Morning Report for Friday 1 February 2013

8:53 AM.A small island on Lake Wanaka will this weekend be the setting for a dance harking back to a bygone era. Audio

8:50 AM.Scores of world-renowned musicians have been arriving in Nelson this week to prepare for a major international music event. Audio

8:47 AM.A funding bombshell has been dropped on the Waitangi Tribunal; A Maori water rights campaigner hopes a Supreme Court appeal hearing on Maori interests in freshwater will put a stop to what he calls… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Young people suffering from mental health problems in Christchurch are waiting weeks to be clinically assessed in the public health system. Audio

8:40 AM.Questions are being asked whether professional golfers who have been using deer velvet spray have been playing with an unfair advantage. 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 founders of New Zealand's newest equestrian sport say they expect it will quickly gain popularity after its first stadium show tonight. Audio

8:24 AM.Business leaders are hoping an end to Auckland's long-running ports dispute is near. Audio

8:21 AM.The Crown submissions will continue this morning at the final day of a Supreme Court hearing over the part-sale of Mighty River Power. Audio

8:16 AM.The man who will lead public neurosurgery in Dunedin takes up the post today, after a two-and-half year community campaign to keep the service in the city. Audio

8:12 AM.The Secondary School Principal's Association says dumping Novopay will not save schools from many more months of problems with teachers' pay. Audio

8:09 AM.Community leaders in Oamaru are holding an emergency meeting today to discuss the loss of nearly two hundred manufacturing jobs at the town's wool spinning plant. Audio

7:55 AM.Adam and Eve, comic book characters and people dressed as biscuits are all converging on Wellington today. Audio

7:52 AM.Fare evasion on Auckland trains is to be tackled. Audio

7:49 AM.The Reserve Bank Governor's concerns at how quickly house prices are rising have increased speculation that he may soon use new tools to address the problem. Audio

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

7:40 AM.Army personnel in the flood-ravaged Queensland city of Bundaberg will go door-to-door searching for bodies as flood waters recede. Audio

7:35 AM.Intense work pressure, a lack of training and support, and funding constraints may have been factors in two thousand babies being given faulty hearing screening tests. Audio

7:27 AM.Iran has threatened retaliation for an Israeli airstrike on a truck convoy inside Syria. Audio

7:20 AM.An man awaiting trial on child sex charges has been able to change his name, get a passport and skip the country. Audio

7:17 AM.School principals say they expect next week's pay cycle to be a complete train wreck, proving once and for all that the Novopay system should be scrapped. Audio

7:13 AM.It is not yet clear how many workers might be rehired by the plant's new owner the carpet manufacturer Godfrey Hirst. Audio

7:09 AM.The North Otago town of Oamaru is bracing itself for an exodus of skilled workers after the sale of the town's wool mill. Audio

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

6:41 AM.The Labour Party says Government ministers did not ask the right questions when signing off the Novopay system. Audio

6:39 AM.Oamaru business leaders says there will be an exodus of workers from their town after news of mass redundancies at its wool spinning mill. Audio

6:28 AM.A funding bombshell has been dropped on the Waitangi Tribunal; A Maori water rights campaigner hopes a Supreme Court appeal hearing on Maori interests in freshwater will put a stop to what he calls… Read more Audio

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

6:19 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:16 AM.A court in the Netherlands has ruled the oil company Shell must pay damages to a Nigerian farmer for environmental damage to his land. Audio

6:00 AM.North Otago takes a hit, as Oamaru's second biggest employer is sold up. School principals say the first pay round of the school year may show Novopay is beyond saving and he got a new name, a new… Read more Audio