Morning Report for Tuesday 19 September 2017

6:00 AM.The Defence Force steps in to help restore fuel supplies to Auckland as the city is promised it won't run out of petrol, Jacinda Ardern responds to an angry farmer protest in her home town, and There… Read more Audio

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

6:17 AM.Clowns who make a living entertaining youngsters are distinctly unamused by a rise in people dressing up as clowns to scare others. Audio

6:39 AM.Jetfuel remains rationed to all airlines this morning, following the rupture in Refining NZ's fuel pipeline. Thousands of passengers have had their flights cancelled or delayed. The Board of Airline… Read more Audio

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

7:10 AM.The petrol industry is reassuring Aucklanders the city won't run out of fuel while the Marsden Pt pipeline is out of action but the disruption for airline passengers continues. The city's petrol pumps… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The huge number of early voters is highlighting what politicians are calling New Zealand's weird and inconsistent rules for election advertising. Audio

7:39 AM.Less than two weeks after Irma, Hurricane Maria has strengthened to a major category 3 hurricane as it takes aim at Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands. New Zealander Gareth Butler is a New… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.More than 9,000 patients are still waiting 1.5 times longer than intended for follow-up eye appointments nationwide. Health correspondent Karen Brown discusses the details. Audio

7:55 AM.A High Court judge says a staff member at Vehicle Testing New Zealand handed over the name and address of a police informant to a patched gang member. Justice Palmer mentioned the incident as he… Read more Audio

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

8:11 AM.Auckland businessmen say the government has turned a deaf ear to leaky home owners. Some of the worst cases include a single mother who faces being bankrupted, and a man in his 80s whose four sons… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Some Auckland petrol stations have run out of 95 octane fuel. Z's Jonathan Hill says they're concentrating on supplying 91 and diesel. "We concentrated on making sure supplies of those were healthy… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.A forest owner's group says efforts to meet emissions reduction targets is being derailed by a lack of affordable land for tree planting. In a recent submission to the Productivity Commission, it says… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Kaikōura's struggling business community wants a container mall similar to Christchurch's re-start mall set up after the Canterbury earthquakes. Audio

8:43 AM.The retirements of long serving MPs like Maurice Williamson, Murray McCully and David Cunliffe means there will be a host of new faces representing Auckland in parliament after September 23. RNZ's… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Anglicans have their annual blessing of the animals, but in Northland at the weekend it was the politicians' turn. Election candidates were not only blessed, but also had pastoral hands laid upon them… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.Rotorua locals say whoever is voted into government this weekend needs to address the fact so many families are struggling to put food on the table. Read more Audio

8:57 AM.A lightning strike has put New Plymouth's wind wand out of action. Late on Sunday, an electrical storm in the city hit its wind wand and Port Taranaki's chimney. In 2014, lightening struck… Read more Audio