Morning Report for Tuesday 23 February 2016

6:00 AM.The death toll in Fiji from Cyclone Winston reaches 21 and a little-known visa rule could open the door for tens of thousands of New Zealanders to get Australian citizenship. Audio

6:05 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:09 AM.Tens of thousands of New Zealanders could be eligible for a visa that's a faster and cheaper way of getting Australian citizenship than the initiative announced by John Key and Malcolm Turnbul last… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.New Zealand's smaller bee keepers are worried about their future as the country's burgeoning honey industry becomes captured by larger scale corporate interests. Audio

6:20 AM.Our business reporter Jonathan Mitchell is with us. Some relatively encouraging words from the head of Kiwibank. Audio

6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

6:39 AM.To Fiji now, where the death toll from Cyclone Winston is now 21 and it's feared that number will rise further when communication is restored to outlying islands. Audio

6:50 AM.The chief executive of Kiwibank says he doesn't see a need for the Reserve Bank to lower interest rates any further -- for the time being at least. Audio

6:51 AM.The courier and information management company, Freightways, expects 2016 to be a challenging year, with global economic uncertainty and low dairy prices impacting its bread and butter courier… Read more Audio

6:53 AM.A Christchurch based technology investor -- Powerhouse -- is planning a share float and listing on the Australian stock exchange because investors there are more enthusiastic about the company. Audio

6:56 AM.A Wellington-based video technology firm has just sealed a deal with the global video-sharing website - Vimeo. Audio

6:58 AM.Wall Street is up due to a rise oil prices. The world's oil consumer body says it expects US shale production to fall this year and next - so that's boosted sentiment. Audio

7:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:11 AM.At least 21 people have been killed by the powerful cyclone which hit the islands of Fiji, and it's feared that number will rise further when communication is restored to outlying islands. Audio

7:12 AM.People in one of the areas badly lashed by Cyclone Winston have had no help since the violent storm. Audio

7:16 AM.RNZ International's Alex Perrotet is in Nadi and he's on the line. Audio

7:21 AM.Tens of thousands of New Zealanders could be eligible for a visa that's a faster and cheaper way of getting Australian citizenship than the initiative announced by John Key and Malcolm Turnbul last… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.A row over the funding of the health system in Canterbury is becoming increasingly bitter. Audio

7:30 AM.Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum has batted for New Zealand for the last time. Audio

7:37 AM.An Auckland businessman who threatened to spike infant milk formula with 1080 denies he did it to boost sales for his own pesticide. Audio

7:39 AM.The Labour Party says it is time for a deadline for Christchurch quake claims to be resolved. Audio

7:46 AM.Boaties in the Marlborough Sounds will need to be on their best behaviour soon. Audio

7:52 AM.Waikato defence lawyers say it's virtually impossible to speak to their clients in Springhill Prison. Audio

7:55 AM.The revered navigator and waka-builder, Heke nuku mai Busby has made a plea to the Waitangi Tribunal for support to teach young people the arts of Polynesian voyaging. Audio

8:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:11 AM.The death toll from Saturday night's cyclone in Fiji has gone up again and thousands of people are homeless right across the country with more than 8-thousand people remain in hundreds of evacuation… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.Aid agencies in Fiji are concerned about disease, with both water and food supplies compromised in the wake of the cyclone. Audio

8:22 AM.New Zealand's smaller bee keepers are worried about their futures as the country's burgeoning honey industry becomes captured by larger scale corporate interests. Audio

8:26 AM.The Maori Broadcast Funding Agency is urging iwi radio stations to change the way they operate if they want to survive. Audio

8:29 AM.Forty five year old Uber driver Jason Dalton is due to appear in court this afternoon over the shooting deaths of six people in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Sunday. Audio

8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:38 AM.A new research project aims to slash the number of children who struggle to read and make New Zealand the only country in the world to successfully reduce childhood obesity. Audio

8:40 AM.An agri business consultant says dairy farmers won't necessarily see their bottom line suffer if dairy is included in the Emissions Trading Scheme. Audio

8:44 AM.The five remaining Republican rivals are descending on Nevada as they court voters before tomorrow's caucauses. Audio

8:53 AM.It's the Prime Minister of the UK versus the mayor of London. Audio