Morning Report for Friday 9 June 2017

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

6:18 AM.The New Zealand Housing Foundation says the Auckland Council's property arm has pulled the plug on it's Panuku Development which planned to build more than 200 houses in Manukau, leaving the region's… 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

6:43 AM.Ex-FBI chief James Comey has told Congress that the Trump administration's comments about him and the FBI were "lies plain and simple". The Hill's political columnist Brent Budowsky is covering the… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Britain's BAR have fought back to beat New Zealand in the latest race of the America's Cup challengers series. Our reporter in Bermuda is Todd Niall who says Team NZ could be in trouble with its boat.

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

7:27 AM.The former head of the Conservative Party Colin Craig has filed papers in the High Court in Auckland to sue his former press secretary for defamation. Mr Craig confirmed to RNZ the papers had been… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries is expected to announce today whether it will order the destruction of two infected oyster farms on Stewart Island. Our reporter Ian Telfer is in Bluff. Audio

7:42 AM.Armed police have been patrolling polling stations as millions of voters across the United Kingdom cast their ballots in the general election. Abi Wilkinson is a journalist based in London and says… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Thousands of home buyers could be knocked out of the market under proposals to limit the amount people can borrow. Finance Minister Steven Joyce says he's 50-50 on whether the Reserve Bank should have… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.After lengthy negotiations, the Parihaka Papakainga Trust agreed on a reconciliation package last month which culminate in the He Puanga Haeata ceremonies today. Hundreds of people are expected to… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.The Barrett brothers' former coach says it's an incredible achievement for the boys, the school and the community. Tim Stuck says the Barrett boys showed great skill at rugby early on. Audio

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

8:10 AM.The White House has rejected James Comey's claims President Donald Trump is a liar. Ron Hosko is a former assistant director of the FBI and says it would have genuinely hurt Comey to testify. Audio

8:20 AM.It's long been a political hot potato, and best avoided before a general election....but before September's election, MP's will have to say whether or not they support the issue of voluntary… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.New Zealand political commentator Josie Pagani is in the UK for the elections and says the polls have been all over the place. She says she's been hearing that it's an 'election of two losers'. Audio

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

8:39 AM.A professor of Public Health at Otago University in Wellington says the increased prevalence of a new, nasty form of E-coli in our waterways is real health risk and people could die from it. Audio

8:43 AM.In today's Brighter Futures series, RNZ political editor Jane Patterson speaks to people who have settled in Christchurch, about whether they think the city has become more diverse, and more accepting… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The Government wants schools to form groups and pay the best teachers more to lead improvements, but principals and teachers around the country say without big changes to the policy, it will fail. Audio

8:52 AM.Christchurch is gearing up for its one and only British and Lions tour match tomorrow night at AMI Stadium. But hospitality providers aren't expecting as abig a boom as the 2005 tour, because the… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio