Morning Report for Wednesday 29 January 2020

6:00 AM.The health watchdog condemns substandard care at Hutt Valley DHB that led to a baby's death, Cabinet approves the first step in plans to combine RNZ and TVNZ into a new public broadcaster, Hong Kong… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Roger Federer saved seven match points on his way to a dramatic five set comeback win over unseeded American Tennys Sandgren in the Australian Open quarter-finals. Read more Audio

6:09 AM.The countdown to election day is on - with the Prime Minister revealing people will head to the polls on 19 September.

The date coincides with Suffrage Day - 127 years since women won the right to… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.A study of the New Zealand justice system has found that those with brain injuries are over-represented in our prisons.

The study was cited by Dr Ian Lambie, the chief science advisor to the justice… Read more Audio

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

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:40 AM.A mother whose baby died in 2016 because of substandard care during labour at Hutt Hospital says her daughter Ellie would have lived if staff had acted more quickly.

A Health and Disability… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.The government is this morning announcing money for upgrades at schools and hospitals so they can move to cleaner energy.

Up to $4.8 million dollars will be available for eight schools to upgrade… Read more Audio

6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

6:56 AM.President Donald Trump, alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced his plans to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

The announcement of the 'Middle East… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Roger Federer defied age and logic once again to save seven match points before beating unseeded American Tennys Sandgren in a sensational Australian Open quarter-final. Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A mother who lost her first daughter at six days old says her baby wouldn't have died if hospital staff had acted more quickly.

Ruth and Kazu Toyoshima's girl Ellie died in mid-2016, after she was… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Cabinet ministers have approved the first step towards creating a new public broadcasting "super entity" involving RNZ and TVNZ - but the plan looks quite different to what they considered at the end… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The countdown to Election Day is on - with the Prime Minister revealing people will head to the polls on September the 19th.

The date coincides with Suffrage Day - 127 years since women won the right… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Hong Kong has shut off links with mainland China in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus. Both the high-speed rail link and ferries between Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland are to be closed. In… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.The Government is this morning announcing $10 million for eight schools and two hospitals to upgrade and run on clean energy.

They are the first projects under a $200 million programme to reduce the… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The British government has decided to allow the Chinese telecoms company Huawei to have a limited role in the development of its 5G mobile network.

However it will be excluded from sensitive sites in… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.A study of inmates at Christchurch women's prison found nearly every woman interviewed had a history of multiple traumatic brain injuries.

The study was cited by Dr Ian Lambie, the chief science… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The 100 ranked American tennis player Tennys Sandgren says he'll put his heartbreaking loss to Roger Federer down to experience. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A Health and Disability Commissioner report found the Hutt Valley District Health Board its staff provided substandard care and breached the Code of Rights in the case of a baby that died in 2016.

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8:13 AM.A special squad in the Education Ministry targeting substandard early childhood services has found multiple breaches of health and safety rules and put more than 14 poor performers out of business in… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The government is set to announce a $12 billion spend on infrastructure this morning, with more than half of that earmarked for transport projects.

Investment in schools, hospitals, regional projects… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The interim Retirement Commissioner says raising the Superannuation age will do more harm than good, and there are more pressing things to fix first.

In the latest three-yearly review of retirement… Read more Audio

8:32 AM.A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:39 AM.A hui about a controversial housing development at Wellington's Shelly Bay has so far failed to win over iwi members who bitterly oppose the plan.

Last night developer Ian Cassels and the Port… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A local leader says more frequent police patrols in Western Bay of Plenty will ease the community's fears after two shootings yesterday.

The police say a large number of shots were fired at a house… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.German-Jewish refugee Richard Fuchs, came to New Zealand in 1939 fleeing from Nazi persecution. Fuchs wrote symphonies, chamber works, as well as many songs.

But because he was Jewish, his music was… Read more Audio