Morning Report for Wednesday 5 August 2015

8:56 AM.The country's longest-running contemporary dance company is turning 30. Audio

8:53 AM.Rio de Janeiro is stepping up the pace as it approaches the last lap of its Olympic preparations, but it's certainly not without its last minute problems. Audio

8:50 AM.Opotiki is flying in the face of new civil aviation laws by allowing all drones and model aircraft to be flown in public. Audio

8:47 AM.The introduction of legislation to reform Maori land ownership has been delayed until next year; The Council of Trade Unions Maori Vice-President says Maori will be the losers if a Trans Pacific… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Justice Minister Amy Adams wants to introduce dedicated family violence charges with penalties harsher than standard assault. Audio

8:39 AM.A move by parliamentarians to allow suspected suicides to be reported more openly has been described as a "positive step" by a suicide prevention advocate. Audio

8:36 AM.Red hot property prices in Auckland are forcing some investors out of the city and further south. Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector Audio

8:28 AM.One thousand meat workers will strike after yet another breakdown in collective agreement talks between the Talley's owned company Affco and the Meatworkers Union. Audio

8:24 AM.Winston Peters is on the line from the Cook Islands. Audio

8:18 AM.And listening to that is the Minister of Finance, Bill English. Audio

8:11 AM.The price of whole milk powder has fallen to a record low at auction this morning. Audio

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

7:55 AM.LA Tukerangi's family are continuing to plead with their missing 15 year old daughter to get in touch with them. Audio

7:50 AM.The mother of the 21-year-old Slovak man shot dead in Auckland's Myer Park on Sunday night is devastated by the tragedy. Audio

7:43 AM.When Auckland became a "Supercity" the council adopted an "Independent Maori Statutory Board" to tell it what Maori in Tamaki Makaurau needed. It is part of its Treaty Obligation but many have… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.New data shows Auckland's housing shortage will get worse before it gets better and could last for more than a decade and will get worse before it gets better, according to a new analysis of data. Audio

7:33 AM.Charles Foster is a Dambuster blogger and author, and nephew of the Dambuster pilot David Maltby. He joins us from Ireland. Audio

7:25 AM.A former senior GNS scientist says the Ruataniwha Dam may not be needed because there could be plenty of water in the deep aquifers of the area's plains. Audio

7:19 AM.Mr McCully and Mr Groser both declined to come on Morning Report to discuss the documents but Labour's trade spokesman David Parker is in in our Dunedin studio. Audio

7:14 AM.A boxload of documents made public yesterday has shed more light on the deal which led to the Government paying a Saudi businessman eleven million dollars to set up a sheep farm in order to get a free… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.Prices for New Zealand's single biggest export, whole milk powder, have hit a record low in the overnight global dairy trade auction. Audio

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

6:58 AM.Wall Street is lower after a mixed bag of earnings reports. Audio

6:55 AM.The economic forecaster, Berl, says the falling dollar will help build a resilient and sustainable economy. Audio

6:53 AM.Fewer harsh storms and Christchurch earthquake claims have boosted earnings at the New Zealand arm of the Australian insurance firm, Suncorp. Audio

6:51 AM.An analyst says Origin Energy has sold Contact Energy at a cheap price in order to keep its debt down Audio

6:50 AM.Weaker Chinese demand appears to be spreading beyond dairy products, raising further concerns about the slowdown in the world's second biggest economy. Audio

6:49 AM.Global dairy prices have plunged once again. Audio

6:42 AM.A former Trade Minister is angry the Prime Minister is laying blame for the Saudi sheep trade debacle on the former Labour Government. Audio

6:27 AM.The introduction of legislation to reform Maori land ownership has been delayed until next year; The Council of Trade Unions Maori Vice-President says Maori will be the losers if a Trans Pacific… Read more Audio

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

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

6:12 AM.The Auckland housing market shows no sign of slowing down. The latest QV House Price Index shows the Auckland market has gone up by 18-point-8 per cent year on year, with the average price now about… Read more Audio

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

6:00 AM.More tough news for dairy farmers, global dairy prices fall again - whole milk powder prices shed another ten percent. We hear from the dairy analyst, Susan Kilsby. We get Labour's response to claims… Read more Audio