Morning Report for Monday 29 April 2019

6:00 AM.Top stories this morning: April is the deadliest month on the roads in a decade after a horror crash killed eight yesterday. Thousands of junior doctors walk off the job this morning for five days… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Northern Stars have secured third spot on the netball Premiership ladder after a narrow 53 to 52 win over Auckland rivals the Northern Mystics. Audio

6:09 AM.Sri Lankan government officials have been warned that more attacks could be on the way. The warnings come days after police raided a house in the north of the country. Fifteen people died and three… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.The union representing prison officers says it's rich of the National Party to criticise the use of slushie machines when it introduced giving ice blocks and bottled water to prisoners in hot weather… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.There are widespread concerns that probation officers are not writing good enough reports to help judges determine if someone should go to prison, or how long they should stay there. About 30,000… 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

6:40 AM.Tokoroa's Fire and Emergency chief Dave Morris says over the next few days he will be keeping a close on crew who attended yesterday's horror crash north of Taupo. Eight people were killed after an… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Thousands of junior doctors are walking off the job from 8am, for their longest strike yet. It's the fifth strike by the members of the Resident Doctors Association and this time will run for five… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.The Phoenix didn't play many of their regular starters as they were beaten 5-nil by Perth Glory in their last A-League regular season game. Audio

7:10 AM.Police have described yesterday's car crash near Taupo yesterday as "catastrophic". Eight people died when a SUV and a van collided on State Highway One, between Taupo and Tokoroa. The sole survivor… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Thousands of junior doctors are walking off the job at all public hospitals except those in Canterbury. It's the fifth strike by the members of the Resident Doctors' Association and they will be on… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.A 19-year-old man who attacked a Synagogue in California says he was inspired by the Christchurch Mosque shooter. Like the Christchurch shooter, John Earnest previewed his attack online where he… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The police are trying to work out the safest way for gun owners to surrender firearms made illegal by law changes. Safety became a bigger challenge on Anzac Day when 11 guns were stolen from… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Corrections spent just over $1 million on 193 ice-slushie machines for its staff in prisons to help them combat the heat over summer. National's leader, Simon Bridges, says it's wastefully extravagant… Read more Video, Audio

7:40 AM.A US-based organisation helping people get out of extremist groups is warning New Zeland that a zero tolerance approach to white supremacy won't work. Life Against Hate says getting someone to turn… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Judges and lawyers say that probation officers are not writing good enough reports to help judges determine if someone should go to prison. They say that pre-sentencing reports are light on detail and… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Phoenix coach Mark Rudan has defended his decision to rest a number of players after a 5-nil thrashing at Perth Glory, their last game before the A-League play-offs. Audio

8:10 AM.The mayor of Taupō says a car accident that killed eight people is a tragedy for a community that's still recovering from another devastating crash earlier in the month. Eight people died yesterday… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Members of the Resident Doctors' Association have just walked off the job at all public hospitals except in Canterbury, which has been excluded due to the March 15 terrorist attacks. It's the fifth… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.RNZ health correspondent Karen Brown is outside Wellington Regional Hospital as the junior doctors' strike begins. Audio

8:23 AM.Police have recovered eight of the 11 guns stolen from a Palmerston North police station on Thursday. The robbery raises questions about how secure guns handed in to police will be, as the government… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.The first episode of The Detail is out. RNZ and Newsroom's daily news podcast, explaining the news. Host Sharon Brettkelly is here to tell us what they've dug into today. Audio

8:43 AM.Feijoas are under attack on two fronts - from a pest and a fungus.The Guava moth has been causing problems for a number of years but now there's a fungal threat that's devestated crops in Kerikeri… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Scams on Chinese social media could be going under-reported, with victims not knowing where to go for help, or finding language a barrier to reporting them. Latest figures show New Zealanders lost $33… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Spain is seeing some of the highest voter turnout in its history, as the encumbent Prime Minister is threatened by a new alt-right group trying to take power. Spain is historically a two-party country… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A New Zealander has broken the world record for the most merino ewes shorn in eight hours. Lou Brown sheared 497 sheep at a farm in Western Australia, breaking the record set 16 years ago by his coach… Read more Audio