Morning Report for Friday 7 September 2018

6:00 AM.Investigation follows scathing report on health board spending; Refugees on Nauru plea for help from foreign leaders; Political headaches for Jacinda Ardern - analysis; Harness-racing raids, charges a… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.New Zealand has a one shot lead after two rounds of the men's World Amateur Golf Championships in Ireland. Audio

6:09 AM.Britain has hit out at Russia at the UN Security Council after charging two Russians with the nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in England in March. The Kremlin has rejected… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.A punter at a North Island race meet last night says he's not that surprised by the unprecedented investigation into race-fixing in harness racing. Cambridge Raceway held its first race meeting since… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.An early look at the day's business news. What global money markets have been doing overnight. Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:50 AM.Eighteen Forestland investment companies put in liquidation. Finance industry regulator losing patience. A lift in inflation but low interest rates for longer are likely. The latest from global… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.New Zealand has shot to the top of the men's World Amateur Golf Championships in Ireland after two rounds. Audio

7:11 AM.South Auckland's health board has begun investigating itself after earning a scathing reprimand from the country's health boss but no resolution to multimillion-dollar spending questions. The Counties… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Refugees stuck in Nauru are pinning any hope they have left on the foreign leaders, delegates and media who were at this week's Pacific Islands Forum. All say they can see no end in sight to their… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.It's been quite a week in politics Clare Curran and her gmails, Meka Whaitiri and allegations of shoving a press secretary and of course the Pacific Islands Forum. To discuss the political week we're… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Trainers and punters have spoken of their shock over the inquiry into race fixing in the harness racing industry. Ten people including top harness racing figures have been charged with race fixing and… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.Donald Trump has gone on the warpath as he tries to find out who wrote an anonymous column in the New York Times claiming senior officials are deliberately undermining his presidency. The Washington… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Hollywood star Burt Reynolds has died. Perhaps best known for his roles in 'Smoky and the Bandit' and 'Deliverance', and perhaps his moustache, he was a notorious sex symbol in Hollywood. He also… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The National Party is calling for Deputy Police Commissioner Wally Haumaha to stand aside. Yesterday it was confirmed that formal complaints have been laid against the Mr Haumaha, accusing him of… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.It's Game On in Nelson. The streets are swept, the shop windows cleaned and the welcome mat out for thousands expected in town for tomorrow's match between the All Blacks and Argentina's Pumas - the… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Hard on the heels of a pay deal for nurses, there are worries about a looming exodus of nurses. A month ago nurses voted to accept a $520-million pay deal with their employers, ending strike action… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Ngaruahine iwi members gathered at a dawn ceremony near Kapuni in Taranaki this morning to remember the 150th anniversary of the battle of Te Ngutu o Te Manu. It was here that Maori under the command… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Despite never having beaten the All Blacks in 25 tests, its Argentina who are feeling the pressure ahead of tomorrow night's test in Nelson. Audio

8:11 AM.The average price of fuel has reached a record 30-year high, and will climb further in October with a new national fuel tax. 91 Octane nationwide is now more than $2.30 a litre, but in Waiheke and… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.British officials faced their Russian counterparts at a UN Security Council special meeting called overnight to discuss the Salisbury novichok attack. Back in March ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A New Zealand couple caught up in a corruption scandal in Western Australia met while working at the Hutt City Council. The Australian Corruption and Crime Commission has described the behaviour of… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.It's a big weekend for the Warriors rugby league club. Not only is the men's team playing in their first finals series since 2011 but the club's women's side will be become part of rugby league… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.Staff from Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao at the University of Waikato are challenging broadcasters to stop butchering te reo Māori. Members of the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies want the… Read more Audio

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

8:40 AM.A US man forcibly separated by the Catholic Church from his parents as a toddler has, seven decades later, finally learned the truth about his father - by exhuming his body. Jim Graham of Seneca… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.A lawyer for a prison guard says when inmates attacked his client it triggered flashbacks to another time prisoners assaulted him. Viju Devassy has been charged with attempting to pervert the course… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.The government wants to know how much research money is going to women and Māori scientists. It says that's the first step in lifting participation and increasing diversity in the sector. The Ministry… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The surfing world has gone where many sports have so far failed to and offered women and men equal prize money. The World Surf League will roll out equal pay at all elite tour events from next year -… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio