The report is warning the sector needs to move away from what it says, has been until now ad-hoc workforce planning and for Government support to retain skilled oil and gas workers.

Master Plumbers is telling members to ensure all contracts include a clause allowing for escalating product costs, enabling these costs to be passed on to clients.

The latest RNZ Pacific news and sport.

We cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Richard Willingham from ABC in Tasmania.

Corin Dann is farewelled by Ingrid Hipkiss and new host John Campbell on his final Morning Report.

We head to Methven for its Scarecrow Trail which is running until April 19th. One of its organisers, Gillian Heald spoke to Corin Dann.

The latest market updates and news from RNZ's business team.

Home loan rates fell rapidly through last year - then started to rise again when the Reserve Bank turned its attention to OCR increases. Money correspondent Susan Edmunds spoke to Corin Dann.

The Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ report shows mounting pressure from agriculture, climate change and housing sprawl among other threats.Keiller MacDuff reports.

Weekly Sports Panel: RNZ sports editor Dana Johannsen and former All Black captain Taine Randell.