Morning Report for Monday 2 May 2016

8:56 AM.Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

8:52 AM.New Zealand craft brewers have taken on the tricky task of making light alcohol beer tasty. Audio

8:49 AM.Some doctors are urging their peers to learn about rongoā Māori, a traditional healing system that's embedded in Māori cultural traditions and beliefs and becoming more popular. Audio

8:44 AM.More people are turning to the Salvation Army to help them put a meal on their table. Audio

8:41 AM.Visa figures show schools and private tertiary institutions are bearing the brunt of a 17-hundred-student drop in overseas enrolments. Audio

8:36 AM.To mark his death the CIA is live tweeting events as they happened 5 years ago. Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:25 AM.Just one Warrior has been selected for this Friday's Anzac Test after the NRL club made several of its players ineligible for international duty. Audio

8:22 AM.Doctors say there needs to be more research into why thousands of New Zealanders are missing out on the specialist medical care their family doctors think they need. Audio

8:19 AM.An official welcome is just about to get underway for the French prime minister in Auckland. Audio

8:16 AM.A woman who has lived in damp and mouldy houses for decades says she desperately needs a law change that would improve the state of rental homes. Audio

8:11 AM.A former TV3 current affairs journalist says the shock departure of Hilary Barry is just the tip of the iceberg for TV3. Audio

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

7:55 AM.More than 800 gigs will be held around the country this May as New Zealand Music Month marks its 16th year. Audio

7:51 AM.Kenya has torched more than 200 million New Zealand dollars worth of ivory. Audio

7:44 AM.A man who fraudulently applied for asylum by pretending to be Vietnamese has been stripped of his refugee status, but told he will remain a New Zealand citizen. Audio

7:40 AM.A Taranaki farmer is involved in a tense stand-off with Shell after refusing to let the oil giant set off seismic surveying explosives on his land. Audio

7:36 AM.A new crater has been created on White Island after an eruption on Wednesday night. Audio

7:25 AM.The American student who was lost with her mother in the Tararua Forest Park for four days told her mother her dying wishes moments before they were rescued. Audio

7:25 AM.The Prime Minister John Key meets his French counterpart Manuel Valls later today. Audio

7:22 AM.Whangarei people marched in huge numbers yesterday evening to show their support for a woman attacked as she jogged around the city's Hatea Loop. Audio

7:16 AM.The Prime Minister, John Key, says his lawyer went too far when lobbying the Revenue Minister not to change the rules governing foreign-owned trusts. Audio

7:12 AM.The 1-1-1 system went down for two hours at midnight on Saturday night. Audio

7:10 AM.A fire at the same house where the Police dog Gazza was shot and killed last month is being labelled suspicious. Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:59 AM.Wall Street had a soft Friday the Dow falling 57 points, about a third of a percent to 17,774 . Audio

6:58 AM.Several big banks are reporting financial results - Westpac, ANZ and BNZ. Audio

6:57 AM.The Australian government unveils its annual budget tomorrow, the last before an election scheduled for early July. Audio

6:55 AM.The Commerce Commission says it wouldn't stop a merger going ahead unless it's likely to substantially lesson competition in the marketplace -- even if that marketplace isn't very competitive in the… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.The long, dragged-out litigation between the sharemarket operator, NZX, and the Melbourne-based grain exchange operator, Ralec Commodities, appears to be nearing an end as their trial gets underway at… Read more Audio

6:52 AM.Listed rest home and retirement village operator Summerset is expecting another solid lift in earnings as it pursues an increased building target of 400 units this year, up from 300 last year. Audio

6:50 AM.The consensus is that we'll see a slight lift in the unemployment rate to about 5.5 percent from 5.3 pecent at the end of last year, with about 15-thousand jobs being created, but perhaps not quite… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.The city was once home to New Zealand's only degree in circus arts before the 2011 quake shut the Christchurch Polytechnic course. Audio

6:24 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:18 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:15 AM.Maritime industry sources have joined in the criticism of the stability and performance of a new ferry linking Tokelau and Samoa. Audio

6:13 AM.Visa figures show foreign student numbers have fallen in the first quarter of this year after a bumper year in 2015. Audio

6:11 AM.Doctors want more research into why thousands of New Zealanders are missing out on the specialist medical care their family doctors think they need. Audio

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

6:00 AM.A fire at the same house where the Police dog Gazza was shot and killed last month is being labelled suspicious. The 1-1-1 system went down for two hours at midnight on Saturday night. The Prime… Read more Audio