Morning Report for Friday 11 May 2018

6:00 AM.Tenants are barred from returning to a central Auckland office building after unexplained fumes cause another evacuation, The derailed train at Britomart station is removed overnight but delays for… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Hurricanes captain Brad Shields has been rushed into the England rugby squad, immediately after gaining clearance from New Zealand Rugby. The England coach Eddie Jones sees the 27-year-old flanker… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.A Southland farmer is urging politicians on both sides to quit squabbling and take swift action to eradicate the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis. Almost 300 farms are now under regulatory control… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Experts are urging the government to increase parental leave payments in order to encourage more men to stay home and care for their children while their partner works. Mark Henaghan is an Otago… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.The Anglican Church has voted to allow the blessing of same-sex relationships - but only if the local bishop agrees. An overwhelming majority of church leaders supported the change this week at the… Read more Audio

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

6:22 AM.The spread of the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has taken off with 38 infected farms and another 40-considered likely to get infected and almost 300 affected in one way or another - also the disease… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Tenants have been barred from an Auckland office building until the cause of fumes that caused the hospitalisation of 15 people yesterday is identified. Augusta House on the corner of Victoria St West… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.The derailed train at Auckland's Britomart station has been removed overnight but delays for commuters may continue on Auckland's rail lines. RNZ reporter Eva Corlett is at the station and joins us… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.RBNZ Gov. Adrian Orr gathers the plaudits for maiden statement. Xero headed into the black ... eventually. Shareholders' Assn. calls for CBL liquidation.  Audio

7:06 AM.The England rugby coach Eddie Jones has wasted no time in rushing Hurricanes captain Brad Shields into his squad just hours after gaining clearance from New Zealand Rugby. Shields, who qualifies for… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Tenants have been barred from returning to a central Auckland office building after unexplained fumes caused another evacuation last night. Augusta House on the corner of Victoria St West and Elliot… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.The train that derailed at Auckland's Britomart Station on Wednesday has now been removed, but there are still some delays for commuters. Auckland Transport says a full check is being made of the… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.Stressed farmers are turning on each other as officials struggle to contain the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis. The number of farms under the shadow of the disease has exploded over the past week -… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Stressed farmers are turning on each other as officials struggle to contain the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis. "These are hard decisions that have to be made... Relying on farmers' memory &amp… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.The government has being told not enough is being done for stay-at-home dads. According to official figures, fathers make up just one percent of the more than 34-thousand parents who took up the… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Newly-released documents show the Counties-Manukau district health board was under pressure from its own top executives to agree to settlement of just $3 million from the construction company… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.US President Donald Trump has named Singapore as the venue for his meeting North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un in June. Mr Trump's announcement came hours after he welcomed home three American detainees… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.It's six months into the new Labour government and the Minister for Crown-Maori Relations, Kelvin Davis, is still travelling the country working out what exactly his job is. The portfolio is the first… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.A levy on tourists visiting New Zealand will be in place by next year. Some think it's a great idea; some don't. Jim Boult is mayor of the Queenstown Lakes District Council and Chris Roberts is chief… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.The kiwi is the national bird and the pavlova is the national pudding, but what is the national fungus? A blogger for Scientific American who recently visited New Zealand, Jennifer Frazer, has… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The new Kiwis rugby league coach Michael Maguire has a reputation as a tough taskmasker and HE has no intention of letting that slide in his new role. Maguire who led South Sydney to the 2014 National… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The Reserve Bank's new governor, Adrian Orr, made his debut yesterday on interest rates. As expected, Mr Orr left the official cash rate unchanged at 1 point 75 percent, and signalled the cost of… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.An Ashburton farmer whose cows are affected by Mycoplasma bovis is experiencing firsthand the emotional impact of the disease. Frank Peters says his herd has been in his family for generations and he… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Tenants have been barred from returning to a central Auckland office building after unexplained fumes caused two evacuations yesterday. Twelve people were taken to hospital and 100 others were… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A controversial Treaty of Waitangi settlement is expected to be signed off despite continued opposition from an iwi with overlapping interests. The tensions relate to who should be able to sit on a… Read more Audio

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

8:38 AM.A Petone businessman says he'll find it hard to feed his family, after road works on a Petone street saw him lose 65 percent of his profits over three weeks in April. He's asking the Hutt City Council… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.We'll soon be able to sprinkle hemp seed onto our muesli in the mornings. MPI and the Ministry of Health have just opened public consultation on amending the laws around the sale and use of hemp seed… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The rail union says the Britomart derailment is an important case study of why onboard train staff are crucial for public safety. Earlier this year, the Rail and Maritime Transport Union successfully… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The council company hoping to take over the Russell wharf in the Bay of Islands has launched a publicity drive over its plans. Far North Holdings wants to revamp the old wharf - and it's applied for a… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.The ongoing eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii could provide some valuable lessons about Auckland volcanoes. That's the view of researchers from GNS Science, who say that if a volcano were to erupt in… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio