Morning Report

A dozen towns in the northern regions of Italy are being quarantined as officials try to contain the spread of Covid-19.

Around 50,000 people from towns in two northern regions have been asked to stay at home by authorities.

Venice correspondent Sabina Castelfranco speaks to Corin Dann.

The tourism industry has held back from calling for an end to the ban on foreign travellers arriving from mainland China, saying it understands that people's safety must come first.

The temporary restrictions - put in place to try to keep the coronavirus out of New Zealand - are set to expire tonight, but Ministers will consider this morning whether to extend them.

The chief executive of Tourism Industry Aotearoa, Chris Roberts, spoke RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch last night.

News from the rural and farming sector.

A brief update from the business sector.

Northland's biggest trucking operator is claiming a triumph over the New Zealand Transport Agency and is accusing it of allowing a personal campaign to be waged against him.

The NZTA has dropped its legal action against Stan Semenoff Logging, after Semenoff, the former mayor of Whangarei, had electronic safety gear installed on his 50-plus-strong logging fleet. 

It says the company also specifically acknowledged it failed to comply with its safety obligations.

But Semenoff says the fleet was safe all along, and told RNZ reporter Phil Pennington if that hadn't be the case, NZTA wouldn't be dropping its attempt to revoke his transport licence.

British boxer Tyson Fury is the new WBC heavyweight champion of the world after beating US boxer Deontay Wilder.

The win ended Wilder's five-year reign as WBC heavyweight world champion.

Dubbed the 'Gypsy King', Tyson floored Wilder in the 3rd and 5th rounds, before Wilder threw in the towel midway through the seventh.

Fury told reporters it was written in the stars for him to win.

Martin Lipton, chief sports reporter for the Sun newspaper, speaks to Corin Dann.

The British boxer Tyson Fury has produced the most destructive performance of his career to end American Deontay Wilder's five-year reign as WBC heavyweight world champion in a seven round fight in Las Vegas.

New Zealand will decide today whether to lift or extend the China travel ban put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus., A new team investigating complaints against Oranga Tamariki is reviewing more than a dozen cases, and British boxer Tyson Fury produces his most destructive performance of his career to become world champion again.

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh.

New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor is set to achieve a unique milestone when the first cricket Test against India begins in Wellington today.

Almost 14 years on from his Black Caps debut - Taylor will become the first player to reach 100 international matches in all three of the sport's formats.

The former New Zealand captain has been an almost permanent fixture in the national team in that time - amassing more than 17,000 runs.

Clay Wilson with more on yet another Ross Taylor century.