10:00 am today

Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 23 January

From Morning Report, 10:00 am today

Emergency crews have been working through the night searching for people missing after a landslide at Mount Maunganui; Emergency teams have been searching overnight for several people trapped under a landslide at Mount Maunganui; Very young children with cystic fibrosis could soon access funded medicines with the potential to add decades to their lives. Christchurch couple Edward and Emily Harrington-Ashton's 20 month-old- son, Noah, has cystic fibrosis. They say the drug will be life changing for their son; Politicians will this morning be travelling Ratana Pa south of Whanganui for the annual celebrations, which traditionally mark the start of the political year; From curling to cross country skiing and bobsleighing - the 25th Winter Olympics are nearly upon us.