Concrete moves to scrap and replace our Resource Management Act.

After repeated calls for reform over the last decade - the Government's pushing forward on its election promise.

Land use and environmental regulation will be at the heart of the overhaul under the new National and Built Environments Act.

It'll be the first piece of legislation to get traction - with a select committee inquiry set to consider an exposure draft of the Bill from mid-year.

Two further Acts will focus on long term regional spatial strategies - and dealing with the technical issues of climate change.

Meanwhile, Gymnastics New Zealand has released the report documenting the findings of the independent review which was commissioned after allegations of abuse within the sport.

Last year The Herald outlined multiple allegations of abuse of athletes in the country's elite programmes, including girls as young as eight being fat-shamed, forced to train through injuries and verbally abused by coaches.

The review team of David Howman, Dr Lesley Nicol, and Rachel Vickery received more than 200 submissions during the review period.

The governing body has committed to implementing their recommendations.

Internationally, 

The World Health Organisation says it's extremely unlikely Covid-19 was leaked from a lab in China.

International experts investigating the origins of the virus, have all but dismissed the theory it came from a laboratory in Wuhan.

WHO programme manager Peter Ben Embarek says more work is needed to identify what sparked the outbreak.

But he says all current evidence points to the virus coming from a bat population - but it's unsure how.

Listen above as Kerre McIvor and Neil Miller talk with Heather du Plessis-Allan on The Huddle above