Morning Report for Friday 5 July 2019

6:00 AM.Oranga Tamariki reveals details about the harm and abuse being done to children in its care There are concerns Fonterra could follow Westland Milk Products into foreign ownership. The government's… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Crusaders have gone for youth over experience in naming Mitchell Dunshea in place of injured All Black lock Scott Barrett in the starting lineup for Saturday's Super rugby final against the… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.The New Zealand government says it can't immediately provide explicit protection for trans and gender diverse people under the law, despite the United Nations asking for change.

In January, the UN's… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An Auckland charity that helps people repair broken goods will have to start from scratch after thieves stole all its specialist tools.

The Repair Cafe provides equipment for community groups all… Read more Audio

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

6:41 AM.Early childhood services are worried their teachers will be left behind if kindergartens win the same big pay increases as school teachers.

The Educational Institute is negotiating with the Education… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The world's most-famous tennis tournament is starting to heat up.

Last year's defending Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber has been knocked-out of the competition by world number 95 Lauren Davis in… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Adapting has been a key word for the Crusaders this week ahead of tomorrow's Super Rugby final against the Jaguares in Christchurch. Audio

7:11 AM.Oranga Tamariki has revealed more details about the harm and abuse being done to children in its care - and who is doing it.

In March, the Ministry for Children published its first two safety of… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.A dairy industry economist is warning that Fonterra's financial state is so bad it's at risk of following Westland Milk Products into foreign ownership.

The West Coast dairy cooperative was founded… Read more Video, Audio

7:25 AM.US President Donald Trump will preside over July 4 Independence Day celebrations today with a speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial, a show of military might in the national mall and a giant… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.The Human Rights Commission is disappointed the government is not moving faster to provide explicit legal protection for trans and gender diverse people.

In January the United Nation's Human Right's… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The Director-General of the Ministry for Primary Industries has apologised to farmers for the way the ministry handled the programme to eradicate Mycoplasma Bovis.

Two reviews of how MPI handled the… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.A rāhui is being placed on parts of Lake Taupō and the upper Waikato River following the massive sewage spill earlier this week.

The Tūwharetoa Māori Trust Board has imposed the rāhui from 9am Friday… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.Early childhood services are worried a huge pay disparity for their teachers will get even worse if kindergartens get the same big pay rises that school teachers won last month.

They say their… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.An under-arm ace and the second-fastest serve in tennis history haven't been enough to spare Nick Kyrgios from defeat to Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon this morning. Audio

8:11 AM.The Serious Fraud Office has dropped its investigations into the former Waikato DHB chief Nigel Murray, saying it's too expensive to try to build a criminal case against him.

The decision's prompted… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Primary and intermediate school principals are boycotting all work with the Ministry of Education for the next six weeks.

The principals, who are members of the Educational Institute, are unhappy… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.A West Coast dairy cooperative that's been in farmers' hands since the 19th century looks set to pass into Chinese ownership.

On Thursday in Greymouth, the farmer shareholders of Westland Milk… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.Cash-strapped charity Coastguard New Zealand believe lives will be put at risk if it's forced to pay a levy to the government.

The coastal search and rescue charity needs $20 million a year to keep… Read more Video, Audio

8:28 AM.The Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt says it's regrettable that changes to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and intersex status are not being actioned swiftly.

The changes are… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.The Crusaders are marching towards their third straight Super Rugby title with a history chasing Jaguares from Argentina the final hurdle in Christchurch on Saturday night.

The hosts are stacked with… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.The government is allocating millions of dollars to investigate systemic racism and institutional discrimination against Māori women.

Māori women continue to have poorer social, economic… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.A charity in Auckland that repairs and recycles broken goods has had $20,000-worth of equipment stolen in a premeditated burglary.

The team behind the Repair Cafe - which provides specialist gear to… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Emma Rigby from Rotorua has become the first New Zealander to receive a British Citizens Award.

The award recognises her services to the community in Enfield, London, where she runs an online… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.A survey of the population of the endangered King Shag has just finished in the Marlborough Sounds - and there's encouraging news.

The entire population is estimated to be just one-thousand and they… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio