Morning Report for Thursday 2 June 2016

8:56 AM.People in Nauru putting their hands up for election in July say they are losing hope due to the exhorbitant application fee. Audio

8:53 AM.Wellington's Mayor Celia Wade-Brown concedes the council needs to learn from the mistakes of the Island Bay cycle lane. Audio

8:49 AM.A long-running court case over quarrying on Dunedin's landmark Saddle Hill shows no signs of concluding. Audio

8:47 AM.Will Sonny Bill Williams be able to breathe life back into Auckland rugby? Audio

8:42 AM.An Auckland surgeon is fighting for access to a new, targetted treatment for women with early, low-risk breast cancer. Audio

8:38 AM.Over 300 families in Queenstown earning between 60-thousand and 110-thousand dollars have registered with a local Housing Trust in the hope of buying a home. Audio

8:34 AM.For the last three years, Jane Newman has been monitoring, feeding and trapping cats in Christchurch's abandoned redzone, and she says the information she's collected should be used in any future… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:23 AM.Iraq's Prime Minister says concern for the fate of civilians in Falluja is slowing an army offensive to retake the town from the so-called Islamic State. Audio

8:19 AM.The contractors who imported 16-hundred tonnes of substandard steel for new highway bridges were warned the deal was too good to be true. Audio

8:13 AM.Labour's housing spokesperson, Phil Twyford, has heard some of the details ahead of the unveiling of the National Polict Statement at 11:15 this morning. Audio

8:11 AM.The Government's National Policy Statement will be unveiled later this morning as the next strategy in addressing a national housing market that is hot, and getting hotter by the day, especially in… Read more Audio

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

7:54 AM.Big name Showbands including The Maori Quin Tikis, the Maori Te Kiwis, the Maori Ambassadors, the Maori HyMarques, and the Maori Travellieres all took their show on the road to Vietnam in the late… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.A lot of focus on the Auckland property market this morning, but in Wellington latest figures reveal a booming property market and the average value of homes breaking the 600 thousand dollar mark. Audio

7:47 AM.French investigators have detected an underwater signal they say is from one of the black boxes of missing EgyptAir flight 8-0-4. Audio

7:43 AM.A premature baby, men sleeping under bridges and families living in cars have all been helped by Te Puea Memorial Marae since it opened its doors to the homeless last week. Audio

7:39 AM.About 200 AgResearch workers will be relocated over the next four years as part of a major shakeup at the Crown Research Institute. Audio

7:35 AM.Housing New Zealand is looking to sell 30 of its properties in Mosgiel because of low demand, despite having 75 people or families on the waiting list in nearby Dunedin. Audio

7:27 AM.The first ever government review of suicide deaths has found many of those who took their own lives did not get the right help, or slipped through the cracks of multiple government agencies. Audio

7:23 AM.Prices for New Zealand's key dairy export have dropped overnight in the latest global dairy trade auction. Audio

7:18 AM.A controversial government policy will be unveiled today which could override the Auckland Council's ability to contain the city's sprawl. Audio

7:13 AM.The contractors who imported 16-hundred tonnes of substandard steel for new highway bridges may go back to the same Chinese manufacturer. Audio

7:11 AM.The University of California Los Angeles has confirmed two people are dead in a campus shooting. Audio

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

6:58 AM.New Zealand is expected to be one of the stronger growing economies in the world in the coming year according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.. Audio

6:58 AM.Wall Street is pretty flat. Dow has been see sawing between positive and negative, currently down 10 points at 17777. Audio

6:53 AM.New Zealand's third-largest telecommunications provider, 2Degrees, says it has the cash flow to meet its growth targets, even as it struggles to generate market awareness about its new fixed-line… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.It's the first global dairy auction of the new season ... and prices have risen overall. Audio

6:40 AM.Campaigners for a British exit from the European Union are calling for all migrants coming to Britain to be subject to a points-based system -- similar to that used in New Zealand. Audio

6:38 AM.The Transport Agency doesn't know where 16-hundred tonnes of bad Chinese steel for new highway bridges came from, and says it won't be asking. Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

6:14 AM.New figures show that Queenstown has become the least affordable location in New Zealand, with a record house price to income ratio of a staggering 11.3. Audio

6:12 AM.The Government will unveil measures today that are expected to allow it to force the Auckland Council to make more land available for housing. Audio

6:10 AM.A gunman is on the loose at the University of California campus in Los Angeles, and there are reports two people have been been shot. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Two people are confirmed dead at the University of California. The campus is in lockdown as police hunt the gunman. The Transport Agency says it doesn't need to know which Chinese company supplied… Read more Audio