Morning Report for Thursday 24 January 2019

6:09 AM.Access to Cape Kidnappers beach in Hawke's Bay is closed after two walkers were injured - one critically - by rockfall that swept them off the beach and into the sea on Wednesday afternoon. The couple… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has taken part in a debate about Gross Domestic Product at the World Economic Forum in Davos. She was joined by UAE Minister for Happiness and Wellbeing Ohoud Al Roumi… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.More than 1500 people have signed up to a new environmental protest group, Extinction Rebellion, which is pledging to take extreme action over climate change. In Britain the activists caused… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Farmers are warning skilled migrant workers will leave the country unless their visas start reflecting their much-needed skills. Visa settings introduced just before the last election limit some… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news, and how global financial markets have been performing overnight. Audio

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

6:40 AM.A massive rockfall injured two people along Cape Kidnappers beach in Hawke's Bay on Wednesday afternoon. A woman in her 20s is in a critical but stable condition in the ICU unit of the Hawkes bay… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Hopes of finding the missing Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala alive are fading, as the search continues for the plane he was in which disappeared in the English Channel on Monday evening, local… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.RBNZ likely on sidelines until 2020 despite inflation pressures starting to bubble. Oceana Gold looks to increase exploration in the Coromandel. Z Energy to concentrate on customers, as margins… Read more Audio

6:53 AM.The Housing Minister's admission that the Kiwibuild target may not be reached this year, as promised, has come as no surprise to the building and construction industry, with analysts saying the… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Two people were injured by a huge rockfall as they walked along the beach towards Cape Kidnappers in Hawke's Bay on Wednesday afternoon. The road to Cape Kidnappers and the beach remain closed on… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Gannet Beach Adventures says its warning to the Department of Conservation about the dangers of walking along Cape Kidnappers beach fell on deaf ears. The owner Colin Lindsay says signs put up by DOC… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The Prime Minister is standing by Housing Minister Phil Twyford. Mr Twyford came under pressure after on Wednesday morning, admitting the KiwiBuild target would not be reached. More than six months… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.More than 1500 people have signed up to a new envrionmental protest group pledging to take extreme action over climate change. A New Zealand chapter of the UK group Extinction Rebellion was set up two… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The Prime Minister has taken part in a panel discussion on Mental Health on Thursday morning (NZ time) alongside Prince William at the World Economic Forum in Davos. It's estimated that one in four… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.India comprehensively beat the Black Caps by eight wickets in the opening one day cricket international in Napier last night. New Zealand turned in a poor batting performance to be all out for 157in… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.It's the annual politicians' pilgrimage to Ratana on Thursday. RNZ political reporter Gia Garrick is among those heading there. She joins Guyon Espiner with analysis. Audio

7:48 AM.Christchurch City Council is urgently checking trees around a popular tourist area after falling branches seriously injured a man yesterday. Two limbs snapped off a pin oak on Rolleston Avenue, beside… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.A small south Auckland community is fighting to put itself on the map - literally. Hill Park in Manurewa has been around since at least the sixties but according to offical maps there's no such place… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The car shipping line, Scandinavia's Wallenius Wilhelmsen, is telling the government the biosecurity rules that are meant to keep the mamorated stink bug pest out of New Zealand are ineffective and… Read more Audio

More than 1500 people have signed up to a new environmental protest group pledging to take extreme action over climate change. In Britain the group Extinction Rebellion has caused widespread… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.The Prime Minister is backing her Housing Minister, Phil Twyford, despite his admission that the Kiwibuild programme will fall well short of its first-year target of one-thousand homes. Six months… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Students heading to university are among those struggling to find somewhere to live in Wellington. TradeMe's latest figures show the capital has become the country's most expensive city for renters as… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Mid-summer in central Otago seems an unlikely time and place to host an international winter sport tournament, but that's exactly what's been happening in Naseby all this week. The tiny Maniototo town… Read more Audio

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

8:39 AM.Farmers say skilled workers will leave the country unless their visas start reflecting their true value. In changes made just before the last election , low skilled workers who previously could remain… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Tenzing Norgay's son Norbu Tenzing says a move to limit the number of people attempting to scale Mount Everest would save lives. China has announced it will cut the number of people attempting to… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.An Auckland music camp designed to bring more women into the music industry is about to start in the capital. Read more Audio

8:51 AM.The Defence Minister says it won't be long before there are more details of one of the biggest procurements in decades. Last year, the government announced $2.3 billion for new planes to replace the… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Novak Djokovic has cruised into the Australian Open semi-finals after his opponent Kei Nishikori retired mid-match with a leg injury. And Serena Williams has crashed out of the tournament, rolling her… Read more Audio

8:59 AM.Journalist and RNZ contributor Rob Hosking died of cancer last weekend at the age of 54. Morning Report host Susie Ferguson remembers his kindness, intelligence and fine taste in whiskey. Read more Audio