Morning Report for Monday 27 February 2012

8:58 AM.Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

8:55 AM.New research has found humans aren't as competitive, aggressive or brutish as earlier scientific theories have suggested. Audio

8:51 AM.Some like it sweet, others a bit sour - but dark and chunky was the winner on the day. Audio

8:48 AM.Tukoroirangi Morgan is insisting he's still the head of Waikato-Tainui's executive, Te Arataura - and is planning to call a meeting of the executive this week; A Deed of Settlement covering fifteen… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.The unsuccessful firm in the forthcoming revamp of community medical testing in Canterbury may soon be sold. Audio

8:39 AM.The Minister of Social Development has been warned that a suggestion the Pacific family is the solution to child abuse and neglect, is based on a romantic myth. 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

8:26 AM.Families campaigning for major changes to the laws surrounding bail say the current justice system is failing the victims of violent crime. Audio

8:24 AM.A group of activists including the actress, Lucy Lawless, are beginning a fourth day of occupation high on an oil exploration ship at the Port of Taranaki. Audio

8:18 AM.The bitter battle for the leadership of Australia's Labor Party and the country will be settled today, when caucus members go to the polls in just a few hours' time. Audio

8:15 AM.Ports of Auckland isn't the only industrial action underway this week. There is also unrest in the meat industry and resthome sector. Audio

8:08 AM.The head of the Ports of Auckland says he's disgusted by suggestions ships could be blacklisted as part of the industrial dispute with the Maritime Union. Audio

7:58 AM.Hand-picked productions from England, Brazil, Ireland, France and Aotearoa have kick started The New Zealand International Festival of the Arts in Wellington. Audio

7:52 AM.The Labour Party leader, David Shearer, says he wants to take a different approach to politics and working with other parties. Audio

7:50 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:45 AM.Housing New Zealand's general manager for tenancy services, Kay Read, joins us. Audio

7:40 AM.Housing New Zealand is closing its doors to it clients, and telling them to call an 0800 number instead. Audio

7:35 AM.New figures out suggest rather than saving more, New Zealanders are just moving their nest eggs from one place to another. Audio

7:29 AM.The most prestigious awards ceremony of the movie calendar, the Academy Awards, gets underway in Los Angeles this afternoon. Audio

7:25 AM.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says it wants to know how a Brazilian barge carrying thousands of litres of fuel sank in Antarctica - and why it's been kept in the dark. Audio

7:22 AM.The Criminal Bar Association says a petition calling for tougher bail laws is both extreme and unreasonable. Audio

7:14 AM.In just a few hours, the Australian Prime minister, Julia Gillard, will put her leadership to the test. Audio

7:11 AM.A shipping company says it was forced to divert one of its vessels to Tauranga, after being told it would be blacklisted if it tried to unload at the Ports of Auckland. Audio

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

6:38 AM.A campaign to hold judges accountable for bailing violent offenders who go on to commit serious crimes is to be launched today outside the High Court in Auckland. Audio

6:35 AM.The battle between Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard and her predecessor Kevin Rudd for the country's top job will be determined in just a few hours when Labor MPs cast their votes in a secret… Read more Audio

6:27 AM.Tukoroirangi Morgan is insisting he's still the head of Waikato-Tainui's executive; A Deed of Settlement covering fifteen volcanic cones in Auckland is due to be initialled by tribes and the Crown… Read more Audio

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

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

6:13 AM.In Syria, polling stations have just closed after a nationwide referendum on a new constitution. Audio

6:10 AM.Housing New Zealand has written to its 69,000 tenants to say that when they have problems in future, help will come at the end of a phone line. Audio

6:00 AM.Shipping company was union 'threatened to blacklist'; Rudd v Gillard; Criminal Bar Association says bail petition is unreasonable; MFAT wants answers about Antarctica barge sinking; Glitter, glamour… Read more Audio