Morning Report for Wednesday 27 July 2016

8:54 AM.The star of a Palmerston North retirement Village's Taylor Swift video recreation talks about being an international YouTube sensation. Audio

8:45 AM.The threat of sea level rise is keeping Christchurch homeowners up at night. Eighteen-thousand of them deemed vulnerable were given a reprieve last year but now a new report says their houses are… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.Some of the biggest funds in the country may consider themselves to be socially responsible investors, but an analysis shows few can actually prove it. Anusha Bradley reports. Audio

8:34 AM.New workplace health and safety laws have had their '90 day trial' but it's still too early to say how they've changed workplaces; with WorkSafe NZ expecting it to take years to completely transform… Read more Audio

8:31 AM.Health officials have told the Government that New Zealand stands out as having one of the worst death rates from bowel cancer in the developed world. Our Health Correspondent Karen Brown has been… Read more Audio

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

8:22 AM.The Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei explains why Auckland house prices need to fall by as much as 40 to 50 per cent over the long term to make them affordable for first home buyers. Audio

8:18 AM.A specialist in the history of terrorism says there are parallels for the spate of deadly attacks by followers of Islamic State - but he says we need to go back to the late 19th century to see it. We… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Hillary Clinton is about to be formally nominated by the Democratic Party to be the first woman presidential candidate. After a shaky start to the convention, First Lady Michelle Obama got events back… Read more Audio

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

7:56 AM.NZ Post plans to drop Karitane's local store as a mail collection point, instead operating a rural delivery system. We find out why the locals are so opposed to the idea. Audio

7:53 AM.The Government plans to rid New Zealand of possums, stoats and rats by 2050. Tim Graham talks to pest eradication experts to find out how this could be done. Audio

7:50 AM.Twenty six year old Satoshi Uematsu has been named as the man alleged to have killed nineteen people with disabilities in a knife attack at a facility just west of Tokyo. He's a former employee who… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Labour plans to spend 30 million dollars a year on a new policy introducing personalised career plans for all high school students and qualified advisors in every high school. The Career Development… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries is defending its track record in regulating the export trade in swamp kauri in the High court in Auckland. Our reporter Lois Williams is covering the case. Audio

7:37 AM.The shocking images of young Australians being brutally treated in youth detention centres have brought a swift response - a Commission of Inquiry and the sacking of the Northern Territory Corrections… Read more Audio

7:32 AM.A New Zealand couple are taking on the ANZ bank in Australia. They're accusing the bank of racial discrimination for selling them worthless life insurance. Phil Pennington has more. Audio

7:24 AM.Rowing New Zealand's chief executive Simon Peterson tells Morning Report a partial ban on Russia's Olympic rowing team gives our mens' four an even chance of a last minute ticket to Rio. Audio

7:20 AM.One of the biggest reveals in Auckland's recent history happens today with the wraps coming off the city's development blueprint, the Unitary Plan. Our Auckland Correspondent Todd Niall tells us what… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.Nate Silver, perhaps the world's most famous political forecaster who predicted with almost spooky accuracy the result of the last American election, has a new prediction: If an election were held… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.Another terror attack overnight in France. Two men stormed into a church service in the northern city of Rouen and slit the eldery priest's throat during his morning service. Audio

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

6:59 AM.Wall Street is little changed as the Federal Reserve meets this week to decide on interest rates. Audio

6:57 AM.A commercial realtor says strong competition for commercial property will keep driving up prices as long as supply remains tight, with no sign that a price correction is coming. Audio

6:55 AM.An Australian life science venture capital firm is setting up shop in New Zealand, to find investment opportunities in what it says is one of the world's best hunting grounds for bio-technology. Audio

6:54 AM.Local investor demand for responsible investments is mushrooming and is behind a 28 percent rise in assets under managment to nearly 79 billon dollars at the end of last year. Audio

6:51 AM.A former Reserve bank chairman says it's time to rethink and amend the Reserve Banks' riding instructions about inflation targeting in a world of low price growth. Audio

6:47 AM.The banking sector is showing few signs of feeling any economic headwinds with profits and growth in assets managing to maintain momentum. 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

6:16 AM.A record construction boom is forecast. But will the industry be able to keep up with demand? Tom Furley investigates Audio

6:13 AM.A New Zealand couple in Australia have won the right to take the ANZ bank to a tribunal to accuse it of discriminiation over life insurance they paid for, but were blocked from making any claim on… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Auckland finds out what's in its Unitary Plan today but Vancouver's taken a more radical approach to its soaring housing prices - a 15 percent tax on foreign buyers. We talk to the Vancouver Sun's Rob… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.Killers of French priest claimed IS allegiance, Democrats set to nominate Hillary Clinton, Blueprint for Auckland's housing future revealed later today Even chance of a Rio ticket for NZ mens four… Read more Audio