Morning Report

Former Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein has been convicted of sexual assault by a New York jury.

It's a landmark verdict in the #MeToo movement.

Sixty-seven-year-old Weinstein was one of Hollywood's most powerful men - and the prosecutor's case was that he used that power to keep his victims silent.

Denise Beek from the #MeToo movement speaks to Susie Ferguson.

A brief update on the movements in the financial sector.

Less than two years after undergoing a four-year earthquake strengthening upgrade, the National War Memorial in Wellington has been closed indefinitely because engineers say it's an earthquake risk.

The Ministry of Culture and Heritage says it's too soon to say just how dangerous the Carillion tower and Hall of Memories would be in an earthquake.

Brodie Stubbs is the Ministry's Te Pae Mahara manager.

He speaks to Susie Ferguson.

The New Zealand stock market had its worse day in four months yesterday.

The NZX Top 50 Index was down about 1.8 percent with the biggest drops in aviation and tourism related stocks, and Australia's benchmark index was also down about 2.25 percent.

Kirk Hope is the chief executive of Business New Zealand.

He speaks to Corin Dann

Forestry contractors say as many as 1500 forestry workers could be out of a job soon because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says options are being looked at for moving the workers to conservation jobs in Southland but Forest Industry Contractors Association chief executive Prue Younger says that's unlikely to be a solution.

The Forest Owners Association says a lack of space in Chinese ports is bringing a virtual halt to New Zealand log exports to China.

The association's president is Peter Weir.

European shares have today had their biggest one-day slump since the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016 after the jump in coronavirus cases rattled investors. In London the FTSE 100 recorded its worst one-day performance in more than four-and-a-half years. The Dow Jones followed suit, opening nearly 3 per cent down Financial Times markets editors Michael Mackenzie speaks to Corin Dann

A man has died after being shot in Kaikohe last night.

Police say the man died while being airlifted to Auckland Hospital.

RNZ reporter Katie Doyle has the details.

The India cricket captain Virat Kohli had a simple and honest answer for why they lost the first test against New Zealand by 10 wickets - saying they didn't play well enough.

Home comforts certainly helped the Black Caps reverse their Test fortunes and score a 10 wicket win over India in the first Test at the Basin Reserve yesterday.

New Zealand rebounded from their three-nil hiding from Australia, while India suffered their first loss in eight games in the ICC World Test Championship.

Sports reporter Barry Guy reflects on the match and what lies ahead.

The Prime Minister touched down in Fiji last night where the red carpet was rolled out and locals lined the streets to catch a glimpse of Jacinda Ardern.

All the stops are being pulled out for this trip - the first visit by a New Zealand Prime Minister since 2016.

RNZ political reporter Jo Moir is travelling with the Prime Minister and joins us now from Suva.