Morning Report for Thursday 29 March 2012

8:57 AM.Ice cream is not a food that's often associated with meat. Audio

8:53 AM.Auckland's waterfront development agency hope new ideas will flow from a gathering in the city of international leaders. Audio

8:48 AM.The police say they're bitterly disappointed the Rebels motorcycle gang has been able to buy a property in Kaikohe; The Maori Language Commission says changes will be made to the way it's run… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:45 AM.The end of coal production at Pike River after the explosion that killed 29 men is understood to be behind the decision by Christchurch's Lyttelton Port to scrap plans for a 25 million dollar… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Workers locked out of Affco freezing works say they won't give in to what they call the company's union busting tactics. Audio

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

8:28 AM.Palmerston North Hospital has jumped the gun and is making plans for hundreds of extra maternity patients from Wanganui even though a decision on the move is yet to be made. Audio

8:21 AM.Auckland may be a super city, but the plan is to try to stay small. Audio

8:17 AM.The death of a Lower Hutt teenager has prompted a call by the Wellington Coroner for the Government to take a fresh look at how it deals with solvent addiction. Audio

8:10 AM.Labour's Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Phil Goff, says the government needs to tell the public the truth about the Special Air Service deployment to Afghanistan, now that it's at an end. Audio

7:57 AM.Two fragments of the famed pink and white terraces will today go up for auction. Audio

7:54 AM.Oil and gas companies say they have nothing to fear from an independent review into the drilling technique, hydraulic fracturing. Audio

7:49 AM.A thirty-year plan to boost Auckland's economy and transform the way many of its residents live is about to be signed off. Audio

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

7:39 AM.Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murray McCully. Audio

7:36 AM.Opposition parties say spending more than nine million dollars to restructure the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is a waste of time and money. Audio

7:26 AM.Thousands of homes and livelihoods were damaged last year, in one of the worst on record for natural disasters. Audio

7:21 AM.Ms Collins and ACC chairman John Judge to come on the programme this morning. Both declined. Labour MP, Trevor Mallard joined Simon Mercep. Audio

7:19 AM.The Labour Party says the ACC Minister, Judith Collins, is the most likely source of a leak which is now the subject of a Privacy Commission inquiry. Audio

7:15 AM.Two former cabinet ministers and two other directors of the failed finance company Lombard Finance and Investment will today learn if they will be sent to prison for misleading investors. Audio

7:09 AM.Critics say the public have been misled over the real reasons for its deployment. Audio

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

6:39 AM.New Zealand's elite force, the Special Air Service, ends its operations in Afghanistan this Saturday. Audio

6:27 AM.The Maori Language Commission says changes will be made to the way it's run, following last year's landmark Waitangi Tribunal report on Maori culture and identity; The police say they're bitterly… Read more Audio

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

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

6:15 AM.An American study which shows stomach stapling can send type two diabetes into remission is being supported by doctors in New Zealand. Audio

6:11 AM.Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has again come under fire - this time for the alleged piracy of its rivals. Audio

6:00 AM.SAS poised to withdraw from Afghanistan, Lombard directors learn their fate today, Labour says Collins most likely the source of ACC leak, Lloyd's reports massive loss after record catastrophe claims… Read more Audio