Morning Report for Monday 9 April 2018

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

6:12 AM.Business owners are being told they have no choice but to raise prices in response to rises in the minimum wage, if they want to stay afloat. The minimum wage rose 75 cents at the beginning of the… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Senior doctors are blaming under-funding for a big blowout in district health boards debts. Latest Health Ministry figures show DHBs will be in the red to the tune of $189 million by the end of the… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.New Zealand track cyclist Sam Webster cemented his place as the sprint king of the Commonwealth Games with two outstanding performances on the velodrome in Brisbane. The 26-year-old won gold in… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:29 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

6:38 AM.The Greens new co-leader has set herself one main task - ensuring the party survives at the next election. Marama Davidson won the female co-leader leadership contest by a landslide from her fellow MP… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.A leading authority on firefighting foam contamination says New Zealand might well have to test contamination zones all over again if the Defence Force hasn't been using the latest test. Defence has… Read more Audio

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

7:18 AM.US President Donald Trump has lashed out at the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies Russia and Iran over a suspected chemical attack, saying there will be a "big price to pay". In a series… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.While the Silver Ferns' surprise loss was the big New Zealand failure at the Games yesterday, there were successes too. Lawn bowler Jo Edwards won New Zealand's fourth gold of the games when she… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Senior doctors say under-funding is to blame for a ballooning projected deficit by district health boards. Latest figures released by the Health Ministry show DHBs will be in the red to the tune of… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The largest contamination investigation ever in New Zealand is relying on a test that fails to detect a whole host of firefighting foam chemicals. That's even though there is a newer test that does… Read more Audio

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

8:10 AM.Expect to pay more for your coffee or eating out as the minimum wage rises. That's the warning from some businesses that have hiked prices to absorb the cost of a 75 cent increase in the minimum wage… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.On April 9, 1968, storm-force southerly winds and rain hit Cook Strait as the ferry Wahine left Lyttelton Harbour for Wellington, carrying 734 passengers and crew, and one stowaway. The ship got… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.The Wellington Zoo's squirrel monkeys are still recovering after their enclosure was broken into on Saturday night. Some of the monkeys were injured during the incident, and two of the monkeys ended… Read more Audio

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

8:41 AM.An early Winter storm is expected to hit parts of the South Island with heavy snow forecast for later on Monday. Joining us with the latest is NZ Transport Authority Journey Manager Tresca Forrester. Audio

8:48 AM.One of New Zealand's brightest Commonwealth Games medal hopes faces a potentially hostile environment on the Gold Coast on Monday. A chorus of protest has swelled since Laurel Hubbard, formerly a… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Two significant pieces of cricketing memorabilia are about to get a new home in the New Zealand Cricket Museum, thanks to the campaigning of the country's cricket community. The bat Martin Crowe used… Read more Audio