Morning Report for Thursday 16 March 2017

6:00 AM.Number of serious ambulance mistakes jump since 2007, Woman takes husband to hospital after waiting 3 hours for ambulance, US lays charges against two Russia spies over Yahoo hack, Kiwi working for… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.A update from the team at RNZ sport. Audio

6:09 AM."It's not so much ruined my life, but it's bloody close". Vickie Thompson tells reporter Adriana Weber about when she was dropped on her head by ambulance staff. Audio

6:15 AM.The Maori Party is pleased the Social Development Minister is bowing to pressure to give whanau a higher priority in child protection law. The Maori Party co-leader, Marama Fox, says the issue was a… Read more Audio

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

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

6:39 AM.Wellington Free Ambulance's Paul Fake tells Adriana Weber the increasing number of adverse events is due to better reporting - not more mistakes. Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

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

7:17 AM.Virginia Kinder lives in a rural property and had to take her husband to hospital after waiting 3 hours for ambulance. He had a broken pelvis and internal bleeding. "They said to me 'a crew has been… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.A West Coast council has put on hold a contract to upgrade two water treatment plants, saying a bond of $100,000 negotiated with the company hasn't been paid. "If the bond's not paid, the bond's not… Read more Audio

7:45 AM."It's a basic apology, it's a start" - two Wellington College boys are suspended for making Facebook comments about raping drunk young women; they've since apologised to the school and the affected… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A new survey suggests New Zealanders are evenly split on whether long term Asian immigration is a good thing. Audio

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

8:10 AM.The ambulance service says better reporting is behind the sharp jump in the number of serious mistakes by paramdiecs. Norma Lane, St John's director of clinical operations, says there can always be… Read more Audio

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

8:45 AM.A discussion document from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority's reivew of University Enterance qualifications has some surprising revelations about the links between school performance and… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A record number of international writers will be at May's Auckland Writers Festival. Audio

8:52 AM.The Maoriland indigenous film festival has opened in Otaki and will screen over 120 films from shorts of a few minutes through to full length features over the next week. Te Manu Korihi's Aaron Smale… Read more Audio