Morning Report for Friday 15 November 2019

6:00 AM.We have the story of a powerful New Zealand First figure who helped set up a forestry company that then pushed for money from two key funds controlled by the New Zealand First government minister… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Black Caps captain Kane Williamson has been passed fit and he's been joined in the 15-player squad by fast bowler Lockie Ferguson who has earned his maiden call-up to the Test side for the series'… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Referrals to health services for people caught in possession of methamphetamine have risen rapidly as a result of a law change.

In April, nobody was referred to a health service when caught with… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

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

6:47 AM.The Christchurch City Council executives will be undergoing intensive retraining on how to manage Official Information requests after an extremely critical report.

The Chief Ombudsman has uncovered a… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.Greymouth's Paul Coll has joined the legendary Ross Norman to become just the second New Zealander to make the men's World Squash final. Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A powerful New Zealand First figure helped establish a forestry company that then pushed for money from two key funding streams controlled by a New Zealand First Minister.

An RNZ investigation has… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Students caught up in yet another school shooting in the US have described feeling terrified when they heard gunfire on Friday morning. One student has died, two others are in critical conditions -… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.A Kurdish Iranian refugee who has become known as the voice of Manus Island detainees has arrived in New Zealand - and might try to seek asylum here.

Behrouz Boochani is an award-winning author… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.Benee was the big winner at the 54th New Zealand Music Awards last night - taking home the top prize in four categories. Charlotte Ryan from Music 101 speaks to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The police are charging about 25 percent fewer people for low level drug offending than they were before a law change in August.

Three times as many people are being sent to health services… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.One person is dead and two others have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a fire in Gosport Street in Christchurch just after 2am on Friday.

A fire investigator is at the scene, to… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Survivors of abuse in state and church care are split over the appointment of Judge Carol Shaw as the new chair of the Royal Commission.

She replaces Sir Anand Satyanand who resigned suddenly in… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Māori education leaders are welcoming government promises to ensure more success for Māori students, but are angry there won't be mandatory mana whenua representation on school boards.

The government… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Senior staff at the Christchurch City Council have been shown to have manipulated or removed information that they feared would look bad for the council.

An investigation by the chief ombudsman has… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.An event that was canned by Massey University after students launched a petition saying they had fears for their safety has found a new host - Parliament.

Massey University in Wellington cancelled… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Paul Coll has bcome the first New Zealand man to make a World Squash Championship final since 1986, as he overcame Egypt's Marwan ElShorbagy in a five-game thriller. Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Forestry Minister Shane Jones welcomed hundreds of farmers who converged on Parliament yesterday to protest at forestry encroaching on agricultural land.

The lobby group 50 Shades of Green organised… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Neonatal nurses from Counties Manakau District Heath Board say bullying was rife and damaging for years.

On Tuesday RNZ reported there have been three investigations into bullying at the neonatal… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The Kurdish Iranian refugee who has spoken out for Manus Island detainees, Behrouz Boochani, has been welcomed to Christchurch.

He says for the moment he's just enjoying being a free man - and… Read more Audio

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

8:41 AM.The new head of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care says one of her first priorities is to gain the trust of the survivors who are assisting the inquiry.

Former district court Judge… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Residents on Auckland's North Shore have been left shaken after a trio of assaults on young women along walkways and tracks.

Two attacks happened on a clifftop track between Murrays Bay and Rothesay… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Immigration is heating up as an election issue, but at the same time there are warnings New Zealand may struggle to get the skilled migrants it needs in the future.

New Zealand has been picking… Read more Audio

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