Morning Report for Friday 5 June 2015

8:56 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:52 AM.We've been reporting this morning on a coroner's finding that cold, damp conditions in a South Auckland state house may have contributed to the death of a toddler. Audio

8:48 AM.Bay of Islands College says some of its school buildings are unsafe to work in because they are in a dilapidated condition; A workforce survey has revealed that even Maori organisations are guilty of… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The Government and Auckland Council say they're ahead of schedule at the mid-point of their three year housing accord, designed to increase the number of homes built in the city. Audio

8:43 AM.The country's first Charter school's are making their first ever annual reports available to the public. And, overall, the results look good. Audio

8:39 AM.Māori Television journalist Mihingarangi Forbes announced she was quitting as presenter of current affairs show Native Affairs yesterday. Audio

8:35 AM.The Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully has conceded that the Saudi businessman, Hamood Al Ali Al-Khalaf, was not impressed with the Government when it didn't lift the ban on live sheep exports in… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:27 AM.The clean-up is underway in Dunedin, where about 170 properties have been flooded. Audio

8:23 AM.The rapidly rising cost of the superannuation may only be able to be met by reducing or containing spending on areas such as health and welfare. Audio

8:19 AM.An international hotel investor is warning that the new hotel convention centres planned for New Zealand could go empty because of oversupply. Audio

8:16 AM.In 2011, Bryan Bruce investigated child health in New Zealand. His documentary helped put child poverty on the agenda at the election. Audio

8:11 AM.The Green Party says the Government is not moving fast enough to insulate state houses. Audio

8:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:55 AM.It's had pride of place on Wellington's Lambton Quay for 152 years, but the department store Kirkcaldie and Stains is set to shut up shop for good. Audio

7:50 AM.The former Fifa vice-president, Jack Warner, is vowing to tell investigators everything he knows about the corruption scandal engulfing the organisation. Audio

7:38 AM.A Marlborough couple Phillip Jones and Maria Carlson have just had a 40-thousand dollar fine for riding quadbikes around their dairy farm without wearing helmets reduced on appeal to the High Court. Audio

7:35 AM.Police figures show the thin blue line has got a lot thinner, as the number of constables on the beat has dropped by almost 18 percent since 2009. Audio

7:26 AM.Back now to Dunedin where the clean up of 170 properties and four flooded homes will continue today. Audio

7:21 AM.Listening to that is the Minister Responsible for Housing New Zealand, Bill English Audio

7:17 AM.Housing experts say a toddler who died due to sickness in part caused by a cold, damp home is the tragic face of an issue facing thousands of children. Audio

7:10 AM.Lecretia Seales, the 42-year-old Wellington lawyer with terminal brain cancer, died of natural causes at 12.35am this morning. Audio

7:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:58 AM.On Wall St, stocks have fallen after economic news showed US nonfarm productivity fell sharply while Greece told the International Monetary Fund it will delay Friday's 300 million euro debt repayment.

6:56 AM.The Finance Minister Bill English says he'll consider taxing ACC's investments in order to bring it into line with the New Zealand Superannuation Fund. Audio

6:55 AM.The founder of Martin Aircraft Company has resigned from the board following a disagrement over the direction of the company. Audio

6:54 AM.Auckland's largest real estate agent is predicting supply will catch up with demand in the next year-and-a-half. Audio

6:53 AM.Restaurant Brands' fast food sales have jumped, mainly thanks to more people eating at KFC. Audio

6:51 AM.Shares in the fast-food chain, BurgerFuel, have risen 22 percent after revealing it plans to open its first store in the United States later this year. Audio

6:49 AM.Shares in Kirkcaldie and Stains have jumped by 28 percent after its board recommended to investors that the Australian retail giant David Jones take over the high-end Wellington department store. Audio

6:43 AM.The Foreign Minister says he believes it is possible the Israeli Prime Minister and President of the Palestinian Authority could agree to meet. Audio

6:40 AM.A health group in South Auckland says housing problems are the single biggest cause of complaints to its advocacy service. Audio

6:28 AM.Bay of Islands College says some of its school buildings are unsafe to work in because they are in a dilapidated condition; A workforce survey has revealed that even Maori organisations are guilty of… Read more Audio

6:24 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:21 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:10 AM.Lecretia Seales, the 42-year-old Wellington lawyer with terminal brain cancer, died of natural causes at 12.35am this morning. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Lecretia Seales, the terminally ill Wellington woman who asked for the right for a doctor to help her to end her life, has died overnight of natural causes. We'll talk to a close friend of the… Read more Audio