Morning Report for Wednesday 27 September 2017

6:00 AM.Youth robberies highest in nearly a decade, Education groups pin hopes on NZ First's Tracey Martin, Havelock North gastro cost households $12m - report, Trump officials' private email use 'height of… Read more Audio

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

6:40 AM.A youth worker says he's not surprised the number of teenagers appearing in court for robbery has risen by more than 50 percent in the past year. Ministry of Justice figures reveal more than 260 10 to… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The president of the Principals Federation says there are high hopes in education circles that coalition negotations will be good news for children and their teachers. Whetu Cormick told RNZ education… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.The number of children and teenagers appearing in court for robbery is the highest in almost a decade and has has risen by more than 50 percent in the past year alone. Audio

7:14 AM.New Zealand First's position as coalition deal-maker has raised education groups' hopes that the next government will bring significant wins for schools and early childhood centres. NZ First's… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.A report revealing Havelock North's campylobacter outbreak cost households $12 million is putting pressure on the council to give victims more financial help. The contaminated water crisis hit the… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Hillary Clinton has called reports six Trump White House officials used private email accounts for official business the "height of hypocrisy". Now at least six senior members of Donald Trump's… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.More than 200 companies have pledged to hire more people with no formal qualifications. Companies including Xero, ASB, Noel Leeming, Vector and SkyCity, have all signed an open letter saying they will… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Today is National Social Worker Day and RNZ News reporter Laura Tupou went to South Auckland to see what frontline Oranga Tamariki workers are dealing with. Audio

7:56 AM.There are so many volunteers helping in ruined Mexican towns that many are now being turned away. Volunteer Jorge Torres has been visiting the town of Pilcaya, near the epicentre of the 7.1 quake. He… Read more Audio

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

8:11 AM.Last year's water-contamination crisis cost each Havelock North household more than $2400 in lost wages, extra cleaning and time off work. A new Ministry of Health report says the total cost of the… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.A religious instruction group has strongly denied its teachers engage in proselytising and 'grooming' younger students. Today the Secular Education Network plans to hand out pamphlets outside Wharenui… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.An Iranian man who has been living a lie as a refugee for 20 years has been allowed to stay despite his tale of persecution unravelling. He claimed he escaped to New Zealand after his father and… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.People working in the cash strapped mental health sector are crying foul at the cost of an upcoming Health and Disability Commisson conference. Audio

8:40 AM.A US health policy expert says New Zealand has too many district health boards, each focused on their own financial success. Colorado Health Institute vice-president Amy Downs visited this year as a… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The Secular Education Network has said it will be handing out pamphlets outside Wharenui School in Riccarton, to alert parents that their children might be subject to a Christian education programme… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.After halting spending on the Around the Mountain cycle track in Queenstown because of a multi-million dollar budget blowout, the bills keep coming for the Southland District Council. It will vote… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Twitter is refusing to take down a tweet made by Donald Trump in the weekend that threatened North Korea. Many have interpreted the tweet as being a violation of Twitter's terms of service, which… Read more Audio