Morning Report for Tuesday 28 January 2020

6:06 AM.World number one Rafael Nadal held off a spirited challenge from local favourite Nick Kyrgios to win in four tight sets and advance to the Australian Open quarter-finals. Read more Audio

6:17 AM.The Taliban has claimed it shot down a US military plane in the central Afghanistan province of Ghazni this morning.

But US officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to Reuters, have said… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

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

6:39 AM.One of the country's largest tourism companies says it expects to lose thousands of customers a month until the Chinese travel ban lifts.

China suspended all overseas group tours as the coronavirus… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.The Prime Minister has paid tribute to the millions who died during the Holocaust, declaring that anti-semitism has no place in the world.

Jacinda Ardern delivered the message at the Mount Eden War… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The National Party's Health spokesperson says the Government is failing to address the coronavirus situation effectively and has urged more practical steps be taken to protect the country from an… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.The Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios concedes he was beaten by a better man on the day as he went down in four sets to world number one Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open. Read more Audio

7:11 AM.The government will consider evacuating New Zealanders from China if it can be sure that poses no risk to New Zealand.

Fifteen Chinese cities are now fully or partially locked down because of the… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.New Zealanders living in Australia are being called on to take legal action to get federal laws declared discriminatory.

A class action is being looked into amid despair that lobbying against hard… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.New Zealand First MP Shane Jones is not backing down on his criticism of Ihumātao protest leader Pania Newton.

Jones called Newton a "young putiputi" - meaning a young flower - during his visit to… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The former US National Security Advisor John Bolton has claimed that President Donald Trump told him to continue freezing aid to the Ukraine until officials there helped him to investigate his… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The Government is being told to take urgent steps to prevent the export of infectious diseases to the Pacific.

It follows a deadly epidemic of measles in Samoa that's killed 83 people since October… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Police are searching for a swimmer who failed to resurface at a swimming hole in Karekare near Auckland yesterday afternoon.

Earlier in the day, the body of a diver was found at a beach east of… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The Green Party is criticising the government for failing to deliver on a promise to ban some aspects of rodeo.

A video of a rodeo show in Gisborne in 2018 has emerged which shows a bull bucking in… Read more Video, Audio

7:55 AM.The Green Party is calling for the end of an element of the rodeo industry, flank straps, after a video resurfaced showing a bull snapping its leg during the 2018 Gisborne Rodeo while apparently… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Nick Kyrgios says he has "made progress as a human" after his Australian Open ended with an honourable defeat by Spanish top seed Rafael Nadal. Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Scientists in China have confirmed the deadly coronavirus outbreak first jumped from animals to humans inside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in the heart of city of Wuhan.

The Chinese Centre for… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.One of the country's biggest tourism operators is expecting to lose 10,000 visitors a month after China suspended all overseas group tours because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Industry leaders says… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A children's charity is warning back to school costs are hitting families in hardship so badly it's stopping kids from going to school.

A KidsCan survey of 210 one to four decile schools found… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A total watering ban comes into effect in Masterton in the Wairarapa from today.

Extremely low river levels in the Waingawa River - dropping below 1100 litres per second - have triggered the ban for… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:39 AM.As students flood back into schools this week, principals are having to make their own decisions about whether to take preventive action against the Coronavirus.

At least 80 people have died in China… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.An Auckland woman stuck in Wuhan with her young daughter says she hopes the New Zealand government can get them home.

Selina Huang took her six-year-old daughter back to her hometown to visit her… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.RNZ is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the launch of its Pacific service.

Not many people in New Zealand will be familiar with the short wave radio service that broadcasts throughout the Pacific… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Leading sports stars, celebrities and politicians have been paying tribute to the US basketball star Kobe Bryant, who died when his helicopter crashed in California yesterday.

His 13-year-old… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Christmas may be long gone, but some people are still waiting for their presents to be delivered.

New Zealand Post says it delivered nearly 15 million parcels - a record number - this holiday season… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Australian tennis great Margaret Court has been honoured at the Australian Open.

Court was presented with a trophy on court at the Rod Laver Arena ahead of the blockbuster Nick Kyrgios versus Rafael… Read more Audio