Morning Report for Tuesday 19 February 2019

6:00 AM.Britain breaks ranks with the US and leaves the door open to Huawei -- we'll ask the prime minister if we'll follow suit, a council slaps a flood hazard warning on a retirement village, 18 months… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The All Blacks post world cup exodus continues with All Blacks flanker Liam Squire confirming he will leave New Zealand at the end of this year to play in Japan. Audio

6:10 AM.A climate scientist is disappointed Thames Coromandel District Council gave a retirement home consent to build an apartment block on its site, then 18 months later slapped a flooding hazard notice on… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.A Kaitaia school principal says having a word with Work and Income may be more effective than court action, in reducing truancy. The Tai Tokerau Principals Federation is calling for the prosecution of… Read more Audio

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

6:40 AM.Politicians have been told to stop treating law and order issues as a political football. About 200 people attended a meeting of the Safe and Effective Justice programme's advisory group in Wellington… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Teenage New Zealander Liam Lawson has won a place on the Red Bull Junior programme and will race in the Formula European Masters, the revamped Formula 3 series, this season. Audio

7:10 AM.In a surprise move, British intelligence appears to be pushing back against US attempts to persuade allies to ban Chinese company Huawei from their high-speed telecommunications systems. The Financial… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Fears are being raised that a proposed tax on online companies could backfire and leave New Zealand consumers out in the cold. The Government is preparing to introduce a new tax on multi-national… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.A local authority has retrospectively stamped a flooding hazard notice on the title of a retirement village complex, despite giving it the go ahead to build an entire new apartment block a year and a… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.We return now to our top story - the relationship between China and New Zealand. New Zealand is grappling with whether Huawei poses any security risk to telecommunications systems. Britain is said to… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Auckland Council and the police have come under intense pressure from frustrated residents demanding something is finally done about drunken parties and street racing at a notorious local hang-out… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Labour has passed National in the first Colmar Brunton political poll of the year. National's leader, Simon Bridges, has dropped again as preferred Prime Minister, while Jacinda Ardern's popularity… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.A nineteen point five million dollar funding package has been announced to find alternatives to the use of 1080 poison. The money comes from the Provincial Growth Fund and will be used by the… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Seven Members of the British Labour Party have resigned and have formed an independent party. The seven said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's refusal to back a second Brexit referendum and a rise of… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A trust set up by the American golfing billionaire Ric Kayne is funding genetic research on the country's rarest bird - the fairy tern. Mr Kayne built the Tara Iti golf course near Mangawhai, and the… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The South African 800 metres champion, Caster Semenya has gone to court in Switzerland to argue she should not have to lower her naturally high level of testosterone in order to compete. Audio

8:10 AM.The Prime Minister says New Zealand will take an independent position on Huawei and it will not be influenced by our Five Eyes partners. The US has been seeking to persuade allies to ban the Chinese… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The government is being warned it should move ahead with a tax on companies such as Facebook, Uber and Google only if other countries do the same. A proposal to tax multinationals making money out of… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The government is being warned it should move ahead with a tax on companies such as Facebook, Uber and Google only if other countries do the same. Tax specialist Geof Nightingale says that as a small… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.A drug and alcohol counsellor says reports last year that deaths caused by drug driving had overtaken the drink driving toll were wrong. Roger Brooking says the reports were based on figures published… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Dylan Thomsen is a spokesperson from the AA. He responds to drug counsellor Roger Brooking's claim the association's statistics on drug driving are incorrect. Audio

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

8:35 AM.A miniature horse is in an equine hospital after being stabbed 41 times in a brutal attack. Star, who's 10-years-old, was attacked in the early hours of Monday morning, and rushed to the Otago Equine… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Former All Black Julian Savea says he is going to keep going to training for the french side Toulon despite being told to leave. Owner Mourad Boudjellal says Savea is free to go, despite still having… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Politicians have been urged to stick to the facts when it comes to crime. That was the message from a crowd of about 200 at a meeting of the Safe and Effective Justice programme's advisory group in… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.More than 70 years of historic kapa haka film will be on display during the Te Matatini festival in Wellington. Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision will be showcasing some of its treasure trove of waiata and… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.An international research project has been set up to answer questions about the kuriri, or Pacific golden plover. The kuriri migrates to Pacific nations including New Zealand each summer from the… Read more Audio