Morning Report for Wednesday 24 January 2018

6:00 AM.The Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal is set to be signed in March, High interest lenders are using social media to target parents struggling to pay fees for the new school year and Thousands flee… Read more Audio

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

6:16 AM.A leading freshwater ecologist is criticising planned chlorination of Christchurch's water supply as a last resort, or ambulance-at-the-bottom-of-a-cliff approach. The city council is being forced to… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.The government says it's still not clear whether an alternative plan to build America's Cup bases in Auckland will stack up. The Economic Development Minister David Parker has also suggested there… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.High-interest finance companies are using social media to target families struggling to pay the costs of getting their children back to school. Budgeting services say they are helping a number of… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says nothing is off the table for the ministerial inquiry into mental health and addiction. The panel of experts will have just nine months to investigate issues ranging… Read more Audio

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

7:22 AM.The city of Christchurch is likely to have chlorinated water within two months because some of the city's groundwater wells could be vulnerable to contamination. Canterbury Medical Officer of Health… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.The just-announced nominees for the 90th Academy awards include more women and minority film-makers this year. It's timely considering the #metoo movement, and #oscarssowhite controversy two years… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Tsunami sirens sounded and emergency cellphone messages were triggered after a magnitude 7.9 quake struck in the Gulf of Alaska just after midnight local time there on Wednesday. The quake was at a… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Security remains high at a central Auckland apartment building as it continues to be targetted by an arsonist. Five fires broke out on different levels of the 32-storey Albert Street high rise on… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.A week out from the start of the planning approval process for Auckland's America's cup Village, the government's still not sure whether its alternative idea is a goer. Auckland Council's seeking… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A coroner has castigated Otago health bosses for failing to bring in round-the-clock scanning that could have saved a Wanaka man's life. Warren Bates suffered severe head injuries falling down the… Read more Audio

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

8:11 AM.The revamped TPP deal is on track to be signed in Chile next month. The original TPP agreement collapsed when the United States dropped out last year. According to Australian trade officials the new… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Injury has cut short world number one Rafael Nadal's progress at the Australian Open with the Spaniard retiring in his quarter-final against Marin Cilic. Correspondent Dave Luddy joins us from… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The River Seine in Paris has broken its banks and continues to rise after days of heavy rain in the French capital. Visitors hoping for a romantic cruise this week may be disappointed as all river… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A young Australian legspinner is being compared to Shane Warne after his performance at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup quarter-final yesterday. Defending just 127, Australian Lloyd Pope took 8 for 35… Read more Audio