Morning Report

A brief update on the movements in the financial sector.

The South Island might still be free of confirmed Covid-19 cases, but the virus has slowed the number of tourists to its hotspots, to a trickle.

Tourist operators say their empty seats, vacant rooms and income loss are only made worse by the uncertainty of what's ahead.

Katie Todd reports.

Olympic qualifying events around the world are being cancelled and postponed as Covid-19 fears continue to cause havoc.

That's causing major headaches for athletes preparing for the games.

There's still uncertainty surrounds whether the Olympics will even be able to take place in Tokyo in July.

Isabelle Westbury is a sports writer for the Telegraph.

She speaks to Susie Ferguson.

Global market volatility has hurt investments worldwide and resulted in shocks for many KiwiSaver investors.

For those looking at their savings online yesterday, there were some big drops in value.

It comes after global stockmarkets plunged due to the impacts of Covid-19 and a dip in oil prices, but markets are now showing signs of a bounce-back.

Sam Stubbs is managing director of KiwiSaver fund manager Simplicity and speaks to Corin Dann.

Despite about $21 million in donations being given in the past year to mosque attacks victims and survivors, some victims are still asking for help.

The agencies divvying up the funds warn it's only going to get more difficult to identify who needs the remaining money.

RNZ reporter Katie Todd has been crunching the numbers, and filed this report

The New Zealand women's footballers have been beaten 2-1 by Norway in the third place playoff at the Algarve Cup in Portugal.

Voters in six states will get to weigh in on the Democratic presidential primary campaign Tuesday for the first time since Joe Biden's Super Tuesday surge last week gave him a delegate lead over Bernie Sanders.

The contests are also the first since Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and billionaire Mike Bloomberg dropped out of the race.

Washington correspondent Nick Harper speaks to Susie Ferguson.

Taranaki iwi are crying foul over plans for a former contractor to leave production equipment belonging to a failed oil and gas company on the sea floor.

Last week, iwi groups were asked for feedback from the Environmental Protection Authority which is considering the issue.

Tamarind Taranaki went into receivership just before Christmas after its $300 million offshore drilling campaign at the Tui oil field failed.

It owes creditors about $484m.

Spokesperson Puna Wano-Bryant speaks to Corin Dann.

Quit Group, he charity that used to run Quitline, is speaking out after criticism from the Prime Minister down.

RNZ revealed on Monday that the trust's four board members have continued to receive $18,000 each per year, even though its operations ceased in 2015. The group has more than $3 million in reserves.

Jacinda Ardern said yesterday the charity should give the money back and shut down, if it does not plan to fulfill its social obligation.

The deputy chair of Quit Group, Jan Pearson, speaks to Susie Ferguson.

Confusion over the voting in the abortion reform bill has seen MPs vote out safe zones around abortion facilities.

ACT leader David Seymour's proposal to scrap them was voted for in two parts.

The first was narrowly voted down 59 votes to 56. But when a vote was called for on a second part, it went through on a verbal vote only, taking MPs by surprise.

Political reporter, Yvette McCullough watched the confusion unfold.