Morning Report for Monday 11 June 2018

8:53 AM.After four years in the making, a centre has opened to support family members who have lost a relative to suicide. The Hope Centre is the first of its kind and has been set up by Corinda Taylor and… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The largest church in Samoa has locked horns with the Prime Minister over a new law that requires church ministers to pay tax. The Congregational Christian Church says ministers paying income tax goes… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Experts are warning Donald Trump's imminent meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could be an elaborate trap. Optimists about the summit in Singapore say the meeting is a feat of diplomacy on… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.A controversial audit that found fault with New Zealand's building controls after the fatal Grenfell Tower fire is now ringing alarm bells across the Tasman. One of Australia's top fire engineers says… Read more Audio

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

8:26 AM.A Waikato University student is making history as the first Muslim woman to become a finalist in Miss Universe New Zealand - and the first to wear hijab. Audio

8:23 AM.Firewood is in short supply in Timaru as it face its first winter with only new burners allowed in the city. The council banned burners older 15 years old last year in a bid to tackle air pollution, a… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.There was only one winner but both major parties are claiming victory in the Northcote by-election. National's Dan Bidois won the seat on Saturday. However Labour's Shanan Halbert sliced thousands off… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Just a week after the region was hammered by bad weather Tolaga Bay is bracing itself for another deluge later today. Torrential rain last Tuesday saw flash flooding and around one million tonnes of… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Ferrari's Sebastien Vettell led from start to finish to win the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix in Montreal. Mercedes valterri Bottas was second and Red Bulls Max Verstappen third. Vettell retakes the… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.A 12-year-old girl with disabilities had her transport to school cut off for weeks due to delays from the Ministry of Education. The family had to reapply for the service, after moving just five… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.A war of words has erupted between the US and its G7 allies, hours after the group had put on a show of unity at the end of a tense summit. Donald Trump and two of his advisers lashed out at Canadian… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Some fishing boat skippers are refusing to allow observers on their boats to monitor their fishing practices. Ministry for Primary Industries observers are a legal requirement and collect information… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.As gang membership grows, there's talk of a return to the conflict of the past as gangs compete against each other. In the past six weeks, another gang, the Comancheros, was added to the official list… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.The All Blacks have been accused of using illegal tactics after their 52-11 win over France in the first of their three-match series. French wing Remy Grosso gross like ross-oh suffered a fractured… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.National has held on to the Northcote seat, taking more than half the vote in Saturday's by-election. Dan Bidois beat the Labour candidate Shanan Halbert by 1300 votes well down on the more than… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Prison guards are handcuffing inmates five times more often than they used to, blaming rising gang violence. At Auckland Prison's maximum security unit inmates are now being routinely handcuffed when… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.A group of researchers is warning that too many early childhood centres are crowded, noisy and cold because the minimum requirements are too low. They want the Education Ministry to review its… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Both Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un have arrived in Singapore for their historic summit on the resort island of Sentosa. Never before has a North Korean leader met with a sitting US president, so the… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.World mens tennis number one Rafael Nadal won an 11th French Open title by beating Austrian Dominic Thiem in straight sets. 32 year old Nadal now has 17 grand slam singles titles, three adrift of… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.NZX starts to plan for the end of the small market boards. A Waikato company expands to cater for rising demand for agricultural tourism. And the latest from financial markets.  Audio

6:46 AM.The Corrections department is making no apologies for a five fold increase in its use of handcuffs on prisoners. They were used almost a thousand times in the 2016/17 year compared to just 183 times… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The National Party celebrated alongside the All Blacks on Saturday night, with its candidate Dan Bidois winning the Northcote by-election. It puts National's numbers in Parliament back up to 56, but… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.The envionmental lobby group Forest and Bird says many fishing boat skippers are wriggling out of being overseen by an observer from the Ministry for Primary Industries, despite having a legal… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An early taste of the morning's business news and money markets. Audio

6:17 AM.The head of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council is concerned about a major increase in the amount of water farmers may be able to access for irrigation from an aquifer in the Ruataniwha Basin. The Board… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Researchers are warning that many early childhood centres are crowded, noisy and cold because the minimum requirements are too low. Pre-schools must have at least 2-and-a-half square metres per child… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Rafael Nadal was at his awe-inspiring best as he crushed Austrian Dominic Thiem to snatch a record-extending 11th French Open title with a straight sets victory. The Spanish world number one took his… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un get ready for tomorrow's historic summit in Singapore Cold, noisy and crowded - researchers call for new rules for child care centres. A big spike in the use of handcuffs… Read more Audio