Morning Report for Wednesday 23 January 2019

6:09 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has joined Sir David Attenborough and former US Vice-President Al Gore to talk about about climate change at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The panel discussion was… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.New data has dispelled the myth the rise in the number of foreign tourists driving here means they are causing more traffic accidents. A comparison of crash data and visitor numbers suggests foreign… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news and a catch-up on overnight action on global markets.

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

6:40 AM.Five foreign tourists hit by a falling tree at the ShotoverJet base near Queenstown yesterday are still in hospital on Wednesday morning. Three - including a pre-school child and his mother - are in… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Auckland Council is removing 13 huge pine tree today despite residents of Westmere being up in arms over the decision. The pines are among a stand of around 200 trees that the council has applied to… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Rocket Lab looks to launch more rockets and satellites and put distance between it and would-be rivals. Authorities worry that rising Kiwisaver funds and withdrawals will tempt fraudsters. The 2019… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.One person is dead and five people were injured when a man went on a stabbing rampage in Whanganui yesterday. Emergency services rushed to the carpark of the New World supermarket on Wicksteed Street… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.The five tourists hit by a falling tree in Queenstown yesterday are all still in hospital this morning. The tree fell on top of the group as they were sitting on the riverbank by the Shotover Jet base… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The former National MP, Jami Lee Ross, has apologised to everybody he hurt last year and is vowing to be the best MP for Botany he can be when he returns to Parliament next month. The MP, who has been… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.An independent panel wants the Government to wind back changes to the Family Court made by the previous government in 2014. Those changes aimed to encourage parents to resolve access and care disputes… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has told the World Economic Forum that politicians who refuse to take action on climate change will find themselves on the wrong side of history. She appeared on a panel… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.A sailor who hadn't slept for three days clung to his upturned boat for hours early yesterday morning before being rescued. It was the man's first voyage on the boat, a trimaran, which he had bought… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Battle lines are being drawn on the matter of drug reform, as the National Party appoints its second most senior politician as spokeperson on the matter. A minor re-shuffle has seen National's deputy… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.The government is under pressure to make a significant dent in the housing shortage this year. This week a report found New Zealand is one of the most unaffordable countries in the world to buy a… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The most anticipated tour of New Zealand's cricket season gets underway in Napier today when the Black Caps host India in the first of 5 one-day internationals. The star-studded Indian side arrive… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Wellington is now the country's most expensive city to rent a home. Trade Me's latest figures put median weekly rent in the capital city at an all-time-high of $565 a week. That's compared to $550 a… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.New data has dispelled the myth the rise in the number of foreign tourists driving here means they are causing more accidents. A comparison of crash data and visitor numbers suggests foreign drivers… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.A 72-year-old man says the people who conned him out of more than $200,000 in retirement savings are "scum". The man - who spoke to RNZ on the condition that he would remain anonymous - says he was… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.The head of the Family Law section of the Law Society says changes to the Family Court - like wider access to counseling - are a good start. The proposed changes would effectively undo reforms to the… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.The Green Party says it is looking forward to finding out exactly what the National Party's views are on drug law reform. National has for the first time appointed a spokesperson on drug reform - the… Read more Audio

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

8:38 AM.Susie Ferguson talks to Dan Johnson in Los Angeles as the 2019 Oscars gets underway. Audio

8:40 AM.The World Economic Forum in Davos is as notable for who isn't there as who is. Domestic political crises have kept a number of world leaders at home including US President Donald Trump, British Prime… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Poaching of rugby players by secondary schools has led to fewer school pupils playing the game. That's the finding of a New Zealand Rugby report commissioned after eleven schools in Auckland refused… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.There are currently more than fifty abandoned boats in Auckland Harbour, with at least one pulled from the water every week. The boats are often left by their owners if they can no longer pay mooring… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Rafael Nadal has secured a spot in the Australian Open semi-finals, with a crushing defeat over Frances Tiafoe of the United States. Nadal is yet to lose a set in the tournament and he will face… Read more Audio