Morning Report

Top stories this morning... The accused Christchurch mosque shooter will be one of the first to see the Royal Commission's findings A forestry company with close links to New Zealand First says it made a presentation to Shane Jones about the project months before Mr Jones says he first heard of it. a false alarm sets off tsunami sirens and scares locals along 50 kilometres of the Bay of Plenty coast

A week-long wananga aiming to protect the unique Ngapuhi mita or dialect will come to an end today. Te Taumata Wananga reo, which began on Sunday, has seen some of Te Tai Tokerau's most reknown te reo Maori speakers come together to teach 140 registered participants Ngapuhi's unique mita, ki waha and whakatauki. A spokesperson for the wananga, Te Amohaere Morehu, told our reporter Te Aniwa Hurihanganui it was a challenge to keep the mita alive because many descendants of Ngapuhi no longer lived in the far North.

Top seed Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki ensured Auckland's ASB Tennis Classic retained its two main draw cards as they battled to second round victories, although promising teenager Coco Gauff was knocked out.

Spinner Nathan Lyon took 10 wickets for the match as Australia underlined their absolute dominance of New Zealand with a crushing 279-run victory in the third cricket test in Sydney to sweep the series 3-nil.

Those blind or living with low vision now have easier access to books and articles with the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty. The Treaty came into effect on Saturday, two and a half years after the government first announced its decision to become a signatory. However, while no one is denying it's great news for those with a disability, Copyright NZ is warning there could be unintended consequences for the publishing and creative industry. Emma Hatton reports.

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

We've crossed to a variety of correspondents across the globe throughout the year, and it's time to check in with them for Christmas.

Let's head to Toronto to speak to our correspondent Laura McQuillan.

We often sound very serious during our three hours of live, hard-hitting news radio what would this programme be without the occasional musical interlude?

Earlier in the year this euro dance track features a re-mix of the UK parliament's previous speaker, John Bercow.

Mr Bercow served as speaker of the House of Commons between 2009 and 2019.

The new speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, was appointed in November.

We've crossed to a variety of correspondents across the globe throughout the year, and it's time to check in with them for Christmas.

Our correspondent in London is Rob Watson.

Speed limits for all e-scooters on footpaths is in the wings.

Lobby groups for the disabled say officials are looking at a 10km/h limit - but they want that at least halved, or no scooters on paths at all.

Phil Pennington reports.