Morning Report

It's day six for Wuhan evacuees quarantined at a navy training base in Whangaparaoa, north of Auckland.

Last Wednesday, a government-chartered flight landed at Auckland with 98 New Zealand citizens and permanent residents and 69 people from Pacific Island and other countries.

Since then, they've been settling in, adapting to life in campervans and finding ways to kill time.

Chen Liu reports.

A brief update on the movements in the financial sector.

Leading Democratic presidential candidates have stepped up attacks against each other ahead of tomorrow's New Hampshire primary. Senator Bernie Sanders and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg were the two victors in the Iowa caucuses, and are leading in the New Hampshire polls. Who will get the third ticket is the big question now for former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Amy Klobuchar. The primary could be a make or break vote for some of the Democratic candidates. David Paleologos is the Director of the Political Research Center at Boston's Suffolk University. He speaks to Gyles Beckford

The Prime Minister's determination to keep Concert radio on FM isn't enough to stop the country's big orchestras from pushing ahead with legal action to save the station.

Jacinda Ardern has announced that an alternative plan is being drawn up in a Cabinet paper that will be presented to ministers.

Composer and performer Claire Cowan, who writes music for both stage and screen speaks to Corin Dann.

The Prime Minister's determination to keep RNZ Concert radio on FM isn't enough to stop the country's big orchestras from pushing ahead with legal action to save the station.

Jacinda Ardern has announced that an alternative plan is being drawn up in a Cabinet paper that will be presented to ministers.

But those planning legal action say it doesn't go far enough.

Political reporter Yvette McCullough has more.

Netsafe's latest survey shows an alarming number of teenagers have been exposed to suicide and self harm materials online.

Nearly half of the 2000 teenagers interviewed by NetSafe had seen harmful content, and a quarter of those surveyed were upset or bothered by something that happened online.

NetSafe's chief executive is Martin Cocker.

He speaks to Corin Dann.

The England rugby coach Eddie Jones believes increasing the number of teams in the Six Nations would be a mistake.

The America's Cup has forced a colony of threatened red-billed seagulls to up sticks and find a new home on Auckland's waterfront.

The birds had been breeding at an old boatyard, but that's being turned into a new ferry terminal to make space for the cup challengers.

But how do you get a thousand birds to nest in a new spot?

Sarah Robson headed out on a boat to find out.

Fire crews would struggle to access water to fight blazes after a large earthquake in Wellington.

They would be stopped from using the city's reservoirs because they would be needed for drinking water.

A new GNS report released to RNZ has found there would be a significant risk of fire in the capital post-earthquake, because of its strong winds, steep slopes and old infrastructure.

Max Towle from the RNZ In Depth team has this story.

New Zealand First MPs will face questions about donations this morning as the party stares down a Serious Fraud Office investigation.

The Electoral Commission has been investigating the mysterious New Zealand First Foundation since reports by RNZ and Stuff late last year.

The Commission's now concluded some donations were not properly handled or declared. It referred the case to police - which promptly directed it to the SFO.

The move could have far-reaching consequences in an election year.

RNZ political editor, Jane Patterson, joins us now.