Morning Report for Friday 16 August 2019

6:00 AM.Corrections' chief executive apologises unreservedly, Massey University law professor on letter restrictions, search still on for man who stole glock pistols, reasearch shows teen cannabis use… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel carved through Sri Lanka's top order and took five wickets to even the odds for the visitors after the second day of the opening cricket test in Galle. Audio

6:11 AM.Former Deputy Prime Minister of Tuvalu Vete Sakaio says the threat posed by climate change isn't just imminent - it's already here. Mr Sakaio says climate change as the focus of his United Nations… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.Family members of veterans exposed to radiation on Mururoa Atoll are being asked to participate in a genetic study to see whether they may have been affected by their relatives' exposure. The… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:36 AM.Being paid to vote is one of the ideas put forward as a way to get more people voting in this year's local body elections. Voter turnout for council elections has been falling since the 80s and… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

7:00 AM.Labour's Grant Robertson talks to political reporter Jo Moir about being in government and looking ahead to the 2020 election. Read more Audio

7:00 AM.Green Party's James Shaw talks to political reporter Jo Moir about being in government and looking ahead to the 2020 election. Read more Audio

7:00 AM.New Zealand First's Winston Peters talks to political reporter Jo Moir about being in government and looking ahead to the 2020 election. Read more Audio

7:06 AM.New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel says it was important to be patient and play the long game as he helped keep the Black Caps in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. Audio

7:20 AM.Massey University law professor Chris Gallavin on restrictions imposed on letters written by the man accused of the Christchurch mosque shootings.

Not only will the accused's letters now have to be… Read more Audio

7:29 AM.More young people are staying away from cannabis, with research showing the proportion of teens using the drug each week halving in a decade. But it's unclear whether that's a conscious, sensible… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.World markets have regained composure this morning. Brad Gordon from Hobson Wealth Partners is in our Auckland studio. Audio

7:36 AM.The All Blacks 16-year stranglehold on the Bledisloe Cup goes on the line against Australia tomorrow night. The hosts must win the second test in Auckland to retain the trans-Tasman trophy. It's been… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Armed police are still searching for the man who has run off with two Glock pistols from a police car in Gore. Hori Gemmell has been identified as the suspect believed to have stolen a patrol car… Read more Audio

7:47 AM.A legal expert is warning the problem of quake damaged homes being onsold to unsuspecting buyers is likely to continue despite the government's new 300 million dollar scheme to pay for missed or… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Mass protests in Hong Kong are continuing into their tenth week, with clashes between pro-democracy supporters and police at the city's international airport. It has all been sparked by a… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.A tangle over plumbing at the country's largest hospital project that is behind time and over budget, just got worse. The wrong type of pipes were used in Christchurch Hospital's Acute block. And now… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel says it was a great challenge for him on the second day of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Galle. Audio

8:10 AM.A Norwegian academic involved with the Anders Breivik case says harsh censorship of people involved with terrorist attacks is vital to stop them inspiring other extremists around the world. Professor… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Two weeks after the alt-right message board 8chan was shut down by the US cyber-security firm Cloudfare, former users are now shifting to other sites. 8chan was shut down in the wake of the mass… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Pacific Islands Forum leaders have agreed on a call for urgent action on climate change. After 12 hours of negotiation, leaders released a comunique after midnight, including what's titled the… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.The All Blacks are in danger of losing the Bledisloe Cup for the first time in 17 years when they play Australia at Eden Park tomorrow night. The Wallabies scored a shock 47-26 win in Perth last… Read more Audio

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

8:40 AM.Pressure is building on Aviation Security Services to review a policy which prevents some Māori taonga from being taken onto planes. It comes after two men shared their stories about being stopped… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.More delays for Wellington train commuters - Emma Hatton reports from the scene. Audio

8:42 AM.Business leaders are worried New Zealand is squandering the potential of the many thousands of Kiwi-educated Chinese now back in China. They say these graduates are increasingly valuable for companies… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Christchurch residents are being warned about accidentally buying quake damaged homes now a new policy has come into play. From now on those who unknowingly purchase quake damaged homes will not be… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.The first urban growth agreement between government, local councils and mana whenua has been signed. It will manage development in the area between the country's two fastest growing cities, Hamilton… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Sparks are flying about a study released today that claims to show that tongue tie procedures are good for babies and their parents. The study in the Medical Journal reports beneficial results from… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.The night New Zealand First formed a Government with Labour and the Greens, its leader Winston Peters quoted the song 'you can't always get what you want'. Almost two years later all three parties… Read more Audio