Morning Report for Monday 16 October 2017

6:44 AM.The union representing mental health workers says it flagged concerns about the impact of a merger of the mental health crisis teams in Wellington, when the decision was taken three years ago . The… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Think tank The New Zealand Initiative says authorities should have identified the rising trend in road deaths sooner and could have saved lives by acting faster to improve safety. As the road toll… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Police have named the man killed in a jet boat race on the Waimakariri River in Canterbury. Duayne Barry Insley who was 47 died on Sunday morning during the second leg of the ITM World Jet Boat… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The two men sent to prison on firearms convictions after the 2007 Tuhoe raids are seeking pardons. On the tenth anniversary of their arrests both Tame Iti and Rangikaiwhiria Kemara want to pursue a… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The New Zealand First board is meeting today to discuss who might form the next government. National could govern with New Zealand First alone, but Labour has to bring in both New Zealand First and… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.New Zealand's biggest publishers of news go to court today to try to overturn the competition watchdog's refusal to allow them to merge. Fairfax Media (recently rebranded as Stuff) and NZME say the… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.Capital and Coast District Health Board is looking to employ unregistered staff to bolster its workforce as the capital's mental health crisis team has one in four positions vacant. And the union says… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.It's nearly 30 years to the day that the financial world collapsed. Black Monday as it's known in the US was the biggest one-day fall in the history of the stock exchange. New Zealand was hit harder… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.Hustler Magazine founder Larry Flynt has promised a reward of $10 million for any information leading to Donald Trump's impeachment. He's placed a full page ad in the Washington Post offering the… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.A road safety charity says the recent spike in deaths on the roads is 'hugely concerning' and the government needs to make changes. The road toll looks set to rise for the fourth year in a row, and… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.At the end of last week, NZ First leader Winston Peters said coalition talks had wrapped up, except for discussion of ministerial positions. But today National Party leader Bill English told Morning… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The police are still looking for the brother of a teenager killed in a police car chase last week. The brother of Morrocco Tai failed to return to prison after the funeral on Friday. RNZ's Jessie… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Some Dunedin city councillors are considering asking the auditor-general to investigate a near-million dollar golden handshake given to the outgoing chief executive of a council-owned power company. Audio

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

8:42 AM.The Citizens Advice Bureau wants Work and Income to show greater openness in the way it decides what beneficiaries are entitled to. The bureau's social policy adviser, Jayne McKendry, says in the year… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.The residents of a tiny West Coast town are welcoming the reinstatement of their comunity constable after a two year absence which resulted in an increase in petty crime and speeding. Residents were… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Local Government New Zealand says it wants to see extra police in rural areas by the end of the year. The residents of a tiny West Coast town are welcoming the reinstatement of their community… Read more Audio