Morning Report for Thursday 3 November 2016

8:57 AM.The world record for a mass haka is coming home - 7000 Wairarapa children have broken a Guiness record held by 4028 people in France. Audio

8:54 AM.The Auckland Council has been accused of neglecting one of the country's oldest archaeological sites, the Otuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve in Mangere. Campaigner say it is lost under a mat of… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Media in Australia say the government there is in the final stages of negotiating the resettlement of 1800 refugees currently held offshore, on Manus Island and in Nauru, in several countries, but it… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.A campaign challenging New Zealanders to plant millions of native trees is being launched today - a day before the historic Paris climate agreement comes into force. Audio

8:43 AM.Scientists disagree about the health of the Waikato river, with some saying it is far from clean and is not always swimmable. Audio

8:41 AM.Civilians in Mosul say life is terrifying as attacks continue. Iraqi special forces are now in the ISIS-held city. Audio

8:33 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:30 AM.Diabetes NZ agrees sugar taxes are not the best solution to the growing health problem. Audio

8:20 AM.A new report says Northland women with gynaecological cancers have been kept waiting far too long for treatment. The Northland DHB says changes have since been made, and there have been improvements. Audio

8:15 AM.The Education Minister Hekia Parata wants to introduce a law early next year to ban the use of the rooms in schools. Audio

8:10 AM.Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully says the Auditor-General has cleared his handling of the Saudi sheep deal. But her findings criticised government processes. Political reporter Benedict Collins… Read more Audio

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

7:54 AM.Court documents show the marketing manager at the failed private school, IANZ, was accused of telling a witness to lie in the country's first human trafficking trial. Audio

7:50 AM.A second Whakatane woman has come forward saying her application to join the police force has also been unfairly rejected. Audio

7:44 AM.The school at the centre of publicity about the use of seclusion rooms welcomes new guidelines banning them. We speak to Miramar Central School board spokesman Peter McFarlane. Audio

7:35 AM.President Obama has attacked the FBI's renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of emails while she was Secretary of State. Audio

7:11 AM.Schools are to be banned from using seclusion rooms to punish children. A law change is coming and schools will get new guidelines today. Christchurch primary principal, Denise Torrey, helped draft… Read more Audio

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

6:57 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:55 AM.It seems that an oversupply of chief financial officers is one reason why one-in-five fancy replacing their boss as chief executive. Audio

6:53 AM.The Institute of Economic Research says it will be horrible for the New Zealand economy if Donald Trump wins the United States presidential election next week. Audio

6:50 AM.A trifecta of strong economic numbers seems to have cemented the outlook for interest rates for the foreseeable future. Audio

6:47 AM.The Olympic rowing champion Hamish Bond has shown he's not only a force to be reckoned with on the water but also the road. Audio

6:43 AM.In the wake of a Bathurst Resources-led consortium buying out collapsed Solid Energy's main coal mines, those advocating for cleaner, greener fuel sources acknowledge that, medium term, the chainsaw… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.A newly elected Auckland Councillor's Samoan family has been refused access to specially-arranged seating at the council inauguration, in what he regards as racial discrimination. Audio

6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

6:09 AM.The Government still backs its controversial Saudi sheep deal, despite the Auditor General finding it lacked transparency. After a lengthy investigation Lyn Provost has cleared the Government of any… Read more Audio

6:05 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.Schools are to be banned from using seclusion rooms; Hekia Parata says locking children up is 'unacceptable'; "Racial discrimination" mars swearing in for Auckland Councillor; Labour says McCully's… Read more Audio