Morning Report for Wednesday 26 July 2017

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Record number of working visas, Number of complaints against Ministry for Vulnerable Children doubles, Greens' say household income report is damning, and Embattled US Attorney General Jeff Sessions… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.A Wellington mother tells Phil Pennington complaining to the Ministry for Vulnerable Children is difficult and time consuming and a new approach is needed. Audio

6:12 AM.The parents of Charlie Gard have returned to court to seek permission to take their son home. Channel 7 correspondent Ben Lewis has been covering the story in London, and says the hospital claims 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

6:39 AM.Labour says the country can't cope with record numbers of people on work visas. Iain Lees-Galloway told RNZ's Mei Heron the country needs a breather from immigration. Audio

6:42 AM.Last week Greens' co-leader Metiria Turei revealed she'd lied to Work and Income as a young solo mother in order to receive more benefits. She made the admission while releasing the party's family… Read more 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

7:31 AM.US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has no plans to go anywhere, despite Donald Trump racheting up his criticism of the former Senator. Our Washington correspondent, Simon Marks, says it's the most… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The Southern District Health Board is under pressure from patients and their families angry at how often surgeries are being postponed at Dunedin hospital. Its Chief Medical Officer, Nigel Millar… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Whistleblowers bundled out of the Ministry of Transport at the hands of convicted fraudster Joanne Harrison have received a Government apology from State Services Minister Paula Bennett, who says… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.The Ministry of Health's director of public health, Caroline McElnay, says it's currently working out how useful it is to collect data from people's social media. Audio

7:56 AM.Employers are being encouraged to talk more frankly with staff suffering from mental illness. The calls follow a survey which says some 600,000 people - or about a fifth of all workers - have been… Read more Audio

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

8:10 AM.The government has backed off proposals to make it harder for skilled migrants to stay in the country after employers complained the changes would be costly and impractical. But bar and restaurant… Read more Audio

8:14 AM.The chief executive of the Airports Association, Kevin Ward, says small airports are not dealing with the commercial airline model. Audio

8:18 AM.Heart surgery patient Allan Sutton talks about the four times his surgery was delayed at Dunedin hospital until he threw "a wobbly" and insisted they operate on him. Mr Sutton he believed the hospital… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Farmers are worried a highly contagious cattle disease might not be contained, but MPI's Geoff Gwyn says there shouldn't be reason for farmers to have widespread concern at this stage. Audio

8:39 AM.Dunedin's Mayor Dave Cull says the measures like microchipping, de-sexing, and registering cats would reduce the risk to wildlife. Audio

8:46 AM.The Southshore Residents Association chairman, Bill Simpson, says there was a similar event three years ago and the council didn't learn from that. Audio

8:50 AM.New research from Victoria University shows easier rules for tourism operators in national parks has done little to protect the conservation estate. The Victoria University study found there's little… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.Over-crowding and dubious marking of students' work have prompted the Qualifications Authority to take action against 27 tertiary institutions in little more than a year. Our Education Correspondent… Read more Audio

8:58 AM.The discovery of a body at Papatoetoe station has disrupted rail travel in Auckland this morning. Reporter Joanna Mackenzie has the latest details. Audio