Morning Report for Friday 18 August 2017

6:00 AM.Terror in Spain, Greens leader in 'fight of my life' after devastating poll result, Northland mental health client found dead, neighbour demands answers, Aaron Smith revelations 'highly… Read more Audio

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

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:45 AM.The Green Party has plummeted from 15 to four percent in the latest political poll after the rise of Labour's Jacinda Ardern and the resignation of Greens co-leader Metiria Turei. Former Green Party… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:09 AM.13 people are dead and 50 injured after a van ploughed into crowds in a popular Las Ramblas tourist area of Barcelona. Read more Audio

7:25 AM.A Whangarei woman is calling for answers from Mental Health services after a woman was found dead in a neighbouring bedsit, possibly weeks after she had died. "It feels so ad hoc," she told RNZ… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.All Black Aaron Smith's career is once again in question, with the Rugby Union saying it has hired a lawyer to look into claims he lied about a tryst with a woman in an airport toilet last year… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.In the latest Colmar Brunton poll the Greens have dropped to just four percent and Labour is now 37 percent - its highest rating since Helen Clark was Prime Minister. RNZ political editor Jane… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Police divers are joining the search today for two men missing in Tongariro National Park since Saturday. RNZ reporter Robin Martin is at the search scene in Turangi. Audio

7:53 AM.A neo-Nazi group has been kicked off the internet in the wake of Charlottesville, but its banishment is raising questions about freedom of speech. Verge correspondent Russell Brandom tells us there… Read more Audio

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

8:20 AM.The police say they've identified a small group of suspects in the 30-year-old unsolved murder of publican Chris Bush. Detective Inspector Gary Lendrum joins us. Audio

8:25 AM.A NIWA report has found the ecological impact of jettisoned rocket debris is less than pollution from the fishing industry, but a build-up of debris on the ocean floor from repeated launches could be… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.NCEA markers will be on the lookout for students using memorised or plaigiarised answers in this year's school exams. A review has warned that in some subjects students could be memorising official… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Unwitting New Zealanders in Australia's Parliament and a Bledisloe match coming up - we discuss the news from Australia with Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio