Morning Report for Tuesday 19 March 2019

6:00 AM.Top stories this morning... Funeral preparations are under way for victims of the Christchurch shootings Muslims accuse security agencies of focussing on them In sport... Three people are dead and… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.England's Football Association has announced there will be a tribute to the people killed in last week's mosque attacks in New Zealand before England's Euro 2020 qualifier against Czech Republic this… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Students performed a haka as the sun set at a vigil near the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch on Monday night, which drew at least 1,000 people. Cashmere High School Head Boy Okirano Tilaia organised… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Vigils remembering the victims of the Christchurch terrorist attacks are being held across the Pacific. The attacks on two mosques on Friday took the lives of 50 people and have left Pacific… Read more Audio

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

6:39 AM.Christchurch residents are voicing their support and relief that the country's gun laws are being reviewed. People walking near the Linwood mosque on Monday night either want stricter rules, or an… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Firearm owners have been handing in their semi-automatics to police, in response to Friday's terror attack. The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is promising details on gun law changes will be announced… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.A top British journalist is accusing Facebook and Google of inciting violence by hosting the video taken by the shooter in Christchurch's mosque killings. The video has been viewed by hundreds of… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.England Football have responded to criticism by announcing there will be a tribute to the people killed in Friday's Christchurch terror attacks before England's Euro 2020 qualifier against Czech… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.It's now the fourth day since the mosque shootings and families are just now preparing to bury their loved ones. The police have confirmed they're trying to have all of the bodies released by… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.The Muslim community is demanding to know why security agencies are spying on them but appear not to be tracking the alt-right. The response of officials to Muslims over what they see as a growing… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.In the wake of Friday's attacks the Minister responsible for New Zealand's intelligence services, Andrew Little, announced a review of the way the agencies operate. He talks to Kim Hill. Audio

7:25 AM.A veteran ambulance officer who worked through the Canterbury earthquakes says the mosque terror attack was the worst scene he's ever attended. Paul Bennett went to the Deans Avenue mosque to treat… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The threat level in the Netherlands has been lowered after the arrest of a man who opened fire on passengers in a tram in the city of Utrecht killing three people. A manhunt had been underway to find… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Governing parties are keeping their cards close to their chest as to how New Zealand's gun laws will change. Little more than 12 hours after the Christchurch attack the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.A group of more than 50 large New Zealand companies are considering pulling their advertising from Facebook and Youtube. They want global action to put pressure on the social media giants to force… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The Privacy Commissioner is criticising Facebook for failing to stop accused gunman Brenton Tarrant from livestreaming the mass shooting of worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch on Friday. John… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.The duty lawyer who acted for Brenton Tarrant soon after his arrest says it was disturbing how lucid his client is. Mr Tarrant declined name suppression, bail and a lawyer and has chosen to represent… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.US president Donald Trump has taken to Twitter overnight to reject claims his anti-Islamic rhetoric helped fuel the Christchurch mosque attacks. The accused gunman Brenton Tarrant had praised Mr Trump… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.England Football have responded to criticism by announcing there will be a tribute to the people killed in Friday's Christchurch terror attacks before England's Euro 2020 qualifier against Czech… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Governing parties are keeping their cards close to their chest as to how New Zealand's gun laws will change. Little more than 12 hours after the Christchurch attack, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Australian and New Zealand intelligence agencies and police are working closely together to find out more about the accused gunman Brenton Tarrant and why he wasn't on any security watch list. Tarrant… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Mohammed Afroz hasn't gone home since he escaped from Friday's mosque shootings because he doesn't want to see the belongings of his two flatmates who were killed. Mr Afroz, who's originally from… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Among the survivors of the Christchurch mosque shootings still coming to terms with what he has experienced is Shoaib Gani. The Indian engineering student was at the Linwood mosque where seven people… Read more Audio

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

8:35 AM.Hunting & Fishing New Zealand has pulled all military-style semi-automatic firearms from sale nationwide. And Trade Me has stopped the sale of semi-automatic weapons and parts. But the Deerstalkers… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The minister responsible for spy agencies, Andrew Little, says they've stepped up their monitoring of white supremacists. He says it's still to early to say if they missed an opportunity to catch the… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Throughout the past four days, the response from different parts of the community to Friday's terror attack has been overwhelming. The police, paramedics, doctors and nurses, have been working on the… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Fears that the accused gunman Brenton Tarrant might try to use his trial as a political platform by representing himself are being downplayed by a legal specialist. Bridgette Toy-Cronin, who lectures… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Hundreds more people are calling the Ministry of Health's 1737 helpline, in the wake of Friday's terrorist attack. The latest figures show 544 phoned-in on a single day with a majority of calls being… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.A Riccarton fish market has turned itself into a food distribution centre for the families of mosque shooting victims. When news came through of the shootings on Friday, Sarah and Yoti Ioannou wanted… Read more Audio