Morning Report for Tuesday 4 October 2016

8:53 AM.Aid agency Caritas has called for a rethink on climate funding for the Pacific, as a new report shows a noticeable reduction in the access to nutricious food and safe drinking water over the past… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.The launch of the first book on the Waikato Land Wars in over a hundred years is raising questions about how New Zealand history is taught in schools. Audio

8:46 AM.The art sector is calling for the creation of a register of public art, warning some works have vanished or are not being looked after by local councils. Audio

8:39 AM.As officials argue over what measures to use to record child poverty rates, a community leader and Flaxmere councillor says we simply need to get on with reducing child poverty. We speak with… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.National refuses to accept a challenge to reduce child poverty, despite already having a target in place. Audio

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

8:25 AM.Two candidates for this weekend's District Health Board elections discuss junior doctors' strike. Audio

8:20 AM.District health boards will begin today preparing for how they will cope when junior doctors go on strike in two weeks time. Health correspondent Karen Brown has been talking to DHBs Audio

8:16 AM.A new Treasury paper says people are borrowing more money than at any time since 2000. Audio

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

7:53 AM.A National Party fundraiser has been hurriedly pulled out of a Northland school hall after some parents accused their local college of playing politics. Audio

7:46 AM.More problems for Donald Trump as New York's attorney-general cries foul over fundraising by his charitable foundation. Audio

7:39 AM.Opposition leader Andrew Little vows to work with any party in parliament wanting to reduce child poverty. And he's called National cowardly as the Children's Commissioner calls for a 10 percent… Read more Audio

7:32 AM.The veteran Waitangi Day organiser Pita Paraone has given the Waitangi marae three weeks to decide if it will make the Prime Minister welcome next Waitangi day. Audio

7:27 AM."Deliberate, sustained and calculated" - that's how the decision of the Human Rights Review Tribunal describes Colin Craig's multiple breaches of confidential settlement reached last May over a pay… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Drug Free Sport NZ says it is satisfied medical exemptions for NZ Olympians to take banned substances were properly handled and did not give them any sporting advantage. Audio

7:17 AM.Julie Patterson is the chief executive of the Whanganui DHB, and the employment relations group chair for the 20 DHBs. She responds to the junior doctors. Audio

7:08 AM.Hacked medical files reveal Mahe Drysdale and Peter Burling were given exemptions to take banned substances. Audio

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

6:58 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:47 AM.An international expert on freight and clean air says there are plenty of ways for businesses to save money on transport costs and reduce carbon emissions at the same time. Audio

6:47 AM.An online recruitment site is targeting the lucrative IT sector in Wellington. Audio

6:47 AM.The cruising season gets underway today with the arrival of the Celebrity Solstice to disgorge a couple of thousand passengers in Auckland. Audio

6:44 AM.A manhunt is underway after five men disguised as police officers took the concierge of Kardashian West's rented apartment hostage, forcing their way into her room. Audio

6:40 AM.With just days to go until votes are counted in the local body elections, voter turnout is on track for a record low. Audio

6:37 AM.Junior doctors go on strike for 48 hours a fortnight from today.They are demanding safer rosters and safer hours. All 20 district health boards will be affected. Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

6:10 AM.Max Rashbrooke, a researcher and writer on inequality, setting a target to eradicate child poverty is not as complicated as the Prime Minister makes out. Audio

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

6:00 AM.New Zealand gold medalists medical records leaked by Russian hackers Fancy Bears, Junior doctors explain why they're taking strike action, DHB responds to junior doctors strike action, Drug Free Sport… Read more Audio