Morning Report for Friday 23 November 2018

6:00 AM.City Rail Link builder RCR Tomlinon goes bust, Questions remain over NZTA handling of WOF checks - National, NZTA board chair not seeking CEO's resignation over WOF saga, Hawke's Bay, Gisborne see… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Football Ferns have secured a semi-final berth at the Oceania Women's Nations Cup in new Caledonia with a 6-nil win over the Cook Islands. Audio

6:09 AM.The National Party says public confidence in the Transport Agency has been completely undermined by its handling of warrants of fitness failings. The agency only suspended a Dargaville garage's… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.The United Kingdom and the European Union have reached a draft agreement on post-Brexit relations. UK Prime Minister Theresa May met with the EU President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels on Thursday… Read more Audio

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

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:43 AM.The Head of the Repair Certifiers Association says the Transport Agency is out of touch with the vehicle industry. The Agency has apologised for failing to enforce safety rules in many inspection… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.The Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts has spoken out against President Donald Trump, after he called a Judge an "Obama judge". Mr Trump was targeting the California judge who blocked his… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Football Ferns defender Ria Percival says the team continues to get better after the New Zealanders booked their place in the Oceania Nations Cup semi-finals with a second consecutive win in New… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.Engineering firm RCR NZ is set to build New Zealand's largest ever infrastructure project - the City Rail Link. But its parent company, Australian firm RCR Tomlinson, has gone into administration. The… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.The National Party says a number of questions remain over NZTA's handling of warrant of fitness checks and once they're answered it will be up to the Transport Minister to decide if heads should roll… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The chair of the NZTA board, Michael Stiassny, accepts the Dargaville case won't be the end of revelations about regulatory failings, but says he won't be asking the agency's chief executive to step… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.If you live in the Hawke's Bay or Gisborne, you are among the most likely to be killed by a gun in New Zealand. Figures released by the police show the police's Eastern region has the highest rate of… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.In half an hour, the first passenger train since the devastating Kaikoura earthquake will depart Picton for Christchurch. The 7.8 earthquake that struck the region in 2016 ripped up much of the scenic… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.That was Walmart's advertisement for the Black Friday sales, which is an American tradition of having a huge sale the day after celebrating thanksgiving. You may have seen the videos of crazed… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.The Taxpayers' Union is being slammed for saying the government shouldn't give koha because it's not-transparent and could be used to buy Māori support. But that's being shut down by politicians and… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.While plans are being made for the future of Christchurch's red zone, one researcher is keen to ensure the area's past is not forgotten. Canterbury University's Donald Matheson has developed an app… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Kiwibank says customers in towns were branches are being closed will still have face-to-face options within 10 kilometres from where they live. The state-owned bank announced this week its… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.The iwi leader who drew attention to the blackface float in the Hawera A&P Show parade says the South Taranaki District Mayor shouldn't have to resign for being part of a judging panel that awarded it… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A group supporting the ban on Police wearing uniforms in the Auckland pride parade says businesses who pull out of sponsorship are effectively blackmailing the gay community. Emmy Rākete from People… Read more Video, Audio

8:06 AM.Ireland rugby coach Joe Schmidt says he will reveal next week whether he will commit his long-term future to Ireland or return home to New Zealand. Audio

8:09 AM.The future of New Zealand's biggest ever transport project is uncertain, with the engineering firm hired to build it going into administration. Australian firm RCR Tomlinson was awarded the contract… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The road freight industry says it's going to need 28,000 more truck drivers over the next decade. It's already short of more than 2000 and the work pressure on those still driving appears to be… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.The Head of the Repair Certifiers Association is blaming the previous National government for NZTA's failings over safety checks on cars. It's been revealed the agency only suspended a Dargaville… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has made 11 changes to the starting XV for their final test of the year. He is also sticking with his dual playmaker experiment ahead of next year's World Cup in… Read more Audio

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

8:35 AM.Dunedin is expecting its biggest tourist season yet with close to 120 cruise ships and countless campervans descending on the city during the warmer months. But one of its drawcards - Otago Peninsula… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Health campaigners are celebrating an upcoming ban on smoking in cars with children. Cabinet ministers are expected to consider the matter before the end of the year and hope to introduce legislation… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.In what would be a world first, Vanuatu is considering taking legal action against the world's most polluting fossil fuel corporations and countries. The country's foreign minister says the great… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Change is already being driven from the ground up, but sports bosses believe it will be more women in leadership who'll ultimately champion equality in sport. That's one of the big changes the… Read more Video, Audio

8:50 AM.City Rail Link boss Sean Sweeney tells Guyon Espiner that RCR (Infrastructure) NZ, the engineering firm that won the bid to build a major part of Auckland’s City Rail Link, is unaffected by its parent… 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