Morning Report for Wednesday 26 February 2020

6:06 AM.Coronavirus concerns have forced the postponment of South Korea's table tennis world championships and the latest round of J League football in Japan while there are doubts about a Six Nations rugby… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.Latin and classics teachers say they and their students are shocked the Education Ministry wants to curtail the subjects.

The ministry wants classics dropped as an NCEA Level One subject, and Latin… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.National security experts are warning foreign interference is happening in New Zealand in exactly the same way as across the Tasman.

Australia's Security Intelligence Organisation says foreign… 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. Read more Audio

6:45 AM.The Prime Minister says she won't be wagging her finger at Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and demanding he do more to fight climate change when they meet this week.

Jacinda Ardern is in… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.The guilty verdicts in the New York case against Harvey Weinstein are only the beginning of the movie mogul's prosecution.

He still faces charges in Los Angeles of assaulting two women in 2013.

At… Read more Audio

6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The coach of the New Zealand boxing team says they're following local advice as the coronavirus hits Italy. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.World stock markets have fallen further amid investor concerns over the impact of the spreading coronavirus outbreak.

Wall Street fell 1 percent after World Health Organisation officials said the… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.International students stranded in China say the ban on coming to New Zealand because of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak is unfair and should be lifted.

Meanwhile some have sidestepped the ban by… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.One of the men charged over donations to the National Party was at one stage to have gone to the party's candidate college, which identifies and train potential members of Parliament.

Jami-Lee Ross… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Teachers warn proposed NCEA changes will mean fewer students taking science, and the death of Latin in New Zealand schools.

The Education Ministry has suggested dropping several subjects including… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.A Māori patient who is dying of bowel cancer is backing calls for the government to lower the screening age before it's too late. 

New Zealand does not screen people aged 50 to 59 despite them making… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.A police crackdown on drivers using their mobile phones has led to a 40 percent increase in the number of fines being issued.

Road safety advocates are encouraged by the numbers, saying using a… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has failed to convince Jacinda Ardern to send a strong message to Australia on climate change when she visits there this week.

Bainimarama made his position… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Australia's domestic spy agency has given a frank and unprecedented account of foreign interference within its borders that national security experts say applies here too.

Australian Security… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Lotto stores are expected to be busy today with a $42 million Powerball prize up for grabs tonight.

If struck it will be the second highest Powerball prize in history - a couple from the Hibiscus… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The coach of the New Zealand boxing team says his athletes are remaining positive about the outbreak of coronavirus in Italy and their prospects of getting to next week's Olympic qualifying tournament… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The New Zealand stock market closed about 1 percent lower last night.

At one point the benchmark top 50 Index was down 3 percent, but clawed back much of the losses before closing.

ANZ Senior… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.International students stranded in China are sidestepping a ban on coming to New Zealand by going to a third country before travelling here.

They say the ban because of the Covid-19 coronavirus… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Physics teachers say they are shocked by a proposal to streamline the teaching of science at NCEA Level One.

The Ministry of Education is considering replacing Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth… Read more Audio

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

8:39 AM.Watercare says it's growing increasingly concerned by Auckland's skyrocketing water use.

Peak demand records for the region were broken three times last week, with Aucklanders using more than 560… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.The medical director for New Zealand Football says they don't have any plans to ban junior players from heading the ball in training sessions.

Yesterday the English, Northern Irish and Scottish… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Unions are worried employees are being asked to take leave, as some sectors face a shortage of work amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Exporters, tourism operators and education providers have been hard hit… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.A $10,000 reward has been on offer for three years, but still no confirmation of the South Island kōkako.

More than 200 possible encounters have been reported but the Grey Ghost remains elusive.

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