Morning Report for Wednesday 31 May 2017

6:00 AM.AIDS Foundation disappointed, saddened by record HIV rate, Unprecedented increases in Auckland flat prices on student demand, Lions arrive today to kick off next move in a great rugby rivalry, Top… Read more Audio

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

6:10 AM.More people were diagnosed with HIV last year than in any year since records began in 1985. Peter Saxton from Auckland University's Gay Men's Sexual Health Research Group, says these figures are a… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.Donald Trump has stepped up his criticism of Germany and its commitment to NATO following comments from Angela Merkel that the USA was no longer such a reliable ally. 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

6:41 AM.Todd Niall joins us from Bermuda on the latest results in the America's Cup, including a less controversial second win for Team NZ over Artemis - Team Sweden. Audio

6:45 AM.HIV experts say a recent rise in recorded cases is incredibly disappointing especially when the disease could easily be stopped in New Zealand. 2016 saw the highest number of people diagnosed with HIV… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.One of Auckland's biggest rental agencies hiked apartment rents by five percent a week for several weeks earlier this year when demand from students surged to record levels. And it may not be the last… Read more 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

7:13 AM.The head of New Zealand's AIDS Foundation says prevention is still better than the cure for the rising number of HIV infections, but authorities could do more to welcome new tools to combat infection.

7:16 AM.One of Auckland's biggest rental agencies hiked rents on vacant apartments by 5% a week for several weeks earlier this year when demand from students surged to record levels. And now there are… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The British and Irish Lions arrive in New Zealand today ahead of their 13th tour of the country. Joe Porter caught up with several former Lions and All Blacks. Audio

7:24 AM.Joe Porter joins us from the RNZ Sports Desk to discuss the upcoming Lions Tour. Audio

7:27 AM.Simon Marks joins us on the latest from the White House, with spokesman Sean Spicer upset at bad reporting over Donald Trump's recent first overseas trip. Audio

7:35 AM.A 44 year-old man is expected in court today to face charges of shooting at police with a gas-powered handgun yesterday afternoon on Manukau Road in the Auckland suburb of Royal Oak. Nobody was… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.A 50-metre long pohutukawa hedge in rural Waitara in Taranaki has been cut down after myrtle rust was found in it. The hedge is the first large stand of trees to be infected by the fungus. There are… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.A delegation of New Zealand engineers has just arrived in Beijing for a big push to get Chinese companies to build infrastructure here. They'll be meeting big state owned enterprises which could… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.The Reserve Bank will give the first of it twice-yearly verdicts on the health of the financial system this morning.our economics correspondent, Patrick O'Meara, expects the central bank reiterate the… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.The government been called 'totally arrogant' for hiring a director for its proposed Maori Land Service before contentious legislation creating the agency has even passed. Correction: RNZ earlier… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The Tonga Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva is facing calls for his resignation and even impeachment following allegations of mishandling the economy, clamping down on the media and incompetence. RNZ… Read more Audio

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

8:09 AM.A New Zealand-based representative of an international gay rights group says the rise in the number of people with HIV is alarming. Rawa Karetai is a board member for the Oceania branch of the… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.The Greens says they've got the strongest line-up of female candidates of any political party. We talk to two who were placed high on the Greens final list yesterday, Chloe Swarbrick and Golriz… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.We hear from the Linwood Rugby Club, who will host the British and Irish Lions for their stay in Christchurch. The team arrives in the country today. Audio

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

8:38 AM.School principals in South Otago are calling the Government's new immigration rules short-sighted, fearful rural communities in the area, which would otherwise have been under threat of decline, would… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.As pay equity legislation looms to give 55 thousand care and support workers a pay rise, the Government has been warned it would cripple the industry and force some providers to close if they're not… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Too many scientists and not enough science technicians. The Royal Society's on a new push to encourage people to consider becoming a technician rather than spending years working towards being a… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Morning Report was with a Kapiti family when they were referred by their doctors for a healthy housing assessment, after their one-year old daughter caught bronchiolitis in April from living in what… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.News the rate rise in Edgecumbe is going to be even higher than first thought has come as a bitter pill to swallow for residents living among vacant flood damaged homes. Whakatane District Council has… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.World of Wearable Arts' chief executive, Gisella Carr says news that Wellington regional mayors are considering building a mid-size arena for the capital is fantastic. Ms Carr says the show keeps… Read more Audio