Morning Report for Thursday 21 March 2019

6:00 AM.Top stories this morning... People are pledging to form human chains outside mosques during Friday prayers. Some relief for families as funerals of victims begin. Winston Peters is set to have words… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.SANZAAR will clarify the future of Super Rugby at the end of the week, with Australian media reporting the Tokyo-based Sunwolves are to be cut from the competition. Audio

6:16 AM.The Prime Minister says New Zealand has been a blue print of what not to do with gun control. In Christchurch on Wednesday, Jacinda Ardern spoke to a crowd of domestic and international media that New… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.A Christchurch Hospital doctor says they usually see one or two gunshot wounds a month, but the scale of the injuries from the Friday terror attacks was exceptional. Twenty-nine people are still in… Read more Audio

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

6:40 AM.The first of the public funerals for terror attack victims is being held today. Haji-Daoud Nabi, who was 71, will be buried at the Memorial Park Cemetery this afternoon. He fled Afghanistan more than… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The Minister responsible for the SIS and the GCSB says it became clear last year that New Zealand was not immune to white supremacist ideology. In 10 years worth of public spy documents the threat of… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.A Muslim chaplain from Sydney, who's travelled to Christchurch to help with funeral arrangements, blames Australian politicians for stoking the hatred that led to Friday's attacks. Australian Senator… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Threats of rape, beheading and being shot at are are part of life for MPs who are female and brown. Now, Parliament is standing as one calling out the hatred out for what it is, with speeches… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.All Black Damian McKenzie appears set to play at fullback again for the Chiefs as they hope to end their winless start to the Super Rugby season against the Bulls in in Pretoria. Audio

7:10 AM.Just a week after the Friday's terror attacks, the mosque where 42 people were killed is expected to open its doors to worshippers. The police are hoping to have Christchurch's main Al Noor Mosque… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.The burials of victims continue today in Christchurch. The first were held yesterday after a long wait for grieving families for bodies to be released. Community advocate Guled Mire joins Susie… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The Prime Minister says her deputy is on his way to Turkey to set the record straight. Winston Peters will be meeting with the Turkish President, days after a campaign rally where Recep Tayyip Erdogan… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.A security expert and former Australian diplomat in the Middle East says despite recent comments from the President of Turkey, New Zealanders and Australians should be safe to attend Anzac… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.A law professor says his warning that New Zealand was at risk of a mass shooting was "laughed off" when he spoke at a select committee in 2016. Waikato University's Alexander Gillespie told the… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.A man has lost the use of his right hand after a bullet struck him in the shoulder during Friday's shooting. His brothers have flown in from India and Australia to support their brother and his young… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.In the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks Māori leaders are telling New Zealander to reject the notion that "this is not us." They are sending their aroha to Muslim whanau, but say this is not… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Angry parents breached school lock-downs in Christchurch after Friday's mosque attacks and now the city's schools are reviewing their emergency response plans. Police ordered schools not to let… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.In 1996 a gunman shot 16 children and one teacher before killing himself in Dunblane, Scotland. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in British history. Public debate about the massacre centred on… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Sunwolves are set to be officially axed from Super Rugby tomorrow afternoon. Audio

8:10 AM.Immigration New Zealand is fast-tracking the visas of overseas family members of those killed in the Christchurch shootings. They say they've issued more than one-hundred and have set-up a special… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The Green MP Golriz Ghahraman wants politicians to stop "fanning the flames" of intolerance. She says the country's leaders have a role to play in fighting the far-right ideology that has been evident… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A regular worshipper at the Deans Avenue mosque is pleading with New Zealanders not to see threats from Islamic State as representing the view of most Muslims. Islamic State has posted a threat online… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.British Prime Minister Theresa May has written to the European Union to ask for a three month delay to Brexit. The UK is due to leave the EU on March the 29 - but Mrs May wants that to be postponed… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Doctors are urging the public to find out as much as they can about any family history of bowel cancer. They say those with bowel cancer in the family have a much higher chance of getting the cancer.

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

8:37 AM.A firefighter's widow who only won compensation after her husband died is calling on the government to take action so others don't go through the same experience. The case of Brett 'Gonzo' How, of… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Immigration New Zealand is fast-tracking the visas of overseas family members of those killed in the Christchurch shootings. They say they've issued more than one-hundred and have set up a special… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A Muslim economics and finance professor is worried victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings don't have life insurance, leaving their family out of pocket. Faruk Balli from Massey University, says… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The Wellington City Council is sorry messages of support following the mosque terror attacks were removed by graffiti crews. Residents vented their frustration on social media and contacted the… Read more Audio