Morning Report for Wednesday 7 March 2018

6:00 AM.Marceau murder report: Andrew Little promises changes; Favona fire: Road closures cause major delays; Trump's tariffs could spell global recession, Mike Moore warns; Counter-terrorism police… Read more Audio

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

6:13 AM.The Airline Pilots' Association is criticising New Zealand's lack of regulation on drones, after one flying near Auckland Airport yesterday forced 20 aircraft to be diverted. Airport operations were… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.A visiting British analyst says the crisis confronting the construction sector has only just begun to bite. Mark Farmer, who wrote a report on the UK construction industry for the British government… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.After failing to win the support of his colleagues to become the National Party leader, Steven Joyce yesterday announced he's leaving politics. He says the new leader, Simon Bridges, offered him a… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Medics in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area of Syria say they have been treating people with breathing problems after a suspected chlorine attack. The reports follow government air strikes and… Read more Audio

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

7:16 AM.A massive fire in a scrap metal yard in the Auckland suburb of Favona is causing commuter chaos. 70 fire fighters are battling the blaze in a 16 hundred tonne heap of crushed cars. RNZ reporter Gill… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.The former head of the World Trade Organisation, Mike Moore, is urging world leaders to reason with US president Donald Trump over his plans to place punitive tariffs on steel and aluminium imports… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Counter terrorism police have taken over the investigation into apparent poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter in southern England. The move came as Britain's foreign secretary… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.A court has been told an Air Force staffer feared she'd be killed by a man nicknamed Groper Roper. The woman is suing the Crown for more than $1 million in damages at the High Court arguing the Air… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The Government is looking at its pension rules to see if Niueans living in New Zealand can return home and still collect their super. Audio

7:51 AM.North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys he is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on abandoning its nuclear weapons. North Korea says it will suspend nuclear… Read more Audio

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

8:16 AM.Aid has finally started to arrive at villages affected by last week's devastating earthquake in Papua New Guinea. The 7.5 magnitude quake hit the Highlands region last Monday, demolishing houses and… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.House prices in the regions are going gangbusters. MacKenzie District is up 25 percent year on year while Nelson saw a 2.7 percent increase over the last three months, Tauranga also saw growth of 2.9… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.An Auckland woman who saw her close friend shot dead has described her friend's violent relationship with her boyfriend. Samantha Douglas has been giving evidence at the trial of Turiarangi Tai who's… Read more Audio