Morning Report for Thursday 12 April 2018

8:43 AM.Dame Valerie Adams makes her long awaited return to top flight competition at the Commonwealth Games today. She's already won the Games shot put gold medal three times, to go with two Olympic titles… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Auckland power cuts: Thousands suffer cold night, Vector responds to Auckland power cuts, Oil, gas exploration to end, but govt could do more - Norman, Trump threatens Russia with missiles Audio

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

6:09 AM.US President Donald Trump has tweeted that Russia should get ready for missiles to be fired at Syria. In the Tweet, Mr Trump said "Get ready Russia", because they will be coming -- as he put it, "nice… Read more Audio

6:17 AM.Nearly 200 union members working at the Port of Lyttelton won't get paid for four days when just 11 members go on strike later this month. The Rail and Maritime Transport Union and the port company… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:28 AM.The New Zealand men's mountain bikers are targeting a clean sweep of the podium at the Commonwealth Games. Anton Cooper and Sam Gaze went from relative obscurity to mountain bike super stars after… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Tens of thousands of Aucklanders remain without power this morning after Tuesday night's big storm. And as well as having to endure a dark night, many have had to shiver as temperatures in the city… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.The outgoing National MP Jonathan Coleman is defending his record as Health Minister, while debate rages on about funding for public services. The coalition government is softening up the electorate… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Investigative journalist Nicky Hager has welcomed the Government launching an inquiry into the actions of New Zealand's elite SAS soldiers during a raid in Agfghanistan. Mr Hager co-authored the book… Read more Audio

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

7:23 AM.US President Donald Trump has used his Twitter account to put Syria and Russia on notice of a missile strike. His tweet read: "Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and 'smart!'"… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.Health Minister David Clark is warning that it's not just Middlemore Hospital with big building troubles. Middlemore has at least 11 buildings zoned red or orange with leaking, seismic and asbestos… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.One of the authors of the book Hit and Run is over the moon the government has launched an inquiry into its allegations. Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson claimed innocent Afghan civilians were killed in… Read more Audio

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

8:28 AM.The number of times sewage overflowed into the environment jumped a whopping 379 percent last year, as ageing infrastructure struggled to cope with record rains. The finding is in a review by Water… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:38 AM.The tragic death of a French exchange student will be commemorated this month when French and New Zealand friends meet for a game of rugby. Seventeen-year-old Peyo Crus died in January 2017 after the… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Federated Farmers is preparing to challenge yet another local authority over it's GM-free status, despite a string of failed court battles over the issue. Hastings District Council was the first local… Read more Audio