Morning Report for Monday 5 August 2019

6:00 AM.29 people have been killed in two separate shootings in the US over the weekend The number of fatal and serious crashes of cars, trucks and buses without warrants is on the rise. The commercial catch… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.A second century in the match to Steve Smith has Australia well in control - after the fourth day of the first Ashes cricket Test against England in Birmingham. Audio

6:14 AM.A former cancer patient is welcoming the news that over the next three years the government will be bringing radiation treatment to Hawke's Bay, Taranaki and Northland.

Teacher and mother of two… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.One of the leading young members of the Green Party is stepping aside, saying the party is becoming too centrist under James Shaw's co-leadership.

Jack McDonald has stood as an election candidate… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.A Wellington mother, Bronwyn Hutchison, is trying to raise $100,000 so she can travel to Mexico for stem cell therapy to stop the disease's progress.

She's gradually losing her sight and mobility and… Read more Audio

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

6:44 AM.In Dayton in Ohio a 21-year-old gunman killed nine people outside a bar just after one in the morning. For the latest we're joined by Macie Jepson from WTAM radio in Ohio. Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Australian cricketer Steve Smith says he's always wanted to score two centuries in a test match - and to do it against England in the Ashes is something special. Audio

7:11 AM.A second mass shooting in the US in just 13 hours has left nine people dead and 16 people injured.

The latest massacre was in Dayton, Ohio, and involved a gunman opening fire outside a bar. It's the… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Hours after the El Paso gunman killed 20 people at a mall in Southern Texas another man shot at people outside a bar in Dayton, Ohio killing nine and wounding dozens more.

The shooter was killed at… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.The number of fatal and serious crashes of cars, trucks and buses without warrants or certificates of fitness is rising.

Transport researchers say it's concerning, but also puzzling, and there is no… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.Many cancer patients whose lives could be saved or extended by radiation therapy are choosing not to have it - because it's not available where they live and they don't want the expense and stress of… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.A Wellington woman who's losing her sight and mobility to multiple sclerosis is fundraising $100,000 to travel to Mexico for a radical stem cell treatment to fight the disease.

Bronwyn Hutchison, a… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Marama Davidson is sticking by her fellow Green Party co-leader after he was accused of being too centrist.

One of the party's high ranking members is standing down, citing the party's centrist shift… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.From next year schools have to teach digital technology but a major report says many won't be able to.

The Education Review Office report raises serious doubts last year about schools' preparedness… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The mayor of Buller District Garry Howard says an abandoned state mine dump at Hector is at risk of being clawed open by the sea as stormy weather and high tides continue to hammer the West Coast.

He… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.New Zealand rugby legend Sir Brian Lochore died on Saturday, aged 78.

The Wairarapa farmer made his name as an All Black in the 1960s, taking over the captaincy in 1967 until his retirement in 1970.

8:06 AM.The New Zealand tennis Michael Venus and his South African partner Raven Klaasen have captured their second ATP title of the year. Audio

8:11 AM.One of the Green Party's top ranking list candidates at the last election says he won't stand again, because he's unhappy with the party's direction.

Jack McDonald was 11th on the party's list in… Read more Video, Audio

8:23 AM.It's hoped the upgrade of cancer radiation machines will make cancer treatment more accessible - and more consistent - around the country.

Half of the 24 existing public radiation machines will be… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The latest gun-related massacre in the United States has happened in Dayton, Ohio.

It involved a gunman opening fire outside a bar. It's the 250th mass shooting for the year, in a day when 30 people… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.A Māori health lecturer says a comment by the Northland District Health Board chair referring to "our Māori" was patronising.

On Morning Report on Friday, Sally McCauley was defending her board's… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.National says the 623 teaching support staff the government's putting into schools next year won't necessarily end up in schools that need the extra help. And many schools that do need them, won't be… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.A Wellington woman, Bronwyn Hutchison, who is losing her sight and mobility to multiple sclerosis is trying to raise one hundred thousand $100,000 to travel to Mexico for a radical stem cell… Read more Video, Audio

8:52 AM.Māori providers involved in a police-led domestic violence intervention programme say they're struggling to find enough men to work with perpetrators.

The Integrated Safety Response Pilot - which… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The tributes that have been pouring in for All Black legend Sir Brian Lochore have not been limited to his impact on New Zealand rugby.

The former All Black captain, coach and manager died on… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.An Asian delegation was among the hundreds of people who visited Ihumātao at the weekend as the protest continues.

The action is being led by Pania Newton and others opposed to a major housing… Read more Audio