Morning Report

There is relief from New Zealanders in Wuhan they will be evacuated . We have reaction to the 12-billion-dollar spend on infrastructure The Serious Fraud Office has filed criminal charges against four people in relation to donations to the National Party. Taupo locals demand help after another arson at a settlement along the eastern shore of the lake

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 suppressed by the Nazis.

After Kristallnacht he was imprisoned in Dachau Concentration Camp but was released after acquiring a visa to New Zealand.

Tonight, 83 years after it was composed, his cantata Vom Judischen Schicksal will be finally be performed in his hometown of Karlsruhe for the first time.

His grandson Danny Mulheron is in Germany to hear the first performance of his grandfather's work in Europe.

He speaks to Corin Dann.

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 in the Tauranga suburb of Hai-rini early yesterday morning and shots were also fired at house in Te Puke yesterday afternoon.

The deputy mayor for Western Bay of Plenty, John Scrimgeour, says the police have told him Te Puke shooting was perpetrated by one of the newer gangs to the area.

He spoke to RNZ reporter Amy Williams.

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 Nicholson Settlement Block Trust invited the community to share their views on what they'd like to see in the embattled project.

Rachel Thomas was there.

A brief update on the movements in the financial sector.

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 income policies, Peter Cordtz says fears that NZ Superannuation will diminish or disappear for future generations should be laid to rest.

He says the focus instead should be on improving KiwiSaver, and doing more to help people earn and save for their retirement.

Political reporter Yvette McCullough has more.

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 and a shift to more efficient heating for the public sector are also expected.

Infrastructure New Zealand's chief executive Paul Blair told Corin Dann the change in attitude is a game changer.

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 the past two years.

Documents provided under the Official Information Act show the Provider Assessment Group has investigated 18 home-based providers and a company that owns 13 early childhood centres.

Early childhood insiders say they didn't know about the group, which claims to have saved more than $5 million in government subsidies since it was set up in late 2017.

Here's RNZ education correspondent, John Gerritsen.

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.

Ruth and Kazu Toyoshima's girl Ellie died after she was deprived of oxygen and suffered brain damage during birth.

The DHB says it accepts the report and has made changes to ensure it never happens again.

Chief executive of the College of Midwives, Allison Eddy, speaks to Susie Ferguson.

The 100 ranked American tennis player Tennys Sandgren says he'll put his heartbreaking loss to Roger Federer down to experience.