Morning Report for Monday 11 August 2014

8:57 AM.Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

8:53 AM.The man who almost 50-years-ago fired the first ever shot at an AOS callout, knocking the rifle out of the offenders hands, says at the time all he thought was how much hot water he would be in. Audio

8:48 AM.A Motiti Island hapu says a beacon should be put on the spot where the container ship Rena ran aground to prevent another disaster occurring; Ngati Kahungunu is accusing the government of bowing down… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The union for senior doctors, the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, says New Zealand's reliance on overseas-trained doctors won't fill the country's immense shortage of medical specialists.

8:39 AM.ACC claimants say they've faced "intimidation, misinformation, and an orchestrated campaign of harassment" from the ACC. Audio

8:35 AM.Around 20-thousand Yazidi Iraqis have been rescued from Mount Sinhar. Audio

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

8:27 AM.A fire has destroyed much of Paraparaumu School on the Kapiti Coast and the school remains closed until further notice. Audio

8:24 AM.Queensland Police are investigating several leads following the death of a Lower Hutt woman who fell from the balcony of a high rise apartment building in Surfers' Paradise. Audio

8:18 AM.The Labour Party also had its campaign launch over the weekend. Audio

8:14 AM.With us is the past president of the New Zealand Chinese Association, Steven Young. Audio

8:09 AM.The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, has courted controversy by using a joke about Asians during his party's campaign launch yesterday. Audio

8:08 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:54 AM.The Black Ferns are out of the Rugby World Cup before even reaching the semi-finals. Audio

7:50 AM.Prime Minister John Key may yet need to do more to convince Epsom voters to support Act. Audio

7:44 AM.Israel and Palestinian factions have accepted a fresh 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza. Audio

7:39 AM.Around 20-thousand Yazidi Iraqis have been rescued from Mount Sinhar, where they were driven by Islamist militants. Audio

7:35 AM.A post mortem will be conducted today on a Lower Hutt woman who died over the weekend after falling from a balcony in Surfers' Paradise. Audio

7:27 AM.The council agency running Auckland's public transport spends more than one hundred thousand dollars a year shuttling staff between its two offices in taxis and private cars. Audio

7:23 AM.Police say a man who was shot in his car while searching for an address in Feilding is lucky to be alive. Audio

7:14 AM.The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, has courted controversy by using a joke about Asians during his party's campaign launch yesterday. Audio

7:12 AM.The Labour Party has released its last big ticket item for the election campaign - promising to make doctors visits and prescriptions free for children aged up to 13, pregnant women and the over-65s. Audio

7:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:57 AM.Both equity markets and the New Zealand dollar fell sharply last week, reflecting rising geo-political tensions and another fall in global dairy prices. Audio

6:55 AM.The kiwi typically follows international dairy prices, but it's stronger now than it was in February, when prices began to fall at auction. Audio

6:52 AM.For quite some years now, retailing has been one of the depressed sectors of the economy but one retailer is bucking the trend. Audio

6:50 AM.Acurity Health estimates building a new hospital on the Wakefield Hospital site, which will meet current earthquake standards, will cost between 45 and 50 million dollars. Audio

6:48 AM.The director of a large agribusiness firm says exporters know very little about our most important trading partner - China. Audio

6:39 AM.The Labour Party says the 220-million-dollar health policy it announced yesterday is fully costed and affordable. Audio

6:27 AM.Ngati Kahungunu is accusing the government of bowing down to big business by changing legislation about Foreign Charter Vessels, which it says will reduce tribal fishing quota by up to… Read more Audio

6:25 AM.Insurance payouts, asset sales, and rising sea levels were the main points of interests at a candiates meeting in Christchurch East yesterday afternoon. Audio

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

6:16 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.Labour has released its last big ticket election policy, Winston Peters pokes fun at Asian diction during campaign launch, Man shot while driving through Feilding street, Auckland Transport pays… Read more Audio