Morning Report Essentials for Wednesday 4 September

On today's episode, Politicians are arriving at Tuurangawaewae Marae on Wednesday where they will join thousands of others mourning the death of Kiingi Tuheitia, the new Mental Health and Addiction Community Sector Innovation Fund allows non-governmental and community organisations to access support on a matched-funding basis that starts at $250,000 , Kiwi Paralympian Will Stedman has taken home silver in the Men's 400m T36 final to take the team's Paris medal tally to four, several days of rain across the country has been unwelcome for many but has provided a much-needed boost to the South Island's hydro lake levels and new research has found some species long thought to be native to New Zealand - including kiwi, takahe and moa - actually arrived from Australia just a few million years ago.