Morning Report for Monday 30 July 2018

6:00 AM.Bus passengers describe the terrifying crash at Turoa ski field that killed a young girl on the weekend, Growing concerns about the standard of safety checks being done on the country's biggest… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Welshman Geraint Thomas has become the third British cyclist to win the Tour de France. Audio

6:17 AM.A New Zealand skin cancer specialist says improved access to advances in treatment mean fewer are dying from it. A new global skin cancer study confirms New Zealand's place at the top of the list for… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.The number of Work and Income hardship grants being handed out to pensioners has increased by 50 percent in the last five years. The grants are available for people in need to cover food… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news. How the markets are shaping up for the new week. Audio

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

6:40 AM.The Tūroa ski field operator has suspended all Mitsubishi Fuso buses from its transport fleet following a fatal crash yesterday afternoon.

A young female passenger was killed when a bus rolled and… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.It's all about education for Simon Bridges as he looks to stamp his mark as the National Party leader. Mr Bridges has revived an old Labour Party policy to reduce class sizes in primary schools -… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Zimbabweans go to the polls later today in an historic election. For the first time in 37 years Robert Mugabe's name won't be on the ballot paper. But in an unusual move the former leader, who was… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Labour market looks in reasonable health, with numbers this week to confirm continued low jobless rate, modest jobs growth, and sluggish wages. Govt, unions, employers to start "future of work" talks… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Warriors coach Stephen Kearney has sent a message to his team after their 36-12 loss to the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL yesterday. Audio

7:10 AM.Tūroa ski field has re-opened this morning following a horrifying fatal bus crash on the mountain road on Saturday. A young female - believed to be an 11-year-old girl - was killed when the bus… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.An investigation into truck safety problems has revealed the brakes failed on a trailer that came loose on a highway. It's also now looking into whether certifers have been signing off towing… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Pensioners are increasingly turning to Work and Income for help to pay for essentials like food, power and housing. Figures from the Ministry of Social Development show that in the last five years… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.A coroner has found that a Waikato man who died of heart failure didn't get proper care in the lead up to his death. Sixty-year-old Gerald Gotty, who died in September 2014, lived in a freezing… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The risks of New Zealand's harsh sun are well known, now a new global study is confirming our place as top of the list for high rates of skin cancer. But New Zealanders are less likely than most to… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Promising to be "the hardest working opposition this country has ever seen" Simon Bridges at the weekend hosted the National Party's first conference since last year's election loss. Mr Bridges' first… Read more Video, Audio

7:44 AM.It wasn't such a super Saturday for the Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull and his ruling coalition after they took a battering in a raft of by-elections at the weekend - seen as a litmus test… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Whangarei's mayor Sheryl Mai is urging businesses to get in behind the city's first day centre for the homeless. Work's underway to turn part of Whangarei's the old Army barracks downtown into a place… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Joseph Parker says he'll take his loss to opponent Dillian Whyte on the chin and hopes to come back in the future. Speaking at a media conference after the fight a sombre Parker was trying to look at… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Welsh cyclist Geraint Thomas says he has fulfilled a dream by winning his maiden Tour de France title. Audio

8:10 AM.Tūroa ski field has re-opened this morning, following a horrifying fatal bus crash on the mountain road on Saturday. A young female - believed to be an 11-year-old girl - was killed when the bus… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.It was back to the future for National's Simon Bridges at the weekend with the key focus on education policies some say were recycled from ACT and the Labour Party. Mr Bridges delivered his first… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A federal state of emergency has been declared in Northern California as 3,500 firefighters battle an out of control wildfire. Five people have now been killed in the Carr fire which is burning in and… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The family of New Zealander Clinton Thinn, who has been convicted of first degree murder in the US, says they will make sure he has a small home of his own to return to after serving his 25-year… Read more Audio

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

8:38 AM.A post-mortem is being carried out after a protected leopard seal was shot dead on a Dargaville beach over the weekend. The Department of Conservation said the seal had been shot in the face, possibly… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Bass baritone singer Joel Amosa won the 2018 Lexus Song Quest grand final on Saturday night. His victory is the fifth time in 10 years that a New Zealander of Samoan heritage has won the competition.

8:47 AM.Hacking coughs and runny noses are doing the rounds of businesses across the country right now. Annually New Zealand loses about 1.5 billion dollars every year to absences, according to a 2017 study… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.The race is on to raise enough money to fix Kaikōura's old drill hall. The council wanted to close the building while it considered its future - which could've included demolition. Community groups… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Hurricanes fans weren't the only ones in pain after Saturday night's super rugby semi-final in Christchruch However a bit of Kiwi hospitality has eased a French family's misfortune. Their campervan… Read more Audio