Morning Report for Friday 4 December 2015

8:56 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:49 AM.Otago Museum is promising to blow people's minds with the region's first digital planetarium when it opens tonight. Audio

8:46 AM.The Public Service Association has accused some government agencies of obstructing the Ombudsman's Office investigation into the Official Information Act. Audio

8:42 AM.A Hastings woman who slept with her new baby despite repeated warnings not to, has been convicted of criminal nuisance after her baby died. Audio

8:39 AM.The Cook Islands government is planning to dredge Muri Lagoon to reverse what it's calling a national disaster at a key tourism drawcard. Audio

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

8:29 AM.The Christchurch City Mission's opening new emergency housing today, just as figures released to RNZ show the rebuild of social housing in the city is still behind schedule. Audio

8:21 AM.The Ambulance Association says the Government should foot the bill so St John can ensure all ambulances have at least two paramedics on board. Audio

8:18 AM.The Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says two-point-six million dollars of taxpayers money will be spent this year building an abbatoir for a disaffected Saudi businessman. Audio

8:11 AM.Social workers are blaming under-resourcing for failings highlighted in a highly critical review of how Child Youth and Family dealt with the so-called roastbusters case in 2013. Audio

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

7:55 AM.Stewart Island residents have told MPs they fear going into the ocean because of shark cage diving near the island. Audio

7:55 AM.People's appetite for meat and dariy products is having more of an impact on climate change than cars, planes, trains and ships combined Audio

7:49 AM.That's the moment an Auckland high school student was pulled out of his wheelchair by two boys, forcing him to fall on the ground while being verbally abused. Audio

7:44 AM.Frustration is beginning to mount at the slow rate of progress at the Paris climate change talks, which are nearing the end of the first week. Audio

7:40 AM.Two high-ranking FIFA officials have been arrested in a dawn raid at a Swiss hotel in the ongoing investigations of corruption in football's world governing body. Audio

7:35 AM.Social workers say they're being unfairly criticised for the way they handled the teenage boys who boasted online of having sex with underage drunk girls. Audio

7:27 AM.St John Ambulance has given the Government notice it will stop sending sole paramedics to emergencies because it puts patients and staff at risk. Audio

7:23 AM.The Fruzio brand of mixed berries has been identified by the Ministry for Primary Industries as the source of at least four cases of Hepatitis A. Audio

7:18 AM.Oscar Pistorius will be heading back to prison next year, after being found guilty of the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. Audio

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

6:58 AM.Wall Street and other markets have fallen into the red after the latest easing measures by the European Central Bank. Audio

6:57 AM.New Zealand businesses need to start divulging and sharing that they have been the victims of cyber crime as a first step to building national defences, according to the Institute of Directors. Audio

6:55 AM.The mining exploration company, Chatham Rock Phosphate, intends to lodge another application to mine the Chatham Rise, despite an ongoing dispute with the Environmental Protection Authority over… Read more Audio

6:52 AM.The dollar faces a bumpy ride heading into the holiday season as it awaits the outcome of central bank meetings here and in the United States. Audio

6:45 AM.Opposition MPs doubt Child Youth and Family is in any position to better respond to another so-called Roastbusters case. Audio

6:43 AM.St John Ambulance has told the Government it will stop sending sole paramedics to emergencies because it puts patients and staff at risk. Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:21 AM.Our business reporter, Jonathan Mitchell, is in with the latest from the financial world. Audio

6:19 AM.The captain of a boat carrying asylum seekers has told an Indonesian court about the moment he accepted a cash payment from Australian officials. Audio

6:16 AM.The owner of a frozen berry company pinpointed as causing four cases of Hepatitis A says he's devastated. Audio

6:10 AM.Californian police are still trying to figure out why a man and woman opened fire at a social services centre in San Bernadino, killing 14 people and wounding 17. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Police in California search for a motive for the mass shooting at a social services centre in San Bernardino. Oscar Pistorius is found guilty by South Africa's Appeals Court of the murder of his… Read more Audio