Morning Report

The police are still on the scene where they shot a man dead yesterday, north of New Plymouth near Waitara.

Initial reports say the man was shot after first pointing his gun towards officers.

The police have declined to speak to Morning Report.

RNZ reporter Robin Martin speaks to Susie Ferguson from the scene.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

National screening for one of the country's biggest cancer killers won't start again until the end of June.

New home screening kits for the National Bowel Screening Programme have not been sent out since lockdown hit.

People who already had the kits can now send samples in for testing but it will be another month until new ones are sent out. The Cancer Control Agency says health services have a balancing act as they catch up after the lockdown.

Because colonoscopies could not be performed, they have to make sure people who developed symptoms or need follow ups now are seen as soon as possible.

Bowel Cancer New Zealand's Mary Bradley says the system should be better in the first place.

A National MP says the passenger arrival card used at airports to screen for Covid-19 is flawed and must be redone.

The cards in use since 20 March list symptoms of fever, cough and difficulty breathing - but not a sore throat which almost half of infected people have.

The Health Ministry in a statement has not revealed why a sore throat was left off, but says it will review the symptoms listed when the cards are next reprinted.

National MP Dr Shane Reti says border control is too important to get it wrong like this.

In a statement to RNZ the Health Ministry says in the face to face assessment now in place for returned travellers they are asked if they have a 'cough, sore throat, shortness of breath, any cold or flu type symptom, or loss of sense of smell'.

The largest survey of crime in New Zealand shows 94 percent of sexual assaults aren't reported to the police, while almost a quarter of people experience one or more sexual assaults in their lifetime.

Victims advocates say the survey, which was commissioned by the Ministry of Justice, will help lead to radical change in the justice sector.

Maggy Tai Rakena is the manager of sexual assault support agency START,

She told RNZ police reporter Ben Strang that the sector has known of these problems for a long time.

News from the rural and farming sector.

A brief update of movements in the financial sector.

People looking to buy or sell a house are starting to dip their toes back into the market under the lighter restrictions.

More house listings are being advertised under Level 2 and over the weekend prospective buyers lined up to view open homes for the first time in nearly two months.

The chief executive of the Real Estate Institute Bindi Norwell told RNZ housing reporter Eva Corlett activity is picking up but it is still too early to predict how the next few months will play out.

The Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters is keeping tight lipped on who leaked his pension details, instead waiting until the matter goes to court.

Peters is appealing the High Court decision, after his claim failed because the Judge could not establish that any of the defendants were responsible for the leak.

The New Zealand First leader is now claiming he knows who the leaker is.

He spoke to political reporter Jo Moir about why the appeal matters.

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