Morning Report for Monday 6 March 2017

6:00 AM.A Lawyer representing a former state wards says the Crown might end up spending more than a million dollars trying to keep her case out of court. Psychiatrist David Codyre says tiedown beds used to… Read more Audio

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

6:17 AM.Canterbury University's Associate Professor Tom Wilson says we don't know exactly where the next eruption in Auckland will be but, when it happens, it's likely the magma will connect with water and… Read more 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

6:45 AM.Act's David Seymour wants Bill English to opt for a graduated approach to raising the age of entitlement for superannuation to 67 by 2032 in this May's budget, rather than wait for the general… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.The Justice Minister Amy Adams has confirmed she will introduce new domestic violence legislation shortly. 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.At the weekend, the Prime Minister Bill English signalled the retirement age could become an election year issue. We asked some Wellingtonians for their thoughts. Audio

7:38 AM.A fresh push to push Islamic State out of Mosul is being met with resistance, suicide car bombs and street-to-street fighting. Our correspondent Fazel Hawramy says there may be about 5,000 militants… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Winston Peters says New Zealand First has a 23-year track record of fighting for fair and affordable superannuation and will fight any suggested changes that leave people worse off. Audio

7:46 AM.The Justice Minister Amy Adams has confirmed she will introduce new domestic violence legislation shortly. Audio

7:47 AM.The Government is set to announce tougher domestic violence laws amid mounting criticism of the justice sector's record in the field. Audio

7:52 AM.The NZ Transport Agency's Robert Brodnax explains who can use priority lanes on Auckland's urban motorways as a two-week trial with electric cars begins. Audio

7:56 AM.Lorde's, new single Green Light, the first song from her forthcoming album Melodrama has debuted at number one on The Billboard charts and been heaped with critical praise since its release four days… Read more Audio

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

8:17 AM.Conservation groups are starting to look at what can be done to restore the two thousand hectares of scorched land on the Port Hills in Christchurch. Regeneration is expected to take decades. Audio

8:21 AM.Our correspondent in Washington DC tells us political circles are in uproar over Donald Trump's demand that Congress investigate his claim his headquarters were wiretapped by the Obama administration.

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

8:35 AM.Grey Power says it's socially and morally unacceptable to change the pension age. Audio

8:37 AM.The Retirement Commissioner says immigrants should have to be here for 25 years before they qualify for superannuation - she says the current 10-year requirement is too generous. Audio

8:45 AM.New anti-domestic violence group expects many women to come forward with details of how the current system has failed them. Audio

8:50 AM.Applications for residency under skilled migrant category have halved since a higher points threshold was introduced five months ago. Audio

8:55 AM.The public fundraising drive is now on as the figures reveal Northland's Hundertwasser gallery project is still $3 million short of its fundraising target...with just four months to go to meet the… Read more Audio