Morning Report for Monday 10 February 2014

8:56 AM.The imminent release of Schapelle Corby; and Victorian bush fires. Audio

8:53 AM.Auckland has launched its first major campaign in a decade, to try to lure more New Zealanders to visit the country's biggest city. Audio

8:51 AM.Music, colour, extravagant costumes, and people of all ages filled an Auckland park yesterday for the annual Big Gay Out. Audio

8:46 AM.The consultation time on proposals for a new Te Reo strategy is being criticised as too short; The Crown's being accused of giving iwi carbon credits and failing to prevent their value from… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The London Ambulance Service is seeking to poach one hundred paramedics from New Zealand and Australia. The service has 250 vancancies, and will for the first time recruit from overseas. Audio

8:42 AM.Palmerston North police say they're not treating the death of a man on Friday as a homicide. Officers were called to a property on Friday night, where they discovered the body of a badly burnt man and… Read more Audio

8:37 AM.A union representing workers at a Goodman Fielder bacon factory says news of 125 job losses has been met by a mixture of disappoinment and relief. Audio

8:36 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:25 AM.An expanded study is under way to understand why some pregnant women and new mothers become so ill they nearly die. Audio

8:22 AM.Government officials have left Whangarei after finding no further signs of the Queensland fruit fly. Two weeks ago a male Queensland fruit fly was found in Parihaka. Audio

8:18 AM.Copenhagen Zoo has confirmed it has put down a healthy young giraffe called Marius because of European rules governing numbers and the prevention of in-breeding. Audio

8:13 AM.Journalists are camped outside Kerobokan prison on the Indonesian Island of Bali as they wait for Schapelle Corby to walk free following the announcement that she has been granted parole. Audio

8:09 AM.The Foreign Minister is strongly criticising a Japanese whaling vessel's decision to enter New Zealand waters, and says further action may be taken. The whalers followed the Sea Shepherd's Steve Irwin… Read more Audio

7:58 AM.One of the glamour events of the Sochi Winter Olympics has been decided, with the Austrian Matthias Mayer stunning the field to win the prestigious men's downhill skiing gold. Audio

7:55 AM.Two owners of a clothing factory in Bangladesh in which more than a hundred workers were killed in a fire just over a year ago have turned themselves in to the authorities. Audio

7:52 AM.A group of American business organisations says introducing plain packaging for tobacco products is wrong. Plain packaging legislation is due to have its first reading in Parliament. Audio

7:47 AM.A shark expert says there's no need for people in Southland to keep out of the water, despite two people being attacked in the region in as many weeks. Audio

7:45 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:41 AM.Dozens of bushfires have burnt large parts of the Australian state of Victoria and destroyed at least 10 homes. High temperatures and strong winds have fanned the fast-moving blazes, the worst fires… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.For the first time in more than 10 years the New Zealand cricketers have beaten India in a test match. New Zealand started the match at Eden Park in dominant fashion, scoring 503 on the back of… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.The sister of a Christchurch truck driver murdered by his wife will have to go to court if she wants compensation from the police over failings in their initial investigation of the case. Audio

7:24 AM.The police will review the management of alcohol at the Wellington Westpac Stadium after a drunken weekend at the Rugby Sevens. Twenty people were arrested and 270 others ejected from the stadium over… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.The Mayor of Auckland Len Brown has asked the Government to commit to funding half of the city's downtown rail tunnel project, in a new deal that would see an early start to construction. Audio

7:14 AM.Foreign Minister Murray McCully says Japan needs to understand the seriousness of the incursion into New Zealand waters. Audio

7:09 AM.The government has labelled a Japanese whaling ship entering New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone as "unhelpful, disrespectful and short-sighted". The Japanese vessel was chasing the Sea Shepherd's… Read more Audio

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

6:43 AM.The Ministry of Social Development says a decision to remove the baby of a woman involved in an horrific child abuse case was supported by the rest of her family. Audio

6:38 AM.Barely more than a day after a shark attack at a popular Southland surfing beach, locals were back into the water. A 28-year-old man suffered serious injuries to his leg when he was mauled while… Read more Audio

6:36 AM.The Mayor of Auckland Len Brown has asked the Government to commit to funding half of the proposed downtown rail tunnel, in a plan to fast-track the start of construction. Audio

6:26 AM.Only one senior school in Whangarei is supporting the city's new kaupapa Maori Charter kura; The Crown's being accused of giving iwi carbon credits and failing to prevent their value from collapsing… Read more Audio

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

6:17 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:11 AM.Australia has agreed to consider scrapping the double taxation of trans-Tasman companies. The double taxation of dividend payments for businesses operating on both sides of the Tasman has been raised… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Minister says Japanese whaling ships in EEZ disrespectful; Japan's whaling research body responds to Foreign Minister; Auckland Mayor seeks deal for early start to rail tunnel; Police review drunken… Read more Audio