Morning Report for Tuesday 14 June 2011

8:56 AM.Heart specialists say 50 strokes a year will be prevented by a major drug funding announcement today from Pharmac. Audio

8:52 AM.More now on the Tai Tokerau by-election, with just twelve days before northern Maori go to the polls, it's shaping up to be a two-horse race. Audio

8:48 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

8:46 AM.Christchurch schools have been told by the Education Ministry to stay closed today to allow management to make preliminary damage assessments. Audio

8:42 AM.There's been major flooding, and in some cases sinkholes have opened up. Audio

8:35 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:28 AM.Qantas and its budget offshoot Jetstar will this morning decide whether or not to resume flights across the Tasman or within New Zealand. Audio

8:26 AM.Following yesterday's aftershocks, a welfare centre at Cowell Stadium, first used during the February quakes, was reopened for any residents needing emergency accomodation. Audio

8:21 AM.The Canterbury District Health Board chief of psychiatry, Sue Nightingale. Audio

8:16 AM.Residents in the suburb of South Brighton have spent a cold night without power or water. Audio

8:11 AM.The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister, Gerry Brownlee, is leading the government's response to the latest round of earthquakes. Audio

7:55 AM.Qantas and its budget offshoot Jetstar will this morning decide whether or not to resume flights across the Tasman or within New Zealand. Audio

7:52 AM.Residents in one of the most badly hit suburbs of Christchurch say the latest round of quakes brings a new low for an already shattered community. Audio

7:51 AM.The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority's manager of demolitions, Warwick Isaacs. Audio

7:46 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:40 AM.The chair of the Lyttelton Business Association, Andrew Turner. Audio

7:36 AM.Two weeks ago government scientists warned there was almost a one in four chance of a magnitude six to seven earthquake striking Canterbury within a year. Audio

7:26 AM.Up to 20 thousand households spent a night without power. Audio

7:22 AM.The two after shocks did not immediately trigger a Civil Defence state of emergency, with responsibility instead passing to the Christchurch City Council's Emergency Managment Office. Audio

7:18 AM.Police in Christchurch have been carrying out special patrols in the eastern suburbs overnight. Audio

7:16 AM.Our reporter Jessica Maddock is in the south east suburb of Sumner. Audio

7:09 AM.Eastern Suburb, Avonside wakes to another day of quake disruption Audio

6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:43 AM.Qantas and its budget offshoot Jetstar will this morning decide whether or not to resume flights across the Tasman or within New Zealand. Audio

6:41 AM.A 46-year-old man will appear in the Waitakere District Court this morning following an Armed Offenders Squad callout at an Auckland Primary School. Audio

6:37 AM.Our reporter Steve Wilde is at the airport. Audio

6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:11 AM.The first, just on one in the afternoon, registered five point five on the Richter scale. Then, at twenty past two, a magnitude six shake rattled the city. Audio

6:00 AM.Morning reports Christchurch earkquake coverage. Audio