Morning Report for Wednesday 17 June 2015

8:56 AM.It's 200 years tomorrow since the Duke of Wellington helped defeat Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo. Audio

8:52 AM.The UK TV and radio personality Chris Evans will replace Jeremy Clarkson as the lead presenter of an all-new Top Gear line-up. Audio

8:48 AM.Auckland's smelly corpse flower has bloomed again, and its smellier than ever before. Audio

8:45 AM.A Te Atiawa kaumatua says he wants a statutory Maori board established in New Plymouth after the failed attempt to create a Maori ward; An expert in Maori law says the Government has been acting… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.As debate rages around how to fix Auckland housing, tales of extreme and dangerous overcrowding are emerging from Sydney. Audio

8:37 AM.The public funeral for one of Porirua's favourite sons, Jerry Collins, will he held this morning at the Te Rauparaha Arena. Audio

8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:28 AM.More than forty thousand New Zealand Muslims will eagerly await the new moon tonight, marking the start of the month of Ramadan. Audio

8:25 AM.They make you look like you're wearing a sleeping bag, but for many people they are an irresistibly warm winter essential. Audio

8:22 AM.Having poured millions of dollars into a demonstration farm in the Saudi Arabian desert supposedly to showcase New Zealand agriculture, the Government now says there are not many other farmers in the… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.Business, Innovation and Employment Minister Steven Joyce says he's disappointed with the latest extravagant purchase made by his ministry. Audio

8:10 AM.Northland Maori leader, Dover Samuels, is calling for a moratorium on the mining of swamp kauri and a review of the laws that allow it. Audio

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

7:56 AM.It's semi final time in the Fifa under-20 football world cup today. Audio

7:52 AM.Legal academics are questioning the Government's approach to dealing with iwi over the future of surplus crown land it wants to build houses on. Audio

7:47 AM.A book about high achieving Samoans has been launched with the hope that it will inspire Pasifika youth to aim for greatness. Audio

7:43 AM.Porirua will publicly farewell one of its rugby greats today. Audio

7:39 AM.New Zealand's navy frigate Te Kaha has seized over 200 million dollars in heroin on the Indian Ocean. Audio

7:29 AM.The Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump has launched his campaign for the 2016 United States Presidency. Audio

7:24 AM.Listening to that was the Immigration Minister, Michael Woodhouse. Audio

7:21 AM.Staying with refugees, and the Government is sticking by its decision not to increase our refugee quota. Audio

7:18 AM.Indonesian police have given photographs to Fairfax Media in Australia showing thousands of US dollars they say was paid to people smugglers by Australian officials. Audio

7:15 AM.The Economic Development Minister says taxpayers will not happy with the revelation of the latest piece of big item spending from his ministry. Audio

7:11 AM.A Northland Maori leader says he's fed up with the pillaging of what he says is a national treasure. Audio

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

6:58 AM.Wall Street is up as investors await the outcome of a two-day Federal Reserve meeting. Audio

6:56 AM.While the stock exchange's NXT market won't cater for firms under 10-million in turnover, the peer-to-peer equity crowdfunding platform, Snowball Effect, is one of a growing number of markets that… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.Now to the China where economists at its central bank are predicting a pick-up in economic activity in the second half of the year. Audio

6:53 AM.Business New Zealand has paid tribute to the former union leader, Peter Conway. Audio

6:51 AM.Analysts have questioned the proposed benefits from Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway taking a stake in the insurer, Insurance Australia Group. Audio

6:50 AM.Sir Ron Brierley has lifted his stake in the Wellington retailer, Kirkcaldie and Stains, from 5-point-7 percent to 6-point-9 percent. Audio

6:49 AM.The directories business, Yellow Pages, has restructured its business to reduce its 385-million dollar debt mountain and allow the firm to remain solvent. Audio

6:48 AM.Dairy prices have slipped once again at the latest fortnightly auction. Audio

6:43 AM.The Economic Development Minister, Steven Joyce says he's not happy with his ministry's latest big ticket spending item. Audio

6:40 AM.An environmental researcher says there's no doubt massive swamp kauri logs are being exported illegally. Audio

6:28 AM.A Te Atiawa kaumatua says he wants a statutory Maori board established in New Plymouth after the failed attempt to create a Maori ward; An expert in Maori law says the Government has been acting… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:16 AM.The Green Party is criticising the Government for ruling out increasing the refugee quota. Audio

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

6:00 AM.A Northland Maori leader calls for a moratorium on the mining of swamp kauri - and a review of the law. Dover Samuels says it's time for a rethink of the whole industry. One hundred and forty thousand… Read more Audio