Morning Report for Thursday 8 November 2012

8:55 AM.New Zealand's second peace-keeping mission to East Timor ends today. Audio

8:50 AM.A collective of Maori groups is attempting to kick start talks with the Crown over their claim to the airwaves; A third and final bid by a small Auckland iwi to be recognised in settlement… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.The new Governor of the Reserve Bank, Graeme Wheeler, says any suggestion that the big banks are fleecing their customers is not accurate. Audio

8:46 AM.Now that we have the result, what do the next four years hold for New Zealand's relationship with the United States? Audio

8:42 AM.It wasn't just in the United States where Americans turned out to celebrate Barak Obama's victory. Audio

8:35 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.Minister for Primary Industries, David Carter responds to shark finning discussion. Audio

8:25 AM.A pledge to put a complete ban on shark finning has the backing of all the political parties - except National. Audio

8:22 AM.A truck carrying potentially radioactive material has crashed in a stream near the Desert Road in the Tongariro National Park. Audio

8:18 AM.The post-mortem of Mitt Romney's campaign has already begun. Audio

8:14 AM.One state has yet to declare a victor. That is Florida after counting 97 percent of the vote, election workers called it a night. Audio

8:09 AM.The swing state of Ohio was the key battleground in the election. Whoever won Ohio was going to win the election. Audio

7:56 AM.One of the biggest money spinners for Wellington since the Lord of the Rings - The Hobbit film, has got off to a bad start - with the city's tourism organisation booking out the first public… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.The Defence Force's first bomb detection dogs and their handlers have graduated, with some of them likely to be deployed to war torn Afghanistan. Audio

7:50 AM.Legislation that would have allowed the Treaty of Waitangi to be mentioned in legal oaths has failed in Parliament. Audio

7:47 AM.The government is sticking to its target of getting its books back into surplus in 2014-15 despite its tax take falling below expectations so far this financial year. Audio

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

7:40 AM.The Minister of Education has done a u-turn on the most controversial proposal to come out of the planned shake-up of schools in Christchurch. Audio

7:38 AM.The international mining experts visiting Greymouth have taken their first look at the Pike River mine. Audio

7:28 AM.A truck containing dangerous goods has crashed on State Highway One in the Tongaririo National Park, leaving the road closed, and the driver missing. Audio

7:21 AM.The race for the presidency may be over, but just what can we expect from Barack Obama in his second term in the White House? Audio

7:16 AM.Mitt Romney's downfall was his failure to secure enough of the swing states and a party organisation that did not match the Democrat's party machine and its support base of the young and the newly… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The US President, Barack Obama, has been re-relected as President of the United States. Audio

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

6:42 AM.The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has ended his final international trip as the worldwide head of the Anglican Church. Audio

6:38 AM.The US President, Barack Obama, has won four more years in the White House, promising a brighter future for Americans. Audio

6:27 AM.A third and final bid by a small Auckland iwi to be recognised in settlement negotiations in Kaipara and Auckland has been rejected by the Waitangi Tribunal; A collective of Maori groups is attempting… Read more Audio

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

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

6:00 AM.Obama supporters ecstatic at second-term win; Democrats, Republican analysts react to US election result; What can we expect from Obama this term?; Truck with dangerous goods crashes on SH1… Read more Audio