Morning Report for Thursday 28 January 2016

8:58 AM.Fonterra has revised is forecast farmgate price for the 2015-2016 season ... it has dropped from $4.60 to $4.15 a kilogram of milk solids. Audio

8:50 AM.The Maori Party is alarmed the Prime Minister is not ruling out ditching promises he made to the party in exchange for its support for Resource Management Act changes. Audio

8:46 AM.An Australian doctor has challenged Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to prosecute him for speaking out about the health of children kept in detention on Nauru. Audio

8:40 AM.The first night flights into Queenstown Airport will be put on sale by Air New Zealand early next week. Audio

8:35 AM.One person has been killed in a confrontation between police and the armed protestors who have been occupying a US government building at a wildlife centre in Oregon. Audio

8:28 AM.It seems there are deep divisions within the Labour caucus whether to support the trade deal. Audio

8:21 AM.A former Maori Affairs Minister Dover Samuels says Maori worried about the Trans Pacific Partnership and the Treaty should direct their frustration at Te Ururoa Flavell. Audio

8:18 AM.More than 100 million dollars will be poured into improving the notorious stretch of State Highway 3 in northern Taranaki from Mount Messenger to Awakino Gorge. Audio

8:10 AM.It's full steam ahead for Auckland's city rail link. For five years, mayor Len Brown has been chipping away at the Government about his idea for a city subway. Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:59 AM.Donald Trump has turned on Fox News, pulling out of their debate just a day before it goes to air, and just five days ahead of the first vote in Iowa. Audio

7:53 AM.A Christchurch couple has been told they can't use a driveway that no longer leads to any houses because the Earthquake Recovery Authority may need access to it. Audio

7:47 AM.For the second year in a row, New Zealand's public sector has dropped in a ranking of the least corrupt in the world. Audio

7:43 AM.Both the Department of Conservation and the Otago Regional Council say no rules are being broken in the latest case of stock in waterways, and there'll be no action taken against one of the country's… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Economists are tipping the Reserve Bank will leave the cost of borrowing unchanged at a record low 2 point 5 percent this morning. Audio

7:35 AM.Police have relaunched their investigation into the 1976 murder of Auckland girl Tracey Ann Patient. Audio

7:28 AM.A Muslim community leader says the Government's gifting of an abbatoir to Saudi Arabia is akin to lavishing goods on Hitler or Saddam Hussein. The Saudi Government executed 47 people this month… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Auckland's Ngati Whatua is refusing to take part in any welcoming ceremonies for next week's Trans Pacific Partnership signing. Audio

7:22 AM.Police have relaunched their investigation into the 1976 murder of Auckland girl Tracey Ann Patient. Audio

7:16 AM.Our political editor, Jane Patterson, was at John Key's speech in Auckland yesterday. Audio

7:12 AM.Aucklanders may soon be paying road tolls to fund their half of the City Rail Link. The Government has confirmed it will pay about half the cost of the two-point-five billion dollar project, allowing… Read more Audio

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

6:59 AM.The Kiwi Property Group says consumers are seeing shopping malls increasingly as the places to shop and socialise. Audio

6:59 AM.The NZ Super Fund says the recent financial market volatility has presented it with good buying opportunities. Audio

6:59 AM.It's a wait and see approach - with Wall Street fairly flat ahead of the statement on rates from the Federal Reserve. Audio

6:58 AM.Shares in Veritas Investments, the owner of the Mad Butcher chain, fell 42 percent yesterday after it revised down its profit expectations on the back of a disappointing second quarter. Audio

6:57 AM.A recruitment firm says some small to medium sized businesses may not be fully aware of the true costs of hiring staff. Audio

6:54 AM.A survey has found small businesses are taking a cautious approach to hiring staff even though half are expecting the economy to remain strong over the first half of the year Audio

6:53 AM.The ASB Bank's latest housing confidence survey suggested respondents generally believe home loan rates have fallen as much as could be expected. Audio

6:51 AM.Two central bank interest rate decisions are due out within in the next couple of hours. Audio

6:40 AM.Lobby group Generation Zero campaigns for public transport. Audio

6:35 AM.The Labour Party says the Government should have committed spending to the Auckland City Rail Link six years ago and it's a shame it had to be dragged kicking and screaming to get to this point. Audio

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

6:21 AM.The ASB Bank's latest housing confidence survey had a bit of a surprise which was that respondents generally believe home loan rates had fallen as much as could be expected. Audio

6:17 AM.France's Justice Minister has resigned over plans to amend France's constitution to strip terrorists of their citizenship. Audio

6:12 AM.Yesterday morning we talked to an annoyed tramper after RNZ was sent photos of cows wandering through the Matukituki River on the doorstep of Mt Aspiring National Park. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Govt defends its u-turn of City Rail Link timing;RNZ political editor discusses Key's first major 2016 speech;Auckland-based hapu refuses to take part in TPP welcoming next week;Saudi abattoir like… Read more Audio