Morning Report for Friday 7 July 2017

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

6:00 AM.Vast majority of NZ's multi-storey buildings have weak points, Unannounced visit from ombudsman reveals unsafe prison, Conservation Minister considering law change after Supreme Court ruling, Lions… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.The pacific's fight against climate change is being taken to the world stage - with a coalition of Pacific leaders in the region pressuring the international shipping industry to reverse global… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.Thousands of anti Erdogan protestors are nearing ever closer on their march to Istanbul. Laura Pitel has been following the protest and says it's 'snowballed' in size over the past few weeks. 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.Fire safety experts say only good luck has prevented a major tragedy in high-rise buildings. Alan Page is a passive fire engineer who moved to Christchurch from Britain 18 months ago, and he spoke to… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The Government says it will consider a law change following an unfavourable Supreme Court decision ruling an attempt at a land swap for Ruataniwha Dam is not legal. But opposition parties say the… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The European Union says it's the most important bilateral trade agreement it's ever done. Japan and the EU have signed a wide-ranging free trade deal that will see tariffs on exports and imports… Read more Audio

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

7:34 AM.The roar of the British and Irish Lions has reached fever pitch ahead of what could be an historic win tomorrow night at Eden Park for the tourists....but of course the history of the tour and of Eden… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Former All Black captain and longtime UK resident Sean Fitzpatrick says the Lions have the potential to win because Warren Gatland has done a phenomenal job. Despite their win last week, he says the… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Our correspondent Natalie Carney is in Hamburg for the G20 and says the protestors aren't going to make the summit easy at all. Audio

7:51 AM.Civil liberties lawyer, Michael Bott, is echoing the concerns of psychiatrists that the health system is failing patients with an intellectual disability who need secure care. Audio

7:55 AM.Sonja Cooper is a lawyer for a number of people abused while in State Care. She says she felt 'disheartened' after listening to Paula Bennett yesterday in parliament. Ms Cooper says there's still a… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Our reporter Peter Fowler has been covering dam developments for the past four years and says the regional council doesn't have a lot of options left. Audio

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

8:11 AM.Fire protection specialist Ron Green says so far we've been fortunate we haven't had a disaster, but there's a widespread issue of non-compliance. Audio

8:15 AM.Our reporter Tracy Neal is at the scene of a police shooting in Nelson. She says the man told police he was carrying a firearm. She says charges have yet to be laid. Audio

8:17 AM.As part of RNZ's election year series 'Is this the Brighter Future" we look at the need to help save NZ's native wildlife. And it seems, more and more New Zealanders are feeling the need to step up… Read more Audio

8:17 AM."It's unimagineable today that we would criminalise consensual, sexual activity between adults." And with those words, the Government righted a historical wrong and formally apologised to men who… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Are the British and Irish Lions on the brink of something special? The Telegraph's rugby correspondent Gavin Mairs and Lions legend Fergus Slattery discuss. Audio

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

8:37 AM.The threat posed by North Korea will be among the key issues for world leaders at this weekend's G20 summit in Germany. Melissa Hanham is a senior research associate with the Middlebury Institute of… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Farmers have been left disappointed by a Supreme Court ruling halting the proposed Ruataniwha Dam but Hawke's Bay President of Federated Farmers, Will Foley says the dam could still be built once land… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Te Reo is on the rise, with more families speaking it in the home. According to a new study has found the Maori language being passed on to a new generation has increased since it was last measured in… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The aviation world has been left puzzled by a newly discovered picture suggesting pilot Amelia Earhart may've died in Japanese custody - not in a plane crash. Audio

8:52 AM.Today's play at Wimbledon has just wrapped up with a surprise upset in the womans competition, while heavyweights Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic among those going through to the third round in 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