Morning Report for Wednesday 26 September 2018

6:00 AM.Victoria University is criticised for asking a student to leave a residential hall, a day after a suicide attempt, Donald Trump talks patriotism at the UN as Jacinda Ardern praises globalisation on… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Melbourne star Billy Slater will play in Sunday's NRL grand final against the Sydney Roosters after successfully defending his shoulder charge citing in a near-three hour judiciary hearing. Audio

6:10 AM.Auckland mayor Phil Goff says court approval for plans to build the America's Cup village have futureproofed the city's ability to host world-class events. Yesterday the Environment Court granted… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.High winds and flurries of snow are making driving difficult in the far south on Wednesday morning. For the latest on road conditions Susie Ferguson talks to Nick Rodger from the Transport Agency's… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Pilots of light planes say plans by a company to test unmanned aircraft in central Otago will put them in danger. Christchurch-based tech start-up firm, Skybase Aero has lodged an application with the… 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.Victoria University is being roundly criticised for forcing a student to leave her hostel the day after a suicide attempt. Dani Saundry tried to end her life in October 2017 at Cumberland House, in… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.Melbourne Storm fullback Billy Slater's dream of bowing out with a NRL premiership is alive after overturning a shoulder charge citing in a mammoth three-hour judiciary hearing. Audio

7:10 AM.Victoria University is facing criticism after a first-year student was told to leave her hostel the day after she tried to commit suicide in October last year. The student, Dani, was asked to leave… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.US President Donald Trump has addressed world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, but he didn't get off to the start he might have hoped. His boast about his administration's… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Jacinda Ardern briefly met with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday night at his reception for world leaders. RNZ deputy political editor Chris Bramwell is at the UN General Assembly in New York. She… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Bill Cosby, the actor and comedian once known as "America's Dad," has been sent to a minimum of three years in a Pensylvannia State Jail... and could end up staying in prison for up to a decade. Cosby… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.Foreign patients who don't pay their bills are costing Auckland's hospitals $10 million a year. The three Auckland district health boards have written off more than $50 million in five years in unpaid… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.In London, a trial has begun into the death of New Zealander, Jacob Marx, who was killed when a shop sign fell on him in 2013. Mr Marx, originally from Gisborne, was 27 when he was killed by the… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Tech entrepreneur Derek Handley has received a personal apology over his botched appointment as the government's chief technology officer. Mr Handley's being given $100,000 compensation after Digital… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Methanex is likely to mothball its planned $100 million upgrade of its Motunui plant in Taranaki, in response to the government's plan to ban new offshore exploration. That's according to John Kidd… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Half the beneficiaries investigated for fraud by the Ministry of Social Development have to answer questions about their relationship status. But few inquiries result in successful prosecutions… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.There have been high winds and snow flurries down south, and it's not great news for farmers. But beef and lamb farmer Bernadette Hunt, near Gore, tells Guyon Espiner it has been worst in the past… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The sex abuse scandal hitting the Catholic Church has now reached Germany. A report released at the German Bishops' Conference documents the sexual abuse of more than 3,600 minors by 1,670 clergy… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Melbourne Storm fullback Billy Slater's dream of bowing out with a NRL premiership is alive after overturning a shoulder charge citing in a three-hour judiciary hearing. Audio

8:10 AM.The editor of Victoria University's student magazine Salient is astonished the University has not apologised over the treatment of a mentally distressed student. Dani, a first-year Victoria University… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.A mass exhumation of 53 tupuna or ancestors is planned for an urupa or cemetery being washed away by the Wairoa River. A group of whanau whose loved ones are buried at Matiti Urupa, outside of Wairoa… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The remains of two New Zealand sailors who died in England over 60-years ago are arriving back in New Zealand on Wednesday morning. A ceremony's being held at the Devonport Naval Base shortly and our… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Labour's Maori caucus is backing MP Meka Whaitiri, despite not having seen the report that prompted her sacking as minister after an altercation with her press secretary. But National says the… Read more Audio

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

8:30 AM.It's been revealed a Pacific-based Super Rugby team will have to stump up NZ$18 million a year to be able to take part in the competition. RNZ understands Super Rugby's governing body, SANZAAR demands… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.Ngāpuhi people trying to thrash out agreement on how to settle their Treaty claims have till today to say what they think of the latest plan. Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little and the Ngāpuhi… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.About half the benefit fraud investigations launched by the Ministry of Social Development involve questions about the relationship status of beneficiaries. Latest official figures show few result in… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A former Canadian millionaire has been convicted of killing his father, whose death was initially ruled a suicide. Dellen Millard inherited the family fortune after his father, Wayne, was found shot… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.A stoush has erupted over plans by a tech start-up to test large drones that could be used for long-range humanitarian and commercial work. Skybase in Christchurch has applied to use restricted… Read more Audio