Morning Report for Thursday 5 April 2012

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

8:51 AM.A family in Porirua is the focus of a new initiative to improve child poverty and poor health in New Zealand. Audio

8:48 AM.The Moriori leader Maui Solomon says he has little faith in planned new marine protection legislation, which he describes as a further attempt to erode Chatham Islanders' rights over their natural… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.With Easter just a day away, most people will be getting ready to put their feet up and enjoy a few days off - unless, of course, you own a business in Bay of Plenty. Audio

8:43 AM.Unionised workers have just returned to Ports of Auckland. Audio

8:40 AM.An attack by a suicide bomber at the National Theatre in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, has killed eight people, including the President of Somalia's Olympic Committee and the head of its football… Read more 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

8:27 AM.Aircraft enthusiasts from around the world are making their way to Wanaka for this year's Warbirds Airshow. Audio

8:24 AM.A ban on chemicals found in party pills from this weekend may spell the end of the industry. Audio

8:20 AM.The Gisborne region has been hit by more rain overnight, leaving some communities cut off, and forcing schools to stay closed. Audio

8:13 AM.The Green Party is accusing the Prime Minister, John Key, of using figures selectively in the debate over the cost of the 2010 tax cuts. Audio

8:09 AM.Salvors for the Rena say the wrecked ship has all but disappeared as it continues to slip off the Astrolabe reef. Audio

7:54 AM.The BBC reporter who interviewed curveball, the United States' crucial source on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, says the Bush administration was warned by German intelligence that he was… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The assistant general manager for operations in the prison service, Eric Fairbairn, is with us in the studio. Audio

7:46 AM.A Coroner has criticised prison safety, saying the length of time it can take to unlock cell doors at night gives inmates little chance of surviving an emergency. Audio

7:43 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:39 AM.The Grey District mayor, Tony Kokshoorn's been listening to that and joins us. Audio

7:36 AM.The police may soon announce whether criminal charges will be laid over the deaths of 29 men at the Pike River mine now the Royal Commission has completed its hearings. Audio

7:28 AM.A High Court judge will deliver his ruling today in the trial of three former directors of the failed finance company Bridgecorp. Audio

7:23 AM.The ACC saga that began when details of 6-thousand 7-hundred claimants were inadvertently sent to Bronwyn Pullar has taken another turn, with the Auditor-General joining the queue of people… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee is denying accusations he's about to engineer a central government takeover of the rebuild of central city Christchurch. Audio

7:16 AM.Gisborne and northern Hawkes Bay have been hit by more rain overnight, compounding the slips and flooding that have blocked many roads. Audio

7:13 AM.Locked-out workers will begin to return to Ports of Auckland in just over an hour. Audio

7:09 AM.People in Bay of Plenty and the Coromandel Penninsula are being told to prepare for debris and oil from the Rena's sunken stern section washing up on their beaches. Audio

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

6:38 AM.More oil and debris from the wreck of the Rena are likely to end up in the ocean after the stern section of the ship sank yesterday in high seas. Audio

6:27 AM.The Maori owners of a reserve with the best water in Whangarei, are fine-tuning their claim on it, for the Waitangi Tribunal; The Moriori leader, Maui Solomon, says he has little faith in planned new… 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.A new study is to explore ways of merging the New Zealand and Australian economies still further. Audio

6:11 AM.Dozens of parents with disabled children believe they are not welcome at their local schools, even though the law supports their right to be there. Audio

6:00 AM.Salvors wait for a break in the weather before cleaning up debris from the Rena's sunken stern. Locked out wharfies are back on the job at the Ports of Auckland this morning and already hit by floods… Read more Audio