Morning Report for Tuesday 18 October 2016

8:55 AM.Austrian government says it will buy and demolish the house where Adolf Hitler was born, to ensure it doesn't become a neonazi shrine. Audio

8:51 AM.A Dunedin jury will begin deliberating today on whether cleaner Alexander Merritt is guilty of murdering his supervisor. Audio

8:44 AM.Ross Bell from the Drug Foundation says the Government is right to say meth use is falling. But he says a bolder political vision is needed to get on top of the problem of abuse. Audio

8:43 AM.More reports are emerging from Papua New Guinea of violence against people accused of practicing sorcery. Audio

8:36 AM.Hillary Clinton widens her lead over Donald Trump in national polls but Mr Trump is staying close in key swing states. Simon Marks in Washington DC has the latest. Audio

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

8:26 AM.Euthansia campaigners are outraged at what they say is a police operation targeting their members. Maryan Street, the President of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society is describing it as outrageous. Audio

8:20 AM.Ambulance workers give two weeks notice of industrial action - like junior hospital doctors, they say their working conditions are putting patient safety at risk because of fatigue. Audio

8:16 AM.Striking doctor says he and his colleagues are worried their current working hours are far too long and put patients' lives in danger. Audio

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

7:55 AM.Britain's Home Secretary has denied misleading MPs over why New Zealander Dame Lowell Goddard quit the child sex abuse inquiry. Audio

7:49 AM.Waikato University is teaming with the Waikato DHB in a bid to set up a third medical school in New Zealand. We talk to Waikato University vice-chancellor Neil Quigley. Audio

7:49 AM.Waikato University is teaming with the Waikato DHB in a bid to set up a third medical school in New Zealand. We talk to Waikato University vice-chancellor Neil Quigley. Audio

7:45 AM.Amnesty International says Australia's treatment of refugee and asylum seekers on Nauru amounts to torture. It is calling on New Zealand to take a lead in exerting international pressure on Australia… Read more Audio

7:33 AM.Andrew Little says more police is the best way to deal with methamphetamine. Audio

7:13 AM.Drug treatment facilities in NZ seeing rise in use of P, as the Government commits almost 15 million dollars to fighting drug abuse. Audio

7:10 AM.Junior doctors have walked off the job at hospitals around the country in a strike against punishing rosters. Our health correspondent Karen Brown has the latest. Audio

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

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

6:51 AM.A new small scale private equity fund is going to chase investment opportunities in the regions. Audio

6:50 AM.ANZ's quarterly Business Micro Scope survey has found a net 17 percent of respondents say they are confident about the coming year, up from eight percent in June. Audio

6:49 AM.Two recent surveys are raising a few notes of caution about the strength of economic activity and how big companies in particualr are faring. Audio

6:48 AM.The online crowdfunding platform, Snowball Effect, says there's plenty of would-be investors looking for big and small opportunities, even though G3 Group's capital raising effort failed to capture… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The local sharemarket has had another tough session, with the benchmark index falling 67 points or nearly 1 percent yesterday to a three month low. Audio

6:44 AM.Fiji's Director of Public Prosecutions says there is no evidence no evidence to justify charges following last month's high profile arrests and detentions of opposition politicians. Audio

6:42 AM.The Salvation Army's Lynette Hutson tells our reporter Mei Heron that pure methamphetamine use is becoming more widespread. Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

6:19 AM.As the rural doctor shortage bites, there are plans to open a third medical school - this one would be opened in Hamilton by 2020. But NZ's oldest medical school Otago is giving it the cold shoulder. Audio

6:08 AM.Iraq's Prime Minister promises the campaign to liberate the country has begun as troops and Kurdish forces band together to advance on the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Junior doctors strike begins this morning, Drug treatment facilities say meth addiction rising despite Govt claims, Police commissioner welcomes new phase in meth battle, Aid workers wait for refugees… Read more Audio