Morning Report for Friday 14 November 2014

8:56 AM.A chat with Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:52 AM.Spectators are already flooding through the gates of the Canterbury A&P showgrounds as Christchurch delivers a fine, clear day for the 152nd show. Audio

8:49 AM.Three of Wellington's biggest tertiary providers want to start a joint information technology course to train hundreds of people vacancies. Audio

8:47 AM.An update on the tiger on the loose just outside Paris. Audio

8:42 AM.More education organisations are to have their courses scrutinised by the Tertiary Education Commission, which identified the failure of a Maori performing arts course at the Western Institute of… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The Customs Department has warned the government it may need more money to meet the increasing growth in trade and travel. Audio

8:36 AM.Fifa's report into World Cup corruption has been labelled pointless and a joke by the English Football Association. Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:27 AM.The New Zealand rugby league team play Australia in tomorrow night's Four Nations final in Wellington. Audio

8:22 AM.An Auckland-based tech company which supplied parts to the first man-made probe to land on a speeding comet is relieved the mission has been a success. Audio

8:19 AM.Selling more and more to China appears to be New Zealand's sole trade option, as efforts to broker other deals come to nothing. Audio

8:15 AM.15 percent of houses sold in Auckland in the first half of this year have gone for more than a million dollars. Audio

8:10 AM.A prominent barrister says the family of Phillip John Smith's victims should consider suing Corrections for what they believe is the Department's mishandling of his management while in prison. Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:56 AM.Integrated schools are hoping for a multi-million-dollar funding boost to help them lower their fees and repay some of their 200-million-dollar debt for property upgrades. Audio

7:53 AM.The US and India say a new global trade deal will create an extra 21 million jobs. Audio

7:50 AM.World leaders are flying into Brisbane for the G20 summit over the weekend amid fears the Queensland police have too much power to deal with protests. Audio

7:43 AM.As Auckland property owners revel in the increasing value of their houses more than three-thousand of the less fortunate are on the waiting list for a state house in the city. Audio

7:38 AM.Dairy farms are springing up across the country, and plans are afoot in many places to dam or divert rivers for more irrigation, meaning more cows, more milk and more money for those in the dairy… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Resident's of Montevrain are locking their doors tight tonight as a tiger's on the loose in the French village, just outside of Paris. Audio

7:25 AM.After a historic but awkward comet landing, the robot probe Philae is now sending pictures back to the European Space Agency. Audio

7:20 AM.A union that covers fast food workers is fighting to scrap employment contracts where the employer is under no obligation to provide work. Audio

7:15 AM.Sales of million dollar plus homes in Auckland have nearly quadrupled over the past decade. Audio

7:10 AM.A swift deportation from Brazil looks increasingly likely for the recaptured fugitive Phillip John Smith. Audio

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

6:58 AM.The Dow Jones Index is up Audio

6:57 AM.A regular measure of how consumers are feeling about the economy shows confidence is waning a little but people are generally optimistic. Audio

6:55 AM.A New Zealand software firm is set to join the fight against drug trafficking in Thailand after it won a contract with a Thai government agency. Audio

6:53 AM.Auckland's housing market is continuing to break records with the latest median sale price now at 640-thousand dollars. Audio

6:51 AM.Rakon is literally riding high into the future, as it looks forward to producing a net profit for the first time in over two years. Audio

6:48 AM.Orion Health says it's well-placed to take advantage of big opportunities ahead for explosive growth in health-data management and genomics. Audio

6:39 AM.A former police detective turned private investigator says deporting Phillip Smith back to New Zealand could be "done by lunchtime." Audio

6:27 AM.More education organisations are to have their courses scrutinised by the Tertiary Education Commission, which identified a failure of the Maori performing arts course at the Western Institute of… Read more Audio

6:25 AM.The Defence Force has delayed a planned staff restructuring, leaving a union to describe the process as 'shambolic'. Audio

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

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

6:11 AM.The New Zealand lawyer for captured fugitive Phillip John Smith hasn't been able to speak to his client since his arrest in Brazil and says he can't even be sure of his current whereabouts in prison. Audio

6:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.Deportation is looking like more of a reality now for Phillip Smith; Million dollar house sales in Auckland quadruple; Union fights to scrap zero hour contracts; After a bumpy landing, the space probe… Read more Audio