Morning Report for Friday 30 March 2012

8:55 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:51 AM.The fifth year of the trans Tasman netball competition begins this weekend with the five New Zealand franchises hoping the title drought may finally come to an end. Audio

8:47 AM.The Waiariki MP, Te Ururoa Flavell, has asked the Government to ensure a sacred Bay of Plenty mountain does not become part of a Tuhoe treaty settlement; A Hawke's Bay iwi says beneficiaries are… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.More corporate owners are expected to take a slice of New Zealand's dairy sector, as farm prices climb and herds become larger. Audio

8:40 AM.The debate about race in the US has taken a new twist, following the death of Treyvon Martin in Florida. Audio

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

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:25 AM.Researchers want to know more about a virus affecting native parrots which is spreading through the country. Audio

8:22 AM.The cost of sending a letter anywhere in New Zealand is going to rise on the 1st of July. Audio

8:19 AM.A group of Pike River Mine families have hung banners in Greymouth to protest the ongoing delay in recovering the remains of the men who died in the tragedy. Audio

8:15 AM.Three senior Auckland councillors have clashed after a debate over the affordability of the city's thirty-year development plan, got personal. Audio

8:09 AM.The directors of the failed investment company, Lombard Finance, have escaped jail, but their reputations have been left in tatters. Audio

7:55 AM.The Health Minister says more could have been done by officials to alert New Zealanders to problems with a faulty hip replacement device. Audio

7:52 AM.The new King of Tonga, Tupou the Sixth, will be installed as monarch at a special kava ceremony tomorrow. Audio

7:49 AM.A survey of Christchurch businesses by the largest commercial insurer in the city has uncovered discontent with the job it and other insurers are doing. Audio

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

7:39 AM.New Zealand's largest business wants to get even bigger. Audio

7:36 AM.Warrant of fitness inspections for older cars could be conducted annually rather than every six months, under reforms being considered by the Government. Audio

7:26 AM.The Ports of Auckland and the Maritime Union return to the Employment Court this morning to hear whether wharfies can legally be locked-out while contract negotiations continue. Audio

7:23 AM.Questions have been raised about whether the former cabinet Minister, Sir Douglas Graham, should retain his knighthood. Audio

7:19 AM.The directors of Lombard Finance have escaped jail, but their reputations are shattered after they were sentenced in the High Court at wellington yesterday. Audio

7:13 AM.Our political editor, Brent Edwards, joins us. Audio

7:09 AM.The Labour MPs, Trevor Mallard and Andrew Little, have decided to ignore a threat of legal action from the ACC Minister. Audio

6:48 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:41 AM.Parliament yesterday passed five treaty settlement bills in a day, with the House sitting for extended hours. Audio

6:39 AM.The four directors of the failed finance company, Lombard, will not be given jail time for making false statements in company prospectuses. Audio

6:28 AM.A Hawke's Bay iwi says beneficiaries are giving their food to striking workers locked out of an Affco meat plant in Wairoa; A spokesperson for Maori claims to freshwater, Maanu Paul, says claimants… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

6:14 AM.The country's last battery recycling plant shuts down for good tomorrow after nearly half a century. Audio

6:11 AM.Leaders from the world's top five emerging economies have proposed to form a joint development bank which they hope could rival the World Bank. Audio

6:00 AM.Two Labour MPs say they'll ignore a threat of legal action by ACC Minister Judith Collins. A former MP says now that the former Lombard directors have been sentenced, Sir Douglas Graham must lose his… Read more Audio