Morning Report for Friday 6 October 2017

6:15 AM.Spain's high court has suspended a Catalan parliament session in an attempt to block the region's bid for independence. The court ruled that if the region met and declared independence in parliament… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Community volunteers are walking the streets of Edgecumbe each night to keep vandals from damaging the houses left empty after the floods in the Bay of Plenty town. It's been six months since the… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Police are hunting for the people behind a drive-by shooting in South Auckland last night which left three people in hospital, including a 14-year-old boy. Audio

6:42 AM.The wait for the official election results is almost over. The final results of the election will be published at 2pm on Saturday. They'll include the 384,000 special votes not counted on election… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.There's a call for more heads to roll at the Waikato District Health Board following the Chief Executive's sudden resignation for overspending. An independent inquiry found that Nigel Murray spent… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.The wait for the official election results is almost over. Tomorrow's announcement could see Labour and the Greens each win another seat at National's expense strengthening their negotiating position… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Three women in particular are eagerly awaiting tomorrow's tally of the-almost 400,000 special votes. National's Nicola Willis, Human rights lawyer and Green candidate Golriz Ghahraman and Labour's… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Auckland's mayor Phil Goff's marks his first year in office this weekend. But the shine may have come off with details emerging of a $42 million budget blowout on salaries and almost $13 million spent… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan has admitted US lawmakers "clearly" need to look into the tools that can turn guns into rapid-fire weapons. US correspondent Simon Marks tells us Mr Ryan joins a… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Tom Furley is in Edgecumbe to check on progress with repairs, six months after the town was flooded. It had been hoped most of the residents would be back in their homes by Christmas but now only half… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Whakatāne District Council mayor Tony Bonne tells Guyon Espiner they had hoped to get all Edgecumbe residents back in their repaired homes after the Edgecumbe flood, but now they're hoping to get… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.The Australian netballers have drawn first blood against the Silver Ferns in the opening match of the Constellation Cup series. The visitors beat the Silver Ferns 57-54 at Auckland's Spark Arena to… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Tomorrow's eagerly awaited special vote tally will kick New Zealand First's coalition talks with National and Labour up a gear. A fortnight on from the election, the final result will be known on… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Vanuatu authorities are trying to work out how they will cope with the thousands of people made homeless by the eruption on Ambae if the volcano doesn't quieten down soon. Dozens of evacuation centres… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The president of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games has been arrested over bribery allegations. Carlos Nuzman, who heads the Brazilian Olympic Committee, is suspected of paying bribes to secure the… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The Wellington Phoenix have a new coaching staff and new players for the start of the A-League season this weekend, but can the fans expect much of a change on the score sheet and and the table for… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.The main rail union is warning of a return to old style industrial strife after its members rejected an employment contract offer for the Wellington commuter train service. But the company that made… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Pike River families are confident Winston Peters will keep to his word about re-entering the Pike River mine. Yesterday, the New Zealand First leader met with some of the families. He reiterated… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.A proposed adventure park in Porirua is being hailed as an tourism boon by the local council, iwi, and trail cyclists. But there are fears it could wreck native bush, spread weeds and hurt wildlife. Audio

8:51 AM.Australians call it The Great Race - when for more than six hours, the V8-powered Australian Supercars battle at Mount Panorama for the biggest prize in Australian domestic motorsport, the Bathurst… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Australians call it The Great Race - when for more than six hours, the V8-powered Australian Supercars battle at Mount Panorama for the biggest prize in Australian domestic motorsport, the Bathurst… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.A proposed adventure park in Porirua is being hailed as an tourism boon by the local council, iwi, and trail cyclists. But there are fears it could wreck native bush, spread weeds and hurt wildlife. Audio