Morning Report for Tuesday 28 May 2019

6:00 AM.A diabetes specialist says Pharmac delivers a third world service to New Zealanders, teachers hope for good news in the Budget as they prepare for tomorrow's strike, Nigel Farage's new Brexit party… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Caroline Wozniacki has completed a hat-trick of first round exits on red clay this season as she became the third former world No.1 to fall in the first round of the French Open. Audio

6:15 AM.A senior youth justice manager at Oranga Tamariki says the agency won't rest until the practice of detaining young people in cells is eliminated altogether.

In the year to June 2018 almost 200 young… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.New Zealand Vietnam War veterans are calling for even more help as they face health problems related to their war service. 3000 New Zealanders served in Vietnam between 1965 and 1972. Over the last… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Wellington ratepayers will have to pay to strengthen or demolish the city's main library, because the council can't claim on insurance.

The central library closed nine weeks ago when it was deemed… Read more Video, Audio

6:38 AM.Austria's parliament has voted to remove Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his government from office. The vote of no-confidence was proposed by the opposition Social Democrats and backed by the former… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.A Wellington mother has described her battle with devastating post-natal distress after the birth of her first child.

Sally, not her real name, gave birth last year to a healthy baby boy. She… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Top seed Novak Djokovic has eased into the second round of the French Open with a straight sets win over young Polish player Hubert Hurkacz. Audio

7:10 AM.A leading diabetes expert has slammed Pharmac for its approach to Type Two Diabetes - saying access to medicines for the disease is at a third world level in New Zealand and lives are being lost… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.The government is going into this week's Budget under massive pressure to boost its $16 billion-a-year spend on early childhood, school and tertiary education.

It still has unfulfilled election… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Nigel Farage's Brexit Party was the clear winner in the UK's European elections while the Conservatives and Labour suffered heavy losses. The Brexit Party was established only weeks ago and topped the… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Corrections are waiting to hear if the department will face legal action over the death of a female inmate who died of advanced gastric cancer after not being cared for properly in prison.

When first… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.It's Budget week and pressure is mounting on the government to show it's new wellbeing approach will mean more money for people who are struggling.

There have been calls for decisive action to… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Pharmac is under intense pressure from clinicians, health advocacy groups and patients to fund more medicines in areas as diverse as diabetes, cancer and rare disorders.

So how does it manage its… Read more Video, Audio

7:55 AM.The head of the government's Criminal Justice Reform Panel is questioning claims from the National Party about serious crime being on the rise.

National leader Simon Bridges says a rise in serious… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.New Zealand lead Norway 1-nil midway thru the second half of their Fifa men's under 20 World Cup in Poland. Audio

8:10 AM.Thousands of children with tooth decay are facing long, and often painful, waits for treatment.

In Auckland alone, the number of children waiting to see a specialist or to have surgery for mostly… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Health authorities are still searching for anyone who attended a netball match after which a player became seriously ill and ended up in intensive care with measles complications. The young player, wh

8:22 AM.Barricades have been put in place and police are on the scene at the Dunedin Town Hall where dozens of protesters are trying to prevent delegates from attending a minerals conference.

Groups… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.The 'poor cousin' of health - mental health - is in line for major reform and the funds to back it in the Budget on Thursday.

A Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry, published late last year… Read more Audio

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

8:36 AM.A major clean up on the Fox River in Westland has been put on hold, as the local council says it has run out of money to fund it.

RNZ reported on Monday that volunteers trying to pick up the rubbish… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Wellington's been without a central library for nine weeks now, but on Tuesday, the first of its pop-up branches opens.

Arapaki in the central city is small, but it's expected to be busy.

Its… Read more Video, Audio

8:45 AM.An executive director of the Māori Council says holding young people in police cells is a breach of the treaty of Waitangi.

The latest figures show almost 200 young offenders were held in police… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.New Zealand Vietnam War veterans are calling for more help as they face health issues they say are related to their war service.

Veterans had the opportunity to attend a health and wellbeing expo in… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The plans to mark the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook's arrival here have revived old wounds in the north where a boycott has been called for.

But in the south it's a different story. Local… Read more Audio