Morning Report

Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic is again the man to beat in Melbourne after he reached his 11th Australian Open quarter-final with a straight sets victory over Argentine Diego Schwartzman on Sunday.

Roger Federer is also making smooth progress, beating Hungarian Marton Fucsovics in four, setting up a quarter-final meeting with American Tennys Sandgren.

In the women's draw, top seed and home favourite Ash Barty survived a scare to beat Alison Riske in three and set up a repeat of last year's quarter-final against seventh seed Petra Kvitova.

RNZ correspondent Dave Worsley is at the Grand Slam in Melbourne.

The homeless could soon find themselves trespassed from Rotorua parks and reserves.

Leaked emails reveal the council's proposal for requiring people to move on if their behaviour is deemed to be a risk to public safety.

But advocates say this could leave the vulnerable with nowhere to go.

Felix Desmarais is a Local Democracy Reporter at the Rotorua Daily Post.

Drivers are being warned to check for trains since the Wairoa-to-Napier has been reopened for the first time since significant storm damage saw the route mothballed in 2012.

The line has been restored with a $6.2 million boost from the Provincial Growth Fund.

That should mean more business for the towns, less logging truck on the road, but it also mean drivers have to re-learn to look for trains at level crossings Craig Little is the Mayor of Wairoa.

He speaks to Susie Ferguson.

A brief update on the movements in the financial sector.

New Zealand triumphed twice on home turf last night - with both the All Black Sevens and the Black Ferns taking out the New Zealand leg of the World Sevens series being played in Hamilton.

The Black Ferns soundly defeated Canada 24-7 and the All Black Sevens clobbered France 27-5, their first win on home soil since 2016.

About 20,000 people were at Waikato Stadium for the finals.

RNZ's reporter, Andrew McRae was among them.

The Transport Agency has stopped all work on a contentious walking and cycling path that local Māori vehemently opposed.

It comes after the protest group - Protect Our Unique Coastline - threatened to take drastic measures to stop further construction of the path.

But after consultation with Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura, the decision has been made to halt construction indefinitely, much to the disappointment of cycling enthusiasts.

Meriana Johnsen reports.

Construction voices acknowledge a degree of cynicism in the sector at a newly touted Transformation Plan, but they say it's the best shot of tackling long-standing problems.

The Government announced the three-year blueprint yesterday - the product of months of work with key industry figures.

Here's RNZ deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the Labour party was signing up to the voluntary Facebook Ad Library tool at its caucus retreat last week, and ACT and the Green Party followed suit.

The Facebook Ad Library Report allows voters to see where campaigning money is being spent on Facebook ads, and it was created after the 2016 US election.

These rules are compulsory in the US, UK, Canada and the EU, but not in New Zealand.

Susie Ferguson spoke to Rory Cellan-Jones the BBC's technology correspondent about how the tool had impacted elections in the UK.

New Zealand health authorities have increased their presence at the border to try stop the Novel Coronavirus from arriving here.

The week's first flight from China landed in Auckland early on Monday morning.

RNZ reporter Chen Liu met passengers at the airport.

The Silver ferns have won the Nations Cup netball tournament in London beating Jamaica 67-56 in the final.