Morning Report for Friday 6 December 2019

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

8:52 AM.Some of the world's top track cyclists are in Cambridge over the next three days competing in the fourth round of the track cycling world cup.

Five-hundred riders from 44 countries are taking part… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.Up to 200 New Zealand children with epilepsy may be missing out on a diet treatment that could make them seizure-free.

Help from a dietician is essential to assist parents manage the extremely strict… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.After two years of debate health officials are now recommending that drugs containing codeine should available only on prescription.

Doctors and pharmacists are split - they want to stamp out abuse… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Residents on a major arterial route in Wellington are worried about a six-month-long road closure and one business is even considering shutting down.

New water mains need to be installed along… Read more Audio

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

8:28 AM.Trustees from Dilworth school for underprivileged boys in Auckland are asking donors to help them to establish an equivalent school for girls.

Dilworth opened in 1906 and it offers fully funded… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Carvings from a Te Arawa wharenui are set to return home - more than 120 years after leaving New Zealand shores.

The wharenui Hinemihi was a tourist attraction at Lake Tarawera but was sold to… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.The government will take the recommendations of a study into New Zealand's petrol industry to Cabinet - with the aim of reducing the cost of fuel consumers.

Yesterday the Commerce Commission released… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.A chief economist says the Reserve Bank has underestimated the impact of its latest moves on borrowing.

The Reserve Bank is going to require banks to nearly double the amount of capital they need to… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Samoa's Prime Minister has refused to answer questions about why the Government stopped vaccinating against measles for 10 months.

Its decision came after two babies died from a MMR vaccination mixup… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The World Cup champion Silver Ferns have been awarded the New Zealand Olympic Committee's most prestigious award. Read more Audio

7:55 AM.NASA's Parker Solar Probe has just finished its first year of studying the sun from closer than ever before.

The robotic spacecraft was launched in 2018, and today the Space Agency has released the… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Rugby players and boxers wanted, well your brains at least.

The University of Auckland's Centre for Brain Research wants you to donate your grey matter - after you're dead - so they can study the… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Bank customers are likely to wear at least some of the cost of the Reserve Bank's decisions to force the sector to hold more capital to help them better withstand a major financial crisis.

The Bank… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.A property developer says he rejected an approach from a company who went on to build a substandard multistorey building in Christchurch's central mall.

The building at 230 High Street is in limbo… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.For the first time, a council is going to court to get the power to strengthen two heritage listed, earthquake-prone buildings - because the owners refuse to do so.

The Wellington City Council's… Read more Audio

7:31 AM.It's the second day of the government shutdown in Samoa, with more than 100 immunisation teams expected to head out to the country's most remote areas.

The death toll due to measles is now 62, and is… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.National is demanding answers after reports Cabinet Minister Kris Faafoi intervened in an immigration case to help a friend.

Newshub says it has seen texts and Facebook messages showing Mr Faafoi… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The government is looking into changes to the fuel sector after a long awaited report from the Commerce Commission was released yesterday.

The report found the industry could do more to be… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Motorists are being warned not to expect a major drop in petrol prices across the country - even as the Government's vowed to drive them down.

It's promised to make changes recommended by the… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.Donald Trump now looks almost certain to be impeached - but the US President will not necessarily be convicted.

Nancy Pelosi has announced she will ask her colleagues to draft articles of impeachment… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The World Cup champion Silver Ferns were awarded the New Zealand Olympic Committee's most prestigious award in Auckland last night. Read more Audio

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

6:46 AM.Where is the line when it comes to cartoons?

Three different papers owned by separate media companies have crossed that invisible red line this week.

It began with the Otago Daily Times making light… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Wanaka residents and council staff have been busy preparing for flooding that's yet to arrive.

The flood water crept closer to Wanaka overnight, but it hasn't reached the town's main street yet.

… Read more Audio

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

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

6:14 AM.Leaders from Dunedin's Samoan community have met with management of the local paper to express the hurt and harm caused by a cartoon making light of the Samoa measles epidemic.

They say they were… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Silver Ferns have capped off their brilliant year by winning the Lonsdale Cup. Read more Audio