Morning Report for Friday 22 December 2017

6:00 AM.Christmas carnage as a motorist deliberately mows down shoppers on Melbourne's busiest street, New Zealand has gone against the US in a UN vote over Israel's capital, and Auckland health authorities… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.A book telling the stories of 200 beneficiaries have been hand delivered to Parliament by a group of artists demanding a more compassionate welfare system. The book, called We Are Beneficiaries was… Read more Audio

6:52 AM.Season's greetings from the leader of the Act Party, David Seymour Audio

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

7:14 AM.New Zealand is one of 128 nations who supported a UN resolution criticising the United States' decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Thirty five nations - including Australia, Fiji and… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Auckland health leaders are calling for help from the Health Ministry as an epidemic of mumps grows. There have been more than a thousand cases of mumps in the region this year, because of gaps in… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The Police will be reimbursing a legal hemp grower after destroying an estimated $16,000-worth of plants. Just one day after the government took the first step to open up the gates for the medical… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.It's been a hot and dry December and the big question for many is will it be that way on Christmas Day? MetService's Lisa Murray joins us with the forecast. Audio

7:35 AM.Season's greetings from the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Audio

7:35 AM.Holiday greetings from the leader of the National Party, Bill English. Audio

7:38 AM.A business journalist based in China says there are major unanswered questions about the Chinere firm whose bid to buy UDC Finance has been rejected. The ANZ Bank agreed to sell UDC to China's HNA… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.The number of sea lions the fisheries industry is allowed to kill accidentally each year is being cut - from 68 to 38. The new limit is in the southern squid fishing plan, published yesterday by the… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Four people have been killed on the roads this week, and the road toll is now the highest since 2010 when 375 people died. And with the festive holiday season about to begin, police want motorists to… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.A lot of people are already feeling the stress of getting the perfect Christmas lunch ready knowing there's going to be a lot of people at the family dinner table. Spare a thought then for the… Read more Audio

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

8:10 AM.A New Zealander is one of 18 people who were injured by a vehicle ploughing into pedestrians in Melbourne. Eighteen people were injured, four critically, after a man drove the car at 100 kilometres an… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.New Zealand has voted for a UN resolution criticising the United States' decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital. In total, 128 countries voted for the the resolution. Only nine countries… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.The Health Ministry is under pressure from Auckland district health boards and others to mount a nationwide effort to combat mumps. There have been more than a thousand cases of mumps in Auckland this… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.At the beginning of the year Jacinda Ardern would not have put money on becoming Prime Minister. But, against the odds, by October she was. In this second report on the political year Brent Edwards… Read more Audio

8:31 AM.Holiday wishes from the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters Audio

8:32 AM.Season's greetings from the co-leader of the Green Party, James Shaw. Audio

8:38 AM.One year since Hamilton was declared homelessness-free, organisations working with those in need say the number is on the rise again. Last December The People's Project said it had housed all but two… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.The Department of Conservation in the top of the South Island/Te Tau Ihu is urging the film and television industry to brush up on its cultural awareness when applying to film on Crown land. The eight… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio