Morning Report for Thursday 1 March 2012

8:55 AM.Wellington truck driver Dennis Roderick used his vehicle to shield a toddler from other traffic before plucking him to safety. The 16-month-old was making his way across four lanes of State Highway… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Our reporter Georgina Ball was in the High Court as the Dotcoms pleaded their case to free up funds to maintain their family's life essentials. Audio

8:49 AM.A Moriori leader says the Chatham Islands would receive more support if it wasn't part of New Zealand's sovereign territory; A lawyer specialising in the Treaty of Waitangi and Environmental matters… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Reporter Kate Gudsell is at the Elderslea rest home in Upper Hutt where industrial strike action began 15-minutes ago. Audio

8:42 AM.The Republican race to decide which candidate will challenge Barack Obama for the presidency of the United States is becoming a tight contest. A political scientist at the University of California at… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:27 AM.Former industrial advocate and now principal of the Wellington law firm Cullen Law, Peter Cullen, joins the programme to look at the tactics of both the unions and the employers. Audio

8:23 AM.North Korea, under the stewardship of Kim Jong-Il's son Kim Jong-Un, has agreed to halt the enrichment of uranium at its main nuclear facility and to stop testing its long-range missiles, in return… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Commercial lawyer and former Act MP, Stephen Franks, joins the programme to discuss the potential ramifications of partially privatising key state owned enterprises. Audio

8:14 AM.Some Bay of Plenty business owners say their livelihoods were affected after the container ship ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef in October, spilling oil and cargo into the sea, and they are… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Oceania, the rest home company at the centre of an industrial dispute, is refusing to grant a 3.5% wage rise to staff. The company's CEO Guy Eady says there's no room to manoeuvre. Audio

7:59 AM.Former lead singer of the popular 1960's made for television pop band The Monkees, Davy Jones has died in hospital in Florida. Audio

7:55 AM.Now for the autumn of our discontent; Niwa's senior climate scientist, Georgina Griffiths, joins the programme. Audio

7:53 AM.James Murdoch, the youngest son of the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, has stepped down as Executive Chairman of News International newspapers in the UK. Audio

7:49 AM.The Civil Aviation Authority is confident the failure of a hot-air balloon engineer to properly check the balloon that crashed in Carterton in January, killing eleven people, is not indicative of the… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:41 AM.Workers who suffered mercury poisoning at a North Otago gold mine say they've never received an apology or any compensation for their ordeal. Audio

7:36 AM.While many businesses in Christchurch are still struggling to get back on their feet after over a year of earthquakes, car sales, including many luxury models, are booming. Audio

7:28 AM.The Green Party's co-leader Russel Norman joins the programme. Audio

7:26 AM.The possibility partially privatised energy companies could sell off dams and other major assets has opposition MP's worried. Audio

7:23 AM.A Ministerial inquiry is under way after it was revealed a convicted sexual offender has been working in a number of schools, since his conviction in 2004 for sexual offences against a minor. Audio

7:17 AM.Turangi and Tongariro Community Board Chairman, Gary Keepa, and Turangi resident Vicki Ham, who organised a collection which raised thousands of dollars for the girl's family, join the programme. Audio

7:14 AM.Political Editor Brent Edwards looks at the cause and effect of recent and planned industrial action. Audio

7:13 AM.An update on the industrial action at five Affco meat processing plants. Audio

7:08 AM.Aged care workers from the country's largest rest home chain are getting ready to walk off the job today for the first in a series of planned strikes. The Service and Food Workers Union's… Read more Audio

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

6:39 AM.Builders say the new 'Build Right' regime should cut out the cowboys, while the owners of leaky homes say the scheme should have been in place 20-years ago. Audio

6:37 AM.Opposition parties say some employers are getting tough on employees because they've been emboldened by looming changes to industrial law. Audio

6:27 AM.A lawyer specialising in Treaty of Waitangi and Environmental matters says it's likely the Waitangi Tribunal will grant an urgent hearing for a freshwater claim; A Moriori leader says the Chatham… Read more Audio

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

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