Morning Report for Tuesday 9 July 2019

6:00 AM.Govt plans imported electric car discount, fee on high-emitters, Motor industry responds to electric import discount plan, Log price collapse may impact jobs in NZ, Winston Peters discusses NZ-China… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Two of the stars of women's tennis have been beaten at Wimbledon in a bad day for the top seeds. Audio

6:09 AM.Technology company Fuji Xerox New Zealand is back in the Government's good books after being suspended as a contractor for more than a year.

But one of its biggest critics, Winston Peters, still… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.A Wellington city councillor wants a quick fix to the region's troubled bus network.

It's a year this month since new bus companies took over with new timetables and new routes - and with that has… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.The Black Caps are revelling in their underdog status ahead of tonight's cricket world cup semi final against tournament favourites India in Manchester.

New Zealand, the tournament runners-up in… Read more Audio

6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:40 AM.The government's online fraud agency is warning people to check business invoices over the phone before paying large sums of money.

Scammers have been defrauding people of hundreds of thousands of… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The Black Caps captain Kane Williamson believes the "rockstar" status that India has adopted in international cricket means New Zealand can play in the semi-final against them with no pressure to… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The government wants to create a rebate on imported electric cars of up to $8,000 while adding as much as $3,000 to the cost of the most heavily polluting gas guzzlers.

The new levies would cover all… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Heavy-polluting vehicles could soon be slapped with an import fee, with the revenue going towards subsidising clean, green vehicles, a government proposal reveals. The Motor Industry Association… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters joins Corin Dann for the weekly leader interview.

He discusses the trade war between the US and China, and its impact on New Zealand. Read more Audio

7:21 AM.The Forestry Industry Contractors Association says a sudden collapse in the price of logs sent to China is putting jobs at risk.

A backlog of imports into China, a downturn in demand, and nervousness… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.Businesswoman, charity campaigner, and former wife of Sir Paul McCartney, Heather Mills, has received an apology and substantial damages after settling her class action case against The News of the… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The Black Caps are revelling in their underdog status ahead of tonight's cricket world cup semi final against tournament favourites India in Manchester.

New Zealand, the tournament runners-up in… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The High Court has ruled that a woman who died of a cancer caused by inhaling asbestos was entitled to ACC cover.

Deanna Trevarthen died in 2016 at the age of 45, after being exposed to asbestos… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Increasing numbers of people are being defrauded out of large sums of money by scammers who hack into the email accounts of legitimate businesses.

The fraudsters monitor a business's emails, waiting… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.A Muslim community advocate is calling the Royal Commission into the March 15 mosque attacks a "shambles" and says he doesn't have faith in it.

On Monday the commission released a list of groups and… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Immigration advisers and lawyers say they're being targeted by Immigration New Zealand when they try to hold officials to account.

Immigration New Zealand admits it marks the files of visa applicants… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Black Caps captain Kane Williamson warns that if his side are finally able to play their type of cricket, they can beat any team in the Cricket World Cup - including the Indians in tonight's… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The government wants to change the sorts of vehicles people buy - by making gas-guzzling high emitters more expensive and electric cars cheaper.

Plans outlined by the Associate Transport Minister… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.The government wants to change the sorts of vehicles people buy - by making gas-guzzling high emitters more expensive and electric cars cheaper.

Andrew Hoggard is Federated Farmers' vice president… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.The High Court has ruled ACC should have covered a woman who died of a cancer caused by inhaling asbestos as a child.

Deanna Trevarthen was 45 when she died in 2016, after being exposed to asbestos… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.After a year of constant complaints from Wellington bus users about their overhauled system, another revamp is on the horizon.

Authorities are launching an online forum this week to get customer… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.The Black Caps are underdogs for tonight's sudden death cricket world cup semi final against tournament favourites India in Manchester.

New Zealand, the tournament runners-up in 2015, grabbed the… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The Court of Appeal is set to consider whether an international agreement governing child custody cases is being used as a weapon by abusive ex-partners.

The Hague Convention determines the country… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.An ambitious joint Māori-Samoan bid to build a US$700 million tourism resort in French Polynesia has collapsed before it even got started. The Kaitiaki Tagaloa consortium, headed by the former MP and… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.A Wellington man is fed up trying to get Bunnings in Lyall Bay to keep their plastic in check.

Steve Cronin says he's repeatedly asked the store to do something about the plastic wrapping that blows… Read more Audio