Morning Report for Thursday 31 August 2017

6:00 AM.Nearly 250k young voters not yet enrolled; young candidates weigh in on slow youth enrolment; Peters calls to move Port of Auckland to Northland - analysis; grieving Mangere family to meet HNZ after… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:13 AM.A growing number of detainees on Manus Island are being moved to Port Moresby for medical treatment, with the understanding they don't have to return. And with just a couple of months before the Manus… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.The United Nations has accused the government in Venezuela of human rights abuses as part of a deliberate policy to repress political opposition. Mass-demonstrations against the rule of President… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.There's just over three weeks to the election, but a third of 18 to 29-year-olds eligible to vote are yet to enrol. And while there's been a surge in young people enrolling this month, there are still… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

7:10 AM.With just over three weeks until election day and despite the Electoral Commission's extensive push to get people enrolled to vote, nearly a quarter of million people under the age of 30 are yet to be… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.A third of eligible 18 to 29-year-old voters in New Zealand have not yet enrolled. National's Simeon Brown and Green Party candidate Chloe Swarbrick join us to discuss the issue. Audio

7:36 AM.There were biting insults were traded and raucous laughter at a pre-election debate between finance spokespeople from five political parties on Wednesday.

While Winston Peters superannuation… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.New Zealand companies have labelled a new change to Queensland's trade rules as 'crazy protectionism.' The policy to favour local bidders for public contracts even if they cost up to 30 percent more… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.The Silver Ferns' loss last night to the England Roses all but ends the New Zealand side's chances of winning the Quad Series title. Their 49-45 loss is just the fifth loss to England in 88 matches. Audio

7:46 AM.New Zealand First's election pledge to move Auckland's port to Northland has caught his potential government partners off guard. Audio

7:52 AM.In a first of its kind in New Zealand, Uber drivers will soon have a dedicated area to pick up passengers at Wellington Airport. Uber drivers will be charged drop off and pick up fees. But while the… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.As New Zealand's main charity hospital, in Christchurch, comes up to a decade of service, a little known charity in the Bay of Plenty is paying for private assessments, reassuring patients and… Read more Audio

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

8:21 AM.Day one of the inquest into toddler Moko Rangitoheriri's death was full of emotionally-charged testimony. Moko's grandmother described her frustration and helplessness and Coroner Wallace Bain said… Read more Audio

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

8:31 AM.Staff at a London company can take a hangover day guilt-free. Wellington employment lawyer Maria Berryman says it encourages honesty. Audio

8:39 AM.New Zealand First's election pledge to move Ports of Auckland to Northland has been met with some scepticism. Shipping industry commentator Dave MacIntyre says developing North Port has long been a… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The catastrophic flooding across Nepal, India and Bangladesh continues to claim more lives with the overall death toll in the region now more than 1200. General secretary of the Bangladesh Association… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The Government appears unlikely to be swayed by a United Nations report calling on it to hold an independent inquiry into the abuse of children and adults with disabilities in state care from 1950 to… Read more Audio