Morning Report for Wednesday 13 September 2017

8:55 AM.The Central Otago town of Naseby is one step closer to becoming an official dark sky community. The title is given to areas showing "exceptional dedication to the preservation of the night sky''. The… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.Businesses are calling for the Holidays Act to be rewritten, saying it's too complicated and costs them time and money. Audio

6:14 AM.The plumbing and gas fittting industry is pouring scorn on claims that gas will run out soon in New Zealand and people need to think twice before buying gas-fired appliances. Consumer New Zealand… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.England believe they've found the key to undoing the Silver Ferns. After their second test win, England captain Ama Agbeze said they got in Maria Tutaia's head, leading to poor shooting form and… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Advanced voting has started, two weeks before election day, with about 40,000 people voting on the first day. It compares with the 2014 election where about 49,500 people cast their vote in the first… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.A couple who fled to New Zealand after the wife's family threatened to burn her alive and kept her prisoner for more than a year in a case of forbidden love, have been sent back to India. RNZ reporter… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.The police specialist dive squad will search for a man and a woman who are missing after a car was driven into a lake in the Christchurch suburb of Halswell yesterday. RNZ's Maja Burry is at the… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The Government underestimated the cost of setting up its flagship agency Oranga Tamariki by more than twenty million dollars. Official documents show the agency thought it could save money by not… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Auckland's Mayor Phil Goff has agreed to a history makeover for a South Auckland monument commemorating the life of Marmaduke Nixon, a Colonel who led troops into the Rangiaowhia where a dozen people… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Farmers are turning up the pressure on Labour's water tax and are planning a mass protest next week in the dairying town of Morrinsville where Jacinda Ardern grew up. Audio

8:21 AM.North Korea has been smacked with UN sanctions after its sixth and largest nuclear test. The measures restrict oil imports, a ban of the export of textiles, and a ban on new visas for North Korean… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.Aid agencies are facing increasing pressure to keep up with the growing number of disasters and conflicts around the world. Audio

8:39 AM.A former Treasury economist who specialises in the farming sector says Labour should be promising to charge everyone for using water, not just farmers and commercial users. Audio

8:40 AM.The Cassini spacecraft is set to make a suicide drop into Saturn's atmosphere on Friday evening (9pm NZT). The NASA probe has been orbiting Saturn since 2004, where it's been using the gravity of the… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Aid agencies are facing increasing pressure to keep up with the growing number of disasters and conflicts around the world. Audio

8:44 AM.Aid group World Challenge is bringing an end to its school trip visits to orphanages, after research showing the negative impacts of short-term visits to children with existing abandonment issues… Read more Audio