Morning Report

News from the business sector, including a market report.

Auckland marks its anniversary today with its annual regatta on the Waitamata Harbour and Hauraki Gulf.

The regatta can be traced back 180 years, to 1840, when a few boats in the harbour set sail and competed against each other.

While hundreds of boats of every description will be on the water today, organisers say numbers have been declining over the last few years.

Andrew McRae reports.

China has ordered all travel agencies in the country to cancel international tours from today, in a bid to try contain the spread of the new Coronavirus.

Domestic tours were stopped on Friday. The outbreak coincides with Chinese New Year - the peak holiday season for travellers from China.

Tourism operators over here are already feeling the impact on their businesses.

Stephen England-Hall is the chief executive of Tourism New Zealand.

He speaks to Susie Ferguson.

Health authorities have now increased their presence at the border to try stop the Coronavirus getting in here, but a public health specialist warns it's more likely than not to eventually arrive in New Zealand.

Fifty-six people have now died in China and more than 2000 are infected worldwide, including four cases in Australia.

Chinese scientists have warned that the new Coronavirus is infectious even before people develop any symptoms.

They believe the incubation period - during which a person has the disease, but no symptoms - ranges from between one and 14 days.

Jordan Bond reports.

News from the rural and farming sector.

A brief update from the business sector.

Southlanders are embracing a new direct jet flight connecting them to Auckland with more than 46,000 seats already sold.

The inaugural Auckland - Invercargill flight was heralded as a game changer last August with hopes the new service would be a boon for the region.

Tourism reporter Tess Brunton finds out if it's making a difference.

Napier residents struggling with gang violence and intimidation say they need real solutions, now.

They are urging the government to do more to tackle the root causes of poverty and crime that's lead to an explosion of the gang population.

The pleas were made at a public meeting in Taradale yesterday afternoon - held exactly a week after a shots were fired in the middle of the day in the suburb's town centre during a massive brawl between 30 to 40 Black Power and Mongrel Mob gang members.

RNZ Hawke's Bay reporter Anusha Bradley spoke to one Onekawa resident who was at the meeting

The Black Caps batsman Martin Guptill says too many dot balls killed their hopes during last night's second T20 cricket international against India.

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