Morning Report for Thursday 25 July 2019

6:00 AM.Hundreds join the Ihumatao Maori land protest, Robert Mueller tells Congress he found evidence of Russian election interference and he did not exonerate Donald Trump, Beauden Barrett moves to fullback… Read more Audio

6:05 AM.The All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has completely changed his side to take on the Springboks this weekend - with just three players remaining from the side that started against Argentina last weekend.

6:13 AM.A former member of the Gloriavale Christian Community believes the establishment of a new charity will encourage more members to leave the controversial group.

The Gloriavale Leavers' Support Trust… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Former New Zealand National Swimming Coach Mark Bone says drug investigations into Chinese swimmer Sun Yang have been handled poorly.

Swimmers at the World Championship in South Korea have been… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.A Northland environmental consultant says a recent council decision on genetically modified organisms was an abuse of process.

The Northland Regional Council voted last week not to put precautionary… Read more Audio

6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:38 AM.Despite the government saying it will not intervene over Ihumātao - Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson joined protestors at Parliament on Wednesday.

People have flown in from around the country to… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.Theresa May has delivered a farewell speech in Downing Street before giving her resignation to the Queen.

She wished new Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government well and says: "Their… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Gasfitters across New Zealand are seeing an increase in customers concerned about their gas systems after an explosion levelled a house in Christchurch and damaged nine others last Friday.

Colleen… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Beauden Barrett and Richie Mo'unga will start in the same game for the first time. Audio

7:10 AM.Numbers facing off against police at Ihumātao have swelled, with more expected to join today and into the weekend.

Three more people were arrested on Wednesday as hundreds of supporters joined those… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.RNZ reporter Joanna MacKenzie is at the police cordon at Ihumatao, where protest numbers have been growing in a land dispute with Fletcher Building.

She joins Susie Ferguson with the latest details.

7:23 AM.Former FBI director Robert Mueller has told the US Congress his inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was not a witch hunt.

Appearing before a congressional committee… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Gas fitters across the country are seeing a surge in customers wanting their gas systems checked after the explosion in Christchurch which levelled a house and damaged nine others.

Companies in… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.It's emerged confidential personal records of people who were in state care as children were publicly available until very recently.

These files included names, referrals for psychiatric evaluations… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The Environment Minister says a long awaited overhaul of planning laws will put new dairy farm conversions off the agenda in some regions.

David Parker says the 30-year-old Resource Management Act is… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.Steve Hansen has completely changed his side to take on the Springboks this weekend.

Just three players who started against Argentina last weekend are in the side.

RNZ rugby reporter Joe Porter… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Māori are calling for urgent reform of the country's justice system - including the abolition of the current prison system and changes to Oranga Tamariki.

A report called 'Inaia Tonu Nei - The Time… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A New Zealand Olympian says the Chinese swimmer Sun Yung should have been banned for life.

In 2014 he was convicted of using a performing enhancing drug - and was banned from swimming for three… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says experience is behind one of the most notable selections for Saturday's test against South Africa in Wellington. Audio

8:10 AM.A generational divide is at the heart of an ongoing battle to stop a housing development at Ihumātao.

The protests are being lead by mana whenua Pania Newton and her cousins, who have been pushing… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.A generational divide is at the heart of the ongoing battle to stop a housing development at Ihumātao.

The protests are being lead by mana whenua Pania Newton and her cousins, who have been pushing… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Opposition leader Simon Bridges doesn't regret likening new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to a "buffoon".

Mr Bridges says if he was a Conservative MP he would have voted for him because he has… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.The association which most professional gas technicians belong to is considering raising the minimum liability insurance after an explosion in Christchurch that destroyed a home, sent six people to… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Kiwi motorsport champion Greg Murphy says he'll keep working with the Associate Minister of Transport Julie Anne Genter as he campaigns for better driver training and licensing.

The two met at… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Police emergency call handlers are the first to hear about some of the most horrific moments in New Zealand each day.

Compounding the stress of their jobs has been a roster which call handlers say is… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The country's leading building product assurance scheme is in disarray after another major company pulled out of it.

The government's Codemark scheme can't be challenged by council building consent… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Moves boost the number of family carers paid to look after disabled relatives could be kneecapped by a funding shortfall.

From next year the government plans to allow partners and spouses of a… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The swimming World Championships in South Korea are being overshadowed by an ongoing saga between a Chinese swimmer and his competitors.

Sun Yang, who is at the centre of an investigation for drug… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A Christchurch mosque attack survivor says he is grateful to Donald Trump for bringing him to Washington to speak about religious freedoms.

Farid Ahmed, whose wife Husna was killed in the March 15… Read more Audio