Morning Report for Wednesday 15 November 2017

6:10 AM.The British Prime Minister has launched her strongest verbal attack on Russia, claiming that it intereferes in elections and plants fake news stories to sow discord. Speaking at the Lord Mayor's… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.The Government is rejecting an official estimate its Kiwibuild programme will lead to far fewer private homes being built. The Labour-led government plans to build 100,000 affordable houses over the… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:38 AM.Refugees occupying the former detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have rejected the claims made by a New Zealander who says he worked at the centre. The man, known as Ian, says he was… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.A volunteer firefighter who braved the currents of the Waikato River to save an eight-year-old girl says he had to act quickly. Nathan Spitzer was driving past Ngaruawahia Fire Station in his tractor… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.A lawyer is calling for an independent investigation into whether a child murderer was unfairly punished by staff at Rimutaka Prison in Upper Hutt. Hayden Wallace, who shot dead toddler Jhia Te Tua in… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

7:15 AM.New Zealand and Australian officials will work together to help hasten the resettlement of the 150 refugees, if, and when, Australia agrees to her offer to take 150 people a year from off-shore… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Refugees occupying the former detention centre on Manus Island have rejected the claims made by a former security guard that they are criminals who should not be resettled here.

The New Zealand man… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has denied lying about contact between members of Donald Trump's election campaign and Russia. Mr Sessions testimony to the House judiciary committee is his first… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Auckland Council is scrambling to organise a family friendly event for Tongan rugby league fans to prevent disorder from spilling out onto the streets on Saturday night. The council's tourism fund… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.A lawyer is calling for an independent investigation into whether a child murderer was unfairly punished by staff at Rimutaka Prison in Upper Hutt. Convicted child murderer Hayden Wallace lost his… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.A 24 year-old man has admitted blackmailing young women online by threatening to post photos of them naked if they didn't send him more. Christopher John Blackwood appeared at the High Court in… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Canberra Professor in public ethics Clive Hamilton has written: Silent Invasion: How China is turning Australia into a Puppet State. It was due to be published by Allen and Unwin, but it has out… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Jacinda Ardern has followed through with her promise to push Australia over the plight of asylum seekers on Manus Island. While she has been denied a substantive meeting with her Australian… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.In an effort to avoid a repeat of last weekend, a family event is going to be held in Ōtāhuhu for Tonga fans this weekend. What started out as a celebration turned into mass disorder, drunkenness and… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.RNZ's Simon Hampton is in Lima for Thursday's World Cup decider between the All Whites and Peru. He tells us thousands of fans are already chanting outside the stadium, and he's even seen a witch… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:47 AM.Refugee Action Coaliton's Ian Rintoul says claims the men left on Manus Island are dangerous is rubbish. This after a former security guard at the facility yesterday warned the Government against… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Splitting international match fees between playing nations could solve the Samoa Rugby Union's financial crisis, Samoa's Prime Minister has said. The Samoan union has had to resort to asking the… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.In what local papers are describing as "an intolerable football shame, an indelible stain" Italy have failed to qualify for next year's Football World Cup Finals in Russia. It's the first time in 60… Read more Audio