Morning Report for Thursday 21 April 2016

8:54 AM.Dylan Schmidt is bouncing into the Olympics - quite literally. The 19-year-old's silver medal performance at the Rio test event yesterday saw him become the first New Zealand trampolinist to qualify… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.An investigation into Dunedin's one in one hundred year flood last June has found many of the tanks that drain water from the road in the city's worst hit suburb were blocked. Audio

8:46 AM.In a turnaround The Iranian filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaem-maghami will be allowed to visit New Zealand. Audio

8:43 AM.The meat company that's just been fined thousands of dollars after a worker was impaled on a hook is being investigated for another case where a man was also caught in machinery and had his head… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.An Auckland mortgage broker can sense deja vu as New Zealanders get themselves further into debt. Audio

8:33 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:27 AM.As we've been reporting the Queen turns 90 today. And some of the more far flung parts of her realm - Te Aroha and Whangarei - are planning to celebrate the big day in right royal style. Audio

8:23 AM.A new report by a business-backed think tank has found there is little robust evidence sugar taxes are effective in reducing obesity. Audio

8:17 AM.Water supplied to bottling companies for next to nothing has a growing number of New Zealanders upset. Audio

8:11 AM.Dramatic details of when two police officers were shot at after a car chase across the central North Island last year have been revealed for the first time Audio

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

7:55 AM.Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, have scored big wins in New York. Audio

7:50 AM.A deal has been reached in Lebanon in the case of an Australian mother and a television crew charged with abducting two children in a custody battle. Audio

7:42 AM.Some members of the Maori Council say they'll walk away from the organisation unless it's chair, Sir Eddie Durie, steps down. Audio

7:36 AM.The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters has weighed in to the bottled water debate and is calling for water exporters to pay a royalty. Audio

7:33 AM.New Zealanders are being warned they are back on a debt-fuelled splurge that could end in tears. Audio

7:26 AM.The Queen turns 90 today. Audio

7:22 AM.A think tank says there is little evidence sugar taxes reduce obesity and New Zealand should steer clear of them. Audio

7:19 AM.A court in Norway has upheld a claim of inhumane treatment brought by the mass killer, Anders Breivik. Audio

7:14 AM.Labour's leader Andrew Little is standing by the statements made and believes there's no basis for legal action. Audio

7:10 AM.Four days ago Radio New Zealand broke the story about a businessman's big donation to the National Party that came just a month before his company won a tender to manage a luxury resort in Niue. Audio

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

6:59 AM.The ratings agency, Standard and Poor's has put the finance company, UDC's, long term and short term ratings on credit watch. Audio

6:58 AM.Wall Street stronger today after a rise in the price of oil and earnings reports. Audio

6:57 AM.A former head of the Reseve Bank says inflation will be an issue for central bankers to deal with again even if it's currently benign. Audio

6:55 AM.The sharemarket's supervisors say the market's regulatory and disciplinary is fit for purpose and investors and listed companies can have confidence in its integrity. Audio

6:54 AM.The rural services firm PGG Wrightson says bad weather in Uruguay could hurt full-year earnings. Audio

6:51 AM.A currency strategist says the New Zealand dollar will hold onto its highs as long as the appetite for risk stays strong. Audio

6:50 AM.An economist is warning debt-laden households will be vulnerable if the economy takes a turn for the worst. Audio

6:43 AM.The Prime Minister John Key has reiterated his rock solid view that no one owns water. Audio

6:40 AM.A public policy think tank says sugar taxes are seen as a silver bullet to reduce obesity but the jury's still out on whether they work. Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:18 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:15 AM.Household debts are at a record level and Westpac says Aucklanders in particular could suffer if the economy takes a turn for the worst. Audio

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

6:00 AM.The National Party donors who won a tender to manage a luxury resort in Niue break their silence. We'll cross to Norway where the mass killer, Anders Breivik's claims he has been treated inhumanely in… Read more Audio