Morning Report for Monday 15 April 2019

6:00 AM.Top stories this morning... Dame Jenny Shipley's being dumped from the New Zealand China Council the number of tickets from fixed speed cameras soars 3-hundred percent the government's told it can't… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Tiger Woods is in the box seat for a drought breaking major championship victory as the final round of the Masters golf tournament comes to a close in Augusta, Georgia. Audio

6:09 AM.One man is dead and another is fighting for life after a drive-by shooting outside a nightclub in Melbourne's inner south suburb of Prahan (prah-ran) early on Sunday morning. A 37-year-old man who… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.A state care abuse survivor is worried the government's historic inquiry is on shaky ground after questions about religious affiliations of lead members. last week, RNZ reported comments from… Read more Audio

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

6:40 AM.Midwives working in the public sector say it's been a long two years to settle with the government and it's hoping future negotiations are much smoother sailing. Members of the MERAS union have voted… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Environmental groups say the government's proposal for managing Crown pastoral leases, now tenure review has been scrapped, does not go far enough. Submissions closed on Friday on the government's… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Tributes are flowing for one of New Zealand's greatest athletes who died over the weekend at the age of 89. Yvette Williams became the first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic gold medal. It came at… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The New Zealand driver Fabian Coulthard says he'll happily take his first win of this year's Supercars championship even if it came after a hiccup for team-mate Scott McLaughlin. Audio

7:10 AM.Senior members of the New Zealand China Council have reportedly been told there's no room for Dame Jenny Shipley to be reappointed when it undergoes a restructure next month. The downsizing of the… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.The number of fines handed out by static speed cameras last year was more than three times higher than the previous year, and 20 times more than it was in 2013. But while the number of tickets handed… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Tiger Woods has bounced back from a ten-year lean spell to win the US Golf Masters at Augusta. Woods, whose last major win was in 2008, was in a four-way battle for the lead until pulling clear with a… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.The government is about to find out that its plan for 100 percent renewable electricity by 2035 is prohibitively expensive. The pledge is part of Labour's confidence and supply agreement with the… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Tributes are flowing for one of New Zealand's greatest athletes who died over the weekend at the age of 89. Yvette Williams became the first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic gold medal. It came in… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.The National Party review into its culture may not have spoken to women from the party who are Members of Parliament, leader Simon Bridges says. Read more Video, Audio

7:45 AM.It's a month since 50 people died in the mosque shootings in Christchurch. Survivors of the terror attack say it will be a long time before their lives resemble anything close to normality. So far… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.The government and the industry have signed an accord to tackle some of the issues facing the sector. It comes as some of the major players in the industry have got into trouble - Ebert and Arrow… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.It's been running since 2011, but today the TV epic Game of Thrones begins its final season. The series has broken viewer records and won 47 Emmy awards. It tells the story of the bloody struggle to… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.A moment many thought would never come - did this morning as Tiger Woods won his 15th major golf championship. Audio

8:10 AM.Senior members of the New Zealand China Council have been told there's no room for Dame Jenny Shipley to be reappointed when it undergoes a restructure next month. In February the High Court found… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Tiger Woods has written himself into golf history by ending ten years in the sporting wilderness to win a fifth US Masters championship this morning. The 43-year-old last won the Masters in 2005 and… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Student leaders from Otago University's hostel Knox College have revealed their managers were told two years ago that sexual assault allegations were not being handled properly. Dozens of women have… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.There has been a ten-fold increase in the number of people over 60-years-old getting help for an addiction to opiate drugs. Figures released by the Ministry of Health show at least five hundred people… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.Yvette Williams was one of New Zealand's greatest athletes ... and yet she wasn't a household name. Ms Williams, who died yesterday aged 89, was the first New Zealand woman to win an Olympic gold… Read more Audio

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

8:38 AM.Lower cost, higher quality, and more durable buildings - that's the aim of the new construction industry accord. Announced by the Prime Minister on Sunday, the agreement between the government and… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.A nurse and therapist specialising in youth suicide is concerned not enough is known about how assisted dying may effect vulnerable youth. The End of Life Choice Bill allows for people in unbearable… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Seventy-five lawyers and academics have signed an open letter to the government saying David Seymour’s voluntary euthanasia bill is not for purpose and incapable of being salvaged. One of those… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Contractors brought in to sort out Wellington's shambolic new bus rollout have been paid more than a million-and-a-half dollars to fix the problem. The new bus timetables and routes were launched in… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.A colony of long-tailed bats have been discovered in a reserve close to Rotorua city - not a place they usually hang-out. This is only the third time these bats have been found in a semi-urban area -… Read more Audio