Morning Report for Monday 28 August 2017

6:00 AM.2017 has become the deadliest year in forestry since 2013 after a fifth person was killed last week. The National Party's election campaign launch at the weekend also doubled down on the national… Read more Audio

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

6:09 AM.Hurricane Harvey started as a category four hurricane in Texas on Friday. It's quickly become the worst storm the US has seen in 13 years. Houston Public Media reporter Andrew Schneider describes the… Read more Audio

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

6:39 AM.After a three-year wait, and a hard fought campaign in Ireland, the Black Ferns women's rugby team is once again top of the world. The team won its final battle of the Women's Rugby Word Cup yesterday… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Principals and teachers say the National Party is showing it is completely out of touch with schools, after it offered an education policy many school staff are saying could have fixed a lot more. Te… Read more Audio

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

7:09 AM.National Party leader Bill English featured the women in his personal life and his cabinet in a family-focused campaign launch on Sunday. It's been seen as a response to 'Jacindamania' and Labour's… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has admitted to receiving overpayments in his pension. Overnight Mr Peters released a statement saying the Ministry of Social Development contacted him in… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The Black Ferns World Cup rugby victory over England in Belfast early yesterday morning has placed New Zealand firmly at the pinnacle of world rugby. It's the fifth time the team have won the women's… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.2017 has become the deadliest year in forestry since 2013 after a fifth person was killed last week. Now the government is being called on to look at why safety standards still aren't being met. Audio

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

8:09 AM.Te Kuiti is expecting thousands of visitors today as the small King Country town says goodbye to All Black great Sir Colin Meads, who died last Sunday aged 81. Audio

8:15 AM.The former Wallabies captain Nick Farr-Jones says Australia's embattled coaching staff deserve credit for inspiring their players in Saturday night's 35-29 loss to the All Blacks. Audio

8:18 AM.With less than four weeks to the election, RNZ's Poll of Polls shows the gap between National and a Labour-Greens combination has shrunk to less than 1 percent. Audio

8:28 AM.Monsoon floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal have caused the region's biggest humanitarian crisis in years, with more than 1200 people killed and millions of people stranded and in need of aid. In… Read more Audio

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

8:47 AM.The Green Party has announced its environmental policy and is clamping down on plastic waste by banning plastic bags and packaging. The policy also includes a refund scheme for drink containers, and a… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.A newly commissioned report sheds more light on how the housing affordability crisis is affecting the regions, new report has shed light on how the housing affordability crisis is affecting the… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Sir Colin Meads' friend Bud Snowden says they managed to have a good send-off for 'Pinetree' yesterday with close friends and family, before the big event today. Audio