Morning Report for Wednesday 10 May 2017

6:00 AM.The number of New Zealanders granted permanent residency in Australia has plummeted. In 2012 the number was about 2500- but in the eight months to February the number was just 45. Labour MP Peeni… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.A update from the team at RNZ sport. Audio

6:11 AM.Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison delivered his second budget last night. He's increases taxes for many Australians and he's also increased fees for all the major banks. 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

6:38 AM.Former Immigration Minister Aussie Malcolm says racism is driving Australia's crackdown on New Zealand immigrants and says our government should play tit-for-tat and make life tougher for Australians… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Auckland's $1.4 billion dollar Waterview tunnel will now not open before the middle of this year. The Transport Agency had hoped to open the tunnel last month. Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

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

7:20 AM.Labour MP Peeni Henare is backing the party's Maori campaign manager and list candidate Willie Jackson, who says a Labour government should not shut down all charter schools. Audio

7:28 AM.The full horror of the throat slashing incident in a school production of Sweeney Todd in which two boys were injured is laid bare in a report by WorkSafe. St Kentigern's School in Auckland used cut… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.In a major move that's gone largely under the radar, drug-funder Pharmac is widening access to an expensive medicine. It's Harvoni, for those who are extremely sick with Hepatitis C. Audio

7:44 AM.Staff at the Hanford nuclear waste site, 300 kilometres south east of Seattle, have been ordered to "take cover" after a portion of a tunnel contaminated with radioactive materials appeared to… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.For the first time in a decade South Korea has elected a liberal President, choosing former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in. It follows the impeachment of Park Geun-hye after a corruption scandal… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.MPs Peeni Henare and Marama Davidson say there's a huge opportunity for Maori TV with the departure of CEO Paora Maxwell. They say they hope staff morale will improve after a period in which a… Read more Audio

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

8:09 AM.Universities expect a tripling of fees for New Zealanders studying in Australia will drive a lot of students to return home to get their degrees. Audio

8:09 AM.We talk to the two sides of the charter school debate. On one side is Raewyn Tipene, the chief executive of He Puna Marama Trust which runs a Maori-focussed charter school in Whangarei. "It will be a… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Michelle Grattan joins us to discuss the budget in Australia. She says the unexpected bank levy was most likely motivated by the push to reach surplus by 2021. She says foreigners buying into the… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Labour's education spokesperson Chris Hipkins says Charter Schools will be given options to change. He is confident Labour's Maori MPs will get behind the policy. "I think we need to focus on… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.What do our commentators Hirini Kaa and Scott Campbell make of the charter school debate? Read more Audio

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

8:38 AM.The Government will pay for the clean-up of Edgecumbe homes, including those that weren't insured. We talk to Whakatane District Mayor Tony Bonne. Audio

8:41 AM.New Zealand will prepare for the first test against the British and Irish Lions with a match against Samoa in Auckland next month. Audio

8:44 AM.South Sudanese are fleeing restive areas as they battle famine. The conflict has been described as the worst crisis since the Second World War. New Zealander Dylan Quinnell has just returned from Juba… Read more Audio