Morning Report for Monday 6 August 2018

6:00 AM.Andrew Little describes chaos in Lombok earthquake, Govt contracts undermining builders - industry, NZ ambassador won't be ex-MP - Winston Peters, Rescuing stranded humpback whales 'a race against… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The New Zealand under 20's women's footballers have lost their opening match at their World Cup in France. Audio

6:13 AM.Zimbabwe's opposition leader has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election victory is a "coup against the people's will". Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa repeated his claim that the results… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news, and  catch up on global markets. Audio

6:35 AM.Another strong earthquake has struck Indonesia's popular tourist island of Lombok. Many buildings had been affected, debris is littering the streets and the power is out in many parts of the main city… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The building industry is complaining that Education Ministry contracts are shifting greater risks to builders, even as expensive industry failures are mounting. The contracts have been modified to… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Increasing school rolls in Auckland which are close to the highest official forecasts are putting schools under pressure. The city's principals say it's hard to predict student numbers because of the… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Business confidence slide is real and a worry says Briscoe Gp CEO. Listed company earnings reports start this week. RBNZ set to leave rates and rhetoric unchanged.  Audio

7:06 AM.The English golfer Georgia Hall has claimed her maiden major title as early bogies ruined New Zealander Lydia Ko's chances of a final round surge at the British Open in Lancashire. Audio

7:10 AM.Justice Minister Andrew Little has been caught up in a major earthquake in Indonesia's popular tourist island of Lombok. The 7-magnitude earthquake struck around midnight (NZ time), triggering a brief… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The Ministry of Education is being blamed for a badly leaking Auckland high school -- and for contracts forcing builders to wait up to twice as long as usual to get paid. The construction industry… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has just returned from high-level meetings in Singapore where North Korea was top of the agenda. The talks were held almost two months after the US President… Read more Audio

7:31 AM.Two Humpback whales, believed to be a mother and its calf, remain stranded on Baylys Beach, near Dargaville. The two whales were discovered on Sunday morning. A crew of more than 100 volunteers and… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.National Party leader Simon Bridges suffered another blow in the popularity stakes despite strong support for his party. Last night's Colmar-Brunton OneNews poll had National as the most preferred… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.New Zealand is leaping to Canada's aid with a contingent of firefighters leaving tonight to help battle the growing number of wildfires there. Fifty-four firefighters and an 11-person incident… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Across Europe temperatures are soaring as a heatwave plagues Spain and Portugal and other southern European countries. Temperatures are expected to get to around 50 degrees celcius in some places. The… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.The number of school children in Auckland is nudging the upper limit of official forecasts and some schools are struggling to cope. Principals say more children are moving into their neighbourhoods… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The newly-crowned Super Rugby champions will begin their own crusade through the Garden City today. A parade is being held in central Christchurch, after the Crusaders crushed the Lions to claim their… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.A poor start cruelled Lydia Ko's chances of winning the British Open with the New Zealand golfer finishing just outside the top 10 at the tournament which was won by England's Georgia Hall. Audio

8:12 AM.A construction industry leader warns a badly leaking Auckland high school, that's now ensnared in multimillion-dollar legal fight, is what comes from the government building on the cheap. Geoff Hunt… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Twenty people have died after a World War II vintage aircraft crashed into a mountainside in eastern Switzerland, police say. The plane - a Junkers JU-52 HB-HOT - was carrying 17 passengers and three… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The IHC is welcoming the news that Ashley Peacock will be released from a mental health unit and live in the community. Mr Peacock's case made it into the media when it was revealled he was living in… Read more Audio

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

8:35 AM.A union leader has accused a Kiwi diplomat of not offering him proper support while he was in Israeli detention. Unite leader Mike Treen was detained by Israeli forces while taking part in a flotilla… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Look around the world today and you'll find raging fires, devastating droughts and smothering heatwaves. A climate scientist from Victoria University, James Renwick, joins us now to talk about how… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Privacy breaches by immigration advisors has forced Immigration New Zealand to halt efforts to move some of its visa applications solely online. Documents show the department knew four months ago that… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Those odds and ends of unrecyclable plastic like milk bottle tops and bread bag tags littering your kitchen could one day be used to 3-D print a new washer or machinery part. That day is still a wee… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.The Crusaders trophy cabinet keeps growing following Saturday's 37-18 win over the Johanessberg Lions in the Super Rugby Final in Christchuch. It's the franchise's ninth title and pundits are already… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.History's been made in the Bay of Islands over the weekend. Christ Church in Russell has welcomed its new priest, Chris Swannell. He's openly gay, and his parishioners couldn't be happier with their… Read more Audio