Morning Report for Wednesday 1 May 2019

6:00 AM.A coup attempt is underway in , * We'll have more on the war of words between the Government and Destiny Church over its Man Up rehab programme, New figures show asking prices for Auckland houses have… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Hurricanes fullback Jordie Barrett has taken himself out of the running to backup brother Beauden at first-five for the All Blacks at the Rugby World Cup. Audio

6:16 AM.A second devastating cyclone has hit Mozambique - just six weeks after 700 people were killed and millions were displaced. Aid workers are trying to reach the north of the country to help those… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:44 AM.Junior doctors say figures suggesting many are choosing to work during the current strike are simply wrong. Members of the Resident Doctors Association are today beginning the third day in a five-day… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Latest business sentiment survey shows up softening economy, but will it make RBNZ cut interest rates? Growth in house prices slows further, and goes backwards in Auckland. How financial markets are… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.All Black lock Sam Whitelock has re-signed with New Zealand Rugby until 2023 although he will take a sabatical. Audio

7:10 AM.An attempted coup is underway in Venuzuela. Teargas and water cannons are being fired and military vehicles are driving through crowds of people in the capital Caracas. Audio

7:13 AM.A leadership coup is underway in Venezuela. Susie Ferguson speaks to our correspondent in Caracas, Juan Carlos Lamas, for the latest. Audio

7:17 AM.The Minister for Corrections and Justice are at odds over Destiny Church's controversial Man-up rehabilitation programme. Kelvin Davis has ruled out allowing the programme into prisons, after a public… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The Auckland housing market has cooled significantly in the last 16 months. The region's average asking price has fallen almost $100,000 since December 2017. Realestate.co.nz spokesperson Vanessa… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.In the face of a projected surge in insurance costs, the mayor of Wellington is rallying the troops to come up with a solution. IAG - New Zealand's largest general insurer - is starting to charge… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Junior doctors are rubbishing figures that show that more than half of them are not taking part in the latest strike. Members of the Resident Doctors Association are in the third day today of a… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Rumours continue to swirl about a possible challenge to Simon Bridges' leadership by senior MP Judith Collins. The National caucus met yesterday for the first time after a two-week break. Arriving at… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Testing of wastewater has revealed New Zealanders consume an average of 16 kilograms of methamphetamine each week. Police have released the first results from the National Wastewater Testing Programme… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.Statistics NZ says it has plugged enough of the gaps in last year's census to be able to start releasing data from September, but some data - including iwi statistics - are too incomplete to be… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.All Black lock Sam Whitelock has re-signed with New Zealand Rugby until 2023 although he will take a sabatical. Audio

8:10 AM.There's chaos on the streets of Caracas in Venezuela, after the opposition leader, Juan Guaido, promised to end the rule of President Nicolas Maduro. Mr Guaido has called on the millitary to defect… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Samoan authorities have launched money laundering investigations into two churches with branches in New Zealand and Australia. Audio

8:17 AM.A South Taranaki trust that feeds vulnerable children has been forced to apologise after locals accused it of racial profiling when recruiting models for its advertising campaign. The Kai Kitchen in… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.The future of a former Auckland orphanage - with a reputation for being haunted - remains in limbo with the owners not willing to sell-up to the city council. Despite years of negotiations, Carlile… Read more Video, Audio

8:27 AM.While most Kiwi think of PSY's song 'Gangnam Style' as a quirky one hit wonder, its just one part of the K-Pop phenomenon enveloping the world. New Zealand is playing its part... both as consumers of… Read more Audio

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

8:38 AM.Pamphlets attacking Islam and labeling those who bring Muslims here guilty of treason, have been left on the windscreens of churchgoers in Palmerston North. Many suspect they are in retaliation to the… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Businesses in Naenae in Lower Hutt are struggling and some are having to shut up shop after the closure of the local swimming pool has turned the shopping centre into a ghost town. The Olympic pool… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Returning now to our earlier story about the call by the mayor of Wellington for the government to explore the return of a state-backed insurance company. Guyon Espiner talks to Insurance Council of… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Today's podcast is about Stuff investigative journalist Paula Penfold who has done a documentary on abortion. She decided to tell her own story as part of it. The podcast is about why she decided to… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Defending champion Jonelle Price has been forced to withdraw from this week's Badminton Horse trial because of an injury to her horse. The New Zealand Olympic rider won the prestigous English three… Read more Audio