Morning Report for Tuesday 23 August 2016

8:55 AM.Searchers are out looking for a young man missing at sea off New Plymouth for nearly 24 hours. Audio

8:50 AM.The High Court in Auckland has heard how a Fijian woman who the crown says was trafficked into New Zealand, wanted to give her seven daughters a better life. It's only the second people trafficking… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The Commerce Commission has delayed its decision on whether to approve a giant media merger between Fairfax and NZME. We talk to former NZ Herald editor Tim Murphy. Audio

8:40 AM.Don Brash was with an Auckland local body candidate during a television interview when an angry man got out of a car and started waving a sword about. He tells us what happened. Audio

8:33 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:31 AM.The Antarctic Heritage Trust is driving three tractors more than two thousand kilometres in a bid to raise funds to help repair Sir Edmund Hillary's hut in Antarctica. The journey from Piha Beach to… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Ethical investment specialist Rodger Spiller says people with Kiwisaver accounts need to make the effort to find out where their money is being invested if they're worried it's being invested… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.Business owners are struggling in Havelock North, hit hard by the gastro bug outbreak. But they're undeterred by a new government enquiry. They'll still be looking into a class action. Audio

8:11 AM.Education Ministry's special education director says shifting funding from schoolchildren to under-5s will be gradual and won't leave schools high and dry. Audio

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

7:56 AM.The Paralympics begin in Rio in just two weeks time. We talk to the chief of Paralympics New Zealand about the New Zealand team's chances. Audio

7:52 AM.Four men released three salt water crocodiles into a Northern Territory school as a prank. But the ranger who rescued them told me the crocs were in such poor condition they didn't put up much of a… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Lower Hutt mayor says residents who successfully argued for a child sex offender to be moved from their community acted reasonably and rejects suggestions they were an "angry mob". Audio

7:37 AM.Andrew Little says John Key is as "loose as a goose" after claiming he's been the subject of frequent bugging attempts. Audio

7:29 AM.Charitable trust founder says the Government isn't doing enough to tackle homelessness as a joint Labour-Green-Maori Party inquiry gets under way at Te Puea marae. Audio

7:22 AM.Security analyst Paul Buchanan says the Prime Minister's admission attempts have been made to bug him raises the question of who is trying to listen in. He says there are suspects at home and abroad. Audio

7:18 AM.Havelock North Councillor Simon Nixon who was struck down with campylobacter says the bug should have stopped with Mayor Lawrence Yule. Audio

7:14 AM.The Government's been told the inquiry into the contamination of Havelock North's drinking water must also review its plans to intensify agriculture throughout the country. Audio

7:11 AM.The government is considering a dramatic shift in special education funding from school-aged children to under-5s. They say the money will have a bigger impact if it is spent on younger children. Not… Read more Audio

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

6:58 AM.An update on the markets. Audio

6:57 AM.It's a busy day on the corporate reporting calendar, with a large number of businesses releasing their financial results for the period ended in June, today. Audio

6:54 AM.Divine Cakes in Christchurch has had a tough past five years building up again after the 2011 earthquakes. Audio

6:52 AM.KiwiSaver investment managers are working to find funds that can offer socially responsible investments. Audio

6:50 AM.Tighter lending controls and a more conservative approach by banks is driving a strong demand for non-bank sources of finance. Audio

6:46 AM.The leaders of France, Germany and Italy meet to discuss the future of the European Union without Britain. Audio

6:41 AM.Havelock North's residents should know this week whether they need to keep boiling their water. The number of campylobacter cases are coming down, but it's possible other organisms are in the water… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.The Government is considering a dramatic shift in special education funding from school-aged children to under-5s. That, secondary school principals say, would be a disaster. Audio

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

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

6:15 AM.John Key says he's happy for the Maori King to keep making political comments as long as they are against the Labour Party. But others aren't so happy. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Inquiry should look at plans to intensify agriculture - Greens, Havelock North councillor underwhelmed by Govt gastro bug inquiry, NZ government, companies bugged - security expert, Inquiry hears… Read more Audio