Morning Report for Monday 27 May 2019

6:00 AM.Top stories this morning... Children are being left in pain for months because of delays in getting to a dentist Fundamental changes are called for to put an end to child poverty The search for a… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The New Zealand paddler Lisa Carrington has won another two gold medals at the opening Canoe Sprint World Cup meeting in Poland. Audio

6:09 AM.A former foster child says a new transitional support service for young people leaving care has been a long time coming.

The government has pledge $150 million for helping young people stand on their… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.A new report warns the country is very vulnerable to overseas corruption and urgent work needs to be done to bring greater transparency to Parliament.

The New Zealand branch of Transparency… Read more Audio

6:19 AM.Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O'Neill has announced that he is to resign after weeks of defections from his government. Mr O'Neill's been in power for almost eight years, but a flood of… Read more Audio

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

6:38 AM.A Whāngarei toddler who was in daily pain from rotten teeth was sent home to wait it out for at least five months on children's paracetamol and antibiotics.

Ivy Dyas was born with a condition that… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.A single mother who works full-time yet struggles to provide the basics for her children says she'd like to see more funding in this week's Budget go towards helping struggling parents obtain better… Read more Audio

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

7:06 AM.Lisa Carrington has started the new international season in impressive form, winning 3 gold medals at the opening Canoe Sprint World Cup regatta in Poland. Audio

7:10 AM.A Whāngarei toddler with rotten teeth and a painful abscess was told to sit it out for five months with Pamol and antibiotics because of a huge waiting list for treatment.

Ivy Dyas has a condition… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Those at the coal-face of New Zealand's child poverty problems say it will not be eradicated until there is a fundamental shift in the way we deal with the issue.

Funding to tackle child poverty is… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Police are continuing their hunt for those responsible for fatally shooting a young man in a south Auckland park at the weekend.

Twenty-one-year-old Samiuela Anania Tupou was killed in Seaside Park… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.In the three weeks following the Christchurch terror attacks, nearly 800 people have contacted the Department of Internal Affairs to report online links to video footage of the killings or the… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.About 10,000 people with Epilepsy are being forced to change their medication despite warnings from MedSafe that it could cause them to have seizures.

Pharmac is switching people on anti-epileptic… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.National Party leader Simon Bridges says the number of serious harm cases before the courts, including rape, sexual assault, murder and manslaughter, has increased by 25 percent since the 2017… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.The Minister of Agriculture Damien O'Connor is calling for dairy farmers to step up and comply with the national tracking system, with just days to go until moving day.

That's June 1, when… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Eight people have so far put their hand up to succeed the outgoing British Prime Minister, Theresa May, when she leaves the post on June 7.

Mrs May announced her resignation on Friday, after failing… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Volunteers picking up the deluge of rubbish swept down the Fox river are predicting it'll take years to clean up the mess. It has been two months since a major flood in South Westland emptied about… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Big city folk struggling to find avocado in the shops, or those who have been left reeling at the prices being charged for them - up to $11 each - might want to consider a trip to New Plymouth.

An… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.A short time ago New Zealand Indycar driver Scott Dixon finished 17th in the Indy500 race. Audio

8:10 AM.Thousands of children across the country are being forced to suffer for months on end with severe toothache because of a huge waiting list for treatment.

As we have been reporting a Whāngarei toddler… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.An advocate for a patient group says Pharmac is playing a money game while patients are dying and she's now looking to take the agency to the Human Rights Commission. Fiona Tolich is an advocate for… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Refugee advocates say the government should drop restrictions in the refugee quota for refugees from the Middle East and Africa.

Under the quota, which is currently up for a three-yearly review… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.New Zealand mountaineer Lydia Bradley, who was climbing Mount Everest on the busiest day of the season this year, has described the situation as horrific.

A British man - 56-year-old Robin Fisher-… Read more Audio

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

8:40 AM.Nearly 8,000 dairy farms are yet to re-register to a national tracking system, with just days to go until moving day when sharemilkers move their cows to new farms around the country. It's an anxious… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.White Island - Whakaari - was shaken by a swarm of increasingly strong earthquakes at the weekend.

About 200 quakes have rocked the Bay of Plenty island since Thursday - some close to magnitude 4.

… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.World Vision says restrictions under the refugee quota on people from the Middle East and Africa are discriminatory and should be dropped.

Under the quota, which is up for review, refugees from those… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Workers picking up the deluge of rubbish swept down the Fox river say it could take years to clean up the mess.

It has been two months since a major flood in South Westland emptied about half the… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The first known dog to serve New Zealand in war will be honoured at a ceremony at the National Army Museum in Waiouru today.

Caeser, a bulldog, will be posthumously awarded the Blue Cross medal for… Read more Audio