Morning Report for Friday 3 November 2017

6:00 AM.Police urge Samoan, Tongan fans to keep peace, Pasifika leaders urge calm after Samoan, Tongan brawls, Ardern to meet Turnbull as Manus detainees beg for help, New Immigration Minister discusses Manus… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Police urge Samoan, Tongan fans to keep peace, Pasifika leaders urge calm after Samoan, Tongan brawls, Ardern to meet Turnbull as Manus detainees beg for help, New Immigration Minister discusses Manus… Read more Audio

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

6:15 AM.Recycling companies are scrambling to figure out what to do with the thousands of tonnes of plastic they have been sending to China when a ban on some imports kicks in next year. Paul Evans is the… Read more Audio

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

6:30 AM.Frustrated New Brighton residents are so fed up with getting no information about three major projects for their suburb they've taken matters into their own hands. The Christchurch suburb has been the… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The United Nations team in Papua New Guinea is strongly urging the PNG and Australian governments to restore basic services to the detention centre. Kedar Poudyal is a Human Rights Adviser for the… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.The British Prime Minister Theresa May is understood to have angered senior members of her Conservative Party by appointing rising star Gavin Williamson to replace Defence Secretary Sir Michael… Read more Audio

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

7:10 AM.Six people were arrested last night following a brawl involving 200 Tongans and Samoans in a carpark in Otara. Police say the fight was linked to tension in the run up to Saturday's Samoa-Tonga Rugby… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.There have been several brawls in south Auckland between Tongans and Samoans in recent days, ahead of the two countries' Rugby League World Cup match in Hamilton on Saturday. Police say some were… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Refugees on Manus Island are begging Jacinda Ardern to allow them to come to New Zealand, saying she's their last hope. The Prime Minister is set to meet her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Refugees on Manus Island are begging Jacinda Ardern to allow them to come to New Zealand, saying she's their last hope. The Prime Minister is set to meet her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.Auckland Council has allowed one of the city's busiest buildings to remain open without a warrant of fitness for 436 days. The six-storey Sky World building on Queen St hasn't had a warrant since… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Māori Community leaders are rejecting the idea of having foreign police officers recruited to work in their communities. Instead they are calling for more Māori liason officers to work alongside them… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Ngati Whatua Orakei says the thirty-year plan unveiled by the city's port company is a cynical step to avert possible re-location. The council-owned Ports of Auckland outlined its plan to accommodate… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.There are fears $20 million-worth of plastic, paper and other waste will end up in landfill when it can no longer be recycled in China. From next year, China will stop taking certain waste products… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The National Party is flexing its muscles and promising to do it all it can to make life tough for the new government. Bill English unveiled his new opposition lineup at Parliament yesterday as his… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.First-five Beauden Barrett will captain the All Blacks for the first time, while three players are set to make non-test debuts in Sunday morning's match against the Barbarians at Twickenham. The… Read more Audio

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

8:10 AM.Back now to our lead story, increasing tensions in south Auckland between Samoans and Tongan communties. Two hundred people were involved in a brawl in a carpark in Otara last night. Police… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Refugees on Manus Island are begging Jacinda Ardern to allow them to come to New Zealand. The Prime Minister is set to meet her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney on Sunday and the… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Councils could be forced to dump recycling into landfills when it can no longer be sent to China. From next year, China will stop taking certain waste products, saying contaminants mixed in with the… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.A 62-year-old machine operator in Auckland is now getting back surgery through the public health system after RNZ News asked questions about his treatment. Audio

8:46 AM.Wellington's annual Guy Fawkes fireworks display tomorrow night will be the final one for the city. The council's put on the show for the past 22 years, but from next year, the sky will be lit up at… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Too much, too little, or coming in where it's not welcome -- water is the number one issue keeping the country's local councils awake at night. With much of the country's flood protection… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.A mother of three who recently gave birth to her third child will be among the two thousand people competing in the Iron Māori event this weekend. Audio

8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio