Morning Report for Wednesday 16 May 2018

6:00 AM.Frustration grows over competing Treaty settlement claims, the bodies of dead Palestinians are carried through the streets of Gaza as condemnation of Israel grows, a last minute problem for the royal… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.All-rounder Jimmy Neesham and batsman Neil Broom have been cut from the list of centrally contracted New Zealand cricketers with Canterbury's Todd Astle offered a contract for the first time. 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

6:40 AM.The pressure is coming on the government to clear up the issues of overlapping treaty settlements before it boils over into another controversy like the Foreshore and Seabed. A hikoi of 600 people… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Independent economist Cameron Bagrie looks to the budget. Not-for-profit groups may get snared by GST rule change. And the latest from finance markets.  Audio

7:06 AM.The World Champion Black Ferns will play in North America for the first time as part of an internatinional rugby triple header with the Maori All Blacks, the United States, Italy and Ireland in… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.The Government is under serious pressure to resolve the problem of overlapping treaty settlements to avoid a repeat of the Foreshore and Seabed controversy. A hikoi calling for the Crown to recognise… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Central Auckland iwi Ngati Whatua Orakei has appeared before the Supreme Court to stop the Crown from giving land believed to be within its tribal boundaries to other iwi as part of a collective… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The bodies of Palestineans killed on the border with Israel yesterday are being carried through the streets of Gaza. Nearly 60 people were killed by Israeli troops in the deadliest day of violence… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.A website is advertising jobs for backpackers and temporary visitors at below the minimum wage, in a market that's being described as the "wild west". The "backpackerboard" website currently has… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Uncertainty remains over who will walk the royal bride, Meghan Markle down the aisle come Saturday. Her father Thomas Markle, who has never met his daughter's fiance, has swayed between confirming his… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The Minister of Housing admits that a $650,000 house is not affordable for many first-home buyers and is looking at options to help reduce deposit costs. The KiwiBuild programme aims to build 100,000… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Morning Report has new information which shows the Transport agency knew about safety issues with truck semi trailers for years before it took any action. Newly released documents show at least ten… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Defence is a portfolio involving vast sums of money, but doesn't hit headlines as much as the likes of health, education of housing. But it is important given the increasing demands of disaster… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Women have taken out all but one of the county's top literary prizes at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Writers, book lovers and publishers filled up the Aotea Centre in Auckland last night to… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.All-rounder Jimmy Neesham and batsman Neil Broom have been cut from the list of centrally contracted New Zealand cricketers with Canterbury's Todd Astle offered a contract for the first time. Audio

8:11 AM.The Gloriavale Christian Community could be at a significant crossroad following the death of its founder and leader, Hopeful Christian. Neville Cooper, as he is otherwise known, was convicted and… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.The government is paying some charter schools to close. There are no details yet on how much or how many schools are involved, but some settlements are being made. The payments are part of the… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The Minister of Treaty Negotiations is having to wrestle with the contenious issue of overlapping and competing Treaty claims. A hikoi calling for the Crown to recognise tikanga in the treaty process… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The number of people asking for help finding a home is skyrocketing, and the Government is under renewed pressure to deliver on its promises to see every New Zealander with a roof over their head… Read more Audio

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

8:37 AM.Talks today between North and South Korea have been suspended by Kim Jong-un. North Korea says it has no choice but to suspend the talks due to US-South Korean military exercises. The meeting between… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Early childhood teachers are joining the growing chorus of complaints about not being paid for work. Last week the Employment Court ordered Smiths City to back-pay staff six years' worth of lost wages… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Pacific midwives are for hoping better working conditions as the government prepares to announce its health budget this week. The need for more Pacific midwives is acute as they only make up just two… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The fight to save the Lumsden Maternity Centre has suffered another setback, with the Minister of Health refusing to meet with the Centre's directors. The rural Southland facility is on the chopping… Read more Audio