Morning Report for Wednesday 9 September 2015

8:54 AM.Netball New Zealand is not ruling out a foreign coach landing one of the premier sporting jobs in the country. Audio

8:50 AM.Four Muriwhenua iwi will be represented as Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill has its third and final reading today; The owner of a leasehold property on land confiscated from Te Atiawa following the… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Taranaki whitebaiters say they are more worried about exploitation of the precious delicacy than they are of Maori claims to the fishery. Audio

8:42 AM.New Zealand's elderly are some of the best looked after in the world. Audio

8:37 AM.Britons are celebrating Queen Elizabeth who will today become the longest ever reigning British monarch. Audio

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

8:28 AM.The Ministry of Health is being accused of lying to doctors at the Canterbury District Health Board. Audio

8:24 AM.More trouble is brewing in the north for Ngapuhi leader Sonny Tau. Audio

8:23 AM.And returnining to our lead story on the shooting yesterday in Upper Hutt. Our reporter Alexa Cook is at the cordon. Audio

8:20 AM.School librarians are in uproar after being told to take copies of banned book Into the River off their shelves. Audio

8:15 AM.The Green Party is lambasting a proposal to mine peat at Kaimaumau in the Far North. Audio

8:10 AM.The actions of police who shot and killed an armed man outside the Upper Hutt McDonalds is being defended by the local mayor. Audio

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

7:58 AM.Quarterfinals are underway at this year's US Open... And all eyes will be on the eagerly anticipated match between Serena and Venus Williams. Audio

7:54 AM.The European Commission will today propose a plan for new refugee quotas with the hope of taking pressure off Italy, Hungary and Greece. Audio

7:47 AM.Housing New Zealand's plan to pay the Government a dividend of 118-million-dollars this financial year has come under fire from Opposition and others concerned about the state of many of its homes. Audio

7:40 AM.It's now estimated that four million Syrians have fled their country... ...victims of a civil war that has created a refugee exodus roughly equivalent to New Zealand's entire population. Audio

7:34 AM.An occupation at Kaitaia airport has entered its second day. Audio

7:27 AM.Sixty-three years and 217 days after she ascended the throne, Queen Elizabeth the second will today become the longest ever reigning British monarch. Audio

7:23 AM.Extreme pressure on housing in Queenstown is producing slum conditions for many workers, according to tenants who have contacted Radio New Zealand. Audio

7:19 AM.Frontline police say yesterday's shooting was the fifth time in a month that officers have had to deal with armed and dangerous offenders. Audio

7:11 AM.Bystanders caught up in yesterday's Upper Hutt shooting have spoken about yesterday's standoff in the centre of Upper Hutt. Audio

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

6:58 AM.Wall Street is up about 2 percent on hopes of more stimulus measures in China in the months ahead. Audio

6:56 AM.Meanwhile, a fast-growing fresh food company has turned a miss into a win after it failed to meet its target in a crowdfunding campaign on Snowball Effect Audio

6:54 AM.Snowball Effect says nine of the eleven companies that have used its crowdfunding platform in its first year have successfully reached their funding targets. Audio

6:52 AM.The Government is seeking feedback on when the copper wire phone and broadband network should be phased out from 2020, as more and more households and firms shift to ultra-fast broadband. Audio

6:51 AM.Meanwhile, the trade news out of New Zealand's second biggest export market, China, remains on the grim side, underlining the concerns about the outlook for the world's second biggest economy. Audio

6:47 AM.Economic indicators have signalled weaker economic growth. Audio

6:41 AM.It should become clear later today just how many extra Syrian refugees Australia is planning to allow into the country. Audio

6:37 AM.A teen caught up in yesterday's shooting in Upper Hutt says a woman tried to talk the gunman down moments before he was killed. Audio

6:25 AM.Four Muriwhenua iwi will be represented as Te Hiku Claims Settlement Bill has its third and final reading today; The owner of a leasehold property on land confiscated from Te Atiawa following the… Read more Audio

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

6:16 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

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

6:00 AM.A man who was caught up in yesterday's Upper Hutt shooting tells us how it unfolded. Low paid workers in Queenstown reveal the squalid state of rental properties there. We hear from tenants sick of… Read more Audio