Morning Report for Tuesday 30 October 2018

6:00 AM.Bodies are found as the search continues for an Indonesian plane that crashed into the sea, National demands the Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway step down, A scathing review of Cricket… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.An independent review of Cricket Australia has delivered a scathing report on the governance and culture of the organisation. 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

6:45 AM.A Samoan community leader in Porirua says young people are struggling to cope with a spate of six suspected suicides since June. Five were under 30 - some had only recently left high school. About 200… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs says the days of his officials treating aid agencies "as pests" is over. Speaking at the opening of the Monday meeting, Winston Peters said… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.The superintendent at a marine reserve near Hawaii says she was astounded when she learned a hurricane had wiped out an entire island in one night. East Island was a remote sand spit that sat atop a… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.A review of Cricket Australia has described players as living in a bubble, disconnected for much of each year from families, friends and the grounding influence of the community. Audio

7:15 AM.Earlier I spoke to aviation expert and the former managing director of the US National Transportation Safety Board, Peter Goelz. He says the loss of a brand new aircraft flown by a well-trained crew… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.A spate of suspected suicides in Porirua north of Wellington has left the community shocked and desperate for help. 200 turned up to an emergency meeting at the college hall last night. Phil… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The National Party says the Immigration Minister should resign over his decision to grant residency to a convicted drug smuggler from the Czech Republic. Jan Antolik, whose real name is Karel Sroubek… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway has released a letter outlining the conditions a drug smuggler from the Czech Republic must abide to remain in New Zealand. Jan Antolik, whose real name is… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.A New Zealand man who travelled to Virginia in the United States and tried to break into the home of a fourteen-year-old girl he met online has appeared in court to face federal charges. Troy Skinner… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Questions have been raised about KiwiBuild eligibility after a graduate doctor and a marketing manager became the owners of one of the new homes. They're among eighteen families welcomed into their… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex head to Auckland today after a jam-packed couple of days in the capital and a whirlwind trip to Abel Tasman National Park. Back in Wellington, yesterday afternoon… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The chairman of Cricket Australia says no board members will be stepping down despite a review finding the organisation was arrogant, hypocritical, made verbal abuse the norm and turned a blind eye to… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A spate of suicides in Porirua north of Wellington has left the community shocked and desperate for help. About 200 people turned up to an emergency meeting at the college hall on Monday night… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Robert Bower, the man charged with killing 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, has made a brief appearance in court. The US attorney in Pittsburgh, Scott Brady, says he's seeking approval… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Health officials in Hawke's Bay are trying to curb the high rate of bowel cancer deaths among Pasifika people by encouraging them to take the national bowel screening test when they get one in the… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The Foreign Minister says the days of his officials treating aid agencies in the Pacific "as pests" is over. Speaking at the opening of the Monday meeting, Winston Peters, said the "Pacific Reset" is… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.An international specialist has told Te Papa it needs more staff, not fewer, in its collections area. Tim White was part of a panel of five experts who reviewed how the museum looks after its natural… Read more Audio

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

8:35 AM.German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told leaders of her party she will not seek re-election as party chair at its conference in December and won't run again as Chancellor. The euro fell to session… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.An apartment developer is working to win over first-home buyers fed up battling Auckland traffic and paying a premium at the pump. A new development in the suburb of Panmure won't offer any carparks -… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Six New Zealand companies have now announced plans to grow or sell medicinal cannabis in anticipation of a law change next year. As you heard in business news, Nubu Pharmaceuticals has completed a… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will face an unusual challenge this morning that's quintessential New Zealand - a round of gumboot throwing. Harry and Meghan are due to visit the North Shore in… Read more Audio