Morning Report

Tokyo Olympic organisers say the postponed games will be "scrapped" if they cannot take place next year.

Tokyo 2020 is now scheduled to run from 23 July to 8 August next year after being delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Health experts have cast doubt on whether the Games could be held next year without a vaccine or effective drugs to treat Covid-19 being found.

When asked if the event could be moved again to 2022, Games chief Yoshiro Mori replied: "No."

Corin Dann speaks to The Sun's chief sports reporter Martin Lipton.

The National Party leader has dismissed any questions over his leadership saying none of his MPs have raised it with him, and it's a distraction when the country should be focusing on how to rebuild the economy.

MPs held a brief phone conference in lieu of the regular caucus meeting yesterday morning.

Bridges has faced heat over the last week for his criticism over the government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, and extension of the Alert Level 4 restrictions.

He speaks to Corin Dann.

School gates are open again today for the first time in weeks, but pupils won't be flooding in.

Children up to Year 10 whose parents can't work from home are allowed to return to class. So few are returning that some schools aren't expecting any students in person at all.

Perry Rush is president of the Principals' Federation.

Two universities are asking staff to take pay cuts as they wrestle with multi-million-dollar deficits caused by the Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown.

Victoria University is considering a 20 percent pay cut, while Lincoln University has asked staff to volunteer for a 5 percent drop.

The Tertiary Education Union says all eight universities are in trouble and staff should not be asked to bail them out.

Here's RNZ education correspondent, John Gerritsen.

Whether or not the country moves out of Alert Level 3 restrictions in two weeks is up to you.

That's the message from the Prime Minister as she warns people not to be complacent about the gains made so far in controlling Covid-19.

The World Health Organisation has labelled this country's response to the pandemic as world leading.

But it's also warning against complaceny with 400,000 more people back at work, long queues for takeaways and much more traffic on the roads.

Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield speaks to Corin Dann.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

Restaurants and cafes are on a fast learning curve as they try to make the most of being back in business under Alert Level 3.

McDonald's for breakfast, a flat white in the morning, dumplings for lunch, and pizza for dinner - are now all possible.

On the first day of lockdown-lite fast foodees queued for hours and delivery companies were overwhelmed with one averging an order every eight seconds.

Harry Lock looks at how the first day of takeaways went.

With 30,000 more people on the jobseeker benefit in just four weeks, the government is ramping up its efforts to get people who have found themselves out of work into jobs.

The Social Development Minister, Carmel Sepuloni, has launched a new website to match them up more quickly with employers with vacancies.

The Security Association is one of those already advertising on the site and its chief executive, Gary Morrison, told RNZ social issues reporter, Sarah Robson, they're actively recruting more staff.

Victoria University is considering slashing staff pay by a fifth or moving them to a four-day week to help it cope with a $50 million drop in income.

Its vice-chancellor Grant Guilford told RNZ education correspondent John Gerritsen the university has been hit hard by the pandemic.

News from the rural and farming sector.