Morning Report. 2015-08-05. 06:00-09:00.

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Duration
03:00:00
Broadcast Date
05 Aug 2015
Credits
RNZ Collection
Espiner, Guyon, Presenter
Ferguson, Susie, Presenter
Wright, Nicola, Newsreader
Radio New Zealand National, Broadcaster

Morning Report is a news and current affairs programme on Radio New Zealand National. It broadcasts nationwide every weekday morning for three hours and covers major national and international stories, as well as business, sport, Pacific and Māori news. The following rundown is supplied from the broadcaster’s website (note internationally sourced news packages may not necessarily appear in the rundown):

06:06
Sports News for 5 August 2015

BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'49"

06:12
Auckland market not slowing down.

BODY:
The Auckland housing market shows no sign of slowing down. The latest QV House Price Index shows the Auckland market has gone up by 18-point-8 per cent year on year, with the average price now about 8-hundred and 55 thousand dollars.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 2'23"

06:20
Pacific News for 5 August 2015

BODY:
The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'58"

06:23
Morning Rural News for 5 August 2015

BODY:
News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 4'30"

06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 August 2015

BODY:
The introduction of legislation to reform Maori land ownership has been delayed until next year; The Council of Trade Unions Maori Vice-President says Maori will be the losers if a Trans Pacific Partnership deal is eventually agreed on; A delegation of Maori organisations and business leaders is touring Asia to gain a better understanding of markets for kiwifruit and other produce; Ngati Kahungunu has announced it's giving the 2017 Te Matatini a funding boost of 350-thousand-dollars.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'38"

06:42
Goff says PM being deliberately dishonest over Saudi debacle

BODY:
A former Trade Minister is angry the Prime Minister is laying blame for the Saudi sheep trade debacle on the former Labour Government.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Saudi sheep trade
Duration: 3'26"

06:49
10th fall in dairy price index

BODY:
Global dairy prices have plunged once again.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 31"

06:50
Commodity prices fall for the fourth consecutive month

BODY:
Weaker Chinese demand appears to be spreading beyond dairy products, raising further concerns about the slowdown in the world's second biggest economy.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 1'42"

06:51
Origin Energy sale linked to coal steam gas project

BODY:
An analyst says Origin Energy has sold Contact Energy at a cheap price in order to keep its debt down
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Origin Energy
Duration: 2'07"

06:53
Fewer harsh storms help Suncorp

BODY:
Fewer harsh storms and Christchurch earthquake claims have boosted earnings at the New Zealand arm of the Australian insurance firm, Suncorp.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: Suncorp
Duration: 1'54"

06:55
Falling dollar will help build a resilient economy

BODY:
The economic forecaster, Berl, says the falling dollar will help build a resilient and sustainable economy.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: berl, NZ dollar
Duration: 3'27"

06:58
Morning markets for 5 August 2015

BODY:
Wall Street is lower after a mixed bag of earnings reports.
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 31"

07:07
Sports News for 5 August 2015

BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 1'55"

07:11
Latest results in Global Dairy Auction

BODY:
Prices for New Zealand's single biggest export, whole milk powder, have hit a record low in the overnight global dairy trade auction.
Topics: business, farming
Regions:
Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 3'40"

07:14
Govt planned resume live sheep exports market with Middle East

BODY:
A boxload of documents made public yesterday has shed more light on the deal which led to the Government paying a Saudi businessman eleven million dollars to set up a sheep farm in order to get a free trade deal with gulf states back on track.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Saudi sheep trade, live sheep export
Duration: 4'00"

07:19
Labour says Saudi sheep deal documents are embarrassing

BODY:
Mr McCully and Mr Groser both declined to come on Morning Report to discuss the documents but Labour's trade spokesman David Parker is in in our Dunedin studio.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Saudi sheep trade
Duration: 5'24"

07:25
Scientist: Ruataniwha dam may not be needed

BODY:
A former senior GNS scientist says the Ruataniwha Dam may not be needed because there could be plenty of water in the deep aquifers of the area's plains.
Topics: environment
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Ruataniwha Dam
Duration: 3'59"

07:33
Tributes paid to WWII pilot Les Munro

BODY:
Charles Foster is a Dambuster blogger and author, and nephew of the Dambuster pilot David Maltby. He joins us from Ireland.
Topics: history
Regions:
Tags: Dambusters, Les Munro, WW2
Duration: 5'45"

07:40
New data suggests Auckland housing shortage could get worse

BODY:
New data shows Auckland's housing shortage will get worse before it gets better and could last for more than a decade and will get worse before it gets better, according to a new analysis of data.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags:
Duration: 3'16"

07:43
A new report takes stock of the Maori economy in Auckland

BODY:
When Auckland became a "Supercity" the council adopted an "Independent Maori Statutory Board" to tell it what Maori in Tamaki Makaurau needed. It is part of its Treaty Obligation but many have critised it for being token.
Topics: te ao Maori, economy
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Independent Maori Statutory Board
Duration: 3'39"

07:50
News of Slovak man's death beginning to reach home country

BODY:
The mother of the 21-year-old Slovak man shot dead in Auckland's Myer Park on Sunday night is devastated by the tragedy.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: David Cerven
Duration: 4'26"

07:55
Police and family plead for missing teen to contact them

BODY:
LA Tukerangi's family are continuing to plead with their missing 15 year old daughter to get in touch with them.
Topics: crime
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: LA Tukerangi, kidnapping
Duration: 5'10"

08:07
Sports News for 5 August 2015

BODY:
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 2'03"

08:11
Dairy farmers are bracing themselves for bad news from Fonterra

BODY:
The price of whole milk powder has fallen to a record low at auction this morning.
Topics: business, farming
Regions:
Tags: dairy prices, Fonterra
Duration: 6'34"

08:18
Minister of Finance, Bill English

BODY:
And listening to that is the Minister of Finance, Bill English.
Topics: business, farming
Regions:
Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 5'56"

08:24
Winston Peters says the deal amounts to a massive bribe

BODY:
Winston Peters is on the line from the Cook Islands.
Topics: politics
Regions:
Tags: Saudi sheep trade
Duration: 4'22"

08:28
1,000 meat workers to strike

BODY:
One thousand meat workers will strike after yet another breakdown in collective agreement talks between the Talley's owned company Affco and the Meatworkers Union.
Topics: business
Regions:
Tags: meat workers, Meatworkers' Union, AFFCO
Duration: 2'27"

08:31
Markets Update for 5 August 2015

BODY:
A brief update of movements in the financial sector
Topics: business, economy
Regions:
Tags: markets
Duration: 1'08"

08:36
As Auckland prices rise, investors look to other NZ centres

BODY:
Red hot property prices in Auckland are forcing some investors out of the city and further south.
Topics: business
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: housing prices
Duration: 3'11"

08:39
Move by MPs to extend suspected suicides 'positive step'

BODY:
A move by parliamentarians to allow suspected suicides to be reported more openly has been described as a "positive step" by a suicide prevention advocate.
Topics: politics, law, media
Regions:
Tags: suicide, suicide prevention
Duration: 3'05"

08:42
Justice Minister launches discussion to curb domestic violence

BODY:
Justice Minister Amy Adams wants to introduce dedicated family violence charges with penalties harsher than standard assault.
Topics: politics, law
Regions:
Tags: family violence, domestic violence
Duration: 2'10"

08:47
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 August 2015

BODY:
The introduction of legislation to reform Maori land ownership has been delayed until next year; The Council of Trade Unions Maori Vice-President says Maori will be the losers if a Trans Pacific Partnership deal is eventually agreed on; A delegation of Maori organisations and business leaders is touring Asia to gain a better understanding of markets for kiwifruit and other produce; Ngati Kahungunu has announced it's giving the 2017 Te Matatini a funding boost of 350-thousand-dollars.
Topics: te ao Maori
Regions:
Tags:
Duration: 3'39"

08:50
Opotiki District Council wants to welcome drones into the town

BODY:
Opotiki is flying in the face of new civil aviation laws by allowing all drones and model aircraft to be flown in public.
Topics: law
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: drones, Opotiki
Duration: 2'27"

08:53
Rio on last lap of Olympic preparations

BODY:
Rio de Janeiro is stepping up the pace as it approaches the last lap of its Olympic preparations, but it's certainly not without its last minute problems.
Topics:
Regions:
Tags: Brazil, Olympics
Duration: 3'03"

08:56
New Zealand's first comptemporary dance company turns 30

BODY:
The country's longest-running contemporary dance company is turning 30.
Topics: arts
Regions:
Tags: Footnote Dance Company, dance
Duration: 3'05"