Morning Report for Monday 3 February 2020

6:04 AM.The Black Caps have ended their 5-match Twenty20 series against India without a win, collapsing to lose the final match by seven runs at Bay Oval. Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters have paid tribute to Mike Moore, the former Labour prime minister who died yesterday aged 71.

Moore led the country for two… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Heavy rain has closed State Highway Six south of Fox Glacier and caused power cuts in south Westland.

MetService is predicting further heavy rain to fall on the West Coast until Tuesday night.

The… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The National Party has thrown down an electoral challenge - we won't make any deal with New Zealand First post election, so don't waste your vote on them.

It's a high-stakes gamble, attempting to… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.A military training base in north Auckland is being turned into a quarantine centre for New Zealanders returning from Wuhan which is in lockdown because the Novel Coronavirus.

Dozens of people will… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor admits they let another good chance slip against India. Read more Audio

7:10 AM.All foreign citizens who've travelled from or through China will be barred from entering the country from today. There are more than 14,500 confirmed cases of Novel Coronovirus, with many of of them… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.National Party leader Simon Bridges has made a high-stakes opening gambit in election year, attempting to knee-cap New Zealand First by ruling it out of any post-election deals.

But could the move… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Fourteen armed police were used by Oranga Tamariki to uplift a five-month-old Māori baby from a solo mother.

That's a story in a report published this morning as a result of a Māori-led national… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.A report published on Monday morning says 14 armed police were used to uplift a five-month-old Māori baby from a solo mother.

The report was published this morning as a result of a Māori-led national… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The former Labour MP Clayton Cosgrove says he's mourning the death of his best mate, the former Prime Minister Mike Moore who died yesterday.

Moore, who was 71, entered Parliament for Labour in 1972… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Heavy rain has closed State Highway 6 south of Fox Glacier and caused power cuts in south Westland.

MetService is predicting further heavy rain to fall on the West Coast until Tuesday night.

The… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Fresh doubt has been cast on the strength and durability of the huge concrete basement at Auckland's highest skyscraper project.

An independent review also questions if the concrete walls around the… Read more Audio

8:05 AM.Novak Djokovic is eyeing up Roger Federer's all-time grand slam tally of 20 grand slam titles after winning his 17th in Melbourne last night. Read more Audio

8:10 AM.China is calling the New Zealand decision to bar foreigners who've travelled from or through China from entering New Zealand 'disappointing".

China's Consul General in Auckland, Ruan Ping, says the… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.A travel agent says the two-week ban on foreign nationals travelling from or through mainland China entering New Zealand will hit the airlines hard.

The Prime Minister announced the ban yesterday… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Politicians are beginning to arrive in Waitangi in the run up to the celebration of the national day on Thursday.

It's a time when leaders from all strands of Maori life gather in one area, and… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The government agency charged with caring for children has been given a D minus in a Māori-led review.

A new report from Whānau Ora says Oranga Tamariki needs a complete overhaul because of systemic… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Opposition leader Simon Bridges has taken perhaps the biggest gamble of his political career - ruling out a coalition deal with New Zealand First after this year's general elections.

He's following… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Firefighters in Canterbury working to control scrub fires are being challenged by the hot, dry, and windy conditions this morning.

Two helicopters and several crews are battling two fires in Loburn… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Politicians past and present, from across the political spectrum, have been paying tribute to the former Labour Party Prime Minister Mike Moore who died yesterday at the age of 71.

Prime Minister… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Friends of a cancer patient have rallied to rent billboards in Auckland to help raise funds for a cancer treatment he needs that's not funded in New Zealand.

Andrew Speir was diagnosed with an… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Hundreds are expected to gather in the small settlement of Panguru on the Hokianga harbour this morning to unveil a statue honouring the late Dame Whina Cooper.

This year marks 45 years since the… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.The Indian cricket team wrapped up a five-nil sweep of the T20 series against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui last night.

While the series has been a tough watch for Black Cap fans, it's been a… Read more Audio