Morning Report for Friday 6 April 2018
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Top Stories for Friday 6 April 2018
6:00 AM.Edit together all of Morning Report from the end of the 0700 News till the start of 0745 Sport, chopping out the 7:30 bulletin and weather etc plus some stories from the start of the 8 o'clock hour… Read more Audio
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Privacy Commissioner wants details of immigration data analysis
6:13 AM.The Privacy Commissioner says he wants to know more about a pilot scheme Immigration New Zealand's been running for 18 months to help it prioritise which people it should take action against. It's… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 6 April 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 6 April 2018
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Clare Curran safe in Broadcasting Minister job for now
6:40 AM.The Broadcasting Minister remains safe in her job with the Prime Minister saying nothing new came from a specially called select committee hearing about a meeting between Clare Curran and a former RNZ… Read more Audio
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Business News for 6 April 2018
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Commonwealth Games: Men's sprint team wins gold
7:10 AM.New Zealand won three medals last night, one gold and two silvers at the cycling velodrome. The men's team sprint won our first gold, while the women picked up two silvers. Audio
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Commonwealth Games: Women's pursuit team wins NZ's first medal
7:13 AM.New Zealand won three medals last night, one gold and two silvers at the cycling velodrome. The men's team sprint won our first gold, while the women picked up two silvers. Audio
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EQC repairs were not 'botched' - Gerry Brownlee
7:16 AM.The bill to fix botched EQC repairs from the Canterbury earthquakes has hit $270 million - four times what the previous Government predicted just two years ago. The Minister responsible for the… Read more Audio
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Judge scathing of Oranga Tamariki's handling of adoption case
7:38 AM.A Family Court Judge says it is inexcusable that Oranga Tamariki, the Ministry for Children, insists on calling a mother a child abuser when the court had found she wasn't. He's also criticised Oranga… Read more Audio
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Māori teen begs for prison transfer after year in isolation
7:42 AM.A Māori teenager who is beginning his 340th day in isolation in an Australian young offenders facility is so desperate for human contact he's applied to be transferred to an adult prison. Jason… Read more Audio
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Migrants deported using immigration data modelling pilot
7:47 AM.Immigration New Zealand says 'high priority' migrants have been deported as a result of a data modelling pilot, which some have labelled racist. As we reported yesterday, the pilot in use for the past… Read more Audio
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RNZ hearing raises further questions - Melissa Lee
7:50 AM.RNZ has appeared before Parliament to set the record straight over a meeting its former Head of News, Carol Hirschfeld, held with the Broadcasting Minister, Clare Curran. Read more Audio
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Government to rein in private early childhood sector
7:56 AM.There are strong signs the government is preparing to rein-in profit-making companies that run early childhood centres. Its plans for raising quality in the sector talk about turning the tide away… Read more Audio
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Shane Jones forgot he was warned $350K project was a lemon
8:11 AM.Officials have contradicted the Regional Development Minister saying he was fully aware experts thought a project he was backing was a lemon. Shane Jones gave $350,000 for a feasibility study for West… Read more Audio
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Hato Petera still getting funding despite just one student
8:14 AM.An Auckland Maori Catholic school will still receive $200,000 of state funding, despite having only one student on its roll. Hato Petera College on Auckland's North Shore is the only Maori catholic… Read more Audio
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Greens get set to select a new female co-leader
8:19 AM.James Shaw's eight month run as the sole Green Party leader ends this weekend, with either Marama Davidson or Julie Anne Genter poised to join him as co-leader. Party delegates have until Saturday to… Read more Audio
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Oranga Tamariki under fire for defying court order
8:26 AM.A Family Court judge has heavily criticised Oranga Tamariki, the Ministry for Children, for taking a child from her home in defiance of a court order, and for refusing to remove the adoptive mother… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 6 April 2018
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Suicidal woman's critical info wasn't shared, inquest told
8:41 AM.A coroner's been told police didn't pass on to mental health nurses critical information about a suicidal woman's access to drugs. The inquest for Karen Michelle Day finished in the Whakatane District… Read more Audio
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Large families struggling to access housing
8:45 AM.More than 700 large families are waiting for a state house, but the government's largest housing provider, Housing New Zealand, has fewer than 50 homes big enough to offer them. The families, which… Read more Audio
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Auckland Council's plans for covenanted land upsets Fed Farmers
8:50 AM.Auckland farmers are crying foul at a proposal by the Council to charge rates for covenanted land. Covenanted land legally protects special places on private land for the benefit of present and future… Read more Audio
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Commonwealth Games: NZ's medal haul so far
8:55 AM.New Zealand has made an early appearance on the Commonwealth Games medal table, with the cycling team winning a gold and two silvers last night. The men's sprint team of Eddie Dawkins, Ethan Mitchell… Read more Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:56 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
