Morning Report for Friday 17 August 2012

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

8:51 AM.A little car from Nelson has made big headlines on the salt flats of Utah. Audio

8:47 AM.Whanganui river iwi say they will be talking with the Corrections Department about the serial rapist Stewart Murray Wilson being moved to the outskirts of the city; The government's plan to sell… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Silvia Zuur, the coordinator of transport lobby group, the Smart Transport Network, says the millions of dollars spent by the Transport Agency on public relations and consultation shows the fight by… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters faces a struggle to win support for his bill to expand the Reserve Bank's focus. Audio

8:38 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

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

8:28 AM.The Civil Aviation Authority's lead investigator into the Fox Glacier skydiving crash says the cause could have been a stunt gone wrong. Audio

8:25 AM.Listening to that was the Wellington city councillor, Iona Pannett, who lives in Mount Victoria. Audio

8:22 AM.The Transport Agency has announced it intends to build a 90 million dollar flyover bridge just 20 metres from the Basin Reserve cricket ground in Wellington. Audio

8:18 AM.A teachers' union is claiming the education minister's office accessed teachers' personal information to expose their political opinions to their employers. Audio

8:13 AM.A Port Hills resident says the government's decision to condemn more properties in the Christchurch hill suburb is a total overreaction. Audio

8:09 AM.A leaked document from the Ministry of Health shows the Government's plan to drug-test beneficiaries could end up costing twice as much as it's supposed save. Audio

7:56 AM.The UN Security Council is formally ending its observer mission in Syria. Audio

7:56 AM.Another member of Parliament of Pacific descent has come out against the bill to legalise same-sex marriage promoted by the Labour Party MP, Louisa Wall. Audio

7:50 AM.The legal team for Kim Dotcom are claiming success, after a ruling that the United States' FBI must let the MegaUpload founder see the evidence against him in his extradition case. Audio

7:46 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:41 AM.The Transport Agency has decided to take the cheaper option for the Wellington flyover project. Audio

7:37 AM.The Transport Agency has spent more than eight million dollars on public relations and consultation for the Government's Roads of National Significance. Audio

7:28 AM.Whanganui councillors have unanimously oppose the release of Stewart Murray Wilson into their community. Audio

7:23 AM.A diplomatic stand-off is raging in London after the granting of political asylum to Julian Assange by Ecuador. Audio

7:16 AM.The government's just announced another 121 quake-affected properties in Christchurch's hill suburbs will have to be abandoned. Audio

7:13 AM.The education minister is denying claims by a teachers' union that her office accessed teachers' personal information to expose their political opinions to their employers. Audio

7:09 AM.A memo leaked to Radio New Zealand shows the Health Ministry is against Government's plan to cancel welfare payments to beneficiaries who fail drugs tests. Audio

6:46 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:38 AM.A leaked memo from the Ministry of Health shows it's warning the government off its policy to drug test beneficiaries. Audio

6:28 AM.The government's plan to sell shares in state owned assets is being likened to killing the goose that lays the golden egg; Whanganui river iwi say they will be talking with the Corrections Department… Read more Audio

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

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

6:14 AM.Doctors and nurses are bracing for a sudden rush of people needing help, when 120-thousand diabetes patients are forced to use new equipment to monitor their life-threatening illness. Audio

6:00 AM.Leaked documents reveal the Health Ministry has serious concerns about the cost of the government's plan to drug test beneficiaries. More than 160 Christchurch residents are finally told the status of… Read more Audio