Morning Report for Tuesday 28 August 2018

6:06 AM.World women's tennis number one Simona Halep was upset 6-2 6-4 by unseeded Estonian Kaia Kanepi in the U.S. Open first round, the second consecutive year the Romanian has lost her opening match at… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.A South African man who moved to Auckland with his family says the rental market is a nightmare and it's too easy for landlords to end tenancies. He says it's especially hard for a family with… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An early catch up on the business stories of the day. Wrap of the overnight action on global markets. Audio

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

6:45 AM.Iran has asked the International Court of Justice to order the lifting of sanctions imposed by the Trump administration. Iranian lawyer Mohsen Mohebi said the United States aimed to damage Iran's… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Retailers feeling the pinch. KiwiRail strikes innovative pay deal with workers. Z Energy looking to the future. Chorus battles to convince consumers to switch to fibre. Wrap up of global financial… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.World womens tennis number one Simona Halep became the first top-seeded woman to lose in the US Open first round, falling in straight sets to Kaia Kanepi. Audio

7:10 AM.Several arrests have been made in relation to the homicide of Mongrel Mob member Kevin Ratana. Mr Ratana was shot dead in Whanganui last week, his tangi was held Parikino Marae yesterday. The tangi… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.A murder-accused person is fighting a battle in the courts to prevent the publication of the identity of their co-accused. A curious anomaly means a Google search for their co-accused's name also… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern defends her move to announce Clare Curran's demotion late on a Friday afternoon, and says the decision to keep her in the broadcasting portfolio is the right one. She… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Synthetic drug addicts in the Napier suburb of Maraenui are giving up trying to quit the drug, saying getting help is simply too hard. The Hawke's Bay District Health Board says help is available for… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Property investors are sounding the alarm over a proposal they say could lead to landlords hiking rents more frequently. The Housing Minister Phil Twyford has put forward a series of proposed changes… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Property investors are sounding the alarm over a proposal they say could lead to landlords hiking rents more frequently. The Housing Minister Phil Twyford has put forward a series of proposed changes… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.US President Donald Trump has refused to publish a letter drafted by White House staff on the death of Senator John McCain. He also refused to sign a proclamation which would order the American flag… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.An Auckland astrophysicist warns students to get in quick if they want a reference for their NASA applications. It comes after MBIE and NASA agreed to make the space agency's international internship… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Romanian tennis player Simona Halep doesn't believe she suffers from first round nerves despite her early exit from the US open. Audio

8:13 AM.Two defendants in a high profile murder case are claiming their right to a fair trial will be compromised if one of them loses their name supression. Both have been convicted of crimes individually in… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.A new study has revealed that earthquakes, much like landslides, release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. Dr Jamie Howarth from Victoria University tells Susie Ferguson that quakes on the… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.A UN report has accused Myanmar's military leaders of carrying out genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity against Muslim Rohingyas and other ethnic minorities. Virginia Pycroft is a New… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.One of Te Papa's most important whale skeletons is being stored in a building that was dirty, and had birds, insects, and possibly rodents living in it. Experts are shocked to hear how the national… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson was at the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's speech at Westpac business audience. Audio

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

8:38 AM.Kindergartens and playcentres are trying to secure their futures by forming multi-million-dollar national organisations that will have more financial clout and which will be able to counter falling… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.It's D-Day for the Waimea Dam, with the council set to vote on whether to push on with the controversial project. The latest figures put the price tag at 108 million-dollars - 26 million more than… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Dutch police have arrested their prime suspect in a 20-year-old murder case after the country's largest ever DNA testing operation Audio

8:57 AM.The final Grand Slam of the tennis calendar has begun in New York.The US Open enters its 50th year at Flushing Meadows this week and features all of the big names. Dave Worsley is in New York for the… Read more Audio