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6:00 Top Stories for Wednesday 8 April 2020 6:07 Coronavirus: New York has more cases than Italy 6:14 Coronavirus: Jair Bolsonaro's Brazil facing more cases 6:22 Coronavirus: Front-line police officer on enforcing lockdown 6:24 Early Business News for 8 April 2020 6:28 Morning Rural News for 8 April 2020 6:40 Coronavirus: Marist College parent spent nine days trying to get tested 6:44 Coronavirus: Former health union leader backs David Clark's demotion 6:46 Coronavirus: Corrections not trying to punish prisoners with Covid-19 restrictions - Kelvin Davis 6:49 Coronavirus: Social media misinformation putting Pacific communities at risk - government 6:50 Business News for 8 April 2020 7:09 Coronavirus: Marist cluster members initally refused tests 7:15 Coronavirus: PPE availability about rationing, not safety - Nurses Organisation 7:20 Coronavirus: Holidaymakers sneaking into beach towns under cover of darkness 7:23 Coronavirus: Simon Bridges defends commute 7:34 Coronavirus: Police planning to stop would-be holidaymakers 7:47 Coronavirus: New York has more cases than Italy 7:49 Cyclone Harold headed to Fiji 7:53 NZ prisoners kept in solitary during Covid-19 outbreak, says prison reform group 8:10 Coronavirus: What lockdown ending could look like 8:15 Coronavirus: Dr Siouxsie Wiles on lockdown progress 8:21 Coronavirus: Clock running out on David Clark's career 8:26 Coronavirus: Isolation Street two weeks in 8:29 Coronavirus: Iwi fear alcohol sales will spike family harm 8:33 Markets Update for 8 April 2020 8:40 Coronavirus: Businesses fear closure as revenue dries up 8:43 Coronavirus: Councils maintain services with limited resources 8:47 Coronavirus: Traveller says NZ border controls lax 8:52 Coronavirus: NZ embraces the sound of silence 8:57 Coronavirus: How the usually lonesome are handling lockdown.
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