Morning Report for Wednesday 17 February 2016

6:00 AM.Government still to spend emergency housing money;The Salvation Army says it could take up to a year for the emergency housing funding to reach the families that need it;A breakthrough new cancer… Read more Audio

6:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:15 AM.The Government says Auckland's contentious Unitary Plan must stay on track and on time, despite a surge in community and political opposition to increased housing density. Audio

6:20 AM.Early business news with Gyles Beckford. Audio

6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:33 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:35 AM.The Labour Party says it's deeply upsetting the Government still has not spent any of the money it has earmarked for emergency housing in Auckland. Audio

6:40 AM.Air New Zealand says it will continue to fight a long running legal action in which it's accused of being part of a conspiracy to fix prices on air freight services to the United States. Audio

6:47 AM.Prices have fallen in the global dairy auction overnight. Audio

6:49 AM.The persistent weakness in the dairy and other commodity prices as seen again this morning in the latest dairy auction - is set to lead to further weakness in the New Zealand dollar, according tom one… Read more Audio

6:53 AM.An economist says a survey of inflation expectations gives no immediate reason for panic or a cut in interest rates. Audio

6:59 AM.American stocks lifted by bargain hunters and positive tone after a tentative move to stabilise oil prices. Audio

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

7:11 AM.Nearly five months on from the Government's promise to pump two-million-dollars into emergency housing in Auckland, no money has been spent. Audio

7:15 AM.The Salvation Army says it could take up to a year for the emergency housing funding to reach the families that need it. Audio

7:17 AM.A new technique in the treatment of cancer has produced extraordinary results in a small group of terminally ill patients. Audio

7:27 AM.The Corrections Department says it won't be able to cope with the forecast increase in prisoner numbers. Audio

7:40 AM.Fifteen hundred patients with blood problems have been left in the lurch after a big pharmaceutical company stopped supplying them a free anti-coagulant drug. Audio

7:45 AM.Research being done in Christchurch schools shows 200 children aged from five to seven are suffering post traumatic stress disorder linked to the earthquakes. Audio

7:50 AM.Event Fun Limited is under investigation again after one of its inflatable slides collapsed at a gourmet food event in Hamilton. Audio

7:50 AM.The Health Minister is dismissing claims that doctors and nurses will bear the brunt of belt-tightening by District Health Boards. Audio

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

8:10 AM.The Salvation Army says some government departments are so focused on meeting targets they have become willfully ignorant about the effect of policies. Audio

8:14 AM.The Government's stepped in to Auckland's Unitary Plan debate, saying the 30 year development plan must be completed on time by October. Audio

8:20 AM.Australian refugee advocates have welcomed the Prime Minister John Key's repeated offer to take asylum seekers under this country's refugee intake. Audio

8:27 AM.Bayer Pharmaceuticals is defending its decision to pull a free anti-coagulent drug from fifteen hundred patients with blood problems. Audio

8:28 AM.A high speed and fatal train crash in Germany last week has been blamed on human error. Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:35 AM.The Labour Party says Pacific Islanders whose homes disappear under rising sea levels should be able to make a new life in New Zealand. Audio

8:40 AM.With Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully away in Fiji, the Government sent Minister Steven Joyce out to bat for it on its Saudi sheep deal during Parliamentary question time yesterday. Audio

8:45 AM.Seventy journalists working for Fairfax Media are set to lose their jobs because of an Australian cost-cutting drive. Audio

8:50 AM.Transpower has been forced to scramble fast to secure proper IT protection for vital infrastructure when an important upgrade hit a series of snags. Audio

8:52 AM.Pacific Island governments involved in talks with New Zealand over new submarine cable links appear mainly unconcerned about their communications being further tapped. Audio

8:57 AM.The kihikihi or cicadas have made a late return this summer. Audio