Morning Report

Apprenticeships across all industries are to be fully subsidised in a bid to bolster employment prospects.

The Targeted Training and Apprenticeships Fund will pay the tuition costs of people of any age who sign up for vocational training.

In some cases apprentices and trainees could save as much as $6500 for each year of learning.

President Donald Trump's threat of military force against the protesters on the streets of American cities is an unprecedented one.

It follows warnings from the President that governors who don't crack down on demonstrators risk being perceived as "weak". 

So how will this all play for Mr. Trump at the election?

Republican commentator Lenny McAllister speaks to Susie Ferguson.

Global guidelines for air travel have been released by the International Civil Aviation Organisation, aimed at restarting international travel safely.

The UN agency recommends the wearing of masks by passengers and crew, physical distancing, temperature checks and rapid testing - once it is available.

Air Line Pilots' Association president Captain Andrew Ridling speaks to Corin Dann.

An international medical group is calling for greater efforts to be made to ensure that any future Covid-19 vaccines are sold at cost and made accessible to all.

It argues any government that funds vaccine research should attach strings to that funding about access and affordability.

Kate Elder is the senior vaccines policy advisor for Médecins Sans Frontières' Access Campaign.

She speaks to Susie Ferguson.

More than half of a $30 million emergency welfare fund has been spent in just over a month, and many of those in need are foreigners and migrant workers who can't get home.

With the borders still closed and unemployment skyrocketing, the government is now looking at more support - and at the rate the money is already being soaked up the extra help will be needed in just a matter of weeks.

RNZ political reporter Jo Moir has this story.

Yesterday we brought you a story about the asking prices for houses holding up.

That was according to the online property website, realestate.co.nz.

Today a new report from Quotable Value suggests house prices are showing the first signs of fragility.

It says the housing market is teetering on a cliff's edge - and asks how far will the market fall?

QV General Manager David Nagel speaks to Corin Dann.

The National Party says mixed messages from the government on Covid 19 alert levels are causing the public to get complacent about social distancing as evidenced in the Black Lives Matter rallies held around the country on Monday.

In a media release issued after midnight last night BLM Solidarity Auckland Spokesperson Shalane Williams said they "worked with Auckland Police to reinforce the social distancing message every 5-10 minutes. and quote " We handed out masks, had hand sanitiser available and followed contact tracing protocol" .

We asked BLM Solidarity to speak to us this morning, they declined our invitation.

National Party leader Todd Muller speaks to Susie Ferguson.

A retired Los Angeles police sergeant says police departments across America are inherently racist. Cheryl Dorsey has seen many protests and riots in her time but told Susie Ferguson the violence and scale was different to anything she's seen before.

There has been continued outrage in Washington DC over yesterday's decision to forcibly remove peaceful protesters from a park in Washington DC so that the President could stage a photo-opp at a historic church near the White House.

Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington D.C., said she was outraged by the way the visit played out.

Former Vice President, and Democratic presidential hopeful, Joe Biden's accused Trump of fanning "flames of hate" overnight.

Washington DC correspondent Simon Marks speaks to Corin Dann.

New York has seen more looting in the wake of the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd, despite a curfew designed to maintain order in the city.

It comes after Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military against protesters.

Looting took place in the wealthy area of Manhattan.

The city's curfew has since been moved to 8pm in an attempt to quell the unrest.

New York correspondent William Denselow speaks to Susie Ferguson.