Morning Report for Monday 19 November 2018

6:00 AM.New Zealand's road toll is on course to hit a record high, Was it the luck of the Irish or did they simply outplay the All Blacks yesterday morning? Another batting collapse by the Black Caps set… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Pakistani cricketers are on track for a comfortable victory in the first Test in Abu Dhabi after a New Zealand batting collapse on day three. Audio

6:10 AM.All Blacks coach Steven Hansen is offering no excuses after his team was humbled by Ireland in Dublin yesterday, saying the better team won on the day. Speaking at a press conference on Sunday night… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.Fiji's Sitiveni Rabuka says it's time for coup leaders to step away from politics. His party Sodelpa gained some ground in the Fiji election but ultimately lost to Frank Bainimarama's FijiFirst… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.The Asia-Pacific leaders summit has ended in Papua New Guinea with a flurry of aid and development announcements. New Zealand has joined Australia, the United States, Japan, and PNG in a $1.7 billion… Read more 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

6:40 AM.As the eighth anniversary of the Pike River disaster is marked on the West Coast today, Pike Recovery Minister Andrew Little says the families of of the 29 men killed are due a government apology. RNZ… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Ireland is basking in the glory of its first-ever home win over the All Blacks. The world number two team beat New Zealand 16-9 in Dublin on Sunday. Ruaidhri O'Connor is the rugby correspondent for… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Lawyers are warning more needs to be done to protect migrants from losing millions of dollars in property disputes. The Law Commision has published proposals to make property law fairer and easier to… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

7:06 AM.The Black Ferns have lost their first rugby test in almost a year and a half, going down 30-27 to France in Grenoble. Audio

7:15 AM.The families of the Pike River mine disaster have been told they're owed a formal government apology, and that they'll be getting one. Today is the eighth anniversary of the explosion which killed 29… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.A spate of Ministers, including the Brexit secretary, resigned after Mrs May announced her draft agreement for leaving the European Union last week. Opponents within her party are trying to garner… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is predicting big improvements once the team locks in changes they are trying to make to the way they play. The All Blacks lost to Ireland yesterday morning, going down… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.A woman has described a tornado in Canterbury as a massive wall of dust coming at the road. Lily Tworogal was driving to Christchurch with her father and was just north of Ashburton when she saw the… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The Minister responsible for Pike River Andrew Little says the National government totally failed the families of Pike River. Today marks the eighth anniversary of the mine disaster which killed 29… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.The death toll from wildfires in Northern California has risen to 76, with over twelve hundred people still unaccounted for. Almost 10,000 homes have been destroyed, and rescue workers continue to… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Frank Bainimarama has been given another four years in power after winning the Fiji election. The results came through yesterday (Sunday) after the country went to the polls on Wednesday. The new… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Fewer than a third of the country's prisons provide intensive Māori focused rehabilitation. That's despite Māori making up more than half of the country's prison population. But former prisoners told… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Black Caps face a near impossible task to save the first cricket test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi after a stunning batting collapse on day three. Audio

8:10 AM.Three separate fires in Hastings on Sunday night, including one at the Hawke's Bay Opera House, appear to be linked and are being treated as suspicious. The Senior station officer at the Hastings Fire… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Go Bus Hamilton is locking out bus drivers who planned to stop collecting fares from passengers as part of ongoing industrial action. One hundred and twenty drivers voted to stop taking fares in a bid… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Go Bus Hamilton is locking out bus drivers who planned to stop collecting fares from passengers as part of ongoing industrial action. One hundred and twenty drivers voted to stop taking fares in a bid… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.Farmers and businesses in Central Hawke's Bay could run out of water this summer as parts of the Waipawa and Tukituki Rivers are already bone dry. And they're worried that could send them bust. Audio

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

8:38 AM.More now on Andrew Little's call for an official government apology to the Pike River families. Mr Little says the degrading of New Zealand's health and safety law led to workers' rights becoming a… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.QC Nigel Hampton has acted as the lawyer for the Pike River families. He tells us it's not a particular government that should apologise for all the issues around the Pike River Mine disaster. He says… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.There's been an unprecedented failure to reach a consensus at the APEC leaders meeting in Port Moresby. For the first time in twenty-five years, they have failed to release a joint communique at the… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A proposal to slash local journalists in Auckland has some people worrying their communities will fall off the news radar - and make their leaders unaccountable. Stuff owns 13 community papers - the… Read more Audio