Morning Report for Monday 13 July 2015

8:57 AM.Our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

8:54 AM.An injured sea turtle, rarely found in New Zealand, washed up on the shore of Wellington's Lyall Bay this weekend. Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A week out from the introduction of an all-electric rail service in Auckland, the city's transport agency is warning commuters to expect teething problems. Audio

8:48 AM.A Whanganui iwi says lifting the area's state of emergency has proved a game-change for those families still struggling to cope after the floods; A Whanganui tribal entity seeking to settle Treaty of… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A group of scientists based in Europe have condemned New Zealand's latest pledge on greenhouse gas emissions. Audio

8:39 AM.The owners of about 20 sheep who were savagely attacked by dogs in Christchurch want the dogs' owners to front up. Audio

8:35 AM.Australia have been thrashed by England in the first Ashes Test. Audio

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

8:27 AM.The judges of this year's APRA Silver Scroll Awards are going back in time - all the way to 1981. Audio

8:22 AM.A Ukrainian-born, British-based scientist is warning that a mini ice age is almost upon us. Audio

8:19 AM.The consultancy that crunched the numbers behind Labour's controversial Chinese home-ownership data is standing by it and the final figure it came up with. Audio

8:11 AM.The Council of Trade Unions is accusing the Government of further entrenching the problems of zero hour contracts with its changes to employment laws. Audio

7:56 AM.A national bonspiel gets underway in Central Otago today - the first outdoor curling championship in three years. Audio

7:52 AM.Novak Djokovic has beaten Roger Federer to win Wimbledon men's title for a third time. Audio

7:48 AM.There'll be an independent inquiry into the way the Air Force handles sexual assault complaints after victims of a former sergeant spoke out about a lack of action. Audio

7:42 AM.And listening to that is the Social Development Minister, Anne Tolley. Audio

7:39 AM.Beneficiary advocates are accusing Work and Income of bending its own rules so it can slash benefits. Audio

7:35 AM.New Zealand Football are challenging a decision which resulted in New Zealand's under-23 football team missing out on an Olympic berth. Audio

7:24 AM.The drama surrounding the Greek debt crisis is reaching its final act. Audio

7:20 AM.Unions are criticising the government's proposed changes to zero hour contracts, saying they codify what should have been banned in the first place. Audio

7:11 AM.The Labour Party's highlighting of the Chinese sounding surnames of Auckland house buyers has been criticised as crude and inflammatory by both the Government and other opposition political parties. Audio

7:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:58 AM.On Wall Street, stocks rose as investors hoped the latest bailout proposal from Greece would lead to breakthrough with creditors. Audio

6:55 AM.To Australia now and the rout in China's stock market has cast a fresh shadow over Australia's heavyweight mining sector. Audio

6:54 AM.Massey University's commercial arm is offering up affordable business research to local companies who want to know more about doing business better. Audio

6:52 AM.A government angel investment firm says crowd funding is not proving to be competition for its more traditional sources of investment. Audio

6:50 AM.An expert in intellectual property law says New Zealand's creative industries are potentially losing billions of dollars a year because the laws aren't tight enough. Audio

6:47 AM.Economists say rising fuel prices are likely to have pushed up the cost of living in recent months, but inflation remains firmly in check. Audio

6:42 AM.Beneficiary advocates are accusing Work and Income of failing to follow its own protocols, in order to slash benefit payments. Audio

6:40 AM.The ACT Party leader and MP for Epsom in Auckland, David Seymour, says he's not surprised by the real estate information released at the weekend by the Labour Party - but he objects to the way it's… Read more Audio

6:28 AM.A Whanganui iwi says lifting the area's state of emergency has proved a game-change for those families still struggling to cope after the floods; A Whanganui tribal entity seeking to settle Treaty of… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:21 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:12 AM.The Council of Trade Unions is calling the government's proposed changes to zero hour contracts a sham. Audio

6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.Labour cops flak over Chinese surname property claim, Unions hit out at changes to zero hours contracts, Fiji qualify for Olympics after New Zealand expelled, and Beneficiary advocates accuse Work and… Read more Audio