Morning Report for Tuesday 5 September 2017

6:00 AM.Second leaders debate livelier, more hostile, Jacinda Ardern vs Bill English - analysis, Kim Jong-un 'begging for war', Ardern unfazed by National's attack on spending plan, Economists reject Joyce's… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.As National looks for ways to boost supply in the housing market, its promising to allow cities to bypass the Resource Management Act in order to build more houses faster. But the Property Council has… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Fearful of becoming a 'sunset industry,' electricity companies are scrambling to come up with ways to adopt cutting new edge technology themselves, with solar power and renewable energy trial projects… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.National leader Bill English has committed to lifting 100,000 children out of poverty should his party win a fourth term. Mr English made the pledge in last night's Newshub leader's debate, taking on… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "begging for war", US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has said, as she urged the UN Security Council to adopt the strongest sanctions measures possible against the… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.National leader Bill English and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern went head to head for their second, and more aggressive, debate last night. The two argued and interrupted each other over housing, wages… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.The second leaders debate saw some strong hits from both Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National's Bill English. RNZ political editor Jane Patterson joins us to review the event. Audio

7:20 AM.US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told an emergency Security Council meeting overnight that Kim Jong-un is 'begging for war'. Ms Haley was one of several global ambassadors reacting to Pyongyang's… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Elizabeth Aitken Rose, a senior lecturer at Auckland University's School of Architecture and Planning, is warning National's promise to make it easier to build houses could lead to bad planning. She… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Some under-five-year-olds with disabilities and behaviour problems are waiting more than a year to get help. In Wellington and Porirua the average waiting times are double the rest of the country… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Kensington Palace made the announcement about the pregnancy late last night, as the royal couple had to cancel an official engagement for medical treatment at home. The couple already has Prince… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.Monday night's Newshub leaders' debate was fiery, it was at times unruly, and it ran for a punishing hour and a half. With their verdict on who came out on top we're joined by political marketing… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.New Zealand journalist Wayne Hay, currently in Seoul, says Kim Jong-un has the United States and South Korea backed into a corner, as any military action against the isolated nation will have… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.ABC's Beijing Correspondent Bill Birtle explains the meaning of Trump's trade threat to China. Audio

8:22 AM.Texas is expected to need up to US$180 billion to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. That's more than it took to rebuild New Orleans 12 years ago after Hurricane Katrina. Environment reporter… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.If you've been thinking it's been a wetter than usual where you are, you're probably right. Auckland has had just shy of its usual annual rainfall in just nine months, while Tauranga and Christchurch… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.As preparations are made for the country's first official commemoration of the NZ wars; a number of precious taonga or treasures, including a Maori prayer book, dating back to 1883, are being dusted… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Fair play and fair pay, Phil Pennington looks into whether women's referees and umpires are paid the same their male colleagues. Audio

8:47 AM.Could Gareth Morgan's Opportunities Party be the wildcard this election? RNZ's latest poll of polls shows the party at 2.2 percent, down from the 2.5 percent it reached in August. It suggests tens of… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.It's Tonga Language Week this week and two Tongan children have landed in Auckland to help build the momentum for the event. The Ministry for Pacific Peoples says the event's not only about spreading… Read more Audio