Morning Report

The Silver Ferns have capped off their brilliant year by winning the Lonsdale Cup.

Donald Trump now looks certain to face impeachment. The AA says motorists shouldn't expect a sharp fall in petrol prices. New rules for banks are tipped to push interest rates higher. A hundred measles immunisation teams head into Samoa's remote areas.

Dunedin City Council is making a new push for the city's first five-star hotel, calling for developers to pitch their plans to transform an inner city carpark.

Two years ago, a five-star hotel proposed for the same site was rejected.

It's one of two multi-million dollar proposals for five-star hotels that have failed to pass the necessary hurdles in the past seven years - more have been discussed, but never made it to the application stage.

RNZ reporter Tess Brunton finds out how Dunedin can turn a five-star dream into a reality.

Despite New Zealand First lobbying hard at the Cabinet table, the Finance Minister says the case to move Auckland's port operations up north has not yet been made.

Ministers are considering a feasibility report commissioned as part of the coalition deal between Labour and New Zealand First, that mounts a strong case for Northport.

The report, leaked to RNZ, recommends moving "much or all" of Auckland's freight business to Northport near Whangarei, rejunvenating the main trunk line north and building a new inland freight hub - and getting on with it soon.

RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson has the details.

The Commerce Commision has just released its final report on petrol pricing, backing up what the earlier draft report highlighting what they call an uncompetitive market.

Gyles Beckford speaks to Corin Dann.

The Labour Party is being given a serve for missing the opportunity to elect a Māori president.

Habitat for Humanity CEO Claire Szabo was picked ahead of Labour's Maori senior vice president, Tane Phillips and the party's Westport branch leader, Lorna Crane.

While the Maori wing of the party and the Maori caucus have given their support to Ms Szabo, there have been rumblings of discontent on social media.

RNZ's political reporter Yvette McCullough has more.

A brief update on the movements in the financial sector.

A charity taxation specialist with thirty years experience in the sector has complained to the Attorney-General over the way the regulator dealt with the Hepatitis Foundation.

That comes as the Department of Internal Affairs' deputy chief executive, Maria Robertson, defends the decision not to publish a critical report, which revealed the foundation had spent more than $128,000 on travel over two years for its board chairperson, and paid for lavish dinners at top restaurants.

Ms Robertson also defended the Hepatitis Foundation, saying publicly shaming it does nothing to help the charity sector.

However, charity specialist Dr Michael Gousmett says the regulator is supposed to hold charities to account.

He speaks to Morning Report.

Donald Trump has called Justin Trudeau "two-faced", cancelled a scheduled press conference and left the NATO summit early.

Mr Trump's comment followed a hot mic picking up Justin Trudeau, Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson making jokes at the US president's expense at Buckingham Palace last night.

It's been a day of drama, personal tensions and deep ideological division within NATO.

RNZ's correspondent in London is Vincent McAviney.

The Nurses Organisation has confirmed the Health and Disability Commissioner is investigating its complaint that female patients' rights are being breached and have been for years.

The complaint centres on whether patients are being told that very junior doctors, midwives and paramedics are observing or participating in the patients' obstetric or gynaecological procedures.

Kate Weston has been a nurse for 40 years and is an adviser for the nurses' union.

She speaks to Corin Dann.