Morning Report for Tuesday 6 August 2024

6:06 AM.The New Zealand women's team sprint have just won silver in the track cycling at the Paris Olympics. Audio

10:00 AM.On today's episode, Alexandra's finest, Finn Butcher, has won New Zealand's third gold medal of the Paris Olympic Games, dominating the final of the kayak cross, we get the latest from Nathan Rarere… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.It's another golden day for New Zealand at the Olympics - and this time it's all about the Butcher, Finn Butcher. Dana Johannsen spoke to Corin Dann from Paris. Audio

6:18 AM.New Zealand's women's team sprint has just claimed silver on the first evening of track cycling at the Olympic Games in Paris. Barry Guy spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

6:20 AM.Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team. Audio

6:25 AM.A banking academic says Kiwibank is in "intensive care", and any plan by the government to seek external capital investment would be risky. Victoria University of Wellington expert on bank capital… Read more Audio

6:27 AM.News from the rural farming sector. Audio

6:40 AM.An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere. Audio

6:48 AM.Former Children's Minister Tracey Martin is warning the government against repealing section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki act. Martin spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

6:54 AM.Business news for 6 August 2024 Audio

7:06 AM.New Zealand has added a gold and a silver medal to its Olympic tally with Finn Butcher winning the men's kayak cross and the women's team sprint finishing second in Paris. Audio

7:14 AM.Alexandra's finest, Finn Butcher, has won New Zealand third gold medal of the Paris Olympic Games, dominating the final of the kayak cross. Nathan Rarere spoke to Corin Dann from Paris. Audio

7:19 AM.It's now emerged that New Zealand's triathlon silver medallist Hayden Wilde, and one other New Zealand triathlete, got sick with E.coli after swimming in the River Seine Audio

7:22 AM.A helicopter pilot from New Zealand has been killed in the province of Papua. Reporter Ellen O'Dwyer spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

7:24 AM.Stocks around the world are tumbling as concerns about a US economic slowdown sent shockwaves of fear through global markets. Business Columnist John Authers spoke to Corin Dann from New York. Audio

7:34 AM.Many people in Wellington were shaken awake by a shallow 4.8 earthquake in Cook Strait at 11.40 on Monday night. GNS science advisor Jon Ristau spoke to Corin Dann. Audio

7:36 AM.Employment is an issue in New Zealand, with data due out on Wednesday expected to show more people are unemployed as the labour market softens. Money correspondent Susan Edmunds spoke to Ingrid… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.More than 2500 ambulance officers will walk off the job later this month fed up they're not being offered a pay rise. FIRST Union national ambulance coordinator Faye McCann spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

7:49 AM.US Vice President Kamala Harris is making the biggest decision of her two-week-old presidential campaign as she chooses her running mate for the November presidential election. Washington… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.The Former Children's Minister Tracey Martin is advising National to invoke the 'agree to disagree' clause of their coalition agreement and stop the repeal of section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki act… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.Inaugural men's kayak cross Olympic champion Finn Butcher says winning gold well and truly makes up for his disappointing result in the more traditional kayak slalom. Audio

8:12 AM.Alongside Finn Butcher's gold in the kayak cross, and the women's team sprint silver, three New Zealanders have qualified for the pole vault final. Nathan Rarere spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

8:17 AM.A former Children's Minister has spoken out against the government's plans to repeal Section 7AA from the Oranga Tamariki Act. Our political reporter Giles Dexter has more. Audio

8:20 AM.The Government is facing both political and public backlash over policies it's pushing through on boot camps, Maori wards, the repeal of Section 7AA and Maori claim to customary title. Political… Read more Audio

8:25 AM.The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment has used fake social media accounts in investigations for years, up to 30 times on average a month back in 2021 to impersonate someone to catch out… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.A forensic expert says DNA matching Philip Polkinghorne was found on his wife's neck after her death. Felix Walton has more. Audio

8:30 AM.Market Update for 6 August 2024 Audio

8:40 AM.The Maritime Union says the cancellation cost for the iRex ferry replacement project could reach half a billion dollars. National Secretary Carl Findlay spoke to Morning Report. Audio

8:44 AM.Westpac economists are predicting it will take the Government an extra year to get back into budget surplus, amid a weak economy, worsening labour market, and New Zealanders leaving for Australia… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.The judge will sum up today in the trial of four women accused of murdering Wellington man Rau Tongia who died in his Karori home in December 2020. Krystal Gibbens reports. Audio

8:52 AM.A Christchurch primary school is asking the public to help them find their historic school bell which was stolen at the weekend. Addington Te Kura Taumatua Principal Donna Bilas spoke to Ingrid… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Twenty-four-year-old artist Ella Jones has won the 2024 Parkin Drawing Prize and $25,000 for her work entitled "The Visual World is Inexhaustible". Jones spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

8:57 AM.Rebecca Petch, Shaane Fulton and Ellesse Andrews claimed the silver medal earlier this morning, edged by a World Record ride by Great Britain in the final. Audio