Morning Report for Tuesday 29 January 2019

6:00 AM.The dumped Kiwibuild chief executive Stephen Barclay speaks about what went wrong denies bullying or misconduct and the hot weather continues - Waikato is set to sizzle today. Audio

6:05 AM.The New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has acknowledged India's superiority as the tourists clinched the one day series with a seven wicket victory in game three in Mt Maunganui. Audio

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

6:39 AM.North Island temperatures did not dip below 20 degrees on Monday night with Kaitaia, Tauranga and Whangarei all recording minimum temperatures of 22 degrees. But it's bad news for some in Nelson, with… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The West Coast Regional Council has chosen not to support the government's Zero Carbon Bill, making it the only regional council in the country to reject it. The council says if West Coasters are to… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The ousted boss of KiwiBuild says he has been put through an awful few months by the head of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Andrew Crisp. Stephen Barclay faces allegations about his… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Residents of Bell Block in New Plymouth have described how the Mangati Stream ran white after a sewage spill which killed dozens of fish and eels. The Taranaki Regional Council says it responded to a… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The ousted boss of KiwiBuild says he has been put through an awful few months by the head of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Andrew Crisp. Stephen Barclay faces allegations about his… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.There's no relief in sight for some parts of the country sweltering in thirty degree plus temperatures. Napier and Blenheim jointly took out yesterday's top temperature of 35 degrees as warm air from… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.Cabinet today meets for the first time this year, and KiwiBuild is likely to top the agenda. The Government's flagship programme has been taking multiple hits, including the dramatic resignation of… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The West Coast Regional Council wants more science to prove that human driven climate change is happening before it will commit to reducing emissions. That's despite some of its ratepayers saying the… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A seven-wicket win in the third ODI has clinched the series for India and left the Black Caps with plenty to ponder ahead of the World Cup in May. Despite an improved effort from the Black Caps, the… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.The government's troubled KiwiBuild programme will be high on the agenda as Cabinet ministers meet for the first time this year. But what other political issues will feature in 2019? Political… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Some Christchurch building firms are so desperate for work they are cutting their margins to the point where they're not making any money. That may come as a surprise to people looking for a builder… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Antarctic explorers have set out on a quest to find Sir Ernest Shackleton's lost ship. The expedition will break its way through 120 kilometres of sea ice in an effort to reach the final resting place… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Prime Minister Theresa May is under pressure from conservative MPs to renegotiate with Brussels on the issue of Northern Ireland's border with the Republic. The so-called 'Backstop' element of Brexit… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Rescue teams searching for 300 missing people after a dam collapsed in south-east Brazil say the chances of finding survivors are "very low". No one was rescued alive yesterday as firefighters in the… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.India have clinched the ODI series against the Black Caps with two games to spare. The visitors again utterly dominated all facets of the game at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Monday. Chetan Narula… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Honking in the Mt Victoria tunnel is somewhat of a Wellington tradition - but one City Councillor wants people to lay off the horn. According to legend, the tooting pays tribute to a teenager who was… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Everyone is looking forward to a hot day today especially ice cream shop owners. Their freezers have been straining to handle the heat, and customers have been queueing out the door. Vaughan Currie is… Read more Audio