Morning Report for Wednesday 30 August 2017

6:00 AM.A family of seven with serious health problems is battling to remain in a Mangere state house after their grandmother died this month, and Housing New Zealand issued an eviction notice. New Zealand… Read more Audio

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

6:09 AM.New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says he's the victim of a National Party dirty tricks campaign after it emerged in the media he'd had to pay money back after being paid superannuation at the… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.US President Donald Trump has reiterated his willingness to do whatever it takes to help flood-soaked Texas into recovery, and says he wants Texas to emerge from the disaster stronger. He's arrived in… Read more Audio

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

6:43 AM.The president of the national University Students' Association Jonathan Gee says Labour's education policy has probably sewn up the student vote. Jacinda Ardern says if Labour leads the next… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.England are eyeing the rare chance to beat the Silver Ferns when the two sides meet in their Quad Nations test in Auckland tonight. The Silver Ferns are without veteran shooter Maria Tutaia who's on… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.A family of seven with serious health problems is battling to remain in a Mangere state house after their grandmother died this month, and Housing New Zealand issued an eviction notice. It's the third… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is adamant someone from National is responsible for leaking information about his superannuation overpayments to the meda and he's accusing the party of playing… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.The Automobile Association says petrol companies are harming their public image by raising prices while attention is elsewhere. AA pricing analyst Mark Stockdale joins us. Audio

7:26 AM.As Hawke's Bay Regional Council expects to pulls its support for the Ruataniwha Dam project this morning, the controversial scheme is all but dead in the water. Local farmers now say they doubt it… Read more Audio

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

8:19 AM.The anti-whaling group the Sea Shepherd Society says it won't be chasing Japanese whalers around the Southern Ocean this season - and New Zealand is partly to blame. Audio

8:24 AM.Divers, conservationists and salvage experts are renewing calls to do something about Niagra, the luxury ocean liner sunk off the coast of Northland 76 years ago. It risks an oil spill four times… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Candidates in Auckland's Tāmaki Makaurau electorate are getting a clear message from voters they are looking for someone who can solve housing, homelessness and poverty come election day. Read more Audio

8:38 AM.One in five secondary schools has axed a subject and half have teachers working outside their areas of expertise because of a lack of staff. The figures are from a survey of secondary principals by… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Officials in Houston are expecting flooding in the south of the city to get worse after a levee breach overnight. The death toll as a result of the floods now stands at nine. Around 6,000 people have… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Convicted double murderer David Tamihere has told a court a secret witness at his trial wrote to him seventeen later admitting he gave false evidence. Audio

8:56 AM.A new modelling agency specialising in polyeurasian models is looking to increase diversity in the fashion industry, as it makes its debut during New Zealand Fashion Week. Read more Audio