Morning Report for Tuesday 19 July 2016

8:54 AM.A new exhibition in Ponsonby will be showcasing the best art Opotiki has to offer. More than 20 established and emerging artists are featured and they hope their work will give Aucklanders a more… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Film sheds light on the dark history of "blackbirding" - the kidnapping mainly of Melanesians who were then taken to Australia as cheap labour on plantations in the 1800s Audio

8:47 AM.The inventor of the pepi pod for babies who sleep with their parents is accusing the Health Ministry of institutional racism for deciding to stop funding their distribution. The Maori Women's Welfare… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.An overhaul of maternity policies at Auckland and Waitemata District Health Boards is to see more emphasis placed on home births. Rowan Quinn takes a look at the pros and cons. Audio

8:39 AM.Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has officially put his hand up to run for the United Nations' Secretary General position, but first he needs the support of Malcolm Turnbull and his… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.Urban Maori groups win long-running battle over who should control a $20 million trust set up to make sure urban Maori get a share of treaty fishery settlements. John Tamihere led the fight. Audio

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

8:26 AM.After years of uncertainty for New Zealand's beef exporters, a trade dispute with Indonesia could be settled in the coming months. Our Deputy Political Editor, Chris Bramwell, is in Jakarta. Audio

8:23 AM.Thousands have gathered in Cleveland to protest against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump. We talk to one of the protestors. Audio

8:17 AM.Auckland primary schools blame the city's increasingly high housing costs for difficulties trying to fill vacancies. The Auckland Primay Principals Association says a survey reveals just how serious… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Drug Free Sport New Zealand tells Morning Report why, in the wake of a new report on state sponsored doping, Russian athletes must be banned from next month's Rio Olympics. Audio

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

7:55 AM.Otago Regional Council is about to publish a report seven years in the making identifying risk factors contributing to South Dunedin's flooding. We talk to council chief executive Peter Bodeker. Audio

7:52 AM.The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has been booed as he attended a minute's silence in Nice for the people killed in the Bastille Day attack. Audio

7:47 AM.Turkey's President Erdogan is not backing down from talk of reintroducing the death penalty to punish coup plotters. Audio

7:43 AM.Labour's deputy leader Annette King is right behind her old boss Helen Clark's bid to become United Nations secretary-general. She's not impressed by former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd's late… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.The Republican National Convention starts today in Cleveland Ohio but already it's fraught with security concerns and protests over the divisive nominee. Our correspondent Simon Marks joins us now… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.After 5 hours of deliberation, Vincent Skeen was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter after he stabbed Luke Tipene at least seven times with a broken beer bottle during a street… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.Police searching for two children missing from Tuakau. We have latest from the police. Audio

7:26 AM.Auckland primary schools blame the high price of Auckland housing for the difficulties they're facing as they try to fill teacher vacancies. Joanna MacKenzie has the story. Audio

7:21 AM.RNZ News has been told the kiwifruit marketing company Zespri was warned by Chinese officials there could be retaliation if New Zealand investigates claims of Chinese steel dumping. Our reporter Eric… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The fallout from the Russian doping report is only just beginning. Our reporter Barry Guy will be going to the Rio Olympics and has the analysis of what's likely to happen. Audio

7:11 AM.An independent report into allegations of doping by Russian athletes has found damning evidence of state-sponsored cheating at the Sochi Winter Olympic and other events. We talk to the World Anti… Read more Audio

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

6:59 AM.An unlisted commecial property fund -- the Pacific Property Fund -- is looking to raise $15 million so it can buy two Auckland properties and build a warehouse in Tauranga. Audio

6:57 AM.U.S. markets are subdued with lower oil prices offsetting reasonable corporate earnings. Audio

6:53 AM.Hamilton-based, Tainui Group Holdings, is looking around the world for a ports operator to develop its inland port as a freight hub for the Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga golden triangle. Audio

6:52 AM.The New Zealand dollar was knocked around yesterday after the inflation data, which markedly rtaised the odds of an interest rate cut next month. Audio

6:50 AM.Two interest rate cuts this year to a record low 1.75 percent cannot be discounted in the wake of another soft inflation reading and persistently high currency. Audio

6:38 AM.New report finds the Russian government commissioned and oversaw doping in 30 different sports after it was unhappy with its medal haul in the Winter 2010 Olympics. Audio

6:38 AM.The man who killed three police officers yesterday in Baton Rouge has been identified as an ex-Marine who posted videos online angry about the police's treatment of African Americans. We cross to… Read more Audio

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

6:19 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:12 AM.Primary teachers' union welcomes survey showing schools are struggling to attract teachers in Auckland. It says hopefully the Ministry of Education will now acknowledge there's a problem. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Russia guilty of state-sponsored doping at Olympics. How will Russia doping report impact Rio Olympics? RNZ learns Chinese officials warn Zespri of retaliation. Housing costs major contributor to… Read more Audio