Morning Report for Wednesday 30 October 2019

6:00 AM.The Royal Commission's been told abuse at a state boy's home led to a life of crime. Sausages, chips and popcorn could be banned from kindergartens and playcentres. National promises to crack down on… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.Kiwis coach Michael Maguire wasn't happy with their direction against Australia last Friday and that's one of the reasons he's recalled veteran Kieran Foran as playmaker for Saturday's Test against… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.A general election now looks very likely for the UK after opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn announced Labour will support Boris Johnson's latest effort to trigger an early poll. Corin speaks to… Read more Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:38 AM.One of this country's longest-serving prisoners, Arthur Taylor, has told the Royal Commission into abuse in care, that the time he spent at the Epuni Boys' Home is responsible for his life of crime… Read more Audio

6:41 AM.Criticism about unprofessional counselling and lengthy wait-lists has prompted the University of Canterbury to consider changes to its Health Centre.

Student magazine Canta says an overwhelming… Read more Audio

7:05 AM.The Kiwis coach Michael Maguire expects star pivot Shaun Johnson to go away and work on his game and eventually return to the national side. Audio

7:10 AM.Career criminal Arthur Taylor has told the Royal Commission investigating abuse he never would have messed with the law if he hadn't been placed in state care. The 63-year-old is one of 28 witnesses… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.Keith Wiffin was repeatedly abused at the state-run Epuni Boys' Home in Lower Hutt when he was a child. He gave evidence at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care at its first public… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.Sausages, chips and popcorn could be banned from early childhood centres because of the choking risk they pose for under-five-year-olds. The Education Ministry says pre-schoolers are at a higher risk… Read more Audio

7:21 AM."STOP: Hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing is NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY due to bad weather" - those are the words that will greet anyone trying to tramp one of the country's most popular walks in adverse… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.The National party says it will block gang members and their associates from the dole if they can't prove they don't have illegal income or assets.

The party will release a new discussion document… Read more Audio

7:39 AM.It's been a turbulent year for British politics, with three Brexit deadlines missed, two deals failing to get through parliament, two Prime Ministers struggling to contain splits in their own party… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Tax officials want to change the law so that people who 'flip' houses can't avoid tax by changing the person who buys and sells the property each time.

The proposed change is part of the initatives… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.Up to 50 iwi members, from Wairoa to Wairarapa, have approached Ngāti Kahungunu wanting to help take care of children at risk of being removed from their families by the state.

The iwi put out the… Read more Audio

7:51 AM.District Health Board-employed radiographers are striking again.

Apex Union has announced more than 80 'partial strikes' across all 20 DHBs.

The strike affects radiology services such as general… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Another opportunity to break their drought against the All Blacks is giving Wales extra motivation for the third-place playoff at the Rugby World Cup.

The two teams will play each other in Tokyo on… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Kiwis coach Michael Maguire is adamant recalled veteran Kieran Foran can regain the form that made him one of the best playmakers in the game. Audio

8:10 AM.A judge who spent years speaking to more than a thousand victims of abuse is calling for an independent authority to deal with complaints.

Judge Carolyn Henwood was chair of a confidential panel… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The Education Ministry is considering making centres follow Health Ministry guidelines to reduce the risk of under-fives choking at childhood centres.

The Ministry says there have been seven cases of… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Pharmacists will soon be able to give MMR vaccinations in the latest step in the government's efforts to to stop the measles outbreak.

Trained vaccinators will be able immunise people aged over 16 in… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Sonny Bill Williams maybe considering another code swap... this time BACK to rugby league... The 34-year-old midfielder is reportedly weighing up the richest contract in the history of either code… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.A senior member of Labour's ruling council has put his name forward to be president, pledging to unite the party and learn from its mishandling of sexual assault complaints.

Labour's Maori Senior… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Visitors to Lake Waikaremoana are being urged to look after the land as if it were their closest and dearest friend's home.

That's after the iwi who take care of the area discovered illegal… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Material salvaged from a City Rail Link construction site will be shipped to Tonga next month where it will be re-used to help rebuild cyclone-battered communities.

Contents of two Tonga-bound… Read more Audio