Morning Report for Friday 19 May 2017

8:55 AM.The family of West Auckland teenager Stephen Dudley who died after being attacked by two brothers after rugby practice will seek manslaughter charges against his schoolmates based on a new coroner's… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.The 1835 Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Women's Suffrage Petition will be part of a new permanent exhibition called He Tohu at the National Library from tomorrow… Read more Audio

8:07 AM.President Trump has once again said he did not ask FBI director James Comey to end the Michael Flynn investigation. Simon Marks updates us on Donald Trump's latest press conference where he insisted… Read more Audio

6:00 AM."This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" It's been a brutal week for Donald Trump. Our correspondent Simon Marks says it seems the storm clouds over his Presidency… Read more Audio

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

6:15 AM.A police officer heading the taskforce into aggravated robberies in Auckland has called out the families of those involved - saying they need to speak out and police can't work alone. 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

6:48 AM.A group set up to help grandparents who are looking after grandchilden say the country's P epidemic is behind almost all family breakdowns. 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

7:45 AM.Five Dunedin schools have been that raised levels of lead had been found in soil in their school grounds. Whetu Cormack, the head of the Principal's Federation and Principal of Bathgate Park, one of… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell has died. Variety's Senior Music Editor, Jem Aswad, says he was a "real trail blazer" of the grunge movement. Audio

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

8:10 AM.Counties Manukau Police have arrested two people in relation to the Tuesday night's aggravated robbery of a superette in Mangere. Detective Inspector Fa'amanuia Va'aelua says the media attention and a… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The pre-trial hearing of five men accused of plotting the 9/11 terror attacks is underway in Guantanamo Bay. Our correspondent Harry Horton has been speaking to families of those killed in the attack.

8:25 AM.Documents leaked to The Guardian in Australia have revealed how camp managers and security staff on Manus Island have waged a concerted campaign to make the detention centre as inhospitable as… Read more Audio

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