Morning Report for Friday 16 November 2018

6:00 AM.Theresa May struggles to hold her Government together - after six ministers resign over the Brexit deal, Industrial action disrupts the work of the courts and Jacinda Ardern tries to stay out of the… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Ireland bolstered their lineout and defence under the high ball by bringing back lock Devin Toner and fit-again fullback Rob Kearney into their side to face the All Blacks in the clash of the world's… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.The former chief science advisor for the Prime Minister says it's time to look seriously at whether New Zealand should use GM for farming. In his last report in the role, Sir Peter Gluckman laid out… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Hundreds of foreign teachers recruited to tackle the teacher shortage face a culture shock in New Zealand classrooms. That's according to principals who say the Kiwi way of teaching and Maori 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

6:45 AM.The British Prime Minister Theresa May has defended the deal reached over Brexit. Six ministers have resigned today after the Cabinet approved the deal yesterday. Mrs May is now likely to face a vote… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.The Prime Minister is playing down a warning given by her Malaysian counterpart over the potential risks of China's territorial claims in the South China Sea. The veteran Mahathir Mohammad surprised… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.NSW police are investigating sexual assault allegations against rugby league star Jarryd Hayne. Audio

7:09 AM.Six ministers have quit the British government over Theresa may's Brexit deal - but the Prime Minister is vowing to fight on. She's just given a defiant news conference, insisting that her deal is the… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Industrial action is causing major disruption in the courts. Yesterday a brawl broke out at the Christchurch District Court and the Law Society blamed that on the dispute between court staff and the… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.A Serco prison officer is being labelled rude and anti-Maori for refusing to take his shoes off when he escorted an inmate on to an Auckland marae for the tangi of Herbs musician Tama Renata. The… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.A Serco prison officer is being labelled rude and anti-Maori for refusing to take his shoes off when he escorted an inmate on to an Auckland marae for the tangi of Herbs musician Tama Renata. The… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has reporters ushered out of a press conference after the Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed started talking about China's territorial claims in the South China… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The All Blacks play Ireland this Sunday morning in what is a top two playoff. The All Blacks are number one in the world and Ireland is number two. Joining Guyon Espiner is RTE Ireland Commentator… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Dunedin five-piece Six60 took home a total of five Tuis at the 2018 Vodafone NZ Music Awards, which took place at Auckland's Spark Arena on Thursday night. RNZ Music's Alex Behan was there to talk to… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Police are still not able to say whether they will take part in the Pike River recovery operation. The re-entry plan states that officers will help forensically examine the mine's drift and recover… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The White Ferns are playing for pride at the T20 World Cup this morning with only a mathmatical chance that they can make the play-offs after two straight losses. Audio

8:10 AM.Primary school teachers end their week of rolling strikes in the Wellington region on Friday. The one-day strikes have closed more than a thousand primary and intermediate schools since they started… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.A plan to ban begging and rough sleeping in Tauranga is one step closer after a city council vote. The ban is proposed for Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Greerton CBDs and will prohibit begging and… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.An extended blackout restricting election coverage in Fiji will end on Saturday night. It was supposed to have been lifted at the close of polls on Wednesday. Koroi Hawkins joins us now from Suva. Audio

8:23 AM.Dancer, choreographer and writer Douglas Wright was a genius - and paid a price for it. That's the view of filmmaker Leanne Pooley who made the 2003 documentary Haunting Douglas. Wright died on… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.An international flight exhibition by aerospace giant Boeing is opening for the first time in New Zealand this weekend. Named Above and Beyond, the exhibition has been travelling the world since 2015… Read more Audio

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

8:41 AM.Sir Peter Gluckman, former chief science advisor for the Prime Minister, is calling for new debate on the future of genetic modification in agriculture. Science and Innovation reporter Charlie Dreaver… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The talk station Radio Live is to be cut back and jobs are likely to go.

In a memo to staff, the chief news officer for Mediaworks, which owns the station said the simulcast with TV3's breakfast and… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.More and more women are playing rugby - about 25,000 of them at the last count. But the big challenge ahead of the next Women's Rugby World Cup will be getting them to watch it. At a vote in Dublin on… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.On Friday evening Wellington will be host to the country's first ever 'Ginger Gathering' - celebrating New Zealand's redheads. With prizes like best ginger beard and palest ginger, the event aims to… Read more Video, Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio