Morning Report for Friday 24 June 2016

8:54 AM.It's Friday so we cross the Ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:52 AM.A 19-year-old New Zealander gets a gong from the Queen. We talk to Brad Olsen about his audience with Her Majesty. Audio

8:48 AM.Mud, rain, traffic chaos, and music, yes it must be Glastonbury again. The UK's biggest music festival is underway. We talk The Sun's showbiz reporter, Ally Farrell, who's there. Audio

8:45 AM.Five years after the Canterbury quakes, demand for mental health services hasn't diminished. Karen Brown investigates. Audio

8:39 AM.The mayor of the region with the country's deadliest roads, Waikato's Allan Sanson, is welcoming the move to tackle black spots. Audio

8:36 AM.Too much red tape is blamed for an increase in people using food banks. Our reporter Kate Pereyra Garcia has the story. Audio

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

8:27 AM.The UN's Human Rights Council hears about allegations of human rights abuses in West Papua. The Indonesia government says it's tackling the issue. RNZ International's Johnny Blades looks at both sides… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.President Obama has suffered a setback in his plan to spare millions of people living illegally in the US from deportation. Audio

8:20 AM.A legal expert thinks New Zealand's first prosecutions for owning and distributing violent Islamic State propaganda will not be the last. That expert, Waikato University law professor, Alexander… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.An inquiry into the leak of information about restructuring at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has come back to bite top public servant Iain Rennie and prominent consultant Dame Paula… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.The Australian government says it's doing all it can to help the kidnapped mine workers in Nigeria. But what's the best thing for it to do? We pose those questions to risk consultant Shannon Sedgwick.

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

7:54 AM.Road safety campaigners welcome the government's plan to spend six hundred million dollars to make black spots on rural roads safer. We talk to the head of the road safety charity Brake. Audio

7:42 AM.A Los Angeles jury has found Led Zeppelin did not plagiarise the opening chords of the rock epic Stairway to Heaven from the US band Spirit. Audio

7:28 AM.Polling in the European Union referendum closes in just over two hours. Our London correspondent reports that counting will go on all day. Audio

7:26 AM.The head of the public service, Iain Rennie, will leave his job under a cloud after a critical report into leak investigation. A former MFAT head tell RNZ he's been disappointed by Mr Rennie's… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.A critical report into Paula Rebstock's inquiry into a MFAT leak won't be a fatal blow to her continuing to work for the government. Our political reporter Benedict Collins has the story. Audio

We cross to a Nigerian correspondent for the latest on the kidnapped New Zealander.

7:13 AM.A terrorism expert warns first prosecutions over violent IS propaganda are likely to be just the first. Audio

7:11 AM.The Australian government says it's working close with the Nigerian government to get three kidnapped Australians and a New Zealander freed. We cross to Nigeria for the latest. Audio

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

6:59 AM.The wine maker, Marlborough Wines Estates Group, is planning to list New Zealand stock exchange's NXT market next week. Audio

6:58 AM.American stocks are stronger, firms have taken a punt that Britain will vote to stay in. Audio

6:57 AM.The diversified investment company, Hellaby Holdings, is buying an engineering services firm as it stakes its long term future to the resource services sector. Audio

6:55 AM.Listed specialist insurance company CBL Corporation is unmoved by trhe prospect of British exit from the European Union. Audio

6:48 AM.There's another couple of hours voting in Britain in the referendum to decide whether the country stays in theEuropean Union or draws the veil on 40 years of direct involvement in Europe. Audio

6:44 AM.With just over two hours to go in the Brexit poll, we cross to London for the latest. Audio

6:39 AM.The Australian government reportedly tells families of Nigerian kidnap victims to keep quiet for fear of boosting ransom demands. Audio

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

6:21 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:17 AM.A UN agency says a shortage of fresh food in Fiji in the wake of Cyclone Winston is leading to malnutrition. RNZ International's Jo O'Brien reports. Audio

6:14 AM.A widened Panama Canal opens this week. Eric Frykberg reports on what it means for New Zealand's trade. Audio

6:12 AM.More than twenty movie goers taken hostage by a gunman near Frankfurt, Germany. The gunman is now dead. We cross to Germany for the latest. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Diplomatic efforts are stepped up to free A New Zealander and three Australians kidnapped in Nigeria. The first New Zealander is convicted for downloading and circulating IS videos, a terrorism expert… Read more Audio