Morning Report for Thursday 12 July 2018

6:00 AM.Nurses strike begins after negotiations fail; Thai cave rescue: First images revealed of boys in hospital; Work visas up, despite efforts to control numbers; Minister Andrew Little discusses criminal… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Tennis world number 2 Roger Federer's Wimbledon title defence is over following a dramatic five-set quarter-final loss to an inspired Kevin Anderson. Audio

6:15 AM.The semifinal between England and Croatia to determine who will meet France in the Football World Cup final has just got underway. Our correspondent Lucy Taylor is at a sports bar in Moscow. Audio

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

6:24 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:39 AM.It's one nil to England after the first half hour of the semi final between England and Croatia. The fans of England are desperately hoping their team will make the final for the first time since… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.A former National MP, Chester Borrows, is being put in charge of a new group that will be advising the Labour-led government on its overhaul of the criminal justice system. Mr Borrows says criminal… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Pre-school teachers have been suspended for biting, shaking and hitting children. The Ministry of Education has released its report into almost 340 complaints against childhood centres, kindergartens… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.Sixty companies combine to act on climate change. Businesses not using social media to best effect. Hospitality industry warned over plastic use. Finance markets react to more US tariffs. Audio

7:06 AM.England are one half of football away from their first World Cup final in 52 years. Audio

7:11 AM.In the last few minutes about 30,000 of the country's nurses have walked off the job, after their union and DHBs failed to reach agreement on pay and conditions. It's the first time in three decades… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Thailand officials have released the first images of the 12 boys rescued from the Tham-luang cave in Thailand. The footage shows the boys in hospital gowns, smiling and waving to cameras and family… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Work visa numbers have hit a record high despite changes made by National and flagged by Labour to control immigration numbers. More than 228,000 work visas were approved in the last year to June, up… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Former National MP and police officer Chester Borrows has been picked to head the government's criminal justice review. The new criminal justice advisory group's been asked to come up with ways to… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Statistics New Zealand is under fire for the large hole in data gathered in this year's Census. One in 10 people didn't participate in the count, which is used to determine how billions of taxpayer… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Dozens of tenants sick of mouldy, cold and outright dangerous homes are backing a campaign for tougher laws for landlords. The plan's the brainchild of Renters United. Reporter Katie Doyle was at the… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.Tauranga City Council is offering support to Anihera Black, who has claimed that her late former husband, iwi leader Te Awanuiarangi Black, was a paedophile. After speaking with Mrs Black, the council… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.England and Croatia fans may have no finger nails left by the end of the morning, with the teams heading to extra time after playing out a 1-all draw in their football World Cup semi-final in Russia.

8:11 AM.New Zealand nurses have walked off the job in their first strike in decades for better pay and conditions. Picket lines are outside the main hospitals. In Auckland, nurse Gui Restall tells Guyon… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.It's still 1-1 after the first half of extra time in the world cup semi-final between England and Croatia extra time has just started. Reporter Rowan Quinn at The Fox on Auckland's Viaduct. Audio

8:21 AM.The chair of the government's new criminal justice advisory group says politics is holding back criminal justice reform. The Justice Minister Andrew Little has picked the former National MP Chester… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.US President Donald Trump has jumpstarted the NATO summit in Brussels this week, by labelling his allies 'delinquent'. NATO summits are usually predictable events, but not with Trump attending. He has… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:40 AM.Croatia is through to the final of the Football World Cup. Adriana Weber, a former RNZ reporter, has been watching in Dubrovnik, where the streets have exploded in celebration. Audio

8:42 AM.Coen Lammers is on the line from Moscow where he's been watching Croatia and England battle it out. One half of the stadium is going nuts, the other half is in a stunned silence, he tells Gyles… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Paul Jiggins, a football writer for The Sun, was watching the FIFA World Cup with friends in London. Audio

8:55 AM.The Top 20 contenders for this years APRA Silver Scrolls are out. The award, which recognises outstanding songwriting, has previously been won by mainstays of the New Zealand music scene such as Dave… Read more Audio