Morning Report for Wednesday 11 July 2018

6:00 AM.The world celebrates with Thailand as the cave rescue mission ends with the last four boys and their coach safely out of Tham-luang cave, a 17-year-old girl is found dead -- police launch a homicide… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.American tennis star Serena Williams remains on track for an eighth Wimbledon title after fighitng back to beat Italian Camila Giorgi in 3 sets in a fiercely contested quarter-final. Audio

6:15 AM.The Football World Cup semi final battle between France and Belgium is underway in St Petersburg. Our correspondent Jess King is watching the game in Moscow and is on the line. Audio

6:22 AM.An early look at the day's business news and overnight market action. Audio

6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:40 AM.Auckland district health board is confident that staff can keep patients safe while nurses are on strike. Hundreds of patients have had appointments and operations postponed to keep the hospital… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Doubts about how good "stress tests" on the main retail banks are. Skill shortages no barrier to retirement village operator. Consumers expected to be cautious. The latest from global finance markets.

7:06 AM.France and Belgium are locked nil-all after an entertaining first half of their football World Cup semi-final in Russia. Audio

7:10 AM.All safe and well - the last of the boys, their coach and all the rescuers are now out of the Tham-luang cave. The last five made it out just before midnight. Gyles Beckford talks to Ruchard Ehrlich… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Twenty-four hours before thousands of nurses walk out of hospitals in the first national strike for almost 30 years, managers say they're as ready as they can be. The Nurses Organisation has rejected… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.It's just over a week since Auckland's new regional fuel tax came into effect - so are people trying to dodge it by filling up out of town? Some petrol stations say they've been busier since the… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.The former tenant of a South Auckland state house, where a young woman was found dead at the weekend, says no-one should have been there. A homicide investigation was launched after the discovery of… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The Defence Minister Ron Mark is now under pressure to replace the Airforce's ageing Hercules planes before their useby date in three to five years. They frequently fly on humanitarian aid missions… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.A free speech advocacy group raised 50 thousand dollars in less than 24 hours in a crowdfunding campaign to take legal action against Auckland Mayor Phil Goff. Mr Goff last week announced that a pair… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Nurses and the district health boards are holding last ditch talks in a bid to reach a deal, but the government says one option that's not on the table is more money. Finance Minister Grant Robertson… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.An intensive care specialist is concerned the death of two babies in Samoa will be a setback to vaccination programmes there. The infants died last Friday after receiving a vaccination for measles… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.It's all over France are through to the finals of the FIFA World Cup. Coen Lammers is on the line from St Petersburg where he's been watching the France-Belgium game. Audio

8:06 AM.France have reached their first football World Cup final since 2006 after beating Belgium 1-nil in a thrilling semi-final in Russia. Audio

8:10 AM.The international cave divers who rescued the Thai boys and their coach are being lauded all around the world. US President Donald Trump called it a "beautiful moment" in a Tweet and British Prime… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.The Christchurch City Council's plans to to help curb a rising homeless population has left some people who live rough worried. The council is considering funding the Christchurch City Mission to… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.In less than 24 hours a nationwide, 30,000-strong nurses strike looks likely to take place, disrupting health services across the country. That is unless last minute negotiations averts the industrial… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.This year's Census has a ten percent hole in it with only 90 percent of New Zealanders filling in the forms. It means officials are having to delay publishing the data by five months while they try to… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Parents of children with severe epilepsy say the tens of thousands of dollars it can costs to buy marijuana-based medications is putting the medicines out of reach, despite its potential to transform… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The use of a vaccine is under investigation in Samoa after the death of two infants. The children died on the same day at the same hospital after receiving vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Some Queenstown businesses say a new bed tax could ruin their livelihoods. The proposal for a local tourist levy is one Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult has been campaigning for to help pay… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A young Wellington woman with chronic pain is worried about how she'll get to university when bus routes change dramatically next week. A huge overhaul of the capital's bus services will go live on… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.New Zealander Dion Smith is earning his spots in the Tour de France. The Aucklander made cycling history becoming the first New Zealander to wear the polka dot King of the Mountain jersey in the Tour… Read more Audio