Morning Report for Tuesday 3 December 2019

6:00 AM.Defective concrete allegedly delayed apartment block building, gun owners claim they saw buyback data, measles continues to strike in Samoa, the gun buyback data breach causes a headache for the… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Weather permitting, the final day of the second cricket Test between New Zealand and England is all set up for a battle. Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Heavy rain and strong wind are expected to cause problems today with the Transport Agency warning drivers in parts of the South Island to take extreme care.

It says there's a risk of flooding and… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.The family of a man who died in a Samoan prison won't meet the country's Attorney-General this month after he cancelled a trip to New Zealand.

Lemalu Hermann Retzlaff was expected to visit but the… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Government agencies and the police have been told to lift their game in protecting personal details after a breach in the gun buy back scheme allowed names and addresses to be viewed.

The police… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Samoa will shut down government offices for two days this week so public sector workers can help with a mass vaccination campaign against measles.

All government branches will close Thursday and… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Principals say more schools are banning or restricting mobile phones over fears the devices are stopping teens from playing and making friends.

Among them is Glendowie College in Auckland which… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Integrated schools are accusing the government of breaking promises over funding.

The schools have been excluded from a $400 million property maintenance scheme.

The 330 mostly church-owned schools… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The England cricket captain Joe Root believes the tourists still have a chance of a good result in the second Test against New Zealand in Hamilton. Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Defective concrete surrounding the country's deepest basement is delaying construction of the tallest tower-block in Auckland.

It appears no independent investigation has been done into the severity… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Police have admitted up to 66 gun dealers had access to the names, phone numbers, addresses and bank details of over 30,000 firearms owners due to an error in the way the gun buyback registry was… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Samoa's government will shut down on Thursday and Friday this week so almost all public sector workers can help with the country's mass measles vaccination campaign.

All government branches will… Read more Video, Audio

7:27 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she backs her minister Stuart Nash, despite opposition MPs calling for him to resign over a data breach involving the gun buyback.

Ms Ardern told Morning Report the… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Tens of thousands of gun owners' private information was briefly made available to 66 gun dealers.

Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Clement speaks to Philippa Tolley. Read more Audio

7:45 AM.A new report has found if Wellington doesn't improve the region's infrastructure, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake could cost New Zealand more than $16 billion in lost economic activity and cause years of… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Students at an Auckland secondary school are rediscovering the joy of card games, lunch time sport and the simple art of conversation thanks to a total ban on phones during the school day.

Glendowie… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Global tech companies and international officials are meeting in Wellington today to test how fast they can take down a livestream like the Christchurch mosque attack video.

After the March 15… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The England cricket captain Joe Root has his fingers crossed that the rain forecast for Hamilton today stays away and that they can put the Black caps under some pressure on the final day of the… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.The latest round of global climate talks has opened in Spain with the head of the United Nations warning the world risks sleepwalking past a point of no return.

Political leaders, diplomats and… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.New rules for the use of physical restraint in schools are on the way.

Changes make it clear that physical force can be used, as a last resort, to keep students safe from harm. The measures are part… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Samoa's government will shut down on Thursday and Friday this week so all public sector workers can help with the country's mass measles vaccination campaign.

The death toll of the measles epidemic… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Some people in Dunedin are resorting to staying in violent relationships to keep a roof over their head.

Others are couch-surfing or living in overcrowded conditions as the city struggles with… Read more Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:43 AM.Animal welfare officers are investigating how nearly 200,000 chickens died early on Saturday morning at a chicken farm in Helensville.

The Ministry for Primary Industries says the deaths, which RNZ… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Frustrated carers are taking to the picket line today to protest over what they say are zero hour contracts.

The workers at Woburn Masonic Village, in Lower Hutt, want certainty over their shifts.

… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Iwi have accused a cruise ship company of staging a "pantomime powhiri" for its passengers as they landed in Tauranga.

Footage of shirtless non-Maori staff of the ship with fake moko drawn on their… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.One of New Zealand's most recognisable maunga is officially set to be known solely by its Maori name.

Nga Iwi o Taranaki and the crown have reached an agreement for Taranaki Maunga to be used… Read more Audio