Morning Report for Thursday 9 November 2017

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

6:00 AM.Ardern takes first step on world stage at APEC, Teacher's misconduct charge 'PC gone mad', Paradise Papers: Super Fund confirms link, NCEA exams begin, students struggle to turn phones off Audio

6:16 AM.While President Trump is abroad sending a strong message to North Korea, voters back in the US are sending a very clear message to the President and the Republican party, which suffered tough losses… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will attend her first annual gathering of leaders in the Asia Pacific region today, and securing a better free trade deal is firmly in her sights. Ms Ardern leaves… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The Queenstown Lakes District council has voted to slash the number of days people living outside the town centre can rent out their homes on short-term platforms like Airbnb. The council says there's… Read more Audio

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

7:10 AM.The Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, is on the world stage for the first time this weekend, when she joins leaders in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss trade and security. Ms Ardern leaves for APEC in… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.A teacher has been censured for carrying a struggling child to a school principal's office. The Teachers Disciplinary Tribunal says in the incident last year, the teacher intervened several times to… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The New Zealand Super Fund has confirmed it's had dealings with the law firm at the centre of the Paradise Papers leak. It says it used law firm Appleby for advice on legal matters in Bermuda. Matt… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Today marks the beginning of three-and-a-half weeks of NCEA and Scholarship exams for more than 146-thousand school students. The exams start on Thursday with Scholarship Drama, with further exams in… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Approving an extension to paid parental leave is one bit of legislation being pushed under urgency as Labour continues working away at its 100 day plan. Placing the house under urgency led to… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.A stoush is brewing over a plan by the Queenstown Lakes District Council to slice the number of nights some homeowners can rent out their houses on short-term platforms like Airbnb. The council says… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Spain's constitutional court has ruled the Catalan declaration of independence was "unconstitutional and void". But at the same time Spain's Foreign Minister has said his government is considering… Read more Audio

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

8:25 AM.A major project to preserve New Zealand's television history online is woefully behind what the public was promised three years ago. It's put just a handful of titles on the internet compared to its… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Builders say the quality of available timber is declining and that they are worried about its structural integrity. They say booming log exports mean New Zealand builders are having to make do with… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Queenstown Lakes councillors have been accused of having complete disregard for the Kiwi bach culture by clamping down on short-term rentals. The District Council has voted unanimously in favour of… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.A night shelter in Tauranga is frustrated that men it's helped get ready to move into homes of their own have been languishing on the social housing register for months. That means the men are still… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.If 91 percent of Australian maths professers are men, and 28 percent of maths students are women, how many men should be allowed to apply for a vacancy as a mathematics lecturer at the University of… Read more Audio