Morning Report for Friday 27 January 2017

6:00 AM.Mexican President cancels meeting with Trump in Washington, Mexico president condemns Trump's wall, refuses to pay, Animal welfare assurance wanted for Chinese cow shipment, United Nations Dispatch… Read more Audio

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

6:18 AM.A hundred jobs and tens of millions of dollars a year will be lost if salmon farms are not relocated within the Marlborough Sounds. Phil Pennington speaks with Marlborough district mayor John Leggett.

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

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

6:51 AM.The latest inflation figures have offered a few surprises. As expected the annual rate edged back into the Reserve Bank's 1-3% target Audio

6:53 AM.Stronger-than-expected inflation in retail prices was one of the surprises in yesterday's official numbers. Audio

6:56 AM.More than 130 entrepreneurs are meeting in Wellington this weekend to help government agencies develop better ways to do business with business. Audio

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

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

7:15 AM.The Mexican president has been widely praised south of the border for refusing to meet with President Trump. Mexico correspondent Shannon Young has the latest. Audio

7:44 AM.Super fast internet access is coming to the outer edges of New Zealand. The mayors of Whangarei and Winton say it's a big step forward for their communities. Audio

7:50 AM.The water shortage in the Far North is so severe it's created a black market, with some of the water illegally coming from council fire hyrdrants. Far North mayor John Carter says anyone offered such… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.It's the Wellington Sevens this weekend, but it's likely to be a pale imitation of what it once was. Is the party well and truly over or is there life in the Sevens weekend yet? Joe Porter asked some… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.A reward has been offered to anyone who can confirm the South Island kokako is still alive. South Island Kokako Charitable Trust's Nigel Babbage says the person who finds it will be a conservation… Read more Audio

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

8:12 AM.The entire senior level of management officials at the State Department has been fired by the Trump administration. Political columinst Brent Budowsky says it would have been wise to keep at least… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A review set up after four homicides and an assault which all involved mental health patients from the Wellington region has found serious errors in the way the service is run. Audio

8:25 AM.New figures show the current shortage of teachers in Auckland comes as the Government spends less promoting teaching as a career - about a million dollars a year less for the past four years. Labour… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.The government establishes an independent service to advocate for children in care. Tindall Foundation manager John McCarthy says we have to do better for young people. Audio

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

8:36 AM.A British university has been fined after two students suffered "life-threatening" effects when they were accidentially given 300 cups of coffee. Audio

8:40 AM.Serena and Venus Williams have locked in a historic Grand-slam final. The siblings will play each other at the Australian Open final tomorrow. Roger federer has been confirmed as the first mens… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Tourism operators in Kaikoura fretting about a wasted summer are finding new ways to promote themselves and the town...and the council's marketing arm is right behind them with new ideas, as Belinda… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.US President Donald Trump's decision to suspend refugee resettlement has thrown uncertainty into the mix for refugees detained by Australia on Nauru and Manus Islands; and refugees there say the… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.St John ambulance service is spending almost 9 million dollars on 43 new vehicles in an effort to avoid paramedics getting injured when dealing with heavy patients Audio

8:55 AM.Just in time for the start of Chinese New Year celebrations, a new documentary opens today highlighting the lives of New Zealand's Chinese goldminers and immigrants. Audio