Morning Report for Monday 22 January 2018

6:00 AM.Road police numbers drop as road toll climbs, Two killed in Dunedin house fire, Rocket Lab launches Electron satellite into orbit, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces pregnancy, Auckland homes… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.A update from the team at RNZ sport. Audio

6:10 AM.Yesterday Rocket Lab launched it's Electron rocket reached orbit and deployed three miniature satellites after taking off from the Māhia Peninsula. The successful launch means Rocket Lab will soon be… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:37 AM.Dedicated road police numbers have been slashed by nearly 100 officers since 2013, and there's been a 50 percent increase in the road toll over that time. The police association says road policing has… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.With less than two weeks until Labour marks its 100th day in office, the Prime Minister is confident she can tick off all the party promised to achieve in that time. Labour MPs are currently in the… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:10 AM.The number of police on New Zealand roads has been slashed since 2013, coinciding with a 50 percent increase in the road toll. Even though the police received a multi-million dollar payment in April… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Two people have died in a house fire that broke out in Dunedin just after 5am on Monday. RNZ reporter Tim Brown is at the scene. Audio

7:22 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's pregnancy announcement has largely been met with positive messages of support around the world over the weekend. Ms Ardern will take six weeks off after the baby is… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Auckland homes have been ranked the ninth most unaffordable in a survey of more than 400 major cities in nine countries. But Tauranga is even less affordable, according to the annual Demographia… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Two people have died in a house fire that broke out in Dunedin just after 5am on Monday. RNZ reporter Tim Brown is at the scene and joins Susie Ferguson with the latest details. Audio

7:46 AM.Despite last minute bipartisan meetings, the bill to fund the government until February 16 did not receive the required 60 votes. The failure of the US Senate to pass a new budget and prevent the… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.A relativity clause in Ngāi Tahu and Tainui's Treaty settlements means the government is likely to make further big payments to them as more iwi settle their claims. It was revealed yesterday the… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Braving temperatures of -35degC, polar winds and crevasses, a kiwi adventurer has returned home after the trip of a lifetime in Antarctica. Landing on the ice on the November 15, British team leader… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:10 AM.Police have failed to restore the numbers of officers dedicated to traffic duties even though the 2017 road toll was the worst in five years. They were given an extra $10 million in April to boost… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.Rocket Lab successfully launched a rocket into orbit for the first time yesterday. The small Electron rocket reached orbit and deployed three miniature satellites shortly after taking off from the… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The Silver Ferns suffered a shock loss yesterday at the hands of England in their opener at the Netball Quad Series in London. By half time the Ferns were behind by just one point and their luck… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.New Zealand's major housing markets are "severely unaffordable" according to the latest Demographia survey, out today. Auckland homes have been ranked the ninth most unaffordable in a survey of more… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Kim Dotcom has filed papers seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages from the government over an erroneous arrest warrant. The papers accuse the government of pursuing an erroneous arrest… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Nick Kyrgios lost to world number three Grigor Dimitrov in a four-set thriller last night at the Australian Open. It means there is no local left in the men's singles. No Australian has won the major… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.A Putaruru family struck down with a mystery illness initially thought to be botulism are battling to have that diagnosis overturned and access to ACC reinstated. Shibu Kochummen, his wife Subi, and… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Earlier on Morning Report we spoke to the Minister for Treaty Negotiations Andrew Little on the $370 million settlement top-up given to Ngai Tahu and Tainui iwi. The payout is thanks to a clause… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.At the weekend the Aotearoa Māori football sides were able to clinch the inaugural Clash of Cultures series against their Australian First Nation Mariya rivals in Auckland. Both the Māori men's and… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.A group of intrepid cavers have surfaced after exploring previously unexplored reaches of the Bulmer Cavern near Murchison. It was a 17-day expedition and they hoped to prove the cave system to be the… Read more Audio