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Morning Report for Thursday 19 May 2016
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Top Stories for Thursday 19 May 2016
6:00 AM.The Government and Labour ramp up the pressure on Auckland council to free up more land on the city's boundaries and Police in Christchurch say sex workers in the city could hold the key to solve… Read more Audio
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Police believe sex workers could hold key to Rakaia homicide
6:13 AM.The police in Christchurch believe sex workers in the city could hold the key to solve the investigation into Renee Duckmanton's death. Audio
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Early Business News for 19 May 2016
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Labour's Akl meeting on affordable housing
6:39 AM.More than 300 Aucklanders turned out to a meeting about the lack of affordable housing in the city. Audio
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Boko Haram abductee found alive
6:43 AM.One of more than 200 school girls abducted by Nigerian Jihadist group Boko Haram two years ago has been found alive. Audio
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Doing good with business
6:50 AM.The brains behind the successful new technology companies Hyperfactory and Snakk Media is now turning to businesses that not only make money, but also do good. Audio
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Warning to KiwiSaver sector
6:52 AM.The financial markets watchdog has fired a warning at the 23 billion dollar KiwiSaver industry, saying providers need to engage more with their clients. Audio
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Infratil bides time on war chest spending
6:54 AM.The utilities investor, Infratil, is keeping investors on tenterhooks about its plans for an estimated one billion dollar investment war-chest. Audio
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Steel and Tube feels pressure of weaker margins on earnings
6:55 AM.An analyst says Steel and Tube is likely to be in for a rough ride this year as it faces a price squeeze and concerns about the quality of its seismic mesh. Audio
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Morning markets for 19 May 2016
6:58 AM.Wall Street weaker after minutes from the Federal Reserve's April meeting were released. Audio
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Govt could step in to open up more land in Akl
7:11 AM.The Government is warning it could step in if the Auckland Council doesn't agree to open up more land for new houses. Audio
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More views on the Akl land issues
7:15 AM.The deputy chair of the Auckland Council's development committee is Chris Darby and Phil Goff is a Mayoral candidate. Audio
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Police - sex workers could hold key to Rakaia hom
7:24 AM.The police in Christchurch believe sex workers in the city could hold the key to solve the investigation into Renee Duckmanton's death. Audio
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SIS says Jihadi brides remain a security concern for NZ
7:34 AM.The SIS says New Zealand Jihadi brides continue to be a security concern because they could return here. Audio
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Government's homelessness resourcing strategy questioned
7:36 AM.Last week the Social Housing Minister announced a 41-million-dollar injection into emergency housing and grants. Audio
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Homeless mum: 'I just sleep in the car'
7:41 AM.Julie says she's been forced to sleep many nights in a car and struggles to find places for her children to stay each night. Audio
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MPI Invesitgators: Lack of action leads to over-fishing
7:48 AM.Leaked Ministry for Primary Industries reports show officials believe that MPI's failure to prosecute skippers is contributing to over-fishing and illegal dumping. Audio
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Woman who sexually abuses baby boy has sentence toughened
7:57 AM.A woman who filmed herself sexually abusing a one-year-old boy for $300 and who was originally sentenced to home detention sentence will now serve three years and nine months in prison, following a… Read more Audio
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Environmental concern at talk of extended Auckland boundaries
8:12 AM.Auckland's been put on notice to make more land available for housing or risk being made to by the Government. Audio
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Australian farmers call Fonterra's trans-Tasman cuts 'immoral'
8:18 AM.Fonterra stands is being accused of robbing devastated Australian farmers with what have been labelled 'immoral' cuts to milk payouts. Audio
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Housing crisis hits the regions
8:22 AM.A school principal in Tauranga says the housing crisis is spreading to the regions and is much more than just an Auckland problem. Audio
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CPAG: Government out of touch with severity of housing crisis
8:27 AM.Listening to that is the law and housing spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Group, Frank Hogan. Audio
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Substance Addiction Bill lacks safeguards
8:37 AM.A district court judge says a proposed bill could result in drug and alcohol addicts languishing in police cells before being admitted to secure treatment centres. Audio
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SIS addresses privacy concerns and jihadi brides controversy
8:41 AM.The SIS has moved to reassure the public about how it handles the personal information it collects about New Zealanders. Audio
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Research reveals steep rise in bowel disease rates in Canty
8:44 AM.The rate of a serious and incurable bowel disease that affects young people is now among the highest reported anywhere in the world in Canterbury. Audio
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Students behaving better, but NCEA a worry
8:49 AM.A major new survey out today says secondary school students are better behaved and teachers are happier. Audio
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Century after Indians arrived in Fiji
8:51 AM.It's a hundred years since the end of Fiji's indentured labour system which saw thousands of Indians arrive to work in the country's sugar plantations. Audio
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Army explosions register on GNS earthquake monitors
8:55 AM.With rumblings from Ruapehu on the rise, this week probably wasn't the best time for the army to start exploding things on the volcanic plateau. Audio