Morning Report for Wednesday 31 October 2018

6:00 AM.Donald Trump faces an uncertain reception as he heads to the scene of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, a whole lot of shaking ... a 6.2 quake is felt from Auckland to Bluff, Kane Williamson says the… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Pressure is building on Cricket Australia chairman David Peever to resign in the wake of the release of a scathing independent review into the culture of the game. Audio

6:13 AM.A split second of panic set in for some Christchurch locals yesterday when they started to feel the ground shake beneath them yet again. Hundreds of kilometres away in the North Island north a 6.2… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Yesterday's 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the central North Island didn't stop Wellington shoppers flocking to Queensgate Mall in Lower Hutt. The quake struck at about 3:15pm, at a depth of more than… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.The lawyer for a man who was driving a ute that crashed and killed a teenage passenger says it's been a horrible ordeal for all involved. Robbie Cederwall - who was 17 - was seriously injured after… Read more Audio

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

6:45 AM.The royals visit to Auckland on Tuesday was marked by a visit to children of prisoners, a walkabout on the waterfront and a rain-soaked gumboot throwing competition. Hundreds turned out to catch a… Read more Video, Audio

6:49 AM.The stock exchange has a spring makeover and looks for more retail investors. Company directors face issues of diversity and cyber security. Ratings agency S&P ups its outlook fort NZ banks. The… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson says they're facing one of the biggest challengers in cricket when they take on Pakistan in a T20 series starting tomorrow morning. Audio

7:16 AM.The 6.2 magnitude earthquake that hit the central North Island on Tuesday afternoon was apparently felt by an estimated 15,000 people across New Zealand. GNS Science says it struck about 25 kilometres… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.The Jewish refugee agency targeted by US gunman Robert Bowers says they will not be deterred from continuing their work. No members of the agency were at the synagogue at the time but Bowers had… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.An energy professor says Kiwirail needs to electrify the whole of the North Island's main trunkline and expand into the South Island as well. The government has announced it plans to spend $35 million… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.A woman denied a post-study work visa says she's baffled by the Immigration's decision not to let her stay in the country. Shyamal Patel completed a Masters in International Studies, specialising in… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.A family's 40 year-long campaign to have the diary of a First World War veteran returned has come to an end. Hartley Valentine Palmer is one of three Gallipoli veterans whose diaries returned to New… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Want to switch off from work when you go home, but don't feel you can? Communication company 2degrees is telling its workers that 'home time is your time' and it's okay to disconnect. That means that… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.National MP Judith Collins vehemently denies targeting a young couple online, saying she's just raising questions about Kiwibuild's eligibility criteria. Housing Minister Phil Twyford has accused her… Read more Video, Audio

7:50 AM.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex head to Rotorua today after dazzling Aucklanders with their gumboot-throwing talent, tree planting, meeting children with parents who've been in prison, and talking to… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will meet kiwis of a different kind in Rotorua on Wednesday. The royal couple will visit Rainbow Springs and its national kiwi hatchery. Michelle Impey is executive… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.New Zealand Formula One driver Brendon Hartley has reportedly been told he will be dropped from Toro Rosso at the end of the season. Audio

8:10 AM.Three people have been swept away by an avalanche on Mount Hicks near Fox Glacier. The avalanche happened at Harper's Saddle. Two helicopters and two rescue teams are searching for the trio, who are… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.US President Donald Trump is travelling to Pittsburgh to meet with those mourning those who died in the Synagouge attack. Robert Bowers shot and killed 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue last… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The battle lines in Parliament without Jami-Lee Ross have become slightly clearer with his decision to hand his proxy vote to National. The MP for Botany tweeted a copy of a letter that he sent to… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The teenage driver of a ute which rolled and killed a 17-year-old Aucklander has been sentenced to a year's home detention. Student Robbie Cederwall died after the vehicle he and seven others were in… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Members of Parliament have described yesterday's rolling earthquake as shocking, and for some a little bit scary. A 6.2 magnitude earthquake sent shudders across the country shortly after three, when… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Two men found alive .. search is still going on for woman continuing. Audio

8:42 AM.The small French town of Le Quesnoy that's never forgotten the New Zealand troops who liberated it in the First World War are marking the centenary of the battle on Sunday. Eighty New Zealand soldiers… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.What turns you off sport? Sport New Zealand is keen to know and is urging people to take part in an on-line survey to have their say on everything from sideline behaviour to match-fixing and doping… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.If you're looking for something a bit different to do this Halloween, you could do worse that take a visit to Te Henui Cemetery in New Plymouth. Our Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin went along… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Worried residents in the tiny West Coast settlement of Franz Josef are expecting to find out this week if the only pre-school in town is closing down. Owner, Kids First, says it's losing money has to… Read more Audio