Morning Report for Thursday 16 May 2019

6:00 AM.Tech company bosses and world leaders sign up to the Christchurch Call agreement in Paris.

The Ministry of Social Development is blasted by the Privacy Commissioner for intrusive and excessive fraud… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Southern Steel midcourter Gina Crampton was at a loss to explain their horrible start in last night's netball Premiership game against the Tactix in Christchurch. Audio

6:09 AM.Tech companies and world leaders have signed an unprecedented Christchurch Call agreement that aims to prevent a repeat of the livestreaming of the the Christchurch terror attacks. Leaders from 17… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.The tourism industry has a difficult job ahead with an ambitious target to be earning 50 billion dollars by 2025 - while at the same time playing its part to combat global warming. But how do you… 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

6:38 AM.Jacinda Ardern has described the Christchurch Call summit as "Day One" in the change the world needs. At the meeting in Paris overnight, all of the major technology companies, 17 countries and the… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The Ministry of Social Development has been slammed by the Privacy Commissioner for systemically misusing its powers while pursuing people it suspects of cheating the system.

His inquiry has found… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Southern Steel midcourter Gina Crampton was pleased with the way her side bounced back from a shocking start to beat the Tactix in their NZ netball Premiership clash in Christchurch but she… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.Jacinda Ardern has described the Christchurch Call summit as "day one" in the change the world needs.

At the meeting in Paris overnight, all of the major technology companies, 17 countries and the… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.RNZ political reporter Jo Moir is in Paris with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, where the Christchurch Call agreement has been signed.

She discusses the impacts of the agreement, signed by tech… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The Privacy Commissioner is blasting the Ministry of Social Development for excessive intrusion into people's lives. An inquiry carried out by the Commission has found that the ministry has been… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Defence Minister Ron Mark says the March 15 Christchurch shootings will be one factor ministers consider as they look to make a final decision about the future of the Iraq deployment.

Last year, the… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The government is expanding support for people hurt and traumatised by the March 15 terror attacks at two mosques in Christchurch. Strict ACC rules have been stopping many survivors from getting help… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Alabama has passed a bill to outlaw abortion, making it a crime to perform the procedure, and punishable by up to 99 years in prison.

It's the most restrictive abortion law in the US, banning… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.A 24-year-old sheep, which lives on a sunny hilltop just outside Nelson city, could be New Zealand's oldest. Busby, a Texel-Romney cross wether, was born in the Wairarapa, but soon after was brought… Read more Video, Audio

8:06 AM.The Southern Steel midcourter Gina Crampton knows her side can't afford a slow start against the Northern Stars in the NZ netball premiership elimination final. Audio

8:10 AM.The Ministry of Social Development has suspended all requests for information to telecommunications companies and the police in the wake of a scathing report carried out by the Privacy Commission. The… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Farmers have come under fire for their reaction to Government efforts to limit the effects of climate change. The Minister for Regional Economic Development, Shane Jones has accused farmers of… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Cabinet has until next month to decide whether to either further extend New Zealand's deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan - or end them altogether. Last year the coalition government extended the Iraq… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.The Qualifications Authority has delivered a humiliating blow to a struggling polytechnic, Unitec, lowering its quality rating and describing its educational performance as marginal. Unitec is now in… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Polls in Australia have consistently pointed to a Labor win, and a change of government, in this Saturday's federal election. But there are a large chunk of voters, especially in New South Wales and… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.A familiar theme in Australian politics appears to be missing from this year's election campaign. Academics and refugee groups say race and immigration have been largely taken off the political agenda… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.The mayor of Hamilton is defending his attempt to veto a report about the environment because it takes a swipe at capitalism and colonisation. Andrew King says those references in the report are out… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Golf's second major of the year tees off in New York tomorrow morning, with the sport reinvigorated in the wake of Tiger Wood's epic win at the US Masters in Augusta last month. Among the competitors… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The Battle of Cassino, the last significant fight involving New Zealanders in the Second World War, is being commemorated in Italy later today. Cassino was a strategic spot as the allies made their… Read more Audio