Morning Report for Monday 25 July 2016

9:51 AM.The fast food chain operator, Restaurant Brands, sees big growth opportunities in Australia, where it plans to expand through development and acquisition. Audio

8:55 AM.Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has resigned amid a furor over leaked emails showing party officials plotting against Bernie Sanders during the primary campaign. Our… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Arguments over the difference between a kauri stump and a slab of kauri go to the High Court. Environmentalist will argue the Ministry of Primary Industries' definitions have allowed huge quantities… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Local Government New Zealand begins its AGM in Dunedin by voting in favour of a number of pressing issues, including calling for a nationwide law covering freedom campers. Audio

8:42 AM.Tauranga Maori say they're fed up with reckless waterskiiers in the harbour and are warning they'll put barriers in place if behaviour doesn't improve. Audio

8:35 AM.Australia abandons Olympic village saying it's not up to scratch, but the New Zealand Olympic Committee says team leader Rob Waddell has given the New Zealand accommodation the all clear. Ashley… Read more Audio

8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:30 AM.Labour's Grant Robertson says it's ridiculous to think the Government was not aware exporters had been threatened with retaliation if complaints about Chinese steel were official investigated. Audio

8:25 AM.Labour health spokesperson Annette King says phantom waiting lists are just that. She tells Morning Report patients are getting the run around. Audio

8:16 AM.Veteran Olympics journalist Joseph Romanos says IOC has made a fair decision in allowing Russian athletes who can prove they're clean to compete at Rio. Audio

8:10 AM.The NZ Olympic Committee says it backs the IOC's decision not to impose a blanket ban on Russian athletes at the Rio games. President Mike Stanley says the IOC had to balance individual justice with… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:57 AM.Prime Minister John Key on his weekly Morning Report slot. This week he explains why his staff did not tell him about claims China has been threatening NZ's dairy, wool and kiwifruit exporters. Audio

7:55 AM.Barbara Kendall, a member of the IOC Athletes Commission, backs the IOC decision to let Russian athletes compete at Rio if they can prove they're clean. Audio

7:48 AM.The Minister of Health denies existence of phantom waiting lists saying , Forty five thousand patients referred to hospital specialists by GPs were turned away according to the latest figures from the… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Councils across the country want central government to come up with a consistent set of laws for freedom camping. Audio

7:41 AM.Mary Berrington's friends say they'll continue their hunt for the Upper Hutt woman after police call off their search. She's been missing since last Tuesday. Audio

7:38 AM.Three New Zealand teams head into this weekend's Super Rugby semi-finals. The Hurricanes have secured a home semi-final after storming to a 41 nil victory against the Sharks on Saturday. We talk to… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.David Sonboly, the teenage gunman who killed nine people in Munich, had been planning his attack for a year and bought his glock pistol on the dark web.Our correspondent in Germany Ira Spitzer has the… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Queenstown police say the person responsible for yesterday's Queenstown airport bomb hoax faces jail time or a stiff fine. Audio

7:17 AM.The official tally of patients on waiting lists to see specialists is on the rise but RNZ's Catherine Hutton reports those figures don't tell the whole story. Audio

7:12 AM.The Russian Sports Minister, Vitaly Mutko says he is very grateful to the IOC for their decision not to implement a blanket ban on Russian athletes .. Moscow Correspondent Julia Lyubova has more… Read more Audio

7:08 AM.IOC decides against banning all Russian athletes from the Rio Olympics. While Russia's track and field team remains banned, other athletes will be allowed to compete if cleared by their international… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:57 AM.Across the Tasman, and the introduction of tighter regulation of Australian agriculture has been heavily criticised in report to the federal government. Audio

6:55 AM.A cloud-based business development company, API Talent, says New Zealand companies need to accept failure in order to innovate and keep ahead of the competition. Audio

6:53 AM.An analyst says savers are doing it tough in the low interest rate environment and should prepare for further easing. Audio

6:47 AM.Win number three for Britain's Chris Froome in the Tour de France cycling classic. Hugh Schofield watched the finish on Paris' Champs Elysees. Audio

6:44 AM.A man has died in a house fire in Ashurst. The Manawatu fire chief says the lack of smoke alarms gave the resident no chance to escape. 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

6:14 AM.University of Otago's Associate Professor of Surgery Phil Bagshaw details how thousands of patients are missing out on specialist care. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Munich gunman had been planning attack for a year, John key's staff knew about claims of Chinese threats, NZ backs IOC decision to let Russians compete at Olympics, Sports writer Joseph Romanos says… Read more Audio