Morning Report for Monday 24 February 2020

6:06 AM.The British boxer Tyson Fury has produced the most destructive performance of his career to end American Deontay Wilder's five-year reign as WBC heavyweight world champion in a seven round fight in… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.British boxer Tyson Fury is the new WBC heavyweight champion of the world after beating US boxer Deontay Wilder.

The win ended Wilder's five-year reign as WBC heavyweight world champion.

Dubbed the… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.Northland's biggest trucking operator is claiming a triumph over the New Zealand Transport Agency and is accusing it of allowing a personal campaign to be waged against him.

The NZTA has dropped its… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

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

6:39 AM.The tourism industry has held back from calling for an end to the ban on foreign travellers arriving from mainland China, saying it understands that people's safety must come first.

The temporary… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.A dozen towns in the northern regions of Italy are being quarantined as officials try to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Around 50,000 people from towns in two northern regions have been asked to… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:06 AM.New Zealand head into the fourth day of the first cricket test against India in Wellington with victory in sight. Audio

7:10 AM.Cabinet will decide today whether to extend the temporary travel restrictions put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus, which are due to expire tonight.

Currently, any foreign travellers who… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Cabinet will decide today whether to extend the temporary travel restrictions put in place to curb the spread of Covid-19, which are due to expire tonight.

Currently, any foreign travellers who left… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.A new team dedicated to investigating child uplift complaints at Oranga Tamariki is already reviewing 17 cases.

The Ministry set up the team last year, after a damning report into the attempted… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Senator Bernie Sanders has scored a resounding victory in Nevada's presidential caucuses.

It's the third win in as many states for the Left-wing senator. The former vice-president Joe Biden, who had… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Northland's biggest trucking operator has accused the New Zealand Transport Agency of letting an employee wage a personal vendetta against him that's cost him millions of dollars.

Stan Semenoff says… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.New legislation is planned to further regulate vaping and e-cigarettes.

It will include a tightening of age restrictions, barring advertising and regulating where they can be sold and used.

Sales… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.A Christchurch woman whose mother died in the 2011 earthquake says an apology from the Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel does not lessen her grief.

Yesterday - nine years and one day since the quake… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Kate Tempest, UK spoken word artist and rapper has been one of the most talked about artists in the opening days of the New Zealand Festival of the Arts in Wellington.

Audiences have also been taken… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Black Caps are on course to inflict world number one India's first defeat in the test cricket championship. Read more Audio

8:11 AM.New Zealand's steps to shield itself from the Covid-19 coronavirus will not save the economy from feeling its affects.

Hundreds of millions of dollars is likely to be shaved off the value of the… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Fjii and Australia are worlds apart when it comes to action on climate change and that will make for selective conversations when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern heads to both countries this week.

It's… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Senator Bernie Sanders scored a crushing win in Nevada yesterday to confirm his status as the clear Democrat front runner to challenge Donald Trump in November's presidential election.

With around… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.New Zealand are aiming for a rare test cricket win against India when the first test resumes at the Basin Reserve in Wellington today.

A solid batting effort left the Black Caps with a 183 run lead… Read more Audio

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

8:39 AM.Former Labour Party candidate Rawiri Waititi says he's "seen the light" and is having another crack at Parliament - this time for the Māori Party.

Waititi was named yesterday as the party's candidate… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Thousands of people are expected at Parliament today to celebrate RNZ Concert's 87th birthday.

Plans were made to throw a 'birthday bash' for New Zealand's only classical and jazz station after its… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A group of rainbow organisations say they will not be participating in the Wellington International Pride Parade this year.

They say it's too much about corporates and not enough about the community.

8:55 AM.Growers of industrial hemp say red tape is stopping industries from making the most of what many regard as a potential wonder crop.

Hemp lacks the mind-altering power of its close cousin marijuana… Read more Audio