Morning Report for Thursday 7 July 2011

8:56 AM.The Silver Ferns have cruised through to the quarter-finals of the netball world cup in Singapore and are now starting to assess potential opponents for the business end of the competition. Audio

8:54 AM.David Coetzee joins us. Audio

8:50 AM.Clive Manley, joins us. Audio

8:48 AM.The European Commission has joined those criticising the international credit ratings Moody's for its downgrade of Portugal's government bonds to junk status. Audio

8:46 AM.The Department of Conservation has been in touch with its staff and volunteers on Raoul Island. Audio

8:44 AM.We're joined by our reporter Lorna Perry at Mt Maunganui. Audio

8:42 AM.Joining us from Auckland Civil Defence Headquarters is our reporter Todd Niall. Audio

8:39 AM.A Tsunami warning that was issued for large parts of the South Pacific including New Zealand has been cancelled according to the Pacific tsunami warning centre in Hawaii. Audio

8:34 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

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

8:22 AM.Women's advocates say the firing of Alasdair Thompson as chief executive of the nothern Employers and Manufacturers Association could bring fresh impetus to the campaign for pay equity. Audio

8:16 AM.The scope of Labour's capital gains tax is likely to be widened beyond just investment properties. Audio

8:14 AM.To update us on what's been observed in New Zealand, we're joined by Brad Scott from GNS Science. Audio

8:11 AM.The Regional Civil Defence Controller for Auckland, Clive Manley, joins us. Audio

7:54 AM.The British Prime Minister David Cameron has promised a public inquiry into allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World newspaper Audio

7:52 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:46 AM.The United States Geological Survey says the quake struck in the Kermadec Islands region. The quake was centred 211 kilometres east of Raoul Island at a depth of 48 kilometres. Joining us is Victor… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Hone Harawira has increased his majority in the Te Tai Tokerau electorate after the final vote count and is now turning attention to his Mana Party's relationship with the Maori Party. Audio

7:39 AM.Women's advocates say the dismissal of the head of the Northern Employers and Manufacturers Association could be the start of real movement towards closing the gender pay gap. Audio

7:37 AM.A powerful magnitude 7.8 quake in the Pacific triggers tsunami warning for New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands and Tonga. Audio

7:31 AM.A powerful magnitude 7.8 quake in the Pacific triggers tsunami warning for New Zealand, the Kermadec Islands and Tonga. Audio

7:27 AM.Women's Refuge says a spike in domestic violence after the June aftershock has left its Christchurch safe houses full. Audio

7:18 AM.Residents in South Taranaki fear that they'll be left with a day clinic if their DHB's cost cutting plans are adopted. Audio

7:12 AM.A large number of countries do have a capital gains tax. Audio

7:09 AM.Labour's capital gains tax will extend much wider than just investment properties. Audio

6:46 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:37 AM.Christchurch Womens Refuge says its safe houses are full as women have fled the worsening domestic violence in the city following June's powerful aftershocks. Audio

6:27 AM.The Ngāti Hine leader, Pita Tīpene, says attempts to resolve the split in Ngāpuhi over its Treaty settlement process have achieved little; A South Taranaki tribe says health cuts proposed by the local… Read more Audio

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

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

6:00 AM.There are more questions over Labour's capital gains tax, how broadly based would it be? Residents in South Taranaki fear that cost cutting may mean they lose their hospital and women's advocates say… Read more Audio