Morning Report for Monday 17 July 2017

6:00 AM.Metiria Turei says it was her duty and responsibility as an Member of Parliament to tell her story about lying while on benefits. She says NZ should not have a welfare system that makes mothers choose… Read more Audio

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

6:09 AM.New Zealand First's leader, Winston Peters, says if his party is part of the next government there will be a binding referendum on whether to abolish the seven Maori electorate seats. Audio

6:13 AM.An internal audit says the Horowhenua District Council is exposed to extreme risk because its chief executive has intercepted people's emails without them knowing it. The mayor Michael Feyen says he… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.KiwiRail says it has had to stop truck drivers parking private vehicles near the Picton terminal for safety reasons, but drivers don't agree. The Road Transport Association says the move is also… 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.Launching the Green Party's Families Package at the annual conference - which would tax the rich more and the poor less, scrap drug testing and other rules for beneficiaries as well as giving them a… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.As acid attacks increase in the UK, the British government is to consider tougher sentencing as part of a "wide-ranging" review. Our correspondent in London, Catherine Drew, explains. Audio

6:47 AM.More than a thousand properties in the lower North Island are still without power after last weeks storm. A Rangiwahia farmer, Greg Clifton, tells our reporter Emile Donovan the vague window for when… 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

7:35 AM.Roger Federer has won an unprecedented eighth Wimbledon men's singles beating the big hitting Croatian Marin Cilic. Dave Luddy says it is an "absolutely extraordinary" achievement. Audio

7:35 AM.As part of RNZ's Is this the Brighter Future series, our Maori Issues Correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes, looks at how Maori are faring in education, training and employment. Audio

7:42 AM.New Zealand is one of few western countries to have a blanket ban on conjugal visits in prisons. Max Towle looked at the issue for The Wireless. Audio

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

8:10 AM.Do we still need Maori electorate seats in Parliament? Don Brash, a spokesperson for the Hobson's Pledge Trust which wants a referendum on the seats and Marama Fox, co-leader of the Maori Party, which… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei lied to Work and Income in the 1990s to avoid cuts to her sole parent benefit. The lawyer Catriona MacLennan says Work and Income has prosecuted people for similar… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Christchurch residents report receiving a spate of calls with scammers trying to gain remote access to computers to fix a nonexistent problem, and then wanting credit card details so they can charge… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.After a succession of 12 white men, Jodie Whittaker has been named by the BBC as the 13th Doctor Who. Paul Scoones, the president of the New Zealand Doctor Who fan club, is thrilled. Audio

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

8:31 AM.Hundreds of properties in the Central Plateau and Taihape area, are heading into their sixth day without power after last week's big storm. Powerco's network operations manager Phil Marsh has the… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.In Hamilton, the shortage of affordable homes has seen women return to the violent homes they had previously fled. Ruahine Albert is the chief executive of the Waikato Women's Refuge. Audio

8:48 AM.The renowned Maori artist and carver Cliff Whiting has died aged 81. Audio

8:54 AM.Deputy Prime Minister, Paula Bennett responds to Metiria Turei's revelations that she lied to Work and Income while on a benefit. Mrs Bennett says while she was on a benefit herself as young mother… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.A new cartoon will see the Pipi Ma doll come to life for the first time on Maori Television this November. Audio