Morning Report for Friday 12 July 2019

6:10 AM.Medicinal cannabis companies say that licensing fees costing tens of thousands may prevent small growers getting into the market. 

It would cost a small time cultivator between $14,000 and almost… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.The Black Caps are going to play England in the Cricket World Cup final on Sunday night after the English comprehensively beat Australia this morning.

England won by eight wickets and with just under… Read more Audio

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

6:40 AM.The Black Caps will play England in the Cricket World Cup final on Sunday night after the English comprehensively beat Australia,

England won by eight wickets and with just under 18 overs to spare.

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6:46 AM.South Dunedin properties will be evacuated this morning as the Defence Force's bomb squad assesses a potentially dangerous chemical.

It may be blown up, as the owners of the building are concerned… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.The Black Caps will be facing England in the final of the Cricket World Cup on Sunday after they comprehensively beat Australia overnight.

Australia won the toss and batted but slumped to 14/3 after… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.South Dunedin properties will be evacuated this morning as the Defence Force's bomb squad assesses a potentially dangerous chemical.

It may be blown up, as the owners of the building are concerned… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Local cannabis growers could miss out on what's predicted to be a multi-billion dollar medicinal cannabis industry.

As the government develops a medicinal cannabis framework, the Minister of Health… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.A pain management doctor says patients are being sold false hope and will be disappointed once new medicinal cannabis regulations come into force.

The Ministry of Health has released proposed… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.The first of the firearms buyback events will be in Christchurch this weekend.

Police have announced nearly 200 events around New Zealand for gun owners to hand over their now illegal firearms.

Some… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.The French parliament has passed legislation imposing a 3% tax on internet and technology companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon.

Any digital company with revenue of more than 750-million euros -… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Māori adoptees are calling for urgent reform of New Zealand's adoption legislation, saying it is depriving Māori children of their whakapapa.

Adopted people can access their original birth… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.A local government reporter from Birmingham says the appointment of Dawn Baxendale to the Christchurch City Council is a win for the city.

The Birmingham City Council chief executive is leaving to… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.New Zealand tennis player Michael Venus and his South African partner, Raven Klassen, have dipped out of Wimbledon, losing their men's doubles semi-final in four sets to Colombian duo Juan Sebastian… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.In South Dunedin, the Defence Force is preparing to carry out a controlled explosion. RNZ's reporter Tim Brown is at the cordon and speaks to Philippa Tolley. Audio

8:17 AM.Men have been opting out of tertiary education at a greater rate than women and polytechnics are bearing the brunt.

Ministry of Education figures show the percentage of the adult population enrolling… Read more Audio

8:20 AM."An extensive disregard of proper processes for business, finance, governance, procurement and staffing" - that's how the leadership of a top former New Zealand Transport Agency executive is described… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The Silver Ferns will face Malawi tonight for the opening Netball World Cup match in Liverpool.

New Zealand were stunned by Malawi at the Commonwealth Games last year, and they returned home from the… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.The Black Caps' semi final victory yesterday sent New Zealand into raptures, and many of the 1.3 billion people who live in India into sporting despair.

Kiwi-Indian fans found themselves torn between… Read more Audio

8:33 AM.New Zealand toppled India out of the cricket world cup by 18 runs. Which begs the question:

Will Kiwi-indian cricket fans be able to swallow their disappointment and get behind the Black Caps this… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Researchers say government agencies are under-counting the number of cases of damaging rheumatic fever in Northland.

A study in today's issue of the New Zealand Medical Journal has identified extra… Read more Video, Audio

8:46 AM.The fate of a group of rogue chickens in Titirangi has been sealed by the Waitakere Ranges local board.

They met on Thursday night to vote on whether the chickens should go on the chopping block, for… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Nearly two months of industrial action by workers at Farmers department stores has been met with what's being described as radio silence from the company's owners. RNZ's Joanna MacKenzie has more. Audio

8:53 AM.Do you know your googly from your Google? 

To refine your cricket knowledge before the Cricket World Cup final or at least fudge your way through a conversation with your colleagues, New Zealand… 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