Morning Report for Tuesday 10 December 2019

6:00 AM.Whakaari/White Island: Prime Minister briefs media on fallout, White Island eruption report, Paramedic on Whakaari/White Island eruption, Convoy to take stranded tourists out of Franz Josef Audio

6:06 AM.Russia has been handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Police say no survivors are expected to be found on Whakaari/White Island after Monday's volcanic eruption.

Twenty-three people were rescued from the island off the Bay of Plenty coast - five later… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.Police believe there are no survivors on Whakaari/ White Island after an eruption yesterday and are working urgently to confirm the exact number of people who have died.

Twenty-three people were… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.Russia has been handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

It means the Russia flag and anthem will not be allowed at events such as the Tokyo 2020… Read more Audio

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

6:35 AM.Twenty-three people were rescued from the island off the Bay of Plenty coast after an eruption on Monday afternoon - five later died from their injuries.

Police estimated up to 27 people had been… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Police say no survivors are expected to be found on Whakaari/White Island after yesterday afternoon's volcanic eruption.

Twenty-three people were rescued from the island off the Bay of Plenty coast -… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Young people, Maori and single people are some of the most vulnerable people in the country because they are victims of repeat crime each year.

The Justice Ministry has just published its latest… Read more Audio

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

7:05 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Whakatāne mayor Judy Turner and Police Superintendent Bruce Baird have briefed media on the situation at Whakaari/White Island.

Police say eight people are still… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Paramedics from St John took charge of the evacuation of the injured from Whakaari/White Island.

Norma Lane is St John's director of operations. Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Whakaari/White Island has erupted, leaving five people dead.

Twenty-three people were evacuated from the island on Monday afternoon and eight were left behind.

Police say there are no more signs of… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Three days ahead of schedule, the road south out of Franz Josef will open from two o'clock this afternoon to allow around 1000 stranded tourists to finally leave town.

The guided convoy is strictly… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Travellers trapped in Timaru after floods closed State Highway 2 on Saturday were able to resume their journeys yesterday when an alternative inland route opened.

RNZ reporter Tess Brunton is in… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Four percent of people experience nearly half of all crime each year.

The Justice Ministry has just published its latest report from the Crime and Victim Survey looking at this group, called the… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.The lobby group Waterfront 2029 is applauding the government's announcement that Auckland's port needs to move.

The Prime Minister says it's no longer viable for the car and container port to remain… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Whakatāne is quiet in the wake of the eruption of Whakaari/White Island, which has left five dead and a further eight missing.

Police say there are no signs of life on the island.

RNZ reporter Katie… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The former Labour MP who publicly exposed fraud at the Ministry of Transport is surprised the former Auditor-General Martin Matthews is relitigating his role.

Martin Matthews was chief executive at… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Russia's sports minister Pavel Kolobkov maintains it's done everything possible to try and resolve its doping scandal, after the country was banned from the world's top sporting events for four years… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Bodies have been sighted on Whakaari/White island by reconnaissance flights this morning.

Five people were confirmed dead yesterday, as of Tuesday morning eight people are still missing another 31… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Police believe there are no survivors on Whakaari/ White Island after an eruption yesterday and are working urgently to confirm the exact number of people who have died.

Twenty-three people were… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.There are believed to be no survivors remaining on Whakaari/White Island after an eruption on Monday afternoon.

Twenty-three people were evacuated from the island on Monday, with five of them later… Read more Audio

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

8:33 AM.Some of the people who were on Whakaari/White Island were passengers from the cruise ship, Ovation of the Seas, which was docked in Tauranga for the day.

When the ship was due to leave port, the… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.A justice advocate says she's not surprised by the findings of a Ministry of Justice report that 26 percent of the most highly victimised people are Māori.

The Crime and Victims Survey also found… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Former Auditor-General Martin Matthews is petitioning Parliament to reopen his case, claiming his resignation was forced.

Mr Matthews resigned in 2017, hours before the release of a highly critical… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Three Wairarapa men helped to rescue a group of dolphins which were stranded after they were chased up against cliffs by a pod of Orcas.

Dick Kai had been out diving for paua with his son Kevin and… Read more Audio