Morning Report for Monday 4 May 2015

8:55 AM.Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

8:51 AM.The Kiwis rugby league team scored an emphatic win over the Kangaroos in Brisbane last night - their third win on the trot against the world champions and their first win in the annual Anzac test for… Read more Audio

8:48 AM.A small Maori delegation from the far north is confronting Norway's biggest oil company head-on; A founding member of Te Wananga o Aotearoa wants people to stop referring to the institute as "the Wa"… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.It was billed as the Fight of the Century and it was certainly the most lucrative in the history of boxing. Audio

8:37 AM.Foreign buyers in the state of Victoria will be slugged with a 3 percent tax on the purchase price of their houses. Audio

8:33 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:28 AM.In a case of the rescuer needing to be rescued, a police search dog has gone missing in the Mount Holdsworth area, west of Masterton Audio

8:23 AM.Staff at Waikato District Health Board who refuse to have their annual flu jab could be made to wear surgical masks in hospital clinical areas. Audio

8:19 AM.A senior Northland police officer accused of mishandling protection order breaches is being investigated. Audio

8:11 AM.The Prime Minister faces a testing week in the House, as he prepares to return to Parliament for the first time since the ponytail-pulling scandal erupted. Audio

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

7:55 AM.Auckland Transport hopes to get the city's struggling commuter rail system back on track after two months of disruption which it calls unacceptable. Audio

7:48 AM.Frontline Salvation Army workers in provincial New Zealand are reporting a surge in cases of multiple families crammed into small houses and others living in their cars. Audio

7:45 AM.Education Ministry figures show the communities around low-decile schools are poorer than ever. Audio

7:41 AM.A 101-year-old man has been pulled alive from the rubble of his house in Nepal, seven days after it collapsed in the country's devastating earthquake. Audio

7:35 AM.The new royal baby has arrived but there's no word yet on on what the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will call Prince George's little sister. Audio

7:29 AM.Foreigners buying houses in the Australian state of Victoria will be subject to two new taxes as the state government tries to cool the rising property market. Audio

7:26 AM.A large district health board may require staff who refuse to have the annual flu jab wear surgical masks in clinical areas of the hospital. Audio

7:20 AM.Authorities are investigating a senior Northland police officer accused of mishandling protection order breaches reported by a young woman. Audio

7:11 AM.The Prime Minister will be back in Parliament tomorrow for the first time since the ponytail-pulling scandal erupted last month. Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:59 AM.The kiwi begins the week at 75.38 US cents, 96.01 Australian, 49.79 British pence, point-6729 euro, 90.59 yen and 4.67 renminbi and the TWI 78.03 Audio

6:57 AM.A marine electronics company has launched a radar developed in Auckland that it says is a game changer. Audio

6:56 AM.A fast-growing fresh food company is looking to raise 1.5 million dollars of capital, so it can continue its rapid pace of growth. Audio

6:53 AM.for the first time China has become Australia's biggest source of foreign investment, Sydney correspondent Jim Parker reports. Audio

6:51 AM.Government officials say the Maui field should be pumping gas past 2030, this emerged as Shell Todd Oil Services sought approval from the Environmental Protection Authority to keep operating the… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Jobs figures out this week are expected to show more jobs but low wage growth. Audio

6:40 AM.A senior Northland police officer is under investigation after being accused of mishandling protection order breaches reported by a young woman. Audio

6:28 AM.A small Maori delegation from the far north is confronting Norway's biggest oil company head-on; The Labour MP for Te Tai Hauauru is defending his involvement in the annual overseas Speaker's… Read more Audio

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

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

6:11 AM.Foreigners buying houses in the Australian state of Victoria will be subject to two new taxes as the state government tries to cool the rising property market. Audio

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

6:00 AM.NZ urged to follow Australian state of Victoria housing market, Senior Northland policeman accused of misconduct, Prime Minister regrets misreading ponytail saga, Prime Minister regrets misreading… Read more Audio