Morning Report for Friday 30 June 2017

6:00 AM.Govt digs in over Thiel citizenship call, Northland luxury resort's water plans angers Maori, landowners, and Top Australian priest charged with sex offences Audio

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

6:13 AM.Tomorrow will mark the start of the new era for firefighters around the country - with the establishment of a new organisation - Fire and Emergency New Zealand. Its National Commander of Urban Fire… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.Iraqi government forces confronting Islamic State militants in Mosul have fought their way into the compound of the city's famous Nuri mosque. New Zealand journalist Campbell MacDiarmid is in nearby… 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

6:38 AM.Immigration advisors say the Government was wrong to grant an American billionaire citizenship after he'd spent just 12 days in the country. Internal Affairs yesterday revealed Peter Thiel's length of… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The most senior Roman Catholic to be caught up in the long-running abuse scandal Cardinal George Pell is returning to Australia to face charges. The editor of Crux, a news site reporting on the… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.After months in the courts, Donald Trump's much revised travel ban will go into effect again today. Our US correspondent Giles Gibson says people with close family ties to the six banned countries… 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

7:14 AM.New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says Peter Thiel's citizenship is a joke and he essentially bought his citizenship. Audio

7:24 AM.Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican treasurer and the Catholic Church's third most senior official, has strenuously denied any wrongdoing after being charged with historical sex assault charges in… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Change is afoot across the Fire Service, as rural, urban, career and volunteer fire services merge into one, but there are still fear the boundaries between rural and urban fire authorities are still… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Maori social media star William Waiirua joins the movement to target Maori youth or rangitahi to convince them to vote, part of a programme designed to increase awareness and participation of young… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Wheelchair users say Christchurch is frustrating and difficult to navigate around since the earthquakes, especially roads and footpaths, which is leaving people feeling isolated. Audio

7:50 AM.Just-released research has confirmed that pesticides containing neonicotinoids are harmful to bees. Meriel Watts is the coordinator of the Pesticide Action Network says the results are a wake up call… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The tech giant Microsoft doesn't think the government's spending enough to make sure some children can make the most of new digital technologies on offer at school. Audio

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

8:11 AM.An Australian organisation that supports adults who have survived childhood trauma and sexual abuse, The Blue Knot Foundation, says the charges against Cardinal George Pell send a powerful message… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.Labour's Workplace Relations spokesman Iain Lees-Galloway Audio

8:21 AM.Architects are worried they've lost a prized top position in the building ministry at a time when all construction groups are struggling to cope with the strain of an unprecedented building boom… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.The Maori economy is currently estimated to be worth $50 billion and according to one report it is only going to get bigger. A new report says Maori businesses are still largely concentrated in the… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Landlords are welcoming new meth testing and contamination standards for residential properties, saying millions of dollars are being wasted on unnecessary clean-ups. Andrew King is the executive… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.A new approach to managing Maori and Pacific Island rugby players is starting to emerge. A seminar in Palmerston North looks at how rugby stereotypes need to change to better connect with Maori and… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Pacific men get together at Porirua's Te Rauparaha events centre to find solutions to issues of health, financial matters and family violence facing Pacific peoples. Audio

8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio