Morning Report for Tuesday 24 June 2014

8:57 AM.'The Boring Book' by Vasanti Unka won the top prize at the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults last night. The head judge of the awards is Barbara Else and she joins us. Audio

8:53 AM.And at the football World Cup, it's double the action in today's round of games -- currently half time with host nation Brazil leading Cameroon 2 -1, and nil all between Croatia and Mexico. In the… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The Hauraki Waikato MP, Nanaia Mahuta, says the prevalence of Maori on the Labour Party's new list shows a new era in politics is underway; A Ngati Porou woman is the winner of the inaugural Maori… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The American Secretary of State, John Kerry, has promised the United States will provide intense and sustained support to Iraq to combat the advances made by Islamic militants in the north-west of the… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.A Hawke's Bay schoolboy suspended over the length of his hair will be back at school tomorrow as he awaits a judge's decision. Audio

8:28 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:22 AM.The agency is spending one hundred and twenty two thousand dollars on a six month trial of the shuttle, which it's manager of community transport, Matthew Rednall says is to reduce its car fleet. Audio

8:19 AM.The Labour Party list out, with a lineup dominated by women as the party attempts to meet its gender commitments. Joining us is the Labour Party President Moira Coatsworth. Audio

8:15 AM.An internal district health board memo says the Government's flagship health initiative is the single biggest threat to the public health system in a generation. Joining us is Labour's health… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:58 AM.New Zealand's top tennis player, Marina Erakovic, has been knocked out of the Wimbledon singles on the first day of the tournament. Audio

7:54 AM.A justice reform group says the court system is sending too many people into a broken prison system where there's little chance of meaningful rehabilitation. Audio

7:51 AM.As we have been reporting there has been a major earthquake north of New Zealand near the Kermadec Islands. Audio

7:47 AM.The Government is to introduce a new Accident Compensation Corporation Tribunal which will replace the District Court as the main forum for hearing ACC appeals. Joining us is Courts Minister, Chester… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The Government is to introduce a new Accident Compensation Corporation Tribunal which will replace the District Court as the main forum for hearing ACC appeals. It says the new tribunal will speed up… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Staff at the agency which runs public transport in Auckland are being offered a shuttle service to get between offices because buses and trains are often deemed too slow. Auckland Transport is… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Women feature prominently on the Labour list, with nine in the top 20, in line with the party's commitment to make at least 45 percent of its caucus female. Four are in the top 10 -- Annette King is… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.At least two Labour candidates - notably absent from the party's list - say they stood aside to help their colleague, Kelvin Davis, get a better ranking. Audio

7:20 AM.A document leaked to Radio New Zealand says the Government's flagship health initiative, Health Benefits Limited, has striking similarities to a ponzi scheme and is the single biggest threat to the… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.A Bay of Plenty man who was tasered twice by a police officer after failing to stop his car wants to sue the officer and the police. Audio

7:10 AM.The Australian journalist and former Morning Report correspondent, Peter Greste, has been jailed in Cairo for seven years, for spreading false news and supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood. Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:59 AM.the Dow Jones Index is down 26 points at 16,920. The S&P 500 Index, is down two points at 1,960. The Nasdaq Composite is barely changed at 4,368 The Australian share market yesterday jumped on that… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.A company, which has developed a new style of paint, is preparing to launch in New Zealand this summer, before targetting the global market. Audio

6:53 AM.China's manufacturing activity has picked up pace. HSBC's purchasing managers' index, which is a gauge of the sector's health, rose 1 point to 50 point 8 in June. Audio

6:52 AM.The managing director of ikeGPS says it has raised 25 million dollars from investors to expand its sales and marketing team in the United States. Audio

6:50 AM.The French food company Danone says it'll be denied justice if it's not allowed to sue Fonterra in the High Court over last year's botulism scare. Audio

6:48 AM.Annual net migration has risen to its highest level in more than a decade, thanks to the faster-growing economy. Audio

6:24 AM.A Ngati Porou woman is the winner of the inaugural Maori Language Award for the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults; Five Maori MP have been named in the top 20 of Labour… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:21 AM.The agency which runs public transport in Auckland has set up a staff shuttle service between two offices, saying buses and trains are too slow for some of them. Audio

6:16 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.Greste and other Al-Jazeera journalists sentenced to jail, Bay of Plenty man plans to sue Police after IPCA report, Concerns raised over HBL after document leak, Labour candidates step aside to help… Read more Audio