Morning Report for Friday 12 October 2018

6:00 AM.Stigma forcing ex-prisoners to lie to get jobs; Hurricane Michael hits: Huge rescue, clean-up in Florida; World markets follow Wall St; Russell McVeagh partner quits after complaints upheld; Govt… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The New Zealand Breakers have opened the NBL basketball season with a 86-73 loss to the Brisbane Bullets in Auckland. Audio

6:19 AM.A new state-of-the-art, multi-million-dollar library will open its doors to the public in Christchurch this afternoon. Tūranga took two-and-a-half years to build, cost about $93 million and is the… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

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

6:43 AM.A former prisoner who lives in Auckland says she had to lie to her boss about her criminal record to finally land a job. The woman who we'll call Mihi served six months in Arohata Prison last year for… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Russell McVeagh has been in the spotlight this year over serious allegations of sexual assault by senior lawyers in 2015 and 2016. A scathing review in July by Dame Margaret Bazley described groping… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Breakers guard Corey Webster concedes they went into last night's clash with the Brisbane Bullets overconfident and they got burnt. Audio

7:11 AM.Newly-released prisoners say they are forced to lie to employers to get a job. Just under a third of people who leave prison are back behind bars within their first year out. The Department of… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.A massive rescue and clean-up mission is underway in Florida after Hurricane Michael brought devastation to cities along the US' West Coast. Winds of nearly 250km/h and a 2.5-metre storm surge made… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Prices have again slipped on Wall Street but the falls are nothing like the dramatic drop yesterday that sparked a downturn on global markets. The NZX top 50 fell 3.6 percent on Thursday, the biggest… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The search for a man believed to have fallen overboard from a fishing boat near Cape Palliser has been called off because of deteriorating weather conditions. Sealord says the man went missing on… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.The law firm Russell McVeagh has lost one of its partners, after an independent investigation upheld complaints about the man's drunken behaviour at a client function. Yesterday the law firm's board… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.People who have found themselves at the mercy of predatory lenders say these companies are peddling misery and the government should be getting rid of loan sharks and truck shops altogether. The… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The Financial Services Federation represents finance companies who comply with its code of conduct. Its executive director Lyn McMorran talks to Guyon Espiner. Audio

7:44 AM.The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Saudia Arabia to prove that the Saudi journalist who disappeared from its consulate in Istanbul last week is alive. Jamal Khashoggi, a vocal… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.A former soldier court-martialled for possessing drug paraphenalia says drug use is rife in the millitary, and the Defence Force's new approach to dealing with offenders is long overdue. The Defence… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Fewer people than ever are being arrested for using or possessing cannabis. The number of arrests for cannabis use dropped by 70-percent in the 20 years to 2014. A leading drug researcher at Massey… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Breakers guard Corey Webster says Sunday's clash with defending champions Melbourne in Australia is now a must win, after the New Zealanders were upset 86-73 by the Brisbane Bullets in their NBL… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Wall Street is down again on Friday morning after yesterday's major correction. Stocks have been swinging between small gains and sharp losses. Nervousness was climbing again by late morning, with the… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.New Zealand shares are facing a second day of hefty losses after the Wall Street dropped again overnight. The Super Fund has developed a scenario showing the risks of another global financial crisis… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The Department of Corrections says gaining employment is key to keeping crime-free and it's urging employers to give former prisoners a chance. For an Insight investigation, RNZ Māori News… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.National conducted a review of the act during its tenure and copped some flak from the Police Association when they adopted only some of the reccomendations. Both the Police minister Stuart Nash and… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:42 AM.Two New Zealand activists who urged Lorde to to cancel her concerts in Israel have been ordered to pay compensation by an Israeli court. Jerusalem Post reporter Amy Spiro tells Morning Report the… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.The Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa or Māori Law Society's annual hui has returned to its roots in Rotorua for its 30th anniversary. Te Manu Korihi reporter John Boynton is there. Audio

8:50 AM.The New Zealand men's rugby league team hopes the home ground advantage will help them break a five-match losing against in Auckland on Saturday. Rebuilding after last year's disastrous World Cup… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Locals in a Wellington seaside suburb are disheartened to hear of more delays to fix up their botched cycleway. Island Bay residents were promised last year it would be fixed - now they've learnt… Read more Audio