Morning Report for Tuesday 29 May 2012

8:56 AM.Creative New Zealand says more people are choosing to become involved in the arts to make themselves feel good during tough economic times. Audio

8:52 AM.An online picture guide to asthma medication for Pacific children in West Auckland is being hailed as a big step towards cutting their high rates of admission to hospital with severe attacks. Audio

8:48 AM.The Christchurch East MP, Leanne Dalziel, has confirmed she's had to pick up some of Rino Tirikatene's Christchurch work, but says it's because her Labour colleague's so busy; An Eastern Bay of Plenty… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The campaign to save TVNZ7 is gaining momentum with meetings around the country attracting hundreds of supporters. Audio

8:40 AM.The Egyptian Election Commission has rejected claims of irregularities in the country's first free election. 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

8:27 AM.The Chief Families Commissioner is welcoming the restructuring of his organisation saying it will remove confusion about what it actually does. Audio

8:23 AM.The aged care industry is warning more rest-home providers will go out of business if the government doesn't make it a more attractive sector to invest in. Audio

8:20 AM.The Primary School Teachers Union says the government's trying to soften the blow on schools after it announced that those hit the hardest by plans to increase class sizes, will be helped through the… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.The mayor of Waimate says the local community is struggling to come to terms with the deaths of a man and a woman in a remote part of the district which have prompted the police to launch a homicide… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.Three New Zealanders - believed to be children - are amongst 19 people dead, after fire erupted at a shopping mall in Qatar's capital city, Doha. Audio

7:57 AM.The Liquor Licensing Authority has bowed to public pressure and clamped down on a bottle store in the Porirua suburb of Cannons Creek. Audio

7:52 AM.Zespri is refusing to comment after media reports suggesting one of its former directors has admitted to illegally injecting vines with antibiotics to combat PSA. Audio

7:44 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:35 AM.The former Police Commissioner, Howard Broad is standing by the decision to charge the Urewera Four. Audio

7:27 AM.The victim of the convicted rapist and former police officer, Brad Shipton, says the last thing she wants to be dealing with is the possibility he might talk to the media. Audio

7:24 AM.The Labour party says the Prime Minister has been spooked by the public reaction to government moves to increase class sizes. Audio

7:18 AM.Police investigating the deaths of two people in a remote part of South Canterbury are now focusing on whether anyone else was involved. Audio

7:13 AM.A former Morning Report producer lives in Doha, just a kilometre from the mall. Audio

7:09 AM.Three New Zealanders have been killed in a fire in a shopping mall in the Qatari capital of Doha. Audio

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

6:38 AM.The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has defended his relationship with Rupert Murdoch, before an inquiry into press ethics. Audio

6:35 AM.The Waimate community is still in shock after the deaths of a man and a woman in the remote Waitaki Valley at the weekend. Audio

6:27 AM.An Eastern Bay of Plenty tribe that rejected a Crown settlement in the nineties - says it's now just weeks away from lining up its new Treaty claim for land confiscated by colonial forces; The… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

6:13 AM.The Chief Families Commissioner says the restructure of the agency will remove confusion about what it actually does. Audio

6:11 AM.The Labour Party leader, David Shearer, says the government is starting to realise it has made a mistake by suggesting class sizes should increase. Audio

6:00 AM.Authorities confirm NZers killed in shopping mall fire in Dubai; NZ correspondent in Doha was in mall prior to blaze; Waimate homicide inquiry to focus on identification; Government accused of trying… Read more Audio