Morning Report for Wednesday 12 April 2017

6:00 AM.NIWA meteorologist Chris Brandolino says we're going to see a repeat of last week's rainfall and can expect impact from flooding and slips across the North Island and upper South Island. "Whakatane… Read more Audio

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

6:14 AM.David Cunliffe, who led Labour into the last election with its worst ever result, is leaving Parliament to take up a job with a management consultancy firm. Audio

6:17 AM.Half the prison population is Maori and the tribunal says Corrections is breaching its Treaty obligations by not doing enough to reduce the alarming statistics. 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

6:38 AM.The already sodden communities of the Bay of Plenty are being warned more severe weather is going to hit the area again in the next 48 hours. Civil Defence says to be prepared. Audio

6:40 AM.A state of emergency has been declared for Bay of Plenty, with up to 250 millimetres of rain forecast for the sodden region in the next 48 hours. 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

7:18 AM."Whakatane Council has a lot to answer for" says Edgecumbe resident Bernadine Ngaheu who was standing on the road with her grandson when the river breach occurred and says there was no warning at all… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Environment Minister Nick Smith describes the report as fair and robust. He doesn't take any "negative spin" from it but says it shows our river pollution isn't a problem that arose yesterday and will… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.BOP Civil Defence controller Clinton Naude says there's a lot of preparation going on to ensure the entire region is prepared for the coming rainfall. Audio

7:50 AM.Maori politicians are pushing for a rethink on last year's decision to ban people with gang affilliations from working to rehabilitate prison inmates. Audio

7:53 AM.Ngapari Nui, who was kicked off his work in jails due to his gang connections, hopes the Waitangi Tribunal findings prompt Corrections to sit down with iwi to come up with a solution. Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Cert NZ Director Rob Pope says the new unit is unique in that it will offer guidance and assistance to all New Zealanders impacted by cyber crime. Audio

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

8:10 AM.RNZ reporter Mihingarangi Forbes joined Edgecumbe residents as they returned to their flood-damaged homes. She says the "pong" on the street was overwhelming and tellingly, they were told to lift… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Reporter Tracy Neal says residents were reassured by information they received at a public meeting in Ward, even though it's likely to be a long wait before road repairs and insurance assessments are… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A report done by the PM's chief scientist has found many waterways have passed a tipping point and might never get back to their original state. Sir Peter Gluckman found that agriculture is the main… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Detective Superintendent Greg Williams says this bust is a major win against the methamphetamine trade which is a scourge of our society. Audio

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

8:37 AM.Auckland Council has voted to dump its investments in controversial weapons, tobacco, fossil fuels and gambling. Audio

8:40 AM.A Wairarapa couple who spent months helping look after their two premature babies in hospital say they've been forced apart from them by social workers. Audio

8:45 AM.Academics and students at the University of Waikato are fighting a proposal to cut about 15 percent of arts and social sciences staff. Audio

8:56 AM.An official inquiry has found two former Canterbury quake recovery officials ran a property company while working for CERA. The Serious Fraud Office has been asked to investigate. Audio