Morning Report for Wednesday 8 August 2018

6:00 AM.Thousands of traumatised and homeless people are waiting for help to arrive after the Lombok quake, we have more accounts from New Zealanders, Security risks are blamed for the cancellation of a… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Mark Rudan's tenure as Wellington Phoenix football coach is off to a disastrous start after a 1-0 defeat to a 10-man lower league side in the FFA Cup, the A-League pre-season tournament. Audio

6:10 AM.There is growing condemnation of Massey University's decision to ban Don Brash from speaking on its campus. On Tuesday, Massey's vice-chancellor cited security risks as its reason for cancelling an… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.Rescuers are working around the clock in Lombok to try and find people trapped under rubble. The 6.9-magnitude quake is now known to have killed nearly 100 people and left at least 20,000 people… Read more 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.Thousands of traumatised and homeless people are waiting for help to arrive on Indonesia's tourist island of Lombok. The greatest need is for water and food. The death toll too is continuing to rise… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The nurses union says District Health Boards in the Auckland region may find it harder than others to recruit additional staff in the coming months. Nurses and DHBs on Tuesday settled an ongoing… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Labour's pre-election policy of ditching youth rates within its first year in power appears to be on the back burner for now as it negotiates with its coalition partner New Zealand First. But that's… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

7:06 AM.New Zealand sailor Sam Meech says he produced his worst race of the year at the worst time possible. Audio

7:10 AM.The death toll from the powerful earthquake that hit Lombok is now more than a hundred. Thousands are homeless and still waiting for desperately needed help to arrive. The greatest need is for water… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Iwi leaders have told the government they'll see them in court over Māori rights to freshwater. The leaders met Cabinet ministers in Ngaruawahia on Friday, where the politicians made it clear those… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The long-running hospital nurses' pay dispute is over but there is scepticism about how fast hospital staffing levels will improve. One emergency department nurse, who wants to be identified as Julia… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The number of new Chinese students coming here has fallen for the first time in four years, crashing 20 percent in the 12 months to the end of June. Immigration New Zealand figures show 8,600 Chinese… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The University of Auckland will not be following Massey University's decision to ban former Reserve Bank Governor Don Brash from giving a speech. On Tuesday, Massey's vice-chancellor cited security… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.Fancy your own personal banker? Someone who keeps tabs on your spending, makes sure your bills are paid on time, and that you're getting the best deal on your mortgage? But, how do you feel about… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.The Unite union wants the Government to show some backbone and stick to a pre-election policy of ditching youth rates. Labour promised the rates would be gone within its first year in power but it… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Catastrophic wildfires continue to ravage California, with one blaze nearly doubling in size in the past three days, making it the largest in the state's history. Our correspondent in California… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Gisborne Boys High School, a school with just over 800 pupils, made it into the New York Times yesterday with a feature on its First XV rugby team. Deputy principal and First XV assistant coach, Tom… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Southern Steel believe they haven't been given the recognition they deserve as the reigning national netball champions as they prepare to host the Mainland Tactix in tonight's elimination final in… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The Consumer Affairs Minister, Kris Faafoi, plans to step in and make changes to a proposed law for country of origin food labelling, because a parliamentary committee won't. MPs have been criticised… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.A pilot scheme at a Palmerston North GP clinic offering free help for mild to moderate mental health issues is showing instant results. The scheme offers patients immediate access to a in-house… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Families caring for adult disabled children say the Ministry of Health's attempt to fix the problems with disability support services have missed the mark. Six months ago the Appeal Court suggested… Read more Audio

8:25 AM."For Lease" signs on shop windows are now Nelson's predominant window display. There are about 30 vacancies in shops and offices in the central city so this week retailers and the council met to… Read more Video, Audio

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

8:38 AM.Detectives in the United Kingdom appear to have isolated two people from CCTV images as their prime suspects in the nerve agent poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in March. The attack lead to the… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Business confidence may be on a slide in national surveys - but in Northland - or at least in Whangarei - the economy's on a roll. Unemployment's at its lowest level in a decade, cruise ships want to… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A controversial scheme to fund free long term contraceptives for beneficaries and their daughters ends on Monday. The previous government set aside almost a million dollars for the scheme over six… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.An ACC sexual health education programme has been called a waste of money, with some saying it won't reduce sexual violence rates for Māori. Te Whāriki Takapou is "appalled" by a decision to spend… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.There has been contention over an ACC education programme, with people saying it has been a waste of money and it won't reduce sexual violence rates for Māori. Te Whāriki Takapou is "appalled" by a… Read more Audio