Morning Report for Friday 21 June 2019

6:00 AM.President Trump says they've made a very big mistake. A high-profile gang member with a domestic violence conviction is playing a key role within the Royal Commission into state abuse. A gun owner… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Football Ferns world cup in France is over in dramatics style. Audio

6:14 AM.Youth leaders are welcoming a plan to allow voters to enrol and vote on election day next year.

But a Pacific Youth Leader doesn't think it will be enough to drastically improve youth voter turnout.

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

6:44 AM.A sports shooter who has spent thousands on gear says he'll lose tens-of-thousands of dollars in the government's gun buyback scheme.

The six-month buyback, launched after the Christchurch shootings… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.For the first time voters will be able to register to vote on election day next year.

The government announced the law change, saying roughly 19,000 voters had their ballots disallowed last election… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Football Ferns concede their performances at the women's football world cup in France haven't been good enough. Audio

7:10 AM.President Donald Trump says Iran has made "a very big mistake" by shooting down an American surveillance drone overnight.

The US says the drone was in international airspace. Iran insists it was over… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.A high-profile gang member with a domestic violence conviction is playing a key role within the Royal Commission of Inquiry into state abuse, despite one woman going to police over safety fears.

… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.A sports shooter who has spent thousands on the hobby says the government's gun buyback scheme is a kick in the face.

Introduced in the wake of the Christchurch massacre, gun owners will get a… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.A sports shooter who has spent thousands on the hobby says the government's gun buyback scheme is a kick in the face.

Introduced in the wake of the Christchurch massacre, gun owners will get a… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Politicians on both sides of the aisle are accusing each other of trying to set up voting laws to increase their chances at the next election.

National is objecting to the government's plan to allow… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Iran has shot down a US surveillance drone near Saudi Arabia prompting US President Donald Trump to say on Twitter they had made a serious mistake.

However, in a press briefing soon after he said he… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Politicians on both sides of the aisle are accusing each other of trying to set up voting laws to increase their chances at the next election.

The government is looking at letting voters enrol and… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Jeremy Hunt will face Boris Johnson in the race to be the next British Prime Minister after Michael Gove was eliminated in the latest Tory leadership ballot a short time ago.

Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.National's housing spokesperson Judith Collins and her husband are taking legal action against a Nelson couple and the city council over damage caused by a landslip eight years ago.

Ms Collins and… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Fans in black and blue will do their best to stand out in a sea of red at the international rugby league double header in Auckland.

The New Zealand women's team - the Kiwi Ferns - are first up… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Football Ferns striker OIivia Chance says they must remember the pain at being dumped out of World Cup without reaching the knockout phase. Audio

8:16 AM.The National Party is accusing the government of rushing changes in electoral law to advantage the coalition's re-election.

But Justice Minister Andrew Little says the moves will strengthen… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Some iwi are warning Oranga Tamariki not to wheel them in to fix up their mess.

Next month, new legislation will mean the agency must work with Maori organisations.

But iwi say dealing with Oranga… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Polytechnics had a horror year last year losing tens of millions of dollars as student enrolments at most of the 16 institutions continued to fall.

And it's not going to get better any time soon with… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.Eleven relatives of the Syrian father and son killed in the Christchurch mosque attacks have arrived in New Zealand to live.

Khaled and Hamza Mustafa were killed at the Al Noor mosque, leaving a… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.The number of women on state sector boards has reached an all time high, after the government decided to lead by example in encouraging more women into leadership roles.

Women now make up 47.4… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Thousands of Pacific Islanders - including a quarter of Samoa's population - are hoping for a new life in through the annual visa lotteries.

They are ready to wrench themselves from home for a New… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Amid accusations of "blackmail' and "bullying" an extra-ordinary meeting of the New Plymouth council has approved a $50 million repair and upgrade to the quake-prone Yarrow Stadium.

Not doing so… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.A regional paper is celebrating bucking a national trend of plummeting newspaper sales.

In the latest ABC-audited annual circulation results, the Wairarapa Times-Age was the top performer, with its… Read more Audio

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