Morning Report

With a Pharmac advisory panel provisionally recommending funding weight loss drug Wegovy, we spoke with Auckland University Professor of Global Health and Nutrition Boyd Swinburn. Plus, we asked Labour leader Chris Hipkins what he does and doesn't like about the proposed free trade agreement with India. The opposition is calling for more transparency over New Zealand's talks with the United States about the supply of rare and critical minerals, we spoke with Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. Lucy Naylor from the Auckland Primary Principals Association talked us through the changes to school reports, and major insurance company AA has confirmed it isn't offering new home insurance policies in Woodend; we spoke with Amanda Newson.

A Taranaki cinema complex faces imminent closure if it can't find new trustees. Robin Martin reports.

We're a nation of Kiwis but many New Zealanders have never seen the bird they're named after in the wild. So when a project to bring the national icon back to the capital was hatched in 2016 most people thought it was crazy. The Capital Kiwi Project aims to restore a large scale wild kiwi population to Wellington's hillsides - from Red Rocks on the south coast to west of Porirua. A decade on, the kiwi are thriving - and when the latest group is released in April there will be 250 kiwi living in Wellington. Founder of the Capital Kiwi Project Paul Ward spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Waitangi Day commemorations in the Far North kick off this week, with thousands of people flocking to the small tourist town of Paihia. Waitangi National Trust chair Tania Simpson spoke to Corin Dann

An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere.