Morning Report for Tuesday 9 October 2018

6:00 AM.A report finds a schizophenic man who murdered a pensioner was discharged from a mental health unit too soon, A school principal who restrained an out-of-control child spent four months under police… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Eleven Black Caps will line up for action on the opening day of Plunket Shield first class cricket in New Zealand tomorrow. Audio

6:10 AM.The pain at the petrol pump has prompted the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to push through law changes to investigate rising prices. Petrol prices have reached record highs and Jacinda Ardern… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Telecommunications company Chorus is holding urgent talks with the Labour Inspectorate today after a damning investigation into ultrafast broadband subcontractors. The inspectorate has found 73… 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

6:43 AM.The government is trying to figure out who's to blame for the high cost of petrol and will be rushing through legislation that will allow them to investigate more thoroughly. When the previous… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The players are reacting well to new Kiwis coach Michael Maguire as they prepare for their second Test under his guidance. Audio

7:10 AM.A schizophrenic man who stomped a pensioner to death was hastily discharged from an Auckland mental health unit three days earlier because the unit was full. The High Court has released an internal… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.A leading climate change expert is warning New Zealand's economy will collapse if the country tries to meet a target of 1.5 degrees warming. That latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.A principal feels he can no longer protect children after he was at the centre of a four-month long police investigation for physically restraining an out-of-control boy in his class. The principal… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.There's no immediate reprieve for motorists from eye-watering fuel prices - even as the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admits New Zealanders are being fleeced. The government is talking tough - but… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says petrol consumers are being "fleeced" at the pump and she will push through law changes to investigate rising prices. She tells Guyon Espiner a law change allowing… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Telecommunications company Chorus is holding urgent talks with the Labour Inspectorate today after a damning investigation into ultrafast broadband subcontractors. The inspectorate has found 73… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.A new government plan is aiming at healthy, swimmable rivers and lakes throughout the country within five years. Environment Minister David Parker released a blueprint for improving water quality… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Wairarapa commuters are being promised the train ride to Wellington will get easier from next April when work begins to upgrade the track. Transport Minister Phil Twyford is in Wairarapa on Tuesday… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Just as it seems the weather's been improving, a big storm has been forecast just in time for the end of the school holidays. Strong winds and rain are expected mid-week for most opf the country as… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Twelve women have been awarded top honours for their contribution to everything from comedy to conservation. The all-women Queens Honours investiture ceremony was held at Government House in Auckland… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Kiwis prop Martin Taupau says Australia remains the number one rival. Audio

8:10 AM.An international report has warned of dire consequences if we fail to limit global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says limiting warming to 1.5 degrees is vitally important to… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.There are growing concerns for the welfare of detainees on Nauru after its government ordered an end to the mental health service provided by Doctors Without Borders. The international charity had… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Haka is one of the most recognised cultural taonga from Aotearoa - but is there a threat of it being exploited as it grows in popularity? A Maori owner of a UK-based kapahaka company says it is vital… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Wellington ratepayers will be footing the bill for a stunt that left a popular Len Lye Scuplture on Wellington's waterfront snapped in two. A bystander captured the moment a man attempted to climb the… Read more Audio

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

8:37 AM.A jury has heard a dispute over money led to a Feilding man shooting his friend, Bretton Hall. David Lyttle's defence team says their client had nothing to do with Mr Hall's death and the police… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.A major new report on climate change has found rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society are essential if we want to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. For the farming… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.A Māori language expert is calling on health workers to stop butchering Māori patients' names. Keri Opai says its one simple way health workers can better engage with Māori, who have some of the worst… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Wellington now has a rainbow on Cuba Street. It's a pedestrian crossing and officially opens tomorrow - the birthday of the legenday drag queen Carmen Rupe. Audio

8:55 AM.The Doctor's back and audiences are loving her. Jodie Whittaker plays the time-travelling, world-saving, regenerating alien in the latest series of Doctor Who. About 8.2 million people watched… Read more Audio