Morning Report for Wednesday 22 November 2017

6:00 AM.Robert Mugabe quits as president of Zimbabwe, Police arrest a 26-year-old man linked to the shooting of a taxi driver in Miramar. He has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily… Read more Audio

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

6:16 AM.An environmental lobby group says it's saddened by a decision to allow a mining project to go ahead near Westport. The West Coast Regional Council says consent has been granted, subject to conditions… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.Advocates who secretly entered the former detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island say the health of refugees there is in peril. About 400 men, detained without charge by Australia since… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.A leading fire engineer says it's reprehensible for public officials to being using the spectre of the Grenfell Tower disaster to scare New Zealanders. A Fire and Emergency New Zealand manager, Rob… Read more Audio

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

7:11 AM.Robert Mugabe, 93, who has ruled over Zimbabwe for 37 years, has resigned. It comes after what was essentially a bloodless coup by the country's military, and threats of impeachment. A written… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.A leading fire engineer is accusing government officials of using the Grenfell Tower tragedy to needlessly scare New Zealanders. Fire and Emergency New Zealand has justified controversial changes to… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Freelance journalist Angela Cuming is laying a complaint against a Hamilton city councillor who sent her a sexually explicit joke. The joke played on her surname and was sent to her on Facebook by… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.Fresh from controversy over high salaries for his colleagues, Auckland Council's chief executive Stephen Town has blocked councillors from voting to halt luxury travel for staff. A council report has… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.After nearly 40 years with an iron grip on power over Zimbabwe, 93-year-old president Robert Mugabe has resigned. Correspondent in Harare Aislinn Laing describes the scenes on the streets there. Audio

7:39 AM.The government has called time on the construction of a brand new state of the art sports centre after a $75 million budget blowout. Construction hasn't even begun and locals are frustrated that… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The Greater Christchurch Regeneration Minister Megan Woods says the long delayed Metro sports facility is only one of a number of stalled Christchurch rebuild projects that needs a fresh approach. Audio

7:47 AM.Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in relation to the shooting of Wellington taxi driver Alem Tesema on Saturday night. Mr Tesema was shot in the shoulder by a passenger who refused to pay a fare… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Education Minister Chris Hipkins has ordered a full report into this year's NCEA Level One maths exam that many teachers say was too difficult. A group of more than 30 teachers drafted a letter of… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) says a change in the way it calculates salary increases is the reason for a surge in the number of employees earning more than $100,000 a year. Researcher Sam Warburton… Read more Audio

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

8:10 AM.After nearly 40 years in power, Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has resigned. The Zanu PF party has 90 days, according to the constitution, to nominate a replacement for Mr Mugabe. That man appears… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Aucklanders will be paying an extra 10 cents a litre on their fuel bill when a regional fuel tax comes into force - the Government has confirmed it will be putting the tax in place as a priority. But… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.Germany's president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on parties to rethink their positions after coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel collapsed. Germany's president is to meet party leaders… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.A Dunedin District Court has overturned an earlier Tenancy tribunal ruling thst ordered local landlord Vic Inglis to pay a tenant almost $11,000 in rent because the tenancy was never lawful in the… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Lincoln University has been told to consider cutting courses and outsourcing its administration to dig itself out a financial hole. The university has not had an operating surplus for ten years… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.A population boost is being predicted for Ōpōtiki on the back of the growing aquaculture, kiwifruit and manuka industries. Jo O'Brien reports about the prospects for the eastern Bay of Plenty… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.A visiting US transport and energy guru wants the NZ government to give electric vehicles a proper go. Tony Seba says he can envisage a world where self-driving cars circulate a city continuously… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.A primary school in Lower Hutt is bending over backwards to keep their students cool, calm and collected. Avalon Intermediate has been trialling a yoga programme since the beginning of the year. It's… Read more Audio