Morning Report for Monday 10 August 2015

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

8:50 AM.Te Rūnanganui o Ngati Porou is no longer accepting iwi members' driver's license for personal identification purposes for the upcoming runanga elections; The women's refuge collective says the… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.It's exactly a year since a white police officer shot dead the unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in the US city of Ferguson, Missouri. Audio

8:39 AM.A New Zealander's made history by becoming the first woman to swim almost 50 kilometres of shark-filled waters off the coast of San Francisco. Audio

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

8:28 AM.After a disastrous fourth Ashes test match Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke has announced his retirement but the coach Darren Lehmann's job is safe. Audio

8:23 AM.Anti coal campaigners say the dairy giant Fonterra should cut back on the amount of coal it uses in its factories. Audio

8:21 AM.It's an icy day in central Dunedin this morning. Audio

8:17 AM.Palmerston North police are relying on locals to help them work out what happened to Samuel Peter Culling who died a violent death last week. Audio

8:14 AM.A stand off in Houston, Texas has left eight people, including five children, dead. Audio

8:11 AM.Thirty police officers across the country have been accused and convicted of serious charges within the past year, including one officer who filmed a teenager in a shower. Audio

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

7:56 AM.Remote Aboriginal communities might soon be stripped of Australia's favourite sandwich spread. Audio

7:49 AM.US Presidential candidate Donald Trump remains defiant as the fallout continues from his comments about a Fox News journalist. Audio

7:45 AM.The All Blacks will be taking a long hard look at themselves this week after their devastating 27-19 loss to the Wallabies in Sydney. Audio

7:42 AM.The lawyer for an inmate who had his skull fractured and other bones broken in prison, is considering legal action against the Department of Corrections. Audio

7:37 AM.The Silver Ferns stunned tournament favourites Australia in pool play at the Netball World Cup last night, beating their old foes for the first time in ten clashes. Audio

7:24 AM.With us is Fonterra's group director of co-operative affairs, Miles Hurrell. Audio

7:22 AM.The Labour Party is warning that banks will begin forcing indebted dairy farmers to sell their land within a year. Audio

7:15 AM.And Derek Burton joins us. Audio

7:12 AM.A family is warning about the dangers of meningitis after doctors failed to recognise it in their baby son leaving him brain-damaged, blind and deaf. Audio

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

6:58 AM.Wall Street fell to its lowest level since February, after the release of robust American labour market data made an interest rate hike more likely. Audio

6:56 AM.Across the Tasman, and plans to build one of the world's biggest coal mines in Queensland have run into legal and financial problems. Audio

6:55 AM.On the corporate front, the earnings season starts picking up. Audio

6:50 AM.An exporters' lobby group says firms are bringing some of their overseas-based operations back home, due in part to the lower dollar. Audio

6:50 AM.Briscoe Group's major shareholder and managing director Rod Duke will meet with some of Kathmandu's key shareholders in Australia again this week, but he faces an uphill battle winning them over. Audio

6:49 AM.The earnings season will start to pick up from this week, and analysts are expecting solid results on the whole. Audio

6:39 AM.At the end of what was shaping up as a black weekend for our national sports teams, the Silver Ferns gave New Zealanders something to cheer about with a stunning victory over the highly favoured… Read more Audio

6:26 AM.Te Rūnanganui o Ngati Porou is no longer accepting iwi members' driver's license for personal identification purposes for the upcoming runanga elections; The women's refuge collective says the… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

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

6:00 AM.A family warns of the dangers of meningitis after a missed diagnosis leaves their son brain-damaged, blind and deaf. We'll talk to the baby's father after 7. A warning from Labour banks will soon be… Read more Audio