Morning Report for Friday 2 March 2018

6:00 AM.Abuse inquiry: Privacy breach laid against Sir Anand Satyanand; NZ Census 2018, explained; Black Caps star Ross Taylor aims to inspire Pasifika players; UK sex abuse inquiry demands govt pay victims… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:11 AM.The Employment Minister, Willie Jackson, says the $50 million dollar fund set up by the last government to get more young New Zealanders into work or training is nowhere near enough. Audio

6:39 AM.The White House's revolving door continues to spin. The latest departure is long-serving Trump aide Hope Hicks, who's resigning from her job as Communications Director. Hicks joined Mr Trump's… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.There's four days to go until this year's census - but people in some parts of the country say they're yet to receive the access numbers needed to be counted. And the manager of a Northland retirement… Read more Audio

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

7:10 AM.A man sexually assaulted at a Catholic school has laid a breach of privacy complaint against the head of the Royal Commission into state abuse. The man is now calling for Sir Anand Satyanand to be… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Does your home have a working kitchen sink? And do you have mould growing that's larger than an A4 piece of paper? Those are just a couple of the questions in the new-style census, which takes place… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.There's a digital-first push for this year's census with people being delivered access codes and encouraged to do the census online. It includes new questions about how much mould is in houses… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.In Britain, an independent inquiry into child sex abuse says the Government must pay compensation to people forcibly sent abroad as children in the years after the Second World War. About 4000… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.The star Black Caps cricketer Ross Taylor says he would like the sport to promote him as a role model to Pacific Islanders. Taylor is one of the top scoring batsmen in New Zealand cricket history. But… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.A report from the Automobile Association yesterday claimed Auckland motorists are losing an average of 80 hours each a year thanks to peak time traffic congestion. But the Building Industry Federation… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.A large and architecturally unique state housing high-rise in central Auckland is set to be demolished. Number 139 Greys Avenue was built in 1957 to house 87 tenants but Housing New Zealand says with… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A fiercely honest portrayal of a Maori family under intense scrutiny after the death of a baby, has premiered as part of the New Zealand Festival in Wellington. Hone Kouka has written Bless the Child… Read more Audio

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

8:11 AM.A north shore councillor says he's been kept in the dark about foam contamination in his suburb. This week the New Zealand Defence Force began testing a tidal area at Ngataringi Bay, in the Auckland… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.A South African expat in New Zealand is devastated by the news that the government in his home country plans to start confiscating land owned by white farmers without compensation. Earlier this week… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Yesterday on Morning Report we spoke to Nicholas Bennett whose father was the chief purser on the Air New Zealand DC10 which crashed into Mt Erebus in 1979, killing all 257 on board. He was upset that… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The Prime Minister is in Sydney for her first formal visit and will be meeting with her Australian counterpart. Jacinda Ardern has taken a group of cabinet ministers and a large business delegation… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The former Prime Minister and National Party leader Bill English farewelled politics last night, delivering his valedictory speech to Parliament where he looked back on a career spanning more than a… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.The Auckland City Limits festival tomorrow will be the last big event in New Zealand's summer music festival season. The lineup is an eclectic mix, ranging from the international heavyweights Grace… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio