Morning Report for Friday 21 August 2015

8:55 AM.Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia. Audio

8:51 AM.Seventy years ago, as the Red Army advanced on Berlin, Nazi troops in the eastern city of Breslau loaded a train with stolen gold and other treasure. Audio

8:48 AM.Maori working in the screen and television industry are often working long hours, in dangerous conditions for less money. Audio

8:46 AM.Companies owing tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid wages or fines are escaping payment by going into liquidation, only to re-emerge as almost identical entities a short while later. Audio

8:39 AM.A Government taskforce set up to get rid of red tape in the building industry has been accused of being a National Party rort. Audio

8:36 AM.At least some of the early leads in the investigation into Monday's Bangkok bombing appear to have dissolved amid signs of confusion from Thai police. Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:25 AM.The families who have lost family members to accidents in the workplace, the issues behind the legislation are anything but a joke. Audio

8:21 AM.A shambles, a farce, ridiculous -- those are the pot shots being lobbed at the Health and Safety Reform Bill. Audio

8:15 AM.Housing New Zealand has offered to put an Auckland family - whose state house is riddled with mould - up in a motel until a new home can be found for them... Audio

8:10 AM.Deerstalkers may face charges after takahe shot on Motutapu. Audio

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

7:56 AM.They built industrial England's mighty network of canals and the United States' transcontinental railroad, but Irish workers' efforts on the Christchurch rebuild were apparently disparaged by Fletcher… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.A teenage international student returning to New Zealand last week faced deportation back to China for not declaring 4 cartons of cigarettes. Audio

7:43 AM.A New Zealand investment banking firm raising the prospect of the New Zealand economcy slipping into recession Audio

7:38 AM.The Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, has resigned and has called a snap election on September the 20th. Audio

7:35 AM.A man shot by the police in Motueka remains in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital's intensive care unit this morning. Audio

7:27 AM.We did ask to speak to the Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Woodhouse this morning but his office didn't get back to us last night and this morning when we tried again we were told the… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.The agony of alpaca bites and the mortal risk of curtain hanging were highlighted at Parliament yesterday in farcical exchanges between MPs on the altogether more serious issue of reducing New… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.The Conservation Department says deerstalkers taking part in an official pukeko cull on Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf could face charges after they shot and killed four endangered takahe. Audio

7:14 AM.This case comes after the death of two-year old Emma-Lita Bourne. She died in hospital last year after contracting a severe respiratory infection. Audio

7:10 AM.An Auckland mother says the mould in her state house is killing her children. Audio

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

6:58 AM.On Wall St, stocks have declined after further falls on Chinese equity markets, and the United States Federal Reserve highlighted its concerns about global growth Audio

6:57 AM.The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is looking to increase its powers to target rogue company directors. Audio

6:55 AM.Skellerup Holdings is expecting strong growth in the United States over the next couple of years. Audio

6:54 AM.Refining New Zealand is expecting margins to remain high as it basks in the glow of low oil prices, a falling dollar and strong production. Audio

6:51 AM.Scott Technology is asking shareholders to consider a capital raising plan which will give one of its key customers a controlling interest in the business. Audio

6:50 AM.Consumer confidence has continued to wane and is now at its lowest level in three years, as doubt grows about the health of the economy. Audio

6:48 AM.Trade Me is picking steady growth in the coming year. Audio

6:46 AM.Port of Tauranga has reported a flat full year profit, but says the company is in great shape for strong future growth. Audio

6:38 AM.A mother says mould in her state house is killing her seven year old son. Audio

6:25 AM.The chair of the Māori Screen Guild of Aotearoa - Ngā Aho Whakaari, Whetu Fala, says Maori screen workers in television are the most exploited in the country. People concerned about Top Energy's plans… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:10 AM.Four takahe have been shot dead during a pukeko cull on Motutapu Island, in the Hauraki Gulf. Audio

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

6:00 AM.A Glen Innes woman mother tells us mould in her state house could kill her seven year old son. Four endangered takahe are killed by deerstalkers in a pukeko cull on Motutapu Island in the Hauraki Gulf… Read more Audio