Morning Report for Friday 3 February 2017

6:00 AM.Public looking for more front line cops from funding boost,Police Minister says funding boost will help family violence, serious crime, RNZ political editor analyses reaction to police boost, Nine… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:15 AM.Higher drug bills may be part of the price New Zealand has to pay to secure a trade deal with the U.S. Public Citizen's Peter Maybarduk says Americans already struggle to foot their medicine bills… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.A Wellington woman is working to help refugees by giving them jobs at her catering business. Our reporter, Logan Church, went along to see what is was all about. Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:36 AM.The Prime Minister has pledged half a billion dollars to fight crime. But Winston Peters says it's an election bribe. Audio

6:38 AM.Nine Indian students trying to avoid deportation will seek sanctuary in an Auckland church tonight. "These students are innocent," says supporter Sunny Sehgal. Audio

6:46 AM.Andy Hamilton, the chief executive of business support company Icehouse, says Peter Thiel's investments in New Zealand is a positive thing for business. But he was reluctant to be drawn into a debate… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Jonathan Mitchell tells us the top business stories for today. Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:14 AM.Paula Bennett expects the boost in funding to have a significant impact on reducing crime and solving burglaries - 90% of which currently go unsolved. Audio

7:20 AM.The funding boost to police will ease some of the pressure on the government over policing and crime. Our political editor Jane Patterson says the government can't afford to be weak on law and order… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Donald Trump is warning potential trade partners, including New Zealand, they'll have to pay more for medicines if they want a deal with the US. As Patrick O'Meara reports some fear New Zealand may be… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:08 AM.Tai Tokerau Maori leaders are looking for alternative venues to take the heat out of Waitangi weekend's historically fraught opening set piece. Audio

8:13 AM.Australian refugee advocate, Ian Rintoul, says there is now a very, very big question mark over the resettlement deal between Australia and the United States. He says the talk of 'extreme vetting' of… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.One of nine Indian students seeking sanctuary from government efforts to deport them deportation is being asked at the very same time to help with a government investigation into the Auckland school… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:33 AM.Three mayors want to create "demarcation zones" in order to eradicate entrenched poverty in their communities. The zones would get help on everything from health to employment. "It's a game breaker.We… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.A bid for control of Dunedin's harbourside real estate lies behind the city's push for a unitary council which is gaining momentum, and might spark a full review of local government across Otago. Audio

8:46 AM.The Auckland Nines competition is being billed as a celebration of the game. But as Stephen Hewson reports there's division within league ranks over the value of the tournament. Audio

8:51 AM.Scientists have discovered that getting away from your devices and electric lighting for just a weekend will reset your internal clock and potentially improve your health. Audio

8:52 AM.An intellectually disabled man with autism, who has already been detained for over 10 years for trespassing and smashing windows, is facing a further three years locked up in a care facility. Audio

8:55 AM.Waters Unit Manager Maire Porter says most people in the east of the city should have water back to normal this morning but she told Susie Ferguson fixing the second pipe is a bit more challenging. Audio

8:56 AM.It's Friday so we cross the Ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio