Morning Report for Tuesday 15 May 2018

6:00 AM.Deadly clashes as US opens Jerusalem embassy, Indonesian man in church recounts deadly bomb blast, Budget 2018: Is govt delivering on housing? Budget 2018: Jacinda Ardern discusses housing plans, BNZ… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.An employment lawyer says legislative changes signalled during the election should give Uber drivers the right to collective bargaining. Yesterday, about 100 Uber drivers in Auckland and Wellington… Read more Audio

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

6:46 AM.A decision by the Bank of New Zealand to ban a 93-year-old customer who is legally deaf and suffers from dementia, is being described as elder abuse. The action was taken two weeks ago when Cheng Kung… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.A pre-budget business survey shows majority negative about economic outlook, and just under half about government performance. Also the first robo-advisor, and big moves in energy sector.   Audio

7:06 AM.The Central Pulse continue to live up to their tag as pre-tournament favourites by claiming their third straight win to start the NZ Netball Premiership. Audio

7:11 AM.Protests against the opening of the American Embassy in Jerusalem has turned deadly. Fifty-two Palestinians protesting on the Gaza border have been killed by Israeli soldiers and 2,400 people have… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Indonesia is bracing for more terror attacks, as it reels from a second suicide bombing in as many days. A family of five blew themselves up at a police checkpoint in the country's second largest city… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Housing was an area the Labour party hammered the previous Government mercilessly on, accusing them of presiding over a crisis of rising unaffordability, falling home ownership, and growing… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Is the new government delivering on its housing promises? Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern discusses KiwiBuild with Guyon Espiner. She says Labour's $600,000 'affordability' price point was two years… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The Bank of New Zealand is being accused of elder abuse after trespassing a 93-year-old customer who is legally deaf and suffers from dementia. The action was taken two weeks ago when Cheng Kung got… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Documents have revealed the country's biggest salmon-farming company dumps 1000 tonnes of dead fish in the Blenheim landfill each year. New Zealand King Salmon is also working out what to do with 2000… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.The Privacy Commissioner says businesses should take great care when using facial recognition technology because there is a high risk of misidentification. It has been revealed that the technology is… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The Minister of Workplace Relations, Iain Lees-Galloway, says he's troubled by reports of employees being short-changed for pre-work meetings or doing the evening cash-up at some of the country's… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Central Pulse remain unbeaten after three games in the New Zealand Netball Premiership following a 52-44 win over the Mainland Tactix in Wellington. Audio

8:10 AM.Fifty-five Palestinians have been killed and more than two-thousand wounded during clashes between protestors and Israeli military on the Gaza border. Gaza's health ministry, run by Hamas, says… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.Banks are being told they need to plan for how to deal with increasing numbers of people with dementia. As we reported this morning the Bank of New Zealand recently banned an elderly customer who… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Northland dairy farmers who've spent big money to clean up their act say they're still getting the dirty dairy tag and they're fed up with it. The government's looking at tough new rules to protect… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.A law change last year which effectively reduced the number of district court judges has resulted in an avalanche of work and lengthy delays for those in the court system. Since the beginning of last… Read more Audio

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

8:38 AM.He's a journalist in one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a reporter but Bilal Sarwary could be putting his life further at risk by standing for Parliament in Afghanistan. Mr Sarwary is… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The Government's getting tougher on farmers as the Mycoplasma Bovis disease spreads. It's going to enforce the animal tracking system it says the previous Government neglected to do - and some farmers… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.The country's biggest salmon-farming company is asking for more than $100,000 of taxpayer money to help figure out how to deal with thousands of tonnes of dead fish and fish faeces. RNZ has received a… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Ardent royalists and those in love with love are planning a mass wedding vow renewal in Te Aroha Domain to celebrate the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Angela Thompson is organising… Read more Audio