Morning Report for Thursday 7 July 2016

8:55 AM.Andy Murray and Roger Federer are through to the Wimbledon semi-finals. we head courtside to talk to our tennis correspondent, Dave Luddy. Audio

8:52 AM.Increased demand, severe drought and the impact of Cyclone Winston are being blammed for a shortage of kava in the Pacific and beyond. Audio

8:43 AM.Members of Maori Television's Elders' Council feel sidelined and left out by the station's senior executives. A member of the Council, Huata Holmes says the group used to meet the executives to… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.An army instructor accused of hitting recruits' testicles and making rape threats during training will learn his fate today. Staff Sergeant Glen Edward Roberts is on trial before a court martial at… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.The inquiry into the Iraq war has also left the door open for former UK prime minister Tony Blair to be prosecuted. The Chilcot inquiry has delivered a damning verdict on the decision by Tony Blair to… Read more Audio

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

8:26 AM.House prices are on a tear. The Reserve Bank's deputy governor Grant Spencer will speak this evening about measures to cool the market. Our economics correspondent, Patrick O'Meara looks at his… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Primary schools in Wellington's western suburbs have warned parents of three men behaving suspiciously towards children - including a recent attempted abduction. Our reporter Emile Donovan reports. Audio

8:18 AM.The Government will consider overturning hundreds of convictions handed down to gay men for consensual sex. the former Labour Cabinet Minister Fran Wilde, who introduced the Homosexual Law Reform… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.A British officer who was on the front lines in Iraq says the Chilcot report is very candid and outlines the many failings of those behind the decision to go to war. We review the inquiry with Colonel… Read more Audio

8:07 AM.An update form the team at RNZ sport. Audio

7:58 AM.Police are out in force in Auckland this morning cracking down on dangerous driving. The officer in charge of the operation gives us more details. Audio

7:54 AM.Local groups in south Auckland are wary of a district health board proposal to sell nearly 11 hectares 10.85 of prime land back to the Government for a possible housing development. Nick Smith says… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.It's Thursday today and Guyon is joined again by Mihingarangi Forbes for Te Wiki o te reo Maori. Audio

7:45 AM.The Redcliffs School community is nervously awaiting a decision today about whether it will remain open or not. We talk to a Redcliffs School board trustee, Mark Robberds. Audio

7:43 AM.The South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp The Telegraph's Africa correspondent, Aislinn Laing, has the details Audio

7:36 AM.The Corrections Minister Judith Collins has laid into a Maori-focused prison rehabilitation programme. We talk to former Maori Party co-leader Dame Tariana Turia. She says the comments highlight Ms… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The mother of Moko Rangitoheriri first heard of the more than one hundred criminal convictions amassed by his killer through the media yesterday. We talk to the lawyer for Moko's mother Nicola… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Thirty years on from homosexual law reform the Green MP Kevin Hague has presented a petition to Parliament calling for an official apology to the men who were punished under the pre-1986 regime. He… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.A seven-year British inquiry into the Iraq war has delivered a crushing assessment of Britain's role in the US-led invasion in 2003. the BBC's Security Correspondent, Frank Gardner, has been reading… Read more Audio

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

6:58 AM.The Financial Markets Authority and the Serious Fraud Office say they are investigating a Paul Clifford Hibbs and his company Hansa Limited. Audio

6:57 AM.Global markets are continuing to feel the jitters. Audio

6:55 AM.Over the Tasman now, and the bright-lights of Sydney are about to get a little brighter. Audio

6:52 AM.The head of Sky Television says the company isn't revising its guidance for the coming financial year, as customer numbers have picked up again. Audio

6:51 AM.A big Canterbury-based house builder has teamed up a private investment firm to take advantage of the booming residential property market in the upper North Island. Audio

6:43 AM.Australian surfer Mick Fanning has gone back into the water today in the exact spot a shark nearly took his life last year.The South African Broadcasting Corporation's Janine Lee was at the scene in… Read more Audio

6:37 AM.One of Britain's best-known commentators on the law Joshua Rozenberg talks to us about the Chilcot reoprt. He says the inquiry is highly critical of Tony Blair and relatives of the victims are now… Read more Audio

6:24 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:17 AM.Gay men convicted of homosexuality may be pardoned as the Government considers acknowledging the wrongs of the past. And on the 30th anniversary of homosexual law reform Labour's Grant Robertson… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Big plans for Auckland's future roads and public transport projects are under fire from the Greens for not giving top priority to reducing the city's greenhouse gas emissions. Our reporter Michael… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.An update from the team at RNZ sport Audio

6:00 AM.A seven-year British inquiry into the Iraq war has delivered a crushing assessment of Britain's role in the US-led invasion in 2003. the BBC's Security Correspondent, Frank Gardner, has been reading… Read more Audio