Morning Report for Thursday 4 April 2019

6:00 AM.Three New Zealand journalists are being detained by police in Fiji. New Zealand First and National have scuppered a bid to give Ngāi Tahu permanent seats on Environment Canterbury - the regional… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Pulse remain unbeaten in the ANZ netball Premiership after a 68-42 win over the Northern Stars in Porirua. Audio

6:12 AM.An elderly man sexually attacked as a boy by the head of a leading Catholic college in Upper Hutt, says it's good the rector's photo has been taken down - but the school should speak up about why it… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.An advocate for the Muslim community says the Crusaders' name as well as its branding needs to go. On the Christchurch-based team said it's commissioned research to help it decide whether to keep the… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news and a catch up on overnight action on financial markets. Audio

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

6:40 AM.New Zealand First has sided with National to vote down a bill that would have created permanent iwi seats on Canterbury's regional council, Environment Canterbury. The Ngāi Tahu Representation Bill… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.A petition calling on the government to take more time considering its gun law changes has more than 15,000 signatures. The man behind the petition, Hayden Livingstone, tells RNZ political… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.A Maori academic says more Taranaki firms should consider dropping the word 'Naki' from their branding. The head of Te Wananga o Aotearoa's New Plymouth campus, Denis Ngawhare, has appauded IT company… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Forestland investors start to see some of their money back. Five countries responsible for more than half of foreign investment in NZ. Incoming Spark boss coy about 5G rollout and Huawei. How… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The New Zealand women's rugby league team won't be at full-strength for June's test against Samoa in Auckland. Audio

7:10 AM.Three Newsroom journalists were detained by police in Suva, Fiji, last night after trying to interview a controversial Chinese resort developer accused of environmental desecration of an island in the… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.New Zealand First has scuppered Labour's bid to give Ngāi Tahu permanent seats on the Canterbury Regional Council, saying its special treatment for Māori. Labour's Rino Tirikatene introduced the Ngāi… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.NZ First Minister Shane Jones is defending his party's decision to vote against a bill giving Ngāi Tahu permanent seats on the Canterbury Regional Council. Labour's Te Tai Tonga MP Rino Tirikatene… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.'Affordable home' buyers in an Auckland Special Housing Area have been charged thousands of dollars more than the ticket price for so called 'extras' like driveways - effectively pushing their homes… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.A Muslim community advocate says ditching the Crusaders' knights-on-horseback entertainers at matches is not enough - the name has to go. On Wednesday the Crusaders and New Zealand Rugby announced… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The Westland District Council is rejecting accusations by West Coast MP and Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor that it's been 'cavalier' in casting blame over flooding of the Waiho River. The… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Canterbury's regional council - Environment Canterbury - is unhappy that an effort to ensure Māori representation has failed. The council has two Ngāi Tahu representatives, but under existing… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.UK Prime Minister Theresa May has met with the opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, today in a bid to find a joint plan to end the deadlock over Brexit before the April 12 deadline. Our… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The convicted drug smuggler Karel Sroubek was earmarked for deportation less than a year after he arrived but officials didn't take action because they thought he'd already left the country. Documents… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.A cloud-based computing business in New Plymouth is being applauded for changing its name from Naki Cloud to Our Cloud. Many Taranaki Māori find the abbreviation at best irritating and at worst… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.New Zealand Rugby League has again lost leading players to its Pacific neighbours. Audio

8:10 AM.The Maori Council is questioning why so many Māori children end up in care and get abused, and is calling on not only the government, but whānau to find answers. The council says tamariki are… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Thousands of New Zealanders believe there's more to the mosque terror attacks in Christchurch than we've been told. About five percent of the nation are estimated to be hard core conspiracy theorists… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.An elderly man sexually attacked as a boy by the head of a leading Catholic college in Upper Hutt says it's good the rector's photo has been taken down - but the school should speak up about why it… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Auckland Council continues to struggle to process building consents on time but it's hoping a hiring binge will allow it to handle a flood of applications. In the year to February the Council issued a… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.The organisation Human Rights Watch says the Brunei government's new penal code introduced today is barbaric, archaic and poses grave threats to basic rights, especially for the most vulnerable. The… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expelled two MPs from his party's caucus, after they accused him of meddling in a criminal case involving an major engineering firm. Jody Wilson-Raybould and… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.A climate scientist says building a new development on Wellington harbour would be irresponsible. Victoria University's James Renwick says the development at Shelly Bay is very close to sea level, and… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Forty percent of New Zealanders rely on groundwater for their drinking supply, but scientists say they need more funding if they're to properly understand the crucial resource. They want groundwater… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.An Auckland gardening insitution that's been bringing together lovers of horticulture since the 1800s is digging in for a fight with Auckland Council. The council says the central city doesn't have a… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.The counting of votes will begin shortly in the Solomon Islands after Wednesday's general elections. RNZ Pacific's Koroi Hawkins is in Honiara. Audio