Morning Report for Monday 14 May 2018

6:00 AM.A big budget challenge for the Education Minister, One family is blamed for three deadly attacks on churches in Indonesia, Doctors speak out against Donald Trump's promise to charge more for… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Crusaders prop Joe Moody has been suspended for two games after pleading guilty for striking Kurtley Beale during Saturday's home Super Rugby win over the New South Wales Waratahs. In an… Read more Audio

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

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

6:38 AM.The Education Minister and his predecessor are at loggerheads over whether National did enough to plan for major population in growth in coming years, and the increased pressure that would put on… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.There'll be disruption for bus commuters in Hamilton this morning with drivers walking off the job from 7:30am to 9:30am as they argue for a living wage. About half Hamilton's bus drivers are union… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Fletcher Building shares face more volatility. The outlook for the forestry industry. A Wairarapa winemaker snapped up by overseas buyers. Audio

7:06 AM.The New Zealand women's sevens team will face the United States for a place in this morning's title match at the Canada leg of the World Series after beating England 17-12 in the quarter-finals… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.This week's Budget is a major test for the coalition government - can it deliver on its promises and meet expectations in the big ticket portfolios? We examine the situation facing primary and… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.US President Donald Trump has announced a revamp of the American pharamceutical industry, and the change could hit here. Mr Trump says foreign countries are paying "a tiny fraction" of what medicine… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.More retail workers have come forward to complain about being pressured to attend meetings or do other work without pay. Last week the employment court ordered Smiths City to back-pay staff six years'… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Workplace Relations Iain Lees-Galloway has confirmed a review into paid parental leave will consider an extension to the period and possibly a partner-specific payment. It's been revealed only about… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Staff in the office of Auckland's mayor Phil Goff have come last in a council-wide survey of how committed they are. The mayoral office scored 22 per cent which is less than half of the average across… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Ahead of this week's budget the Education Minister has been trying to damp down expectations. Chris Hipkins says the sector is in far more strife than he'd been led to believe and there's a billion… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Further details have emerged about the knife-wielding attacker who killed a man and injured four people in Paris on Saturday night. The suspect - who was shot dead by police on the scene - is… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Owners of office blocks and apartment buildings with conflicting engineering reports about their properties earthquake risk now have a solution - but it comes at a price. From today people will be… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The New Zealand womens rugby sevens team will meet the USA in the next half an hour in the semi-finals of the Canada leg of the World Series. Portia Woodan scored 3 tries in the Black Fern Sevens… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The government's been told that preschoolers can't wait four years for funding that is urgently needed now. Teachers, parents and early childhood centres are applauding the move that gives the sector… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.The grades of more than 2000 students at the country's biggest wananga are being doubled checked on the orders of Education officials. The Qualifications Authority has taken statutory action against… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Counties Manukau DHB is trying to clear its back-log of eye patients with the first of four special clinics being held on Sunday. Concerns have been raised about patients waiting so long for… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.The Electoral Commission is calling for a law change so Māori can choose which electoral roll they want to be on at any time. Around nineteen-thousand people tried to change electoral roll type last… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.New Zealand golfer Danny Lee has picked up 2 shots at the beginning of his final round at the unofficial 5th major Players Championship in Florida. He started the day in outright second and is still… Read more Audio

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

8:45 AM.US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal is causing international turmoil and posing threats to multilateral trade. New Zealand's $120 million exports to Iran are at… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.A new report says buildings are responsible for 20 percent of climate change emissions by New Zealanders. That's a huge increase from the Productivity Commission's estimate of between two-to-five… Read more Audio