The government takes aim at property speculators by introducing tough new tax rules on investment houses. But first home buyers say the new housing plan won't help them get on the property ladder. We'll be speaking to the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister and the Leader of The Opposition this morning about the issue.

The Christchurch mosque gunman is the only white supremacist on New Zealand's terror list, two years after the massacre, The Corrections Minister takes aim at his department, after accusations of "cruel and inhumane" treatment of prisoners. And MIQ booking system is receiving 100 formal complaints a week, five months after it was introduced

There's been no decline in gun crime despite the government's clampdown on firearms and its seizures of high-powered semi-automatic weapons, Ireland is the latest country to pause its roll-out of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, and a long running dispute over the ownership of a 12 hectare farm donated to Taihape schoolchildren.

Top stories this morning... Anger as more cases of young Maori being stopped and photographed by police is revealled The Prime Minister is with us to talklheadline about the Pfizer vaccine A local group that tracks extremism online says it alerted police to a threat to detonate car bombs outside two mosques on the second anniversary of the March 15 terror attack.

A severe 7.1 earthquake strikes off the East Cape at 2.27 this morning waking many people across the country, large numbers evacuate to higher ground on the Cape and in surrounding regions, a Tsunami warning was issued for most of the east Coast of the country and the Chatham Islands after a second large earthquake off the Kermadec Islands - breaking news, reaction and expert comment right through the programme.

Is it the beginning of the end for runaway house prices? A new report suggests the market might be cooling.. victims of bullying in the police force say the perpetrators should be forced out en masse.. and, casual, casual plus, close, close plus - has Covid-19 messaging become too complex?

Senior business leaders want more transparency on the government's Covid-19 strategy, debate flares over possible consequences for rulebreakers, and school principals urge each other not to accept the worst students, unless there is enough support for them.

The police have been called in to help keep tabs on people after a spate of rule-breaking forced Auckland back into lockdown, we have reporters at the city's borders and at testing stations in South Auckland, we speak to the Prime Minister about the increase in alert levels and where to next, and Muslim groups call for more action and accountability over the mosque attacks, including urgent mandatory reporting of firearms injuries.

The immigration minister hints migrant numbers will be tightly controlled when the border reopens, The Police Comissioner Andrew Coster responds to criticism of his approach to serious crime. And there's political pressure on the government to prioritise South Aucklanders in the vaccination rollout

The government is being told it should vaccinate South Aucklanders first when the community vaccine iroll out begins, there's been a clamour from New Zealand businesses for the government's latest financial support scheme, two Wellington women speak out about their long battle with a gym after complaining a trainer had sexually assaulted them, and a tanning company that continues to dump toxic chemicals down the drain is taking on a large new contract.