Morning Report for Tuesday 11 December 2018

6:06 AM.The New Zealand men's hockey team been dumped out the World Cup in the first knockout round. Audio

7:06 AM.New Zealand tennis player Marina Erakovic has retired from tennis, saying her body can no longer cope with the rigours of tour life. Audio

7:24 AM.It's been revealed Wellington City Council went against engineering advice when it approved a major waterfront building that ended up fatally damaged in the Kaikoura earthquake. Engineers raised… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.British Prime Minister Theresa May has postponed Tuesday's (UK time) crucial Brexit vote so she can go back to Brussels and ask for changes to her deal. Mrs May admitted the deal "would be rejected by… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.The Maori Council says a culture change is needed to boost Maori representation at the top of State Owned Enterprises. It says of the 77 directors on the boards governing SOEs in New Zealand, only six… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The wife of a former front line police officer says his post traumatic stress was made worse by the length of time it took to get help from ACC. The Accident Compensation Corporation accepted his… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.New Zealand's Marina Erakovic has retired from tennis, saying her body can no longer cope with the rigours of tour life. Audio

8:10 AM.Hundreds of Lower Hutt children swam at learners pool for more than two months despite the council knowing there was a high risk of the roof collapsing in an earthquake. Engineers told the Hutt City… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.A Wellington doctor says pressure to get new mothers breast-feeding quickly is driving up the increase in tongue-tie cuts in newborn babies. Anaesthetist Graham Sharp sparked controversy last month by… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.The Government is dropping an ACC scheme which applies different levy rates to motorists depending on the make and model of their vehicles.The ACC Minister Iain Lees Galloway says there's no evidence… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Queenstown people are being pitched an unconventional solution to their traffic nightmares. It's a 10 kilometre-long gondola to the Remarkables ski field which will pick up and drop off commuters… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.The Auditor-General's office has filed its annual report card on schools and there was by no means a pass mark for all. More than sixty were found to have broken the law, mostly because they borrowed… Read more Audio

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

8:40 AM.A Wellington iwi social service has been left confused and angry after the council declined its funding bid to help the homeless. Instead, the Wellington City Council awarded almost 500 thousand… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Housing Minister Phil Twyford is still not talking about the future of Kiwibuild CEO Stephen Barclay. Phil Twyford is down at Oriental Bay opening Wellington's newest cycleway. RNZ reporter Laura… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Household pooches are being trained to sniff out invasive fish species. If successful the family pet could become a crucial tool in identifying new incursions of koi carp and catfish before pest… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.A Kapiti choir that been together for more than quarter than a century has had their final curtain call. The Kapiti Chamber Choir have been meeting each Wednesday to practise and have performed three… Read more Audio