Morning Report for Wednesday 2 May 2018

6:00 AM.NZ banks given deadline to show clean hands, NZ banks under scrutiny after Australia corruption, Regional fuel tax legislation 'sneaky' - National, Maori education: Govt urged to fight unconscious… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The return of four frontline players and the unexpected inclusion of hooker Issac Luke has boosted the Warriors for their NRL clash with Wests Tigers in Auckland on Saturday night. Audio

6:10 AM.Banks here have been told to prove to authorities they are not behaving like their Australian counterparts who've been caught out ripping off customers. The head of the Financial Markets Authority and… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.A climate scientist says New Zealand lacks adequate knowledge about climate change and how rising sea temperatures will affect trading partners in the Indo-Pacific region. Maritime and Defence Force… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.The Education Ministry has told the government it could develop a national programme targeting teachers' bias against Māori children by the end of the year. It says in a briefing paper there is… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:22 AM.Dairy prices have fallen in the latest global auction overnight. Audio

6:39 AM.The National Party says it is simply not on that the government's regional fuel tax legislation includes a provision for the tax rate to be increased at any time. Under the proposed law the regional… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.The Financial Markets Authority and the Reserve Bank tell New Zealand banks to prove they are not ripping off their clients as their Australian counterparts have admitted doing in the past week. Also… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Hooker Issac Luke could make a shock return for the Warriors against Wests Tigers in Auckland on Saturday. Audio

7:10 AM.Financial authorities have told the country's leading banks to prove they are not ripping off their customers like their Australians counterparts have been doing. A royal commission into Australia's… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.New Zealand's leading banks have been ordered to prove they are not ripping off their customers like their Australians counterparts have been doing. A royal commission into Australia's financial… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.National is accusing the Government of being sneaky by including a provision in its regional fuel tax legislation to increase the tax rate if it wants to. The Transport Minister says it's no secret as… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The Education Ministry has urged the government to develop a national programme targetting school teachers' unconcious bias against Māori children. A briefing obtained under the Official Information… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.It will take more than two years and millions of dollars to fix a botched building job at an Auckland high school. Hawkins Construction built Botany Downs Secondary College at a cost of $28 million… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.There are calls for capital punishment in Vanuatu after the brutal killing of a six-year-old girl two weeks ago. Police are still investigating but a man has been charged and is in custody. Audio

7:37 AM.Ngaruawahia residents got together last night to brainstorm ideas around how to stop young people risking death by climbing on and jumping off the town's rail bridge. The bridge has claimed two lives… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.A tax specialist says the government's indulging in 'industrial strength optimism' if it thinks retailers around the world will jump on board its plan for them to collect GST. People who order goods… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.The questions Special Counsel Robert Mueller intends to ask President Donald Trump has been leaked to the New York Times. Mr Mueller is investigating allegations of collusion between the Trump… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Disability groups are accusing the Health Ministry of being mean-spirited and tight-fisted in its efforts to claw back money it paid out as a result of the pay equity settlement. About 20,000 staff in… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Australia's highest-ranking Catholic and member of the Vatican, George Pell, has pleaded not guilty to a raft of historical sexual abuse allegations. The Melbourne magistrates' court threw out many of… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.New Zealand Cricket has been asked to consider playing in Pakistan later this year. Audio

8:19 AM.Banks are under renewed scrutiny and have been told to provide proof they are behaving ethically. On Monday, the Financial Markets Authority and the Reserve Bank directed the leading banks to provide… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.First Union organiser Stephen Parry and Consumer New Zealand's chief executive Sue Chetwin discuss the probe into New Zealand banks' behaviour. In talking about the experience of banking staff, Mr… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The International Atomic Energy Agency has refuted claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Iran had in the past secretly worked on a nuclear project called "Project Amad". Mr… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.Revenue Minister Stuart Nash says he's confident the 'Amazon Tax' will not face compliance problems from overseas retailers. Tax specialist Mark Keating told Morning Report the government is indulging… Read more Audio

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

8:38 AM.A team of experts will give an update today on the feasability of re-entering the Pike River Mine to recover the remains of the 29 miners killed there in November 2010. Thirty-one specialists have… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Latest official figures show another strong rise in the number of building consents being issued. A surge in apartment consents helped push the total number of consents in March to 2926, up 5.3… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Auckland Council admits a dilapidated church hall in Mt Eden has been "left for a bit" but dismisses an engineer's warning it could collapse. The council has blocked a developer who applied to tear… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Victoria University of Wellington is looking to shorten its name to University of Wellington, but some argue this is a chance to better incorporate te reo into the name. Victoria does currently have a… Read more Audio