Morning Report for Friday 11 October 2019

6:15 AM.It's not just the players left stranded at the Rugby World Cup due to the impending typhoon Hagibis - it's the fans too. Vasanthy Bradley is a New Zealander who had tickets to this weekend's All… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.After the bus debacle in Wellington, calls are being made to overhaul how public transport is managed by councils. Under current law, regional councils and city councils both have a role and that's… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:36 AM.Winston Peters is taking the credit for pushing through tough new rules restricting the number of immigrants who can bring their parents here. The Government has brought back the parent visa category… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.German authorities say the man suspected of the attack on a synagogue in Halle is a right-wing extremist with a clear anti-Semitic motive who hoped to encourage others to follow his lead. Its now… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.A group of Spark Sport customers already unhappy with its Rugby World Cup coverage are horrified the company has been given the rights for cricket games played at home. Spark Sport has beaten Sky TV… Read more Audio

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

7:10 AM.Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross says it would be arrogant and cynical if National parachutes in a candidate to his electorate. Former Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon has confirmed he's going to be… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Fans are divided - with some empathetic and others incensed - over two Rugby World Cup games in Japan being abandoned. The cancellations are the first in the tournament's history - with World Rugby… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Typhoon Higabis is bearing down on Japan as the Rugby World Cup adjusts to the cancellation of two pool matches. The All Blacks' final World Cup pool match against Italy in the city of Toyota, around… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.New Zealand First is taking credit for ratcheting up requirements for migrants who want to bring their parents to New Zealand. The Government announced the visa's reinstatement this week - but it came… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Religious leaders are appalled that the Christchurch mosque shooting appears to have inspired a copycat. A 27-year-old German gunman, who shot and killed two people as he attempted to enter a… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.A shooting outside a synagogue in Germany yesterday was livestreamed on the Amazon-owned streaming service Twitch - a service used more than Facebook and YouTube for live streams. While Twitch said… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.After 43 debates, hundreds of speaking engagements and thousands of conversations with constituents, Auckland's mayoral candidates are wrapping up their campaigns. So what have we learned about the… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.A Melbourne man is fighting to hold the Catholic church accountable for three clerics and a teacher who sexually violated him as a boy in Otago. Marc - RNZ won't use his surname - has come back to New… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.The Christchurch Call has been tested by the Halle attack on a synagogue and kebab shop in Germany in which two people were killed. The gunman streamed live to a gaming website Twitch, which is owned… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Cricket fans are in a spin now that Spark Sport has won the rights to broadcast New Zealand Cricket. The six-year deal allows the online streaming platform to show all matches played by the Black Caps… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Italy's captain Sergio Parisse has lashed out at the decision to cancel their game against the All Blacks, calling it ridiculous. He told reporters "If New Zealand needed four or five points against… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.If you haven't voted in your local elections yet - you had better be quick. Voting closes at midday on Saturday, but councils are urging people to act now. Marguerite Delbet, the General Manager… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.As councils and candidates worry about the low voter turnout at this year's local body elections, Masterton District Council has a novel idea: take the ballot box to voters. The council's now on track… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Turkey's threatening to flood Europe with refugees, if its leaders keep calling his country's invasion into Syria an occupation. Turkish forces are stepping up air strikes and a ground offensive… Read more Audio

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

8:30 AM."Families are cowering in their hallways, they're cowering in basements trying to keep their children safe. There's been reports over the last day children have been killed in Syria and in Turkey… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.The World Cup winning Silver Ferns will have plenty to play for when the Constellation Cup starts in Christchurch on Sunday. The Silver Ferns are looking to claim the 4-Test annual series against… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The country's mayors have made more trips to China in recent years than all other countries combined. Figures obtained by RNZ show since 2014, 32 mayors have made a total of 70 trips there. The… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A man whose mother was neglected in a Cambridge resthome is accusing the Health and Disability Commissioner of bias and wants the Health Minister to urgently intervene. Robert Love won a Disputes… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.A Chinese man who fled to New Zealand after helping four North Koreans escape their country is being allowed to stay here. The immigration and protection tribunal gave the man protected person status… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio