Morning Report for Friday 12 April 2019

6:00 AM.Top stories this morning... WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is arrested and removed from from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London A man accused of shouting Islamophobic comments outside the Al Noor… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Israel Folau won't be welcome back in the NRL with the code set to deny the disgraced star a return to the sport if his contract is torn up by Rugby Australia. Audio

6:09 AM.The police say the New Zealand chapter of the notorious Comancheros motorcycle gang was established by deportees from Australia. In raids in Auckland on Thursday, six members and associates of the… Read more Video, 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

6:42 AM.Lifeline is being told it should be redirecting callers to other crisis lines after a woman waited 30 minutes before hanging up. She got an apology by text the next morning. But Lifeline admits such… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Jack Salt may have made history by becoming the first New Zealand basketballer to win a NCAA title in the United States but its pretty much been off the court and straight back to study for the… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

7:06 AM.All Black and Hurricanes wing Nehe Milner-Skudder has joined a chorus of rugby stars condemning Israel Folau's homophobic comments, saying they have the potential to do huge damage, particularly to… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested and removed from the Ecuador embassy where he has been living for the last seven years. Assange was arrested by UK police after Ecuador withdrew… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.A 33-year-old man, accused of shouting Islamophobic comments and kicking and trying to damage memorial items along Deans Ave was arrested on Thursday night and will appear in the Christchurch district… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.A group of Auckland University students are so afraid of a growing white supremacist movement on campus they are thinking of dropping out. They say disturbing and distressing behaviour has been going… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Parliament's Justice Select Committee is expected to consider banning foreign donations to political parties. The SIS has warned the Justice Select Committee that other countries have wanted to make… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The ferry service on a dump truck that's been delighting West Coast tourists has come to an end. Tim Gibb has been taking cars, food, passengers and freight across the Waiho River near Franz Josef… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.In the shadow of a gloomy International Monetary Fund forecast for economic growth, Finance Minister Grant Robertson is in Washington this week meeting financial heads from around the world. The IMF… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He has been found guilty by the Westminster Magistrates' Court of skipping bail. He now faces US federal… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.A desperate woman who rang Lifeline for help was kept waiting for half an hour before she eventually hung up. She got an apology by text the next morning. But Lifeline admits such delays are common… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Rugby Australia and says it will sack Wallabies fullback Israel Folau after his latest online homophobic outburst. The NRL has also said he won't be welcome back. Mr Folau made the comments on… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.An Auckland woman whose daughter needs surgery for an extremely rare condition has sold her business to help pay for treatment she can't get in New Zealand. Rita Li needs to pay for surgery in China… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Tiger Woods is on the charge in round one of the Augusta Masters Tournament in Georgia in a tie for first. The former world no.1 has nailed 4 birdies so far at 3-under, with four holes remaining. Audio

8:10 AM.An immigration lawyer says visa processing times are being manipulated to engineer fewer approvals and meet Government residence targets. Immigration New Zealand says it is not allocating case… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.A bitter standoff between a gun club and its neighbours could continue for some time yet, with shooters looking at how they can keep going despite a court order to stop. Makarau residents have been… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Almost a year after the launch of the Provincial Growth Fund the government has spent well over $100 million in Northland. The $3 billion fund was negotiated by NZ First as part of its coalition deal… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Iwi leaders and lawyers have called into question the way the Crown handled the Pare Hauraki settlement, saying its attempt to fix old grieveances has created new ones. The government's $250 million… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Police believe the Comanchero motorcycle gang has been dealt a severe blow after six people were arrested and almost $4 million in assests seized in raids in Auckland on Thursday. The organised crime… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A military takeover has taken place in Sudan overnight. The defence minister appeared on state TV, declaring that after nearly 30 years in power, President Omar al-Bashir has been arrested. A short… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Lab-grown lobster, implantable trackers for cows and robotic harvesters are just some of the innovations discussed at an agricultural summit in Christchurch. The inaugural event focussed on the… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.The scale of the public's generosity to victims of the Christchurch terror attacks and mental health campaigns may mean donor fatigue has set in for some. The annual Poppy Appeal is kicking off today… 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