Morning Report for Wednesday 13 July 2016

8:53 AM.Principals are reporting more and more children are shifting from school to school as their parents struggle to find stable accommodation. As Jo O'Brien reports the frequent moves are disrupting the… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The British Labour Party executive has ruled that Leader Jeremy Corbyn has an automatic right to contest a pending leadership vote. Audio

8:42 AM.Record migration levels are pushing up rents and putting the squeeze on housing in Whangarei. Our Northland reporter Lois Williams has the details. Audio

8:40 AM.Sports historians say Te Papa shouldn't be entrusted with New Zealand's sporting treasures and the smaller Hall of Fame should be bolstered instead. Audio

8:36 AM.Northland MP Winston Peters has agreed to accept a petition by a Grey Power chapter to legalise cannabis. We talk to Mr Peters about Otamatea Grey Power's enthusiasm for being able to have a few pot… Read more Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:28 AM.A South Island Wanau Ora provider says iwi Ngai Tahu is the reason for its success amid criticism iwi aren't doing enough to close the widening gap between urban and tribal Maori. Audio

8:25 AM.Westpac is the latest bank to cut its maximum term for interest-only loans. Could it be a sign the banks are worried about the housing market? We talk to the Property Investors' Association about what… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.A lobby group for the renewable electricity industry says it is bitterly disappointed it lost a complaint over extra charges levied on many people with solar panels on their roof. But it's not the end… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's joke about moving to New Zealand if Donald Trump is elected president has fallen flat. But some people including the former New York City mayor… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.President Obama speaks powerfully against racism at a memorial service for slain police officers in Dallas, Texas. We get reaction from veteran civil rights activist Kevin Alexander Gray. Audio

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

7:55 AM.KiwiRail is set to enforce a system of annual charges for using level-crossings and underpasses that cross its network around the country.Farmers are the first group being targeted by the state-owned… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.A person born as a man but who's switched sex is in line to compete at Rio and become the first transgender Olympic athlete. Audio

7:48 AM.Helen Clark lines up for a television debate with nine others vying to become the next United Nations secretary-general. We talk to Al Jazeera's James Bays, who is moderating the debates. Audio

7:44 AM.World Vision is hopeful a lull in fighting in the South Sudan capital of Juba following a ceasefire will improve the situation for thousands of people displaced by the latest outbreak of what… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.An international tribunal has dismissed China's claim to much of the South China Sea, which is rich in mineral, energy and fishing resources. China called the ruling "ill-founded" and says it will not… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.The wave of announcements set to tackle the country's housing problems keep on coming. The latest - the Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett revealed a plan to put 140 kitset homes into new temporary… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Rome based journalist Josephine McKenna with the latest after two trains crash head-on in Italy, killing at least 23 people. Audio

7:22 AM.Bernie Sanders finally gives Hillary Clinton his endorsement as the Democratic Party presidential candidate after negotiating what he's calling the most progressive election platform in the party's… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.The United States president Barack Obama has spoken at an interfaith memorial service in Dallas, Texas for five police officers killed there last week. Audio

7:11 AM.Police have shot and killed a person while executing a search warrant in Hamilton. Our reporter Andrew McRae is at the scene in Frankton. Audio

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

6:58 AM.Wall Street on song, boosted by the start of the earnings season, aluminium producer Alcoa had a reasonable result. Audio

6:57 AM.Telecommunications company Vodafone has chosen the first ten companies to set up shop in its new Christchurch business incubator called the Xone. Audio

6:55 AM.The car auction firm, Turners, is buying into the lucrative Auckland used-car market. Audio

6:54 AM.The property investment firm, Stride Property, says the commercial property market will continue to strengthen as long as low interest rates and New Zealand's strong economy holds up. Audio

6:53 AM.A banking expert is criticising the Reserve Bank's approach to rein in the housing market. Audio

6:51 AM.The financial advisory sector is to be reformed and more closely regulated under plans released by the government this morning. Audio

6:46 AM.Plans to build cheap kitset homes in south Auckland to ease housing crisis are criticised by social groups as a short-term fix that risks becoming permanent. Audio

6:40 AM.A person is dead after being shot by the police as they were carrying out a search warrant in Hamilton last night. We talk to a witness. Audio

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

6:21 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:18 AM.New Zealand is being criticised by an international law expert for being too slow to sign up to an agreement to make countries that carry out crimes of aggression subject to sanctions by the… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.David Cameron chairs his final cabinet meeting before handing in his resignation to the Queen, clearing the decks for new British prime minister Theresa May. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Police shoot dead a person during a raid on a building near Hamilton. President Obama addresses a memorial service in Dallas for five slain police officers and twenty people are killed and dozens more… Read more Audio