to record each cal lout but after the first two months, data from five out of every six call outs was missing.

Police did not provide RNZ with the rate of responses for the rest of the trial.

Jordan Bond reports.

A memorial service for George Floyd is underway in Minneapolis.

It is takings place as three more officers have been charged over his death, and the charge against the officer directly responsible for Mr Floyd's death, Derek Chauvin, has been upgraded to murder with intent.

Washington correspondent Simon Marks speaks to Corin Dann.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

The introduction of cameras on commercial fishing boats has been delayed for 15 months, with no explanation. National introduced legislation requiring cameras that was finally passed a year and a half ago.

This has been repeatedly delayed by the Labour led coalition government, much to the consternation of environmentalists who say they represent the best chance of stopping rare seabirds and dolphins getting caught in fishing lines and nets.

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

Fisheries reporter Conan Young spoke to Greenpeace's Jessica Desmond.

In response to RNZ, a spokesperson for Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash released a statement saying the July 1 date and the new October 2021 date were just "holding dates" and that no change will be possible until the proposal is consulted on.

It says it will be a minimum of 15 months before the one thousand vessels targetted by this change are in a position to have cameras installed.

Seafood New Zealand, representing the fishing industry, has been approached for comment.

In a first for New Zealand, a regional council is proposing to transfer functions such as monitoring of beach water quality to an iwi authority. Under the Waikato Regional Council plan, the Tuwharetoa Maori Trust Board would monitor beaches, regional rivers, rainfall and groundwater quality within the Lake Taupo catchment. Shane Heremaia, the trust board's chief executive, speaks to Corin Dann.

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 not everyone is hopeful.

A former lawyer Olivia Wensley, who left the profession because of harrassment, describes the move as a token gesture.

She spoke to RNZ reporter Rachel Thomas.

The lack of reporting by police on its own Armed Response Teams has been blamed for undermining any permanent roll-out.

Police documents show the teams reported on just 17 percent of the events they went to in the trial's first two months.

Professor of Biostatistics at Auckland University, Thomas Lumley , told RNZ reporter Jordan Bond if officers were able to pick and choose which events to record, that poses a serious problem to the integrity of the data.