Morning Report for Thursday 5 April 2018

6:00 AM.Data used to find and potentially deport "problem" immigrants; game on at Commonwealth Games today; house prices rise nationally, remain subdued in Auckland - QV; China US trade war - US market… Read more Audio

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

6:10 AM.Northland roading advocates say the Government's policy statement on land transport has dealt a blow to regional hopes of a safe road to Auckland. The Northland Regional Council Chair Bill Shepherd… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.A Green Party Minister accused of ministerial interference is changing her story about meeting with the Environmental Protection Authority. Eugenie Sage now says she didn't meet with the EPA's chief… Read more Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:39 AM.Immigrants could be on a fast track to deportation if they belong to a demographic group identified as being frequently in trouble with the police or a burden to taxpayers. Immigration New Zealand is… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Universities and polytechnics are reporting multi-million-dollar swings in their foreign student enrolment numbers. Universities are getting more students from India, while polytechnics are losing… Read more Audio

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

7:14 AM.Competition gets underway this morning at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast after the opening ceremony last night celebrated Aboriginal culture as well as the Aussie beach. Our sports editor… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.House prices have picked up pace nationally, though Auckland and Christchurch remain subdued. The latest QV figures show values rose 7.3% in the year to March, with the national average price now… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.US markets have fallen on the back of the escalating trade row with China. China has unveiled retaliatory tariffs on more than 100 US goods including a key commodity - soybeans - as well as aircraft… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The Justice Minister, Andrew Little, says controversial changes to the Family Court aimed at getting lawyers out of family disputes do not seem to have worked and children often end up suffering. He's… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.A mental health nurse urged police not to charge a woman with driving offences on the same night she threatened suicide. The inquest for Karen Michelle Day began in Whakatane District Court on… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A long-running saga over the renaming of the Napier Conference Centre has taken a new twist. Last month all councillors, except the Mayor, voted to go back to its original name: the Napier War… Read more Audio

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

8:10 AM.RNZ's chief executive, Paul Thompson, and board chair, Richard Griffin, will reappear before a parliamentary select committee this morning to correct the record.The appearance follows the departure of… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.A study by the Productivity Commission reveals wage and salary earners are getting a smaller share of the economic pie than they used to. If they were getting the same percentage as people did in… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.China's ban on importing plastic has caused the amount of waste New Zealand sends to other parts of Asia to skyrocket. China used to take more than half the world's waste - but it stopped accepting 24… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The government says spending more on public transport and regional roads will bring down the road toll. On Tuesday it outlined a ten-year transport strategy that includes more median barriers and… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:45 AM.The Chief District Court Judge is welcoming a review of how the Family Court operates, saying changes made by the previous government are leading to long delays in having disputes resolved. She says… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The cost of damage to council-owned property in Tasman from two storms in February will come close to $12 million, a new report to the council shows. The cost of damage to private property struck by… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Several members of the New Zealand team at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, which starts today, are representing their country in two or more sports. Joe Porter rounded up the cross-code stars to… Read more Audio