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Morning business news with Jeffrey Halley.

A Christchurch woman who struggled for years with chronic pain and opioid addiction says an ADHD diagnosis and medication changed her life. After repeated hospital admissions and four surgeries, Natasha Howell joined a growing number of people recognised by psychiatrists as benefiting from Ritalin in more ways than one. Health correspondent Kate Green reports

The cost of caring for our oldest, and some of our most vulnerable, is going up so much faster than the funding its receiving that the gap is now somewhere in the region of $650 million. A $650 million dollar funding gap is putting pressure on New Zealand's aged residential care sector, according to a new report from Westpac. The bank says the gap has widened significantly from about $170 million in 2014, as funding fails to keep pace with a rapidly ageing population, rising costs of care and ongoing workforce shortages. It finds ensuring the financial sustainability of the sector is now a key challenge, suggesting reforms to the current funding model. Westpac NZ industry economist Paul Clark spoke with John Campbell

Europe is sweltering in its fifth heatwave of the summer. The successive heatwaves have caused water shortages, wildfires, drought, and some deaths. The UK is under another extreme heat warning this week, and is on track to record its hottest summer since records began.

The latest news in Samoan language (Gagana Samoa).

New figures show New Zealand cattle farmers paid 98-million dollars in contracts to Halter last year meanwhile kiwifruit growers are losing money due to quality issues, once the fruit leaves our shores. Rural News on Morning Report with Gianina Schwanecke.

An early morning sports news update.

Police have shot and killed a man who ran into a busy Auckland shopping centre holding a rifle. The incident unfolded yesterday afternoon at Sylvia Park in Mt Wellington - with shoppers and passersby witnessing the moment he was shot.