Morning Report for Friday 13 July 2018

6:00 AM.Staff returning to work after first national nurses' strike in almost 30 years, Busy day ahead for nurses returning to work after strike action, Kiwibuild "off the plan" proposals narrowed down to ten… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The New Zealand tennis player Michael Venus says Denmark's Frederik Nielsen and Britain's Joe Salisbury will be a tough challenge in tonight's Wimbledon men's doubles semifinals. Audio

6:09 AM.Donald Trump has arrived in London overnight for his first visit to the UK as president. He will meet Theresa May at Chequers, have dinner with business leaders at Blenheim Palace, tea with the Queen… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.A nurse unhappy with both the union and district health boards says she's ready to go on strike again to ensure their demands are met. Holly Wilson was one of the 5000 or so nurses nationwide required… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An early look at the business news. And a catch-up on overnight market action. Audio

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

6:35 AM.Nurses around the country are about to return to work. Yesterday 30-thousand nurses walked off the job for 24 hours after their union and DHBs failed to reach agreement on pay and conditions. Our… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Donald Trump has arrived in London overnight for his first visit to the UK as president. He will meet Theresa May at Chequers, have dinner with business leaders at Blenheim Palace, tea with the Queen… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Kiwibuild boss says foreign prefab houses probably not feasible. FMA says investor survey shows still work to do. Auckland's housing pressures may start to ease. Markets update. Audio

7:06 AM.American tennis star Serena Williams is poised to crown her mother of all tennis comeback with an eighth Wimbledon crown after blasting her way into a 10th final at The All England Club. Audio

7:10 AM.Nurses are returning to work as a 24-hour strike over staffing shortages and poor pay comes to an end. Yesterday about 30,000 nurses were on strike and many took to the streets to protest about their… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.The nurses' 24 hour strike has just finished with nurses around the country now returning to work. Our reporter Nita Blake-Persen is outside Auckland Hospital and RNZ's health correspondent Karen… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.US President Donald Trump has landed in the U.K. for his working visit. His visit is highly controversial with thousands of protesters expected to flood the streets tomorrow. Some protests have… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Apartments will make up the bullk of the 1000 Kiwibuild homes to be built in the coming year. And the head of the Kiwibuild unit Stephen Barclay says they will come from stalled development projects… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.If New Zealand is to meet its pledge to be carbon neutral by 2050, nearly all of the country's cars will have to be electric or another form of zero-emission vehicle. That's according to the Climate… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.A former Trade Minister is warning the government words matter when it comes to dealing with China.China has urged New Zealand to 'correct its wrong words' in relation to the government's defence… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.American Serena Williams demonstrated that having a baby had not robbed her of any of her phenomenal tennis skills when she became the first mother in 38 years to reach the Wimbledon final, with a… Read more Audio

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