Morning Report for Tuesday 13 August 2019

6:00 AM.The Transport Agency is burned by a deal with a US videogame maker. A strong earthquake at Milford Sound is felt throughout the South Island. High winds batter Auckland again causing problems on the… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The England rugby coach Eddie Jones has left experienced centre Ben Te'o out of his World Cup squad - and included uncapped winger Ruaridh McConnochie and newly-capped flanker Lewis Ludlam. Audio

6:10 AM.People on social media are describing last night's earthquake near Milford Sound as a "good bump", and the biggest some have felt in a while. Nearly 7000 people reported feeling the quake to the… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Farmers say Fonterra's gloomy forecast will knock the confidence of its 10,000 farmer shareholders. They're missing out on a payment from the dairy co-op which will not be paying a dividend this… Read more Audio

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

6:38 AM.A commentator on tech companies says New Zealand has been used as a guinea pig by Silicon Valley. This comes after a partnership between the NZ Transport Agency and one-time high-tech darling Machine… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Hong Kong's airport was shut down overnight and all flights were cancelled after thousands of protestors occupied the terminal.

The action was the fourth day of a sit-in, which had intensified on… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.The All Blacks have been told to adjust their attitude if they want to retain the Bledisloe Cup this weekend against Australia. Audio

7:11 AM.A person had to be freed from a car in downtown Auckland after a shipping container fell in high winds and trapped them inside. The police say a container blew off a stack on Jellicoe Wharf, at the… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.GNS seismologists say there is no real cause for concern after a 5.5 magnitude quake struck near Milford Sound last night. Thousands of people from the West Coast to Wanaka and beyond felt the quake… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.A government partnership with an American videogame maker has burnt the New Zealand taxpayer. The Transport Agency has sunk public money into a partnership with a Silicon Valley company called Machine… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Dairy farmers are shaken by the latest news from Fonterra and say the loss of any dividend this year will hinder growth and paying down debt. The co-operative, which is New Zealand's largest company… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Agricultural economist Peter Fraser, who warned Fonterra was heading for collapse, is asking whether it's "brought out all its dead" or if there's more to come.

Fonterra is forecasting a loss of up… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.The Chinese government has denounced pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong as terrorism and say they will respond to further disruption with an iron fist. Thousands of protesters occupied the Hong Kong… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Both sides are claiming victory in the long-running industrial dispute between junior doctors and district health boards. They have agreed to a new employment agreement and it's been ratified by the… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The Auckland mayoral race heated up last night with the third-ranked candidate John Palino pulling out and offering John Tamihere an easier path to Town Hall. In what's now essentially a two horse… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.An expert panel set up by the Royal Society Te Aparangi is calling for an overhaul of gene-technology regulations. The panel has been looking at the implications of gene editing for health, pest… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Willi Heinz has been named in England's Rugby World Cup squad - after just one game for his adopted country . Audio

8:12 AM.Boats were overturned, a shipping container was blown on to a car, and other containers toppled into the sea after what's being described as a tornado in downtown Auckland last night.

Police said a… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The gun owners' lobby is asking members to hold onto their banned firearms - until the government changes its buyback scheme.The Council of Licensed Firearm Owners says the events are hostile, and… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Minister of Regional Economic Development Shane Jones is calling Fonterra's management "corporate eunuchs" after the dairy co-op forecast another big loss yesterday. The co-op is forecasting a loss of… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Fifteen victims of people trafficking are waiting to find out their immigration fate - four years after the court case finished. Immigration New Zealand called them to give evidence in the people… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.A woman whose son died after being tied down in a Japanese psychiatric hospital says the use of physical restraint has dropped nine percent since she's campaigned against it. Wellington man Kelly… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.A Hawke's Bay gang is using the ancient Maori tradition of massage to help recover from a spate of suicides and prevent further deaths. Members and associates of the Mongrel Mob Notorious gang say the… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.More than a hundred Dunedin residents, scientists, engineers and policy makers met last night to discuss the risks of flooding in low-lying suburbs. In 2015, floodwaters damaged more than 1000 homes… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Twenty tertiary institutions including a university and a wananga were threatened with having $9 million cut from their budgets this year because of poor pass rates for Maori and Pasifika students… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Volunteers helped remove more than 13,000 bags of rubbish from Fox River that had spewed from a disused landfill in flooding in March. The volunteers finished up this weekend, and the Defence Force… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.A tree that was brought back from the brink of extinction has formally been returned to its iwi. The tree - kaikomako manawa tawhi or the pennantia baylisiana - was a lone tree found on Three Kings… Read more Audio