Morning Report for Wednesday 31 March 2021

6:06 AM.New Zealand has kept the T20 cricket series against Australia alive by securing victory off the last ball of the second match in Napier. Read more Audio

6:11 AM.Global leaders have called for a new treaty to help the world prepare for future pandemics, in a warning against rising vaccine nationalism.

More than 20 countries including France, Germany, and Fiji… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.Time's up is being called on episodes of sexual violence in Wellington.

A coalition of different organisations have come together to protest what they describe as a city centre culture that fosters… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:40 AM.An Auckland Councillor wants to see a new chief executive at the Ports of Auckland. It follows a scathing review into health and safety - commissioned by the council after three deaths and multiple… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Redundancies and funding cuts are putting people who work with international students under increasing pressure.

They say New Zealand will struggle to restore its foreign enrolments if schools… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.The White Ferns allrounder Frankie Mackay wasn't expecting to play the the second T20 match of the series against Australia but after a last minute call-up she produced a player of the match… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Women seriously injured while giving birth are being left without help they desperately need because ACC is taking a tougher approach.

The number of women covered for the most common type of birth… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Counties Manukau DHB is funding free GP visits across 16 clinics to ease intense pressure on Middlemore Hospital.

On Monday night the hospital's emergency department was swamped, seeing 187 patients… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Two of the Pike River families have been told by the police that charges over the disaster are likely.

This as the deadline for the completion of the forensic investigation is pushed out to October… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The trial of the police officer accused of murdering George Floyd is hearing from more witnesses today.

Derek Chauvin who has pleaded not-guilty to murder and manslaughter charges is on trial in… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.National Party leader Judith Collins says her deputy’s decision not to get a public vaccination early is his own to explain.

The Government is allowing ministers and spokespeople who hold portfolios… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Auckland city councillors are joining the call for new leadership at the troubled Ports of Auckland.

In recent years, the council-owned Ports have been the site of three deaths and several serious… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.The Cancer Society wants a huge reduction in the number of stores that are allowed to sell tobacco.

Between 3,000 and 4,000 shops sell tobacco in New Zealand, but the Society would like that to drop… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The lead commissioner overseeing the running of Tauranga City Council, Anne Tolley, says she's shocked at its lack of investment in infrastructure.

Tolley was appointed head of a team of… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Work continues today to resolve the standoff between New Zealand Rugby and players.

New Zealand Rugby boss Mark Robinson says he's optimistic a "transformational" deal will go ahead in which a US… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The White Ferns don't have long to revel in last night's four-wicket win over Australia with a quick turn around for the T20 series decider tomorrow in Auckland. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A medical specialist says some people are forced to wait far longer than they should for treatment for painful tears sustained during childbirth.

Perineal tears are the most common type of birth… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.The High Court has told the Waitangi Tribunal to reconsider a decision it made over rights to land, finding it returned them to a party that was not mana whenua.

A tribunal decision, made last year… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Property investors have been vocal in their opposition to new housing policy announced by the government, and say rent hikes are an inevitable consequence.

Some renters are already reporting… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The mortgage deferral scheme winds up on Wednesday almost a year after it was introduced.

The scheme was rolled out in response to the pandemic to help mortgage holders experiencing hardship to defer… Read more Audio

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

8:41 AM.The White Ferns have notched a morale-boosting - and thrilling - win over Australia in the second women's cricket T20 in Napier.

Tuesday's result came down to the final ball, when a french cut from… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The pandemic has been tough for some migrant communities.

People who moved to New Zealand for work have found themselves unemployed, while others have been unable to visit relatives.

Timothy Brown… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Mountain safety experts are urging trampers and hunters to plan well before venturing into the hills this long weekend.

Tramping injuries and Search and Rescue callouts are twice as high over Easter… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Researchers from AUT's BioDesign Lab have designed a prosthetic fin for injured sea turtles.

The fishing industry is the number one cause of harm to turtles - global data over the last two decades… Read more Audio