Morning Report for Monday 29 May 2017

6:00 AM.Only two years ago the Government decided not to go ahead with a boost to the accommodation supplement because of fears landlords could pocket the extra money, and rents could be pushed up. Team New… Read more Audio

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

6:09 AM.Mental health workers are being run off their feet after Auckland families who moved to Northland to escape poverty found they were worse off. Audio

6:12 AM.If political polls in the UK are to be believed, the election race is tightening, with just over a week to go until Britons go to the polling booths. Some polls are putting Labour and Jeremy Corbyn… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.The company wanting to mine iron sand off the South Taranaki coast has rejected accusations its proposal would wreck the marine environment. Eric Frykberg reports on the last day of hearings at the… 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

6:46 AM.Advice from government officials two years ago show they were concerned an increase to the accommodation supplement would go to landlords, not to tenants. 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

7:15 AM.Team New Zealand has beaten Japan in it's 3rd race of the America's cup challenger series. Audio

7:17 AM.One Northland based social service agency says it's dealing with growing numbers of Auckland refugees, who head north in hope but end up homeless and in some cases mentally ill. Our Northland reporter… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Schapelle Corby leaves the Australian media 'circus' red-faced, with the high-profile drug convict returning from Bali yesterday and avoiding the live-broadcast at Brisbane Airport and journalists… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Property investment advisor Olly Newland says tenants should expect a better standard of housing if landlords raise rents following the Government's increase in the accomodation supplement. Audio

7:45 AM.Donald Trump will talk to White House advisors today following allegations his son in law Jared Kushner requested a secret communication link to the Kremlin. Audio

7:49 AM.British Airways is warning travellers to expect more delays and cancellations of flights after a disruptive Bank Holiday weekend. An IT system failure left thousands of passengers grounded over the… Read more Audio

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

8:10 AM.Team New Zealand has beaten Japan and Great Britain in it's 2nd day of the America's cup challenger series. Audio

8:15 AM.'Auckland refugees' are heading north in search of cheaper rent, but are finding that rentals are hard to find and rents are going up. That's leading to overcrowding, and the problem of people… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A grandmother who cares for three children says she could be living in a car or under a bridge if it wasn't for emergency housing in Lower Hutt. Audio

8:25 AM.Invercargill will be rolling out the welcome mat for its first former refugee arrivals later this year, but its leaders are still divided on whether the city is equipped to take them. Audio

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

8:37 AM.Auckland Council is getting set this week to vote on a plan for a so-called bed tax in the city for hotels and motels. The cost is designed to cover half the expense of staging major events in the… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.The Council of Trade Unions is puzzled why the Government has set aside 15 million dollars in the budget to investigate whether some school staff have been underpaid their holiday pay, when other… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The kokako has made a return to the Parininihi forest in Taranaki after DOC staff released twelve birds into the forest....but they've been release just a short distance from where the New Zealand… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Nearly 150 whales teeth will be handed over to Fiji's Prime Minister this morning by New Zealand Department of Conservation staff at a cultural ceremony in Fiji. Audio

8:51 AM.The America's Cup is the pinnacle for new technology in sport, but as Sally Murphy reports, it remains in the dark ages of gender equality. Audio

8:56 AM.Samoans living in New Zealand continue to practice many of their cultural traditions but not without challenges. Samoan language and culture is being celebrated in the country this week under the… Read more Audio