Morning Report for Monday 6 November 2017

6:00 AM.Ardern refuses to side-step Australia over Manus, PNG Supreme Court to hear Manus refugees' lawyers, Mother of suicidal son urges govt on mental health inquiry, Pacific pride takes Hamilton in… Read more Audio

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

6:13 AM.The Education Ministry has been told it can't afford to ignore the high number of under-utilised classrooms around the country. New figures show one in seven schools are being left half empty or… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.The number of labour inspectors is set to nearly double over the next three years, rising from sixty to one-hundred and ten. The move's been met with unanimous praise by both unions and the business… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is refusing to side-step Australia and negotiate directly with Papua New Guinea over taking desperate Manus Island detainees. This is despite Australia's Prime… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Pacific leaders aren't expecting a repeat of violence when Tonga plays the Kiwis in this weekend's Rugby League World Cup clash. Last week, in anticipation of Saturday night's Tonga Samoa match… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Prosecutors in Belgium have confirmed that Catalonia's ousted leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his former advisors have turned themselves in to Belgian authorities. A Spanish judge issued warrants… Read more Audio

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

7:10 AM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is refusing to side-step Australia and negotiate directly with Papua New Guinea over taking desperate Manus Island detainees. This is despite Malcolm Turnbull putting… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.A mother who saved her son who was trying to kill himself is urging the new Government to hurry up with an inquiry into mental health services. The woman, whom RNZ is not identifying for privacy… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The plight of desperate Manus Island detainees heads back to Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court this morning. It will hear an application from refugee lawyers today that could result in the court… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Pacific passion and pride is what the Tonga and Samoa rugby league fans were guilty of this weekend. 18156 people packed into Waikato Stadium on Saturday evening for their second game of the World… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the offer from New Zealand to take refugees from Manus Island or Nauru remains on the table, despite Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull rejecting it… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.One in seven schools is half-empty or worse, with some running at just 10 or 12 percent of their classroom capacity. The Secondary Principals Association says it is a waste of money and the new… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.There has been a surge in university students in Dunedin needing mental health support. The government is moving to put counsellors in all primary schools to help with child mental health. But after a… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The man who runs four military-style charter schools wants the chance to sit down and negotiate with the new Education Minister Chris Hipkins. Mr Hipkins is planning to review six contracts signed… Read more Audio

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

8:10 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the Manus Island situation cannot continue and she hopes Australia will accept her offer to take 150 refugees. Malcolm Turnbull says he won't completely shut the… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.New Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has visited Australia and says the Manus Island situation cannot continue. She hopes Australia will accept her offer to take 150 refugees. Malcolm Turnbull says he… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Housing Minister Phil Twyford says he wants to scrap Auckland's rural-urban boundary to allow the city to grow outward. He says given population growth projections, the city will need to grow upwards… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.There's been a dramatic purge of politicians and business leaders in Saudi Arabia. Eleven princes, four ministers and dozens of former ministers have been arrested. The dramatic move been spearheaded… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.Thousands of people took to the streets of the German city of Bonn in the weekend to protest the country's use of coal. This was ahead of the UN Climate Change conference, COP23, which is set to kick… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Homeless people and those living on the fringes of central Auckland have their own newspaper made by them and sold by them for the first time. The "K Road Chronicles", which tells stories of the… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.The Black Caps head to the South Indian state of Kerala today ahead of Tuesday night series deciding T20 matchup against India. The mens cricket team levelled the T20 three match series 1-1, after a… Read more Audio