Morning Report for Wednesday 17 October 2018

6:00 AM.Jami-Lee Ross to lay police complaint against Simon Bridges, Political donation rules clear - Andrew Geddis, Jami-Lee Ross saga bad for Bridges if it drags on - Farrar, More prison likely for 'Beast… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Australia will take an unchanged line up into this weekend's historic clash with Tonga as they look to avoid back-to-back international rugby league defeats for the first time in 40 years. Audio

6:10 AM.There will be a by-election in the safe National seat of Botany, following Jami-Lee Ross' dramatic resignation on Tuesday. Mr Ross will stand as an independent and believes his track record will gain… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.An Auckland woman stuck on the tenancy treadmill says a national shared-equity scheme could get her on the currently unattainable housing ladder. A Salvation Army report published this morning paints… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:36 AM.Newly independent Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross is going to the police today to lay a complaint against his former boss Simon Bridges. In an extraordinary day of political turmoil on Tuesday, Mr Ross quit… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Stewart Murray Wilson's lawyer says he doesn't expect his 71-year-old client will get a harsh penalty for new rape convictions. Wilson, a serial rapist infamously known as the 'Beast of Blenheim', was… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.The Tonga halfback Tui Lolohea says Mate Ma'a will have to play even better than the Kiwis did last week if they're to hand Australia their first back to back rugby league losses in 40 years. Audio

7:12 AM.The former National MP Jami-Lee Ross will lay a Police complaint today over what he says are corrupt practices by National's leader, Simon Bridges. But National has hit back saying it can find no… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Jami-Lee Ross alleges that Simon Bridges asked him to split a one-hundred thousand donation from a Chinese businessman into smaller parts so it was below the threshold where it would have to be made… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Former National Party staffer David Farrar discusses the Jami-Lee Ross saga with Guyon Espiner. He says it's a hard issue to put to bed quickly, and it could be bad for Simon Bridges if it drags on. Audio

7:29 AM.The detective who led the original investigation into serial rapist Stewart Murray Wilson says the 71-year-old should never again be let out of jail. Wilson, dubbed the Beast of Blenheim, was jailed… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.It was an extraordinary day of political turmoil yesterday, Jami Lee Ross quitting the National Party moments before National MPs voted unanimously to expel him from the caucus. Today the MP will lay… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Christchurch council staff have been rebuked for waiting seven months to alert senior managers the city's water supply could become contaminated. When managers were finally told it took another three… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.Inflation has risen to its highest level in a year, on the back of rising petrol and housing prices. Prices rose 0.9 percent in the September quarter, with annual inflation rate rising to 1.9 percent… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Burt Munro became famous for setting records on the Bonneville Salt Flats and now veteran Auckland car racer Reg Cook has followed in his tracks - but at speeds Burt could only dream of. Reg Cook has… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Australian rugby league players don't believe they'll have to change too much as they prepare to take on Tonga in Auckland on Saturday. Audio

8:10 AM.The Salvation Army is calling for a housing shake-up to get long-term renters off the tenancy treadmill and into home ownership. The organisation wants the Government to consider building thousands of… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The government's building products approval scheme, Codemark is in further strife over claims made about the fire resistance of panels used on high rise buildings. Phil Pennington has been been… Read more Audio

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

8:30 AM.The National Party political maelstrom will intensify today with rogue MP Jami-Lee Ross promising to take a recording to police that he says proves electoral fraud by leader Simon Bridges. Mr Ross… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Māori media could be in for a major shake-up, with the government undertaking its first review in 20 years. Those at the forefront, including Māori Television and the Māori Radio Network are… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Another parent of severely disabled children is heading to court seeking a ruling that his daughter and son are incapable of employing him. Cliff Robinson has joined Diane Moody in a bid to get the… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Another parent of severely disabled children is heading to court seeking a ruling that his daughter and son are incapable of being classified as his employers. Cliff Robinson has joined Diane Moody in… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.A Hawke's Bay Regional Councillor says he's disappointed the public aren't being consulted on an option that would see Napier Port customers, not ratepayers, foot the bill for its $350 million… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Flying to work and beating the traffic might become reality if autonomous electric air taxis come to New Zealand skies. That's the plan of a joint venture between Air New Zealand and the aviation… Read more Audio