Morning Report for Wednesday 22 February 2017

6:00 AM.US tourists among Melbourne plane crash victims, Earthquake Memorial opens on 6th anniversary of quake, National comfortably ahead in RNZ Poll of Polls, NZTA's cycling manager talks kids on bikes on… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.A update from the team at RNZ sport. Audio

6:13 AM.Jo Kinley of Worsley's Road on Christchurch's Port Hills talks of the relief of being allowed to return to her home following the fire. 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

6:40 AM.The Resident Doctors' union has reached an agreement with DHBs over junior doctors' rosters. The union's Deborah Powell tells Morning Report the negotiation process has failed doctors and DHBs and… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

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

7:25 AM.Each of the 185 names of the people who died as a result of the 2011 quake are written on the wall. The mayor of Christchurch is Lianne Dalziel says the memorial is not just the wall "it is the river… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.RNZ News' political editor Jane Patterson says the latest polls show National retains its comfortable lead over Labour in spite of John Key's shock resignation late last year. Audio

7:35 AM.NZTA's Dougal List explains why the rules on kids riding their bikes on footpaths needs to be better understood. Audio

7:47 AM.The US President Donald Trump is expected to issue a revised travel ban in the coming days. Our Washington correspondent Simon Marks says the Trump administration will be hoping the new one is legally… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.A man who has admitted bashing his friend to death on an isolated hilltop says he feared for his life and acted in self defence against a man who was posessed by evil spirits. Audio

7:56 AM.Bruce Springsteen fan Ali Jones reports on The Boss's much anticipated Christchurch show. Read more Audio

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

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

8:33 AM.All but one of Christchurch's so called anchor projects will be under construction this year as the rebuild finally begins to hit its straps. Audio

8:37 AM.Residents of one of the worst affected areas from the Port Hills fire, those living at Worsleys Road, will be allowed past the cordons at 9am. Read more Audio

8:37 AM.A last-minute court challenge has overturned a mobile phone ban for New Zealanders in Australian immigration detention centres. But a detainee in Perth fears they will ultimately lose the fight and… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.After a year old dispute, junior doctors and District Health Boards have negotiated a new contract which will ensure safer working hours for the country's junior doctors. The offer still needs to be… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.A battle is brewing between residents of two West Auckland suburbs over where a giant new water treatment plant should be built. Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The national kapa haka competition is back, bigger than ever, this year in Hastings. Audio

8:52 AM.Six years after Christchurch's destructive 6.3 magnitude earthquake the rebuild programme is now being used to provide training for workers from the Pacific. Twenty-four workers from Fiji, Tonga and… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Len Lye's dramatic kinetic artworks are proving victims of their own success. But how to pay for the the sculptures' wear and tear is a vexing issue the New Plymouth council has yet to resolve. Audio