Morning Report for Friday 24 May 2019

6:00 AM.'I just shut up' - man raped in NZ Army in 1970s, Police want NZTA to control speed cameras, Civil Aviation Authority confused over its safety role, Govt eases debt targets allowing more spending. Audio

6:06 AM.Players overlooked by Silver Ferns coach Noelene Taurua feature strongly in the 12 strong squad named yesterday for the World Cup in Liverpool in July. Audio

6:09 AM.The family of a young man who died in care are pleading with the Waikato District Health Board not to challenge the coroner's findings into his death.

Nicky Stevens was found in Waikato River three… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.The inquiry into Operation Burnham in Afghanistan has heard two different accounts about the Rules of Engagement. The inquiry is investigating allegations in the book, Hit and Run, that six civilians… 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.The father of a victim of the Fox Glacier sky diving plane crash in 2010 is speaking out against New Zealand's aviation safety standards. Chris Coker, whose son Bradley was one of nine people killed… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The recalled Silver Fern Katrina Rore feels a huge weight has been lifted from her after being named in the world cup squad. Audio

7:09 AM.The partner of a man sexually assaulted while in the army in the 1970s is demanding the attack be investigated.

An Insight investigation has discovered Terry King's partner wrote to the Defence… Read more Video, Audio

7:13 AM.The police want to hand the nation's speed camera network over to the Transport Agency, because it's sucking money and resources from the front line. RNZ understands a decision on the future of the… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.The Civil Aviation Authority's director says the watchdog was confused about its safety role and that confusion contributed to a helicopter crash that killed seven people.

Graeme Harris concedes the… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.The government may be able to spend more money if it's re-elected, as the Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the government intends to introduce a debt target range of 15 to 25 percent after 2021.

7:36 AM.Pharmac has told patients waiting for drugs to be funded it can never release its secret list that ranks the medicines it is waiting to fund. The drug-buying agency says it's the most commercially… Read more Video, Audio

7:42 AM.Families say they have been torn apart by ongoing visa delays caused by staff shortages and a backlog of cases. In one case a baby has been separated from his mother and in another a teenager's been… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Families say they have been torn apart by ongoing visa delays caused by staff shortages and a backlog of cases. Peter Elms is the Immigration New Zealand assistant general manager in visa services. He… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Extreme weather has hit the US in recent days with tornadoes sweeping across states including Texas and Kansas. Tornadoes have killed at least three people in Missouri, bringing the death toll from… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.A mass lie-in is planned for Auckland's Queen Street as thousands of students call for greater action from the government on the climate crisis. The lie-in is part of student action across the… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Highlanders aren't taking any extra off field precautions for their Super Rugby match against the Stormers in Cape Town this weekend, in the wake of the allegations of poor behaviour from… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The co-founder of Destiny Church, Hannah Tamaki, admits her new political party, Coalition New Zealand, could split the Christian vote if National MP Alfred Ngaro also launches a party.

She speaks to… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Destiny Church has launched a political party, headed by Brian Tamaki's wife Hannah Tamaki. She says they have launched a month earlier than planned, and do not yet have a website. 

When the party… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Airline pilots says despite a report showing failings by the aviation watchdog contributed to a fatal helicopter crash, the public should feel safe when flying. The director of the Civil Aviation… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.National says the government is breaking a significant economic promise by easing its debt targets. The Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the government intends to relax its debt target of 20… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.The Children's Commissioner is again calling for the police to rethink their policy of chasing young drivers. The police watchdog on Thursday found the police should not have given chase to a car in… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured another five-year term after winning the election by a landslide. With 900 million eligible voters, the election for India's lower house of parliament… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.It was a moment in Parliament 16 years in the making...

The waiata celebrated the passage into law of a landmark bill that gives Ngāti Porou greater rights to marine and coastal resources.

It is the… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.It's a new way to pay and manage money - so-called 'open banking' - and slowly but surely it's coming to New Zealand. Yesterday, the company that runs the country's electronic pay systems, Payments… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Rapper-singer-songwriter Kings made four trips to the podium at the Pacific Music Awards in Auckland on Thursday night as he took out best male artist and best song for the his track '6 figures'.

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