Morning Report for Friday 21 December 2018

6:44 AM.Budget advisers are worried short-term lenders and door-to-door salespeople are trying to cash in on people's anxiety about their finances in the lead-up to Christmas. Some lenders are ramping up… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

7:11 AM.Wellington rail commuters are having to cope with significant reductions in train services on what is for many the last working day before Christmas. Audio

7:14 AM.Thousands are stranded in Gatwick airport, as Christmas travel is delayed because of drones. The U.K government says it's a reckless attempt to cripple Britain's second busiest airport. Two drones… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Victoria University told a Canadian exchange student it didn't want her to come after she revealed she had a mental illness. The third year student was due to arrive in February and study in… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Robyn McGill works with teenagers as a counsellor and is a past president of the Association of Counsellors. Audio

7:27 AM.Australia's Border Force are deporting Pacifika people to New Zealand despite some of them having never set foot here. Two men, one born in Samoa and one in Rarotonga, were sent to Christchurch in the… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Season's greetings from the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Audio

7:30 AM.Season's greetings from the leader of the National Party, Simon Bridges. Audio

7:35 AM.It could be the most important news you'll hear all day. NIWA meteorologist Chris Brandolino joins us to deliver the weather forecast for Christmas. So is it good or bad news? Audio

7:40 AM.New Zealand hockey coach Mark Hager is set to lose his job after an internal review sparked by player complaints. The independent review was launched in September after complaints of a negative team… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Japan is poised to end its whaling programme in the Southern Ocean but will resume commercial whaling within its own waters, according to Japanese news reports. The Kyodo news agency, quoting unnamed… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.A Northland housing provider wants to relocate hundreds of homes by Christmas next year from Auckland to solve the crippling housing crisis in the Far North. Ricky Hougton from He Korowai Trust wants… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Christmas has gone to the dogs.... and cats seemingly... as businesses cash in on the trend of people buying gifts for their furry companions. Reporter Charlie Dreaver went out to find out how far… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The Government Communications Security Bureau says it's established links between the Chinese Ministry of State Security and a global campaign of cyber-enabled commercial intellectual property theft. Audio

8:20 AM.The engineering firm that oversaw the demolition of Statistics House raised grave misgivings about the findings of the inquiry into its partial collapse. Documents released under the OIA also question… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Two refugee families are preparing to celebrate their first Kiwi Christmas in their new homes next week. The families have been in the Refugee Resettlement centre in Mangere, South Auckland for the… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.Season's greetings from deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. Audio

8:30 AM.Season's greetings from co-leaders of the Green Party, James Shaw and Marama Davidson. Audio

8:31 AM.Each year we bring you season's greetings from the politicians we talk to during the year. Here are season's greetings from the leader of the Act Party, David Seymour. Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:40 AM.The hotel and motel industry is saying the rising popularity of Airbnb is making their lives tough. Chris Lehane is part of Airbnb's global leadership team based in the United States, and is in our… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.There's still time to get everything you need for the Christmas dinner on Tuesday. But it's not so easy if you're at Scott Base and the nearest supermarket is 3900 kilometres away in Christchurch… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.If you crack your windscreen in Northland over the holidays - don't expect to get it fixed till well into January. That's the message coming from windscreen repair companies trying to cope with an… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio