Morning Report for Wednesday 1 June 2016

8:56 AM.Chris Farrelly has always been on a mission to combat injustice and help the disempowered. Audio

8:53 AM.The Ashburton group battling plans to allow water from the town's aquifer to be bottled and sold overseas says it has enough public backing to continue the fight. Audio

8:50 AM.A crocodile expert says the New Zealand woman who was killed by a crocodile north of Cairns did everything wrong. Audio

8:45 AM.A woman setting up a soup kitchen to help feed the homeless is laying down the challenge for more church groups to play their part. Audio

8:42 AM.Charter schools' annual reports have just been published and they're showing wildly different results. Audio

8:38 AM.Today is June the 1st and in the dairy farming world it's known as Gypsy Day -- the day when sharemilkers traditionally take to the roads, heading for new positions on farms all over the country. Audio

8:35 AM.As the push to make New Zealand smoke free gathers steam a new study is suggesting that TV shows depicting smoking should be given an 'R' rating. Audio

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

8:25 AM.KiwiRail is being accused of price gouging and being a bad neighbour after increasing rents to farmers who lease land alongside its railway lines by as much as four hundred percent. Audio

8:21 AM.New Zealand First will not be joining Labour and the Greens as the parties join forces to push National out of power at the next election. Audio

8:15 AM.The directors of New Zealand companies at the centre of the Panama Papers revelations could face up to five years in prison if they helped clients evade taxes. Audio

8:11 AM.An industry lobby group says the failure of cheap imported steel used in piles shows the need for contractors to be extra vigilant. Audio

8:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:52 AM.Labour and the Greens are cosying up to get rid of National - and they're leaving the door wide open for New Zealand First to join them. Audio

7:48 AM.The Crown says a man's obsession with a young woman drove him to arm himself with a hammer, creep into her room and hammer her partner to death while she slept beside him. Audio

7:43 AM.The latest Panama Papers investigation shows a business woman banned from working in the financial industry in Hong Kong for a decade is a director of a New Zealand company. Audio

7:35 AM.Iraqi forces battling to retake Falluja have been engaged in fierce fighting with so-called Islamic State militants. Audio

7:25 AM.Tobacco companies are fuming over the Government's plans to wrap up their cigarettes in plain packets. Audio

7:22 AM.An after hours medical clinic in a low income part of Auckland is charging nearly $100 for some visits - a cost that has been blasted as outrageous by a high profile social services group. Audio

7:15 AM.Labour and the Greens are formalising their relationship. Audio

7:11 AM.Cheap Chinese steel certified as strong enough to hold up four bridges has been exposed as too weak, forcing a major fix-up on a huge new highway. Audio

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

6:59 AM.The national carrier, Air New Zealand, is keeping tight-lipped over a Chinese tie-up with Virgin Australia. Audio

6:58 AM.Wall Street; consumer stocks softer and some mixed economic data dragging he market lower, Dow is down 130 points 0.7 pct 17745. Audio

6:56 AM.Document management, data technology and business mail provider G3 has reported a modest lift in its full-year profit but says it will need new money to keep expanding. Audio

6:55 AM.The life and health insurer, Partners Life, says a 200 million dollar injection from an overseas investor sets it up nicely on a growth path. Audio

6:53 AM.Economists are wondering whether a lack of builders will cap dwelling consents in housing starved Auckland. Audio

6:52 AM.The latest business confidence survey suggests the economy has grown at a steady clip in the first part of the year. Audio

6:50 AM.The New Zealand economy has momentum, but not enough to keep the Reserve Bank from cutting interest rates this winter, according to the Institute of Economic Research. Audio

6:44 AM.The Prime Minister's suggestion that Auckland Council could be forced to free up more land for housing once homes became unaffordable in the city, is already being called misguided and unlikely to… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.A UK-based anti-corruption NGO says London's property market has been open to corruption for far too long, but the tide is turning. Audio

6:38 AM.The New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters says the political agreement between the Labour and Green Parties to work together, is worthless. Audio

6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

6:15 AM.Now WHO is advising people returning from areas affected by the Zika virus to follow safe sex practices or abstain from sex for at least eight weeks. That's double its previous recommendation. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Cheap steel imported from China for the Waikato Expressway fails strength tests. Labour and the Greens make a deal but refuse to say what their electoral tactics will be and why is a company director… Read more Audio