Morning Report for Thursday 6 December 2018

6:00 AM.A psychiatrist is branding Christchurch's Hillmorton Hospital a terrifying place to work, documents show the Transport Agency has allowed defective brake testing to go on for years and former US… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Pakistan are in charge of the third and deciding cricket test against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi, with New Zealand 26 for two in their second innings at stumps on day three still trailling the hosts… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.A Maori cultural advisor is looking at taking legal action to protect the haka in Germany. Kane Mutu Harnett is based in Denmark and says people in Germany teaching the haka are tarnishing the… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.A new report says beach access could be lost unless the government comes up steps with ways to adapt to sea-level rise. Tens of thousands of buildings, key infrastructure including airports, railways… 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

6:41 AM.The funeral of President George HW Bush is underway in Washington DC. His son President George W Bush has just finished reading his eulogy at the service. Audio

6:43 AM.The Police Association president Chris Cahill says people with mental health issues need expert support, not a police officer who can "at best put a band-aid over it''. Mr Cahill and the Police… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

7:06 AM.A four wicket haul to debutant Will Somerville has helped the Black Caps keep their slim hopes of a series win against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi alive. Audio

7:11 AM.A psychiatrist is warning that Hillmorton Hospital in Christchurch can be a terrifying place to work and senior management should be held accountable for the appalling levels of violence against… Read more Audio

7:21 AM.Emails and documents show the Transport Agency has allowed defective brake testing to go on for years. An Auckland garage was warned in 2015 its inspections were unsafe yet carried on issuing large… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Former President George H.W. Bush's state funeral has just concluded at the National Cathedral in Washington DC. At the service he was hailed as a World War Two hero, Cold War veteran and architect of… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.Nearly 50 Chinese construction workers are asking the government to hold to account a man they believe has conned them of tens of thousands of dollars. The workers were brought to New Zealand by a man… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.The National Party staged a mass exodus from Parliament on Wednesday after the Speaker ejected Simon Bridges from the house for his questioning of the Prime Minister on Karel Sroubek. It's hard to… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Hundreds of Northland children and young people have been vaccinated against a new strain of meningococcal disease, after the first day of an emergency immunisation campaign. Northland DHB aims to… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Ten Auckland principals say their schools will boycott Saint Kentigern College in next year's premier rugby competition as punishment for what they says is their "blatant" poaching practices. A series… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.A bid to establish a Pacific-based Super Rugby franchise appears to have floundered after failing to find the necessary funding. Audio

8:11 AM.Young people say pornography is too easy to watch in New Zealand. The Office of Film and Literature Classification interviewed 2000 children aged 14 to 17 and found more than 70 percent thought porn… Read more Video, Audio

8:19 AM.New Zealand Police are searching for British backpacker Grace Millane, who has been missing for five days. Ms Millane, a 22-year-old from Essex, was last seen by roommates at an Auckland hostel on… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.A former gang member who spent years of his life in prison is dismissing prison rehabilitation courses as a waste of time. Ritchie Fa'avesi is now a facilitator for Destiny Church's Man Up programme… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.This week's Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction has singled out alcohol as a major problem. The panel suggested raising the minimum age for buying alcohol and increasing the price through more… Read more Audio

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

8:40 AM.Police recruits won't be given additional mental health training under the Police Minister's watch because he doesn't want them to become a substitute for the experts. Mental health call-outs have… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.The government is cracking down on religious education classes with new guidelines for schools, but the secular group which pushed for change still isn't happy. The Secular Education Network has been… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.In a small town in rural Wairarapa a kapa haka group has brought a community together. Te Roopu Manaaki performed in Hamilton on Wednesday at the first national kapa haka festival for people with… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Aucklanders will no longer be told if the beach their swimming at this summer has marginal water quality. Safeswim's website flags pollution at beaches with traffic light icons but now the amber… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.A top Auckland restaurant has been named among the best fine dining establishments in the world. The Grove was ranked number nine in the Traveller's Choice Awards on the international travel website… Read more Audio