Morning Report for Wednesday 19 October 2016

8:55 AM.Surfers say surf rage is mainly about safety, not about being territorial. But a Massey University lecturer isn't so sure and he's starting a PhD into 'surf rage'. Audio

8:50 AM.Parliament starts the process of regulating the space industry as Rocket Lab expects to lift off before the end of the year from it launch site in Mahia. Audio

8:48 AM.US ambassador Mark Gilbert tells Kim Hill that the New Zealand visit of US navy destroyer the USS Sampson next month marks a significant milestone in an improving relationship between the former Anzus… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.New information indicates New Zealand could face a $72 billion bill for climate change commitments made for the next decade. Audio

8:37 AM.The Children's Commissioner, Andrew Becroft, welcomes the Government's decision to raise the age of state care from 17 to 21. Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:27 AM.State lawmaker Jerry Madden explains how a political consensus allowed Texas to close prisons, reduce inmate numbers, cut offending by a quarter and save $US4 billion. Audio

8:25 AM.RNZ health correspondent Karen Brown says one day into the junior hospital doctors' strike, hospitals appear to be coping well. Audio

8:16 AM.The Salvation Army is joining calls to limit immigration, saying the priority should be getting young New Zealanders in to work. Audio

8:10 AM.The battle to take Mosul could take 2 months or even longer. Freelance journalist Fazel Hawramy in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region Audio

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

7:50 AM.A British select committee has been told members of the major child sex abuse inquiry found it difficult to get on with the chair, New Zealand judge Dame Lowell Goddard. The BBC's Tom Symonds was at… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The Salvation Army launches new report calling for foreign worker numbers to be cut back and those jobs given instead to the thousands of struggling NZers. It also wants to see recruitment directly… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Police in Whangarei are investigating the city's second killing in just two weeks - with the latest violent death bringing Northland's total for the year to eight. Audio

7:28 AM.Hospitals say they're coping well with patient demand during the junior doctors' strike. Audio

7:25 AM.The Government is to raise the age of state care for young people, from 17 to 21. The Child Action Poverty Group says its an overdue but welcome move. Audio

7:18 AM.Judith Collins defends planning for rising inmate numbers. Audio

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

6:58 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:56 AM.The end may be in sight for the Reserve Bank's rate cutting policy after inflation data yesterday confirmed muted price pressures but signalled a pick up in the fourth quarter. Audio

6:54 AM.A new report recommends New Zealand and Australia should develop a trans-Tasman construction labour force, to bridge the boom-bust nature of the sector. Audio

6:53 AM.The largest listed company, Fletcher Building, is embarking on another round of cuts and other measures to drive up revenue and profit. Audio

6:52 AM.The campervan rental company, Tourism Holdings, is forecasting a solid lift in profits on the back of booming tourist numbers. Audio

6:49 AM.Prices have risen in the global dairy auction overnight Audio

6:43 AM.The prison guard union, the Corrections Association, doubts the billion dollars of extra spending on prisons will be enough and doesn't trust the official forecasts on inmate numbers. Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:13 AM.Russia has halted its air-strikes on rebel-held neighbourhoods of Aleppo -- forty-eight hours ahead of a planned pause Audio

6:08 AM.British MPs have questioned the panel of the inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse about the resignation of the investigation's third chairperson, New Zealand judge Dame Lowell Goddard. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Tostee jury struggling to reach unanimous verdict, Billion dollar figure for more prison beds may be too low, Corrections Minister Collins on the prison muster blowout, Govt to raise age of state care… Read more Audio