Morning Report

A woman applying for an urgent protection order during lockdown was told a police report she asked for was being treated as an Official Information Act request.

The woman - who RNZ is calling Trish - went to the Wellington police station twice to find out why it was taking so long to get a family harm report.

It turns out her urgent request had been lodged as an OIA that can take 20 days or longer to process - a mistake the police have now apologised for.

Anneke Smith has the full report.

Just a note - we've disguised Trish's voice at her request.

The bungees were bouncing, the bars and restaurants were buzzing and the No Vacancy signs were alight as New Zealanders flocked to tourist hot spots this Queens Birthday weekend.

But some business owners are crying out for a shift to Alert Level 1, after having to turn away much needed customers for social distancing requirements.

RNZ's Katie Todd reports.

The weekend's rain has had a patchy impact for farmers battling drought conditions - a good amount for some, and barely a change for others.

In the east of Northland, for example, MetService says there was up 120mm of rain compared with the west which had about 10-20mm.

Meanwhile, in Hawkes Bay a solid rain of around 45mm fell.

Corin Dann speaks to John Blackwell, beef and sheep farmer near Dargaville, in Northland, and Bridge Pa sheep and beef farmer Jim Galloway from Hawkes Bay.

The cleanup is continuing on the Coromandel Peninsula today after bad weather lashed the region.

State Highway 25 between the Tairua River and Hikuai was closed yesterday due to flooding and only reopened around 11:30pm.

Rain and wind lashed the north of the North Island over the weekend, with the Coromandel copping the worst of it.

Garry Towler is Civil Defence controller in the Coromandel-Thames district.

Wet and wild weather for the first holiday weekend out of lockdown flooded roads and caused slips in the Coromandel.

It meant some took hours-long detours and others stayed on for a night or two extra rather than brave the weather.

Five hundred millimetres of rain fell in the Pinnacles over 48 hours, and 230 mils in Coromandel towns.

RNZ reporter Jordan Bond reports.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Government will look at moving to Alert Level 1 next week.

Ardern says they will bring forward Cabinet's discussion of moving levels to next Monday.

It was due to be considered later in the month, but the Prime Minister says New Zealand's results have been better than expected.

An intensifying chaos has gripped America's largest cities as demonstrators and police clash over the death of George Floyd.

Dozens of American cities have introduced curfews as violence and looting saw the deployment of the National Guard to 26 states and the District of Columbia.

In Minneapolis, where Floyd died, Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said all four officers involved in the death of Floyd were "complicit," including the three who haven't been arrested.

US President Donald Trump was relocated to an underground bunker beneath the White House on Friday night when protesters surrounded the executive mansion.

The president limited his communications with the public so far to posts on Twitter.

Washington corespondent Simon Marks speaks to Susie Ferguson.

Thousands of New Zealanders took to the streets yesterday across the country to protest the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

RNZ's Mackenzie Smith reports.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

New Zealand has had no new cases of Covid-19 for 10 days in a row and there's hope today will be the eleventh.

One case remains active and no one is currently receiving hospital treatment.

But an University of Otago epidemiologist is warning that complacency the virus has gone away would be a terrible mistake.

Professor Michael Baker from the University of Otago speaks to Corin Dann.