Morning Report for Friday 2 August 2019

6:00 AM.A Northland GP is urging the local DHB to declare war on systemic racism. The government plays down the prospect of job losses in the trade training shakeup. The police are getting new and improved… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.A Steve Smith century has guided Australia to 284 all out in their first innings in the opening Ashes cricket test at Edgbaston. Audio

6:10 AM.The government's radical overhaul of apprenticeships and workplace training has spelt the end for industry training organisations (ITOs).

It's replacing the ITOs with workforce councils that will… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.The Green Party holds its annual conference this weekend - but media will be reduced to covering just two public speeches and what's called a World Cafe event.

The World Cafe is a speed dating type… Read more Audio

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

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

6:41 AM.A Northland GP says unconscious racial bias in prescribing medicine to patients is a massive problem.

Kyle Eggleton says the Auckland DHB has led the way by admitting institutional racism is a… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.National is accusing the Government of carry out a crude power-grab over a bill setting out the mechanics for next year's cannabis referendum.

The party's upset by a clause which allows Cabinet to… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.Vodafone unveils the start of a 5G mobile network, but is it the real deal?  Are central banks being forced in policy moves they would rather not take. And the latest Pres. Trump Twitter outburst on… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Steve Smith has picked up where he left off, brushing aside Edgbaston's barbs and boos in a classy knock of 144 that lifted Australia to a total of 284 on day one of the first Ashes cricket Test at… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A Northland GP is urging the DHB to publicly declare war on systemic racism.

Kyle Eggleton says the Auckland DHB has led the way by admitting institutional racism is a barrier to Māori health - and… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.The government is playing down the prospect of job losses in the wake of its decision to can the 11 industry training organisations and amalgamate all 16 polytechnics into one institution.

The… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.The police are fast tracking the rollout of new and improved body armour as a result of the Christchurch Mosque shootings.

The government has approved the plan which will cost an extra four-point-six… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Māori King Tuheitia will visit Ihumātao on Saturday but Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is unlikely to be a visitor to the occupation.

Crown-Māori Relations Minister Kelvin Davis says it is up to Māori… Read more Video, Audio

7:37 AM.Traditional leaders in Tuvalu have come up with a grand plan for a man-made island to ensure their people and their culture can survive rising seas.

They're seeking money to build the sanctuary to… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.A lawyer is accusing the Labour-led government of sitting on its hands and allowing a "harsh and draconian" interpretation of the country's immigration law.

Alastair McClymont says Immigration New… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.The Manukau Institute of Technology says it welcomes the government's changes to the sector.

The government announced on Thursday it would merge all of the country's 16 polytechnic institutes into… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Democrats in the United States are licking their wounds after two separate television debates held in Detroit.

Twenty candidates seeking the party's Presidential nomination for the 2020 Election… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.Hand dug over three years, the Durie Elevator is being celebrated as it turns 100 years old in Whanganui this week.

It's the only underground lift in the southern hemisphere, and descends 66 metres… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Batsman Steve Smith struck a superb 144 on his return to the Australian cricket team as they recovered from 122 for 8 to reach 284 all out against England in the first innings of the first Ashes test… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.The government has put aside $200 million for its overhaul of apprenticeships and polytechnics.

On Thursday it announced widespread changes including merging the 16 stand alone polytechnics into a… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Gamers may be over the moon about the country's first 5G network but tech experts say, for everyday users, it won't be worth it.

Vodafone's new network is due launch this December and the company is… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Maori land activists in Wellington who are fighting a housing development in Shelly Bay say they're watching the outcome of the Ihumatao occupation closely.

The Mau Whenua group says some of their… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Radical changes to drinking water standards were announced this week, aimed at prompting councils to lift their game.

The Government made similar revisions 15 years ago for the same reasons – yet in… Read more Audio

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

8:37 AM.Stay away from the beach this weekend if you live on the West Coast.

Civil Defence is warning that swells of close to 10-metres will hammer the coast over the weekend.

Corin Dann speaks with Mark… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.A group of students want the public to boycott an exhibition by a controversial artist - labelling him a racist whose work appropriates Māori culture.

Theo Schoon was an influential but deeply… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Not everyone is happy with the government's plan to merge all the country's polytechs - the Southland Institute of Technology for one.

Invercargill's zero fees polytech has bucked the trend for… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.A NASA satellite has discovered three new worlds - one of which could be habitable - in what is just its first year in orbit.

The satellite, known as TESS, was launched in 2018 in the hope of finding… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio