Morning Report for Wednesday 17 August 2016

8:57 AM.A century after a German soldier was killed during the First World War's Battle of the Somme, a Dunedin museum is hoping to return his military dog tag to his family. Museum curator, Sean Brosnahan… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A jet aircraft service is on the horizon for the Chatham Islands. Audio

8:40 AM.A 12 million dollar Government programme has been launched to focus on reducing the number of pregnant women drinking alcohol. We speak to a charity helping families living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The search is on to reveal the identies of a number of First World War photographs which have been hidden away for a hundred years. Audio

8:35 AM.We cross to Washington DC to find out more about Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chief and long time friend of Donald Trump, who's been hired to help with forthcoming presidential debates. Audio

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

8:28 AM.Hawke's Bay's fruit producers are at pains to reassure the country their industry is safe from the gastric illness hitting Havelock North residents hard. We talk to orchardist Leon Stallard. Audio

8:23 AM.HB officials believe gastric bug has reached its peak despite hundreds of patients still being seen by doctors. Agencies are going door to door. We speak to the Red Cross doing exactly that, checking… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.More questions around the requirement to build affordable homes are raised as Auckland's Unitary Plan is adopted. Our Auckland correspondent has the details. Audio

8:13 AM.The New Zealand 49er sailors Blair Tuke and Peter Burling are assured of gold in Rio before the medal race has even been run. Burling's mentor, Gary Smith tells Morning Report today's racing has been… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The yachting Olympians are the latest to win medals. Sam Meech has won bronze in the laser class to win New Zealand's first sailing medal in Rio. Blair Tuke and Peter Burling are guaranteed a gold in… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:57 AM.A Whangarei children's amusement centre has offered an olive branch to the community after a row over the use of a bouncy slide by a girl who can't walk. Audio

7:55 AM.Businesses are now spending money to have Pokemon show up at their premises as a way to get more customers through the door. Audio

7:55 AM.Trade Me head of job, Jeremy Wade, says the majority of all job ads are only online. Audio

7:50 AM.Housing economist, Shamubeel Eaqub, wants a rethink about how inflation is measured. He says the consumer price index does not include house price inflation, and that's a problem. Audio

7:50 AM.Labour has accused the government of interference in Statistics NZ, but the Government's Statistician has completely rejected the claim. Audio

7:40 AM.Dairy prices have had the biggest increase so far this year at the latest global auction overnight. Federated Farmers dairy chair, Andrew Hoggard says one rise is good but they need to see a trend. Audio

7:40 AM.The New Zealand cloud storage company Mega has failed in a High Court bid to stop information about its customers being handed to the Kazakhstan government. Phil Pennington unravels the details of… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Elderly hard hit by the gastroenteritis bug in Havelock North. But it's not just the elderly as our reporter Eric Fyrkberg who's in Havelock North discussed. Audio

7:25 AM.Hundreds of sick patients are still being seen by Hawke's Bay doctors....but officials think the outbreak has reached its peak.We talk to the chief medical officer of health, Mark Peterson. Audio

7:20 AM."She's the whole package" says the president of the Whakatane surf club where New Zealand gold medallist Lisa Carrington started our her kayaking career. Audio

7:10 AM.A golden morning for New Zealand at the Olympics. Lisa Carrington wins gold, the 49ers assured of gold in the yachting and a gutsy effort on the track for runner Nikki Hamblin. Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:58 AM.Shares in the engineering and infrastructure consultancy firm, Opus International Consultants, slumped more than nine percent yesterday. Audio

6:58 AM.The world's biggest mining company, BHP Billiton, recorded a loss of almost six and a half billion US dollars over the past year. Audio

6:58 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:57 AM.The small banking and financial services company, Heartland Bank, plans to continue to grow by acquistion and innovation, after returning a better than expected full year result. Audio

6:53 AM.Fletcher Building to release results. Audio

6:50 AM.Global dairy prices have risen to their highest level in 10 months after the strongest rise in prices this year in the overnight auction. Audio

6:44 AM.The New Zealand cloud storage company Mega has failed in a High Court bid to stop information about its customers being handed to the Kazakhstan government. Audio

6:38 AM.A heart-warming Olympics story - middle distance runner Nikki Hamblin takes a tumble finsihing well down the pack - but that doesn't rule her out of the competition. Our reporter in Rio. Gael Woods… 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.The Immigration Minister, Michael Woodhouse, denies the Government is doing a poor job of vetting people who come to New Zealand Winston Peters says 1600 people who claimed asylum are cheating New… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Russia has - for the first time - begun using an air base in Iran to launch air strikes against groups fighting the government in Syria. Audio

6:10 AM.Kayaker Lisa Carringon has won New Zealand's third gold at the Olympics. And the 49 sailors Blair Tuke and Peter Burling are assured of gold with two races to go. We cross to our team in Rio for the… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Kayaker Lisa Carringon has won New Zealand's third gold at the Olympics. And the 49 sailors Blair Tuke and Peter Burling are assured of gold with two races to go. We cross to our team in Rio for the… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.Kayaker Lisa Carrington bags New Zealand's third gold medal. Local surf club stays up for hero Carrington's Olympic race. Gastroenteritis outbreak continues. Elderly hit hard by gastroenteritis bug… Read more Audio