Morning Report for Thursday 29 January 2015

8:58 AM.The Australian tennis Open has reached the business end of the tournament, with the semi-finals getting under way at Melbourne Park today. Audio

8:55 AM.After 10 years, and the cataloguing of 18 thousand objects, the restoration of Ernest Shackleton and Robert Scott's Antarctic huts is now complete. Audio

8:51 AM.Scrabble players know what the letter "S" is worth -- but in their wildest dreams, it's nowhere near what one little "S" could cost the British government. Audio

8:47 AM.The chair of Mangatawa Papamoa Block Incorporated in Tauranga says the fire that damaged part of its Marae building has left people devastated; An official trying to help the kauri tree survive says… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.The latest development site in Queenstown is providing archaeologists with a fascinating view of the earliest days of European settlement in the resort. Audio

8:38 AM.Australian researchers say they may have found a treatment for people with peanut allergies that could lead to a long term cure. Audio

8:36 AM.Strong wind gusts and hot temperatures yesterday have set back fire fighting efforts against the Flock Hill Station blaze near Arthur's Pass. Audio

8:30 AM.Wall Street is up ahead of interest rate announcements. Audio

8:25 AM.Jordan says it is willing to hand over an Iraqi woman jailed for her role in a 2005 suicide bomb attack if a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State is released. Audio

8:20 AM.A Wellington lawyer says too many travellers may be buying domestic travel insurance from Air New Zealand unwittingly and it's unfair. Audio

8:15 AM.Prime Minister John Key has pointed to Australia's community-run housing sector as the way forward for New Zealand's social housing. Audio

8:11 AM.The Government's social housing plan has been described as a chaotic policy that will further drive up rents and deliver nothing for those who need it. Audio

8:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:56 AM.A British man has escaped jail after leaving thousands of child abuse pictures in a rental car while holidaying in New Zealand. Audio

7:52 AM.The Service and Food Workers Union says an influx of Indian tertiary students is undermining the pay for New Zealand workers. Audio

7:44 AM.The technology giant Apple has reported the largest ever profit by a public company, twenty four billion dollars in the final three months of 2014. Audio

7:41 AM.Investigations into the disgraced former head of Auckland's downtown promotion agency will continue, despite his guilty plea to tax evasion charges yesterday. Audio

7:38 AM.Firefighters are continuing to tackle the 3-hundred hectare fire at Flock Hill near Arthurs Pass and say it could take up to another five days to put it out. Audio

7:28 AM.Jordan says it is willing to free an Iraqi female jihadist from prison if the Islamic State group releases a Jordanian pilot unharmed. Audio

7:23 AM.Andrew Little says John Key needs to front up to the public about whether the police are investigating one of his MPs. Audio

7:15 AM.Listening to that was the Minister for Social Housing, Paula Bennett. Audio

7:12 AM.Some social housing groups are worried charities wanting to buy up large numbers of state houses and run them themselves could bite off more than they can chew. Audio

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

6:59 AM.The Dow Jones Index is up 70 points to 17 456. Audio

6:57 AM.Financial markets are awaiting interest rate views by the US Federal Reserve and New Zealand's Reserve bank later this morning. Audio

6:54 AM.A new report has estimated that the value of unpaid family care could be worth up to 17 point 6 billion dollars to New Zealand. Audio

6:52 AM.The craftbrewer, Yeastie Boys, has raise just over half a million dollars by selling a 12-and-a-half percent stake in the company Audio

6:51 AM.The regulators of the country's capital markets, the Financial Markets Authority and the NZX, have signed a memorandum of understanding that sets out how they will work together. Audio

6:50 AM.Shares in Heartland New Zealand jumped as much as 9 percent yesterday after the bank raised its annual profit guidance for a second time. Audio

6:40 AM.A community housing group in Wellington says it would welcome the chance to take over Housing New Zealand homes that the Government wants to sell. Audio

6:28 AM.The chair of Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Incorporated in Tauranga says the fire that damaged part of its marae building has left people devastated; The Maori Party says it's not confident the Prime… Read more Audio

6:24 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:21 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:15 AM.Two Israeli soldiers and a Spanish United Nations peacekeeper have been killed when Hezbollah militants traded fire with Israeli troops on the Lebanese border overnight. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Critics of the government's social housing policy say it will deliver nothing for those who need it most. We talk to the Minister for Social Housing, Paula Bennett. Jordan's offered to to hand over an… Read more Audio