Morning Report for Tuesday 20 December 2016

6:00 AM.Russia's ambassador to Turkey shot dead, Report into 9 year old's accidental death damning of caretaker, Father of boy accidentally strangled on window catch speaks out, Extra quake inspections… Read more Audio

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

6:10 AM.Disgraced cycling legend Lance Armstrong has just set off on a ride around Auckland's waterfront with a couple of hundred Aucklanders in tow. He's making his first visit to Auckland with Lion… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.Kaikoura businesses say they are preparing for more customers now the inland route is fully open. Audio

6:15 AM.Cyclone-affected people still without homes in Fiji are bracing for another round of heavy rain and flooding as a tropical disturbance has changed direction and is likely to hit Viti Levu again. Audio

6:19 AM.The All Black winger Nehe Milner-Skudder admits to having a few concerns when he returned to contact training with the Hurricanes.yesterday. Milner-Skudder missed almost all of the 2016 season after… Read more Audio

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

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

6:46 AM.The Kaikoura quake gave sperm whales researchers a rare chance to Researchers studying sperm whales in Kaikoura's deep sea canyon say the last month's earthquakes have given them a rare chance to… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Two confidence surveys -- one of business and one of consumer sentiment -- appeared yesterday -- and individually as well as combined paint a picture of an economy in the pink going into the new year.

6:48 AM.Venture capital and growth funds are having mixed success in meeting targets in what has been the best year in more than a decade for fund raisers Audio

6:49 AM.A large number of senior financial managers would rather have more flexible work hours than any other employee benefit. Audio

6:51 AM.The federal Australian government has forecast a 10 billion Australian dollar deterioration in its budget deficit over the next four years. Audio

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

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

7:18 AM."The death could have and should have been avoided." Coroner Tim Scott's report is released into the death last year of a 9 year old Taradale Primary School pupil who got himself tangled while trying… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Labour claims National is running scared in Mt Albert by-election but Steven Joyce says the decision not to contest the seat is tactical. Audio

7:38 AM.New data released by MPI to RNZ News' reporter Phil Pennington shows far fewer fish dumping prosecutions than previously indicated by the Ministry. Audio

7:42 AM.A French court has found International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence. Audio

7:45 AM.Donald Trump's run for the presidency takes its final formal step today as the electoral college meets to make his victory official. It's the electoral college voters who actually vote for the… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.As Paula Bennett prepares to be officially sworn in today as New Zealand's deputy Prime Minister, we speak to the former beneficiary from West Auckland who arguably now has the most on her plate. Audio

7:54 AM.It's five sleeps until Christmas and many people still have a lots to do. So if you're feeling stressed this week Lydia Anderson's been asking the experts for some advice - they say get organised and… Read more Audio

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

8:15 AM.The lawyer for a boy accidentally strangled when his t-shirt got tangled up on a window latch at Taradale Primary School says the coroners' report into the tragedy shows how 'extraordinarily careless'… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.When John Klaphake was found guilty of careless driving when heading to a fire call the Fire Service refused to help him pay his legal bills. But as Adriana Weber reports they've now had a change of… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Annette King says National are running scared by not running a candidate in the Mt Albert by-election and missing an opportunity to sell its message to the electorate ahead of the 2017 general… Read more Audio

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

8:35 AM.The economy is still riding the wave of growth, with building consents at an all time high. Cameron Bagrie and Michael Reddell join us to discuss how things will finish up in 2016. Audio

8:40 AM.The Fiji Rugby Union has come under fire after it emerged their accomplished Olympic Gold medal-winning sevens players are playing without contracts. RNZ International's Koro Vaka'uta reports. Audio

8:44 AM.Sir Tony Brenton, a former UK ambassador to Russia, says the killing will not affect relations between Russia and Turkey. Audio

8:48 AM.Summer holidays are well underway and WorkSafe is warning people to be aware of hazards on the farm. Our rural reporter Alexa Cook heads to the Wairarapa to look at what's being done to manage the… Read more Audio

8:53 AM."Post-truth" has come out trumps in the Public Address Word of the Year, leading a field of words prompted by international events. Russell Brown joins us to take us through the popular list. Read more Audio