Morning Report for Tuesday 23 October 2018

6:00 AM.We ask what next for Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross, Bus disruptions in Auckland and Hamilton as drivers walk off the job - we'll cross live to our reporter who is with picketers in South Auckland, The Black… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Jose Mourinho has dismissed speculation linking him with a return to Spanish football club Real Madrid saying he wants to stay on as Manchester United manager beyond his current contract. Audio

6:14 AM.Bus services in Auckland and Hamilton will be disrupted this morning as about 200 drivers go on strike. In Auckland 25 routes and 350 of 11,000 trips will be affected, but school buses, trains and… 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

6:37 AM.The Mental Health Foundation is warning the language being used in the Jami-Lee Ross political scandal is having knock-on effects for those struggling with their own mental health. It's been reported… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The NRL is investigating claims an Australian staffer made a racist comment at the Tonga versus Australia game at the weekend. DJ Alf 'Al Goodie' Aholelei posted on Facebook to say he heard an… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Thousands of migrants are making their way from Central American nations to the southern US border. The caravan left a town in Eastern Honduras on foot over a week ago and headed west, across… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.New rules for foreign land buying come into force. Takeover activity best in years. SkyCity puts faith in hotels. Catch up on markets after the long weekend.  Audio

7:06 AM.The Black Ferns sevens continue their domination of the sport - sweeping the nominations for World Rugby Sevens women's player of the year. Audio

7:10 AM.Parliament is holding its collective breath to see what is going to happen as MPs return to the capital today, after one of the most tumultuous weeks in recent political history. After unleashing a… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.A lawyer working for New Zealand victims of abuse in state care says Australia's apology to their victims of child sexual abuse, should embarrass New Zealand into getting on with its own Royal… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.The NRL is investigating a claim one of its Australian staffers made a racist remark about Tongan fans during the weekend's historic test between Tonga and Australia. "Dance monkey dance" was the… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Bus services in Auckland and Hamilton are disrupted this morning as about 200 drivers go on strike. In Auckland 25 routes and 350 of 11,000 trips will be affected, but school buses, trains and ferries… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.As the National Party imploded over the past week, the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been quietly watching from the sidelines. But among the problems besetting her opponents are questions about… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The Mental Health Foundation says it is getting calls from people distressed by coverage of MP Jami-Lee Ross and his mental health. And the foundation says it is unhappy to hear old attitudes about… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Turkish officials have released CCTV footage showing a body double was used to fake evidence that the murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi left Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate alive. A man of Mr… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.A Wellington drag queen says she's harassed by strangers so often that she's now too frightened to walk alone in the city. Aroha Richards, who has been performing in drag since May, says strangers… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Parliament is entering uncharted territory with MP Jami-Lee Ross reportedly in Middlemore Hospital's mental health care unit. It was reported at the weekend that Mr Ross had been picked up by police… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.This year's World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year will be a New Zealander after Black Ferns sevens stars Michaela Blyde, Portia Woodman and captain Sarah Goss were confirmed this morning as… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross has been reportedly picked up by police at the weekend and taken to Middlemore Hospital for mental health treatment. It is expected that he will be there for at least some… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.A charity that raises awareness for soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Injury is hoping that His Royal Highness Prince Harry will accept their invitation to be patron of a special event in January… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.A sexual abuse survivor says the Australian Government can't fix everything that's happened to sexual abuse survivors with an apology. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has given a national… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.A predator priest sent from New Zealand to Britain was free to keep preying on children for two more decades because of failings by the Catholic Church. Last month RNZ revealed the crimes, including… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.The coalition government has now been in power for almost a year. And while there's been ups and downs.....we wanted to know how people are feeling about the new government, and how their lives have… Read more Audio

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

8:40 AM.The Wellington iwi leader Sir Ngātata Love has died, aged 81. He lead Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry of Māori Development, and was an Emeritus Professor at both Massey University and Victoria University… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Auckland Council's development arm has fallen way behind with its financial targets, continuing a trend of significant under-spending. Panuku spent just 27 percent of its budget in the year to June… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Australia's coalition government has lost its one-seat majority after this weekend's by-election. The independent Kerryn Phelps has won what she calls a 'David and Goliath struggle' in Wentworth… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.A skydiver set a New Zealand record at the weekend. Wendy Smith jumped from 25,000 feet, before landing at Motueka Airport. She talks to Guyon Espiner. Audio