5 Dec 2024

Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 5 December 2024

From Morning Report, 10:00 am on 5 December 2024

On today's episode, the culling of 80,000 hens is now into its second day at Mainland Poultry's Hillgrove Farm in Otago as biosecurity officials work to contain an outbreak of the H7N6 bird flu virus, France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier has lost the confidence of lawmakers, and his government must resign, more than a dozen Filipinos say they've been trafficked to New Zealand, facing death threats to stay silent and their families back home targeted, the government has announced sweeping changes to limit farm to forestry conversions, and a survey of public service workers found 85% thought working from home made them more productive.