Morning Report for Friday 30 August 2019

6:00 AM.Military-style assault rifle conversion kits still legally on sale, Study shows e-scooter crash injuries as bad as falls from large heights, Row continues over Boris Johnson's decision to shut down… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Black Caps have beaten a Sri Lankan Eleven by 33 runs in a T20 warmup game in Colombo. Audio

6:11 AM.A Taranaki woman who was the youngest person in New Zealand to be diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis is lobbying for a resident neurologist at Taranaki Base Hospital. Jessie-Lee Boylan was aged just 17… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.One of the surprise picks in the All Blacks Rugby World Cup squad was young prop Atu Moli, and he has extra reason to be feeling proud about his selection. The Chiefs player sat out the whole of last… 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.Carbine kits that convert a standard pistol into a military style semi-automatic assault rifle are still legally on sale. After the March terror attacks in Christchurch millitary style assault rifles… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.The Certified Builders Association has quietly dropped a key part of their insurance policy that protects homeowners if their builder goes bust. The Association says it had no choice after the… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.A new study published this morning in the Medical Journal shows e-scooter crashes are causing the types of injuries associated with car crashes. It's found the injured are clogging up already… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

7:06 AM.All Black Liam Squire has opened up on why he turned down the chance to be selected for the Rugby World Cup, saying he didn't feel "physically or mentally" ready for the pressures of test rugby. Audio

7:10 AM.Kits which can convert a standard semi-automatic pistol into a firearm similar to the banned military style semi-automatics are still legally on sale in New Zealand - and the police minister is… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.The furious row over the Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to shut down parliament for five weeks shows no sign of going away. Demonstrations have broken out across the UK, more than a million… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The long-standing chair of Hawke's Bay Fish and Game Council has been asked to step down after an audit raised "serious concerns" about the organisation's governance. An investigation was launched… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.A new study says injured e-scooter riders in Auckland are clogging up already overburdened surgery wards, and the costs to the health system continue to climb. A paper out this morning in the New… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Health officials say the country may have already lost herd immunity for measles.

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There have been at least 849 cases of measles nationwide in this year's outbreak, with 731 in… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Nearly a thousand people have died on the roads in the past two and a half years. Those deaths are devastating families, but are also costing the country about 15-billion-dollars. Those working to… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.People living with MS in New Plymouth are running a one-day Brain Health seminar tomorrow tagged "Time Matters" to push their message that the provinces are missing out on neurology services. They… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.A community action group says free lunches for children don't go far enough for families in poverty. The government has announced a programme to serve a daily free lunch in 30 schools from the first… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Nearly 30 years after Maori lodged a bid for legal protection for their intellectual and cultural property rights, the Government has finally issued a formal response. Their claim to the Waitangi… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Spring arrives officially on Sunday but weather forecasters expect winter is not ready yet to say goodbye. A rare weather event that's expected to peak over Antarctica today will unlock cold winds… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.All Black Liam Squire has revealed he turned down the chance to be selected for the World Cup for the sake of his own mental health, saying he didn't feel "physically or mentally" ready for the… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The Government will unveil its national cancer strategy this weekend. There's a sense of eager anticipation surrounding the event, with many in the health sector hoping it will include setting up a… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.A local professor is criticising the World Health Organisation's approach to vaping, because it protects the cigarette trade and could cause more harm than good. Emeritus Professor Robert Beaglehole… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Immigration advisors say too many couples are being kept apart because officials are taking a tougher line on partnership and visitor visas. The immigration minister says those visas can be the last… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Family First says the new government policy to give hungry kids a free lunch rewards bad parenting. A 45 million dollar government programme announced yesterday will serve a daily free lunch in 30… Read more Audio

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

8:36 AM.Health officials are concerned Auckland's measles outbreak might spread further -- and they're particularly worried about a national high school sports competition that kicks off in Tauranga next… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Fiji, Samoa and Tonga will run on to Eden Park this weekend as they continue their preparations for the Rugby World Cup, which kicks off in just over three weeks. It's been 12 years since a Pacific… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Wellington's in home support care is being criticised for putting the elderly at risk. The daughter of an 84 year-old-woman went on Facebook this week to criticise the lack of care her mum has been… Read more Audio