Morning Report for Tuesday 2 September 2008

8:56 AM.Opening in Brisbane of the the world's largest indoor, climate-controlled insect flight-testing facility. Audio

8:55 AM.Judy Lessing reports on the latest from Flushing Meadows. Audio

8:50 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

8:45 AM.An emergency summit of the European Union has been taking place in Brussels. Audio

8:40 AM.That's the conclusion of the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, in its quarterly predictions out today. Audio

8:35 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

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

8:12 AM.Ngai Tahu says the Emissions Trading Scheme will rob it of the benefits it's due as part of its treaty settlement. Audio

8:08 AM.Hurricane Gustav is now battering New Orleans with strong winds and heavy rain. Audio

7:58 AM.An Australian researcher has come up with a prize-winning way of preventing a collision. Audio

7:55 AM.Despite having a smaller team than at Athens in 2004, organisers are hoping to better that Games' haul of ten medals. Audio

7:50 AM.Aid agencies working in the flood hit state of Bihar say they expect disease and food shortages. Audio

7:47 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:43 AM.The US Republican Party has opened its convention to nominate presidential candidate John McCain. Audio

7:35 AM.The opening shots in the election billboard battle has been fired with National unveiling its first campaign poster. Audio

7:28 AM.The hospital's group manager Hayley McConnell comments. Audio

7:24 AM.Police in South Auckland say they are continuing to work flat out following three seperate serious incidents at the weekend. Audio

7:20 AM.NIWA's Principal Scientist Dr James Renwick comments on the unusual rainfall levels and whats to come. Audio

7:17 AM.Residents in Auckland's Bucklands Beach are forced to leave their homes due to a slip. Audio

7:13 AM.Helen Clark says SFO investigation"seeped out"to National. Audio

7:08 AM.Gustav which made landfall just hours ago with heavy rain and strong winds has not broken through New Orleans flood defences. Audio

6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:42 AM.With the first of the baby boom generation approaching their seventies, NZ is facing a residential care crisis. Audio

6:40 AM.Around two thousand new Treaty of Waitangi claims have been received by the Tribunal in the two months. Audio

6:35 AM.PM says she believes National leader John Key was tipped off, allowing him to declare that he wouldn't work with Peters. Audio

6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

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

6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:10 AM.Parliament will today begin a clause-by-clause debate on the Emissions Trading Scheme. Audio

6:01 AM.Listen to todays bird call. Audio

6:00 AM.Hurricane Gustav, SFO leak claims, Bucklands slips, High rainfall, Manukau Police, Waikato hospital. Audio