Morning Report for Monday 13 February 2017

6:00 AM.The Human Rights Commission is leading a call from dozens of social sector leaders for the Government to launch an inquiry into historical abuse suffered by children in state care. Social Development… Read more Audio

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

6:36 AM.The rugby world is mourning the premature death of yet another talented Tongan former All Black. Sione Lauaki died yesterday at just 35 and like Jonah Lomu, is understood to have suffered kidney… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.A North Korean missile launch landed in Sea of Japan, just as Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe and the US president Donald Trump were completing their golf game at Mr Trump's resort in West Plam… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

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

7:12 AM.Social Development Minister Anne Tolley issued a written statement. In it she says" Any kind of abuse against kids in state care is abhorrent." She points to the overhaul of the state care system that… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Anti-violence campaigners are calling on the government to give victims of domestic violence paid leave to help them deal with their situation. Audio

7:23 AM.DOC considers building a fence around the carcasses of 300 whales on Farewell Spit to keep them in place. Audio

7:35 AM.One person has been injured, houses reported lost and properties under threat as fire fighters battle roughly 80 bush fires in Australia. Audio

7:40 AM.A taskforce headed by the ACC is looking to reduce the incidence of brain damage in newborns- which is costing the country hundreds of millions of dollars. Audio

7:43 AM."Very, very shocked and stunned." That's the reaction of the president of the Federation of the Islamic Associations of New Zealand, Hazim Arafeh, to the attack over the weekend on Muslim women in… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.RNZ's business editor explains what impact the latest twist in the Panama Papers saga has on New Zealand as the principals of the law firm at the centre of the leak are arrested and charged in a… Read more Audio

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

8:10 AM.Human Rights Commission calls for an inquiry and an apology for abuse and neglect in state institutions with open letter to the Government.  Disability Rights commissioner, Paul Gibson, thinks there… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Following an attack on three prison officers over the weekend the Government's being told it needs to hurry up and change the rules so prison guards can have better access to pepper-spray. Audio

8:23 AM.A mother of a severely brain-damaged daughter is hoping to raise awareness of neonatal encephalopathy with a series of national workshops that start tomorrow. Audio

8:25 AM.A new member's bill seeks to help victims of domestic violence by giving them 10 days paid leave to help them figure out how to get to safety. The bill's Green Party's Jan Logie's idea. She says it… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Hawkes Bay Regional Council remains in the dark over the number of cattle feedlots, despite vowing to crack down six months ago. Audio

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

8:40 AM.The Maori guardians of Poroti springs near Whangarei have been invited to inspect an illegal dam and lake created by a neighbouring farmer. Local hapu are worried the dam will reduce the flow of water… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The World Shearing Champion, John Kirkpatrick explains how he beat Scotsman Gavin Mutch to take out the title he's aimed for all his life. Audio