Morning Report for Monday 24 September 2018

6:00 AM.Needles in Auckland strawberries 'sick' - Agriculture Minister, NYC in lockdown for UN general assembly, Priest's sexual abuse at Upper Hutt school admitted, Authorities stumped by vapour that left… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The American golfer Tiger Woods is one round away from his first victory in five years, and the former world number one is relishing the feeling. Audio

6:09 AM.The Marists have admitted further historical child sex abuse at St Patrick's College in Upper Hutt. RNZ has obtained a report that notes at least three complaints against the late Father Francis… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.A Wairarapa primary school is re-opening after a mysterious vapour cloud sparked a full scale emergency on Friday. The foul-smelling vapour made many pupils of Carterton's South End Primary ill with… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Two reservoirs supplying water to Aucklanders have been temporarily shut off after an aerial 1080 operation. The Council dropped toxic bait pellets across a 16,000-hectare block in the Hunua ranges… Read more Audio

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

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

6:39 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has joined about 140 world leaders in New York for the weeklong United Nations General Assembly. A big focus of the week will be on US President DonaldTrump, who's… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.Now to the midterm elections in the US and the strange story of Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar. Gosar is a Republican from the party's most conservative wing. He is standing for re-election in… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Ngapuhi descendants living in Australia don't want to miss out on any settlement deal with the Crown. About 25,000 Ngapuhi live across the ditch and the Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little met… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.AMP Capital's chief economist Bevan Graham expects RBNZ to play straight bat at this week's cash rate review. Confidence in the residential property market falls. How money markets will open the week.

7:06 AM.The American golfer Tiger Woods has made an auspicious start to his final round at the Tour Championship in Atlanta, as he chases his first victory in five years. Audio

7:09 AM.A punnet of Australian strawberries contaminated with needles has been found in Auckland yesterday in the first such reported case here. The Primary Industries Minister, Damien O'Connor, says it's… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.The United Nations General Assembly is about to kick off in New York with the city going into lockdown for the event. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrived in Manhattan yesterday for a week of… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The Marist Fathers have admitted to "criminal" child sex abuse by a priest who led one of their top secondary schools. But decades on they still won't release the file on Francis Durning, rector of St… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Authorities remain stumped by a mystery vapour that left children sick at a Wairarapa school on Friday and prompted a full scale response from emergency services. Police, fire, ambulance, the Red… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.An iwi who have occupied Great Barrier Island since the 1700s are outraged that another group of iwi will officially re-name the island. It's one of 52 geographic sites across the North Island being… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Leader of the Opposition Simon Bridges hit out at the government on Twitter for 'compensating meth crooks' after Housing NZ said it would compensate people evicted from state houses… Read more Video, Audio

7:45 AM.The recent nurses' strike cost hospitals hundreds of thousands of dollars in staffing alone. About 30,000 nurses walked off wards on July 12 in a day-long strike over pay and staffing. Details… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.A rāhui remains in place on Mt Ruapehu after a man fell into the crater lake and died on Saturday. His body was pulled from the lake by members of the group he was with. The death is being referred to… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.It's not clear whether thousands of tonnes of plastic being sent from New Zealand to Malaysia for recycling is ending up on bonfires. Since China banned plastic imports at the start of the year… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The American golfer Tiger Woods has made an auspicious start to his final round at the Tour Championship in Atlanta, as he chases his first victory in five years. Audio

8:09 AM.A supply chain expert has called the needles found in strawberries in Australia and now here in New Zealand a form of food terrorism. Needles have been found in a punnet of strawberries sold at the St… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.A huge multinational rescue mission is underway to reach a seriously injured sailor taking part in the Golden Globe round-the-world yacht race. Abhilash Tomy, a 39-year-old Indian naval commander, is… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Increased isolation of the elderly, mentally ill and disabled were just some of the key concerns raised by residents at a meeting in Wellington yesterday about the capital's plagued bus network. It's… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Māori people are eight times more likely to get tuberculosis than Pākehā, international expert Philip Hill says. Up to half of older Māori people may carry the dormant TB infection which could become… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.There's a warning to house hunters in Christchurch not to rely on building reports supplied by those selling homes. In April EQC admitted the cost of fixing botched repairs had hit $270 million and… Read more Audio

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

8:42 AM.Christchurch businesses are blaming a lack of off-street parking signs in the central business district for a drop off in customer numbers. Businesses say the signs that are up aren't clearly visible… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The Silver Ferns took another step towards lifting their performance after a year of dismal results, narrowly failing to beat their top rivals Australia in a Quad Series match in Melbourne on Sunday… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.It's Chinese Language Week and teachers are increasingly in hot demand in the regions, as more people of all ages enrol for Mandarin classes. It follows a nationwide trend of primary and secondary… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.Time for an update on that snow forecast down south. Meterologist Peter Little spoke to Kate Pereyra-Garcia Audio

8:55 AM.Tiger Woods is on the verge of winning his first professional golf tournament in five years, he has a five shot lead with five holes to play in Atlanta. This time last year the 14-time major winner… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Wellington has seen a boom in native bird numbers and other endemic wildlife in recent years. But wildlife advocates say with great fauna comes great responsibility. Reporter Charlie Dreaver met up… Read more Audio