Morning Report for Thursday 11 July 2019

6:09 AM.In a nail-biting, nerve-shredding semi-final at Old Trafford in Manchester, the Black Caps have beaten India.

The New Zealand bowling attack skittled India's top order and held on despite a late… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.The National Party's police spokesperson says the police needs to be more open with the public about gun safety issues.

The police have revealed two people were shot dead in the past decade by people… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.The Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage says local councils shouldn't expect her department will come to their rescue if they run into problems with old landfills.

She says while DOC is now running… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news and overnight action on global financial markets. Audio

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

6:40 AM.A stunning spell of a fast bowling from Matt Henry set New Zealand on their way to a second successive Cricket World Cup final.

Henry and Trent Boult ripped through the top order and at one point… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.The National Party says the government's handling of its medicinal cannabis framework is sloppy and lazy.

The Ministry of Health published proposed regulations covering cultivation, licensing… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Inland Revenue changes interest rates and is accused of lining its pockets at taxpayers' expense. Commercial rents rise as property values lift. One person businesses need friends. Financial markets… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The New Zealand cricketers have shocked the cricketing world, beating one of the favorites India by 18 runs in Manchester to reach their second straight World Cup final.

After rain disupted play on… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Indian fans were silenced as New Zealand bowled out India for a place in the Cricket World Cup final.

The BBC's Henry Moeran watched the game at the Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester and he… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Just a few days after being publically lambasted by President Trump, the British ambassador to Washington has resigned.

It follows Sir Kim Darroch's criticism of the Trump administration, which… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.It's unclear whether people will be able to go to their GP for medicinal cannabis when it's due to become more widely available next year.

Law allowing for a medicinal cannabis regime was passed last… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.The suicide rate among Maori men spiked to nearly 32 suicides for every 100,000 people in 2016, more than double the rate for non-Maori men and the highest in the past decade.

Ministry of Health… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Advocacy groups for the South Auckland homeless population are desperate to get them back in the area after stories of them being raped and robbed in the city.

The group United We Stand Waka of… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Retiring Gisborne mayor Meng Foon will be the next Race Relations Commissioner.

He replaces Dame Susan Devoy, who stood down a year ago.

Mr Foon will take up the role in late August and he speaks to… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Black Caps captain Kane Williamson has described his team's performance as a brilliant fighting effort on another tough surface.

New Zealand beat cricket super power India by 18 runs in Manchester to… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The Conservation Minister has slammed the Westland District Council for not having the cash to sort out the litter-ridden Fox River and warns the Department of Conservation shouldn't be relied on to… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Car dealers are feeling a reputation pinch after a nationwide dealer was fined for misleading documents and advertisements.

2 Cheap Cars has been ordered to pay $438,000 after admitting breaching 10… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.The Black Caps have sealed a place in the Cricket World Cup final, after the New Zealand bowling attack skittled India's top order and held on despite a late onslaught from Ravindra Jadeja and MS… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.The Inter-Parliamentary Cricket World Cup is underway in London, with New Zealand playing its first competition match today.

They'll be hoping the Black Caps winning ways have rubbed off on them as… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Firearms owners are demanding tougher scrutiny of crimes committed overseas when people apply for a New Zealand gun licence. RNZ's police reporter Ben Strang has more. Read more Audio

8:26 AM.About 5,000 tonnes of the mineral bauxite has spilled into a bay in the Solomon Islands where a bulk carrier ran aground earlier this year, spilling thousands of litres of oil.

RNZ's Jamie Tahana… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Maori housing researchers are warning there could be dire consequences for tangata whenua if they can't live close to a marae.

Experts have been meeting with social agencies at Te Puea Memorial Marae… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.An Antarctic glacier the size of Florida may be on the brink of collapse and could cause catastrophic global sea level rises.

It's expected that once the melting of Thwaites Glacier passes a tipping… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Those who believe in social hierarchies and right-wing authoritarianism are less likely to act on climate change and environmental problems, according to a new Kiwi and Australian-led study.

Marc… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Maori wanting customary title of their coastlines say the process is taking so long they're worried many people will die of old age without living to see justice for their people.

Applicants had a… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.The wait's nearly over to find out if a Welsh bid to wrest the title of the world's steepest street from Dunedin's Baldwin Street will succeed or not.

Guinness World Records has been considering the… Read more Video, Audio