Morning Report for Friday 20 April 2018

6:00 AM.Ardern meets Queen at Commonwealth Heads of Govt Meeting; unions infuriated foreigners working on Transmission Gully; Govt not surprised at Daphne Project revelations - Faafoi; new resuscitation rules… Read more Audio

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

6:11 AM.US President Donald Trump says he's confident talks with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un will go well, but will walk out if they don't. To explain the latest moves, Washington correspondent Kevin… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Irrigators are at a crossroads. The government's scrapping of irrigation funding has further driven a wedge between the urban and rural communities. About 400 delegates from across the agricultural… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has met the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening (UK time). Ms Ardern is in London for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) and had the… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.More than two hundred people have been asked if they would like to change their submissions on the government's medicinal cannabis bill, after they disclosed personal health issues or that they'd… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Waikato District Health Board is set to reverse its controversial policy requiring staff without flu immunisations to wear face masks while treating patients. The policy was brought in three years ago… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

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

7:10 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has had a private meeting with the Queen in Buckingham Palace as the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting gets underway. Only four of the Commonwealth's new leaders… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.RNZ political reporter Craig McCulloch is in London, where Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting. Queen Elizabeth II has appealed to the leaders to… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.At least 100 workers have been brought in from the Philippines to work on Wellington's huge Transmission Gully project, infuriating unions who insist there are locals who can help build the highway… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Iwi are being warned they face legal action if they don't start looking after their people who live outside their tribal area. Treaty of Waitangi settlements have helped strengthen the financial… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Airports face big bills to get rid of banned firefighting foam but officials are promising tight monitoring to make sure none gets dumped. However, monitoring to date has been so loose that airports… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The trauma of war and the toll on soldiers' mental health is the focus of this year's Poppy Day Appeal, Not All Wounds Bleed. Collectors will be out in force today raising money to support this… Read more Audio

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

8:27 AM.Computer programmes that predict how people are likely to behave are increasingly being used by government departments. Immigration New Zealand was recently accused of racial profiling in its pilot… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:45 AM.The head of the Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust says there are inefficiencies in the way many of the air ambulances in the country are run and streamlining the service as a whole could fix them. The… Read more Audio