Morning Report for Wednesday 9 December 2009

8:57 AM.A new six million dollar animal hospital and wildlife centre that opens today at Wellington Zoo will let the public watch operations as they're performed. Audio

8:53 AM.Scientists are excited about what they suspect is evidence of mass canibalism at a 7-thousand year old burial site. Audio

8:51 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

8:48 AM.The Department of Conservation says more historical places will get recognition under a new agreement between the Government and a Bay of Plenty iwi. Audio

8:42 AM.Solo adventurer Shaun Quincey is making final preparations to row across the Tasman. Audio

8:39 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

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

8:28 AM.Relatives of journalists shot dead during Indonesia's invasion of East Timor in 1975 have reacted sceptically to new claims about the killings. Audio

8:21 AM.The Canterbury regional council will today continue hearing consent applications related to massive indoor dairy farms planned for the Mackenzie Basin. Audio

8:16 AM.The Wellington Regional Council has admitted it's at fault over the dumping of toxic waste at a Wainuiomata tip, and plans to begin removing it later today. Audio

8:09 AM.Antarctic Treaty countries including New Zealand are meeting in Wellington today to push for tough new rules to rein in tourism on the ice. Audio

7:57 AM.In the past few hours, his Swedish mother-in-law has been taken from his home to hospital by ambulance, sparking yet more live TV coverage of the golfer's private life. Audio

7:54 AM.An environmental group is claiming the Ministry of Economic Development misled it during environment court mediation over mining on the Coromandel Peninsula. Audio

7:51 AM.Farmers and tourist operators in the deep south are fuming after the Government cut millions of dollars from the road maintenance subsidies requested by local councils in Otago and Southland. Audio

7:44 AM.A High Court jury will resume deliberating this morning in the trial of a police officer charged over the death of a man in Manukau in 2004. Audio

7:42 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:38 AM.Unemployment is currently at 6 point 5 percent, its highest level in nine years. Audio

7:30 AM.The chair of the Wellington Regional Council, Fran Wilde, takes exception to a suggestion within that package that such incidents should come under the control of the Environmental Protection Agency. Audio

7:27 AM.The Wellington Regional Council will today begin removing toxic soil dumped at a Wainuiomata tip. Audio

7:22 AM.As officials get down to business in Copenhagen, new research shows this decade has been by far the warmest on record. Audio

7:18 AM.The international environment grouping, the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, is taking part in today's Antarctic Treaty discussions. Audio

7:14 AM.As global attention focuses on Copenhagen and climate change, New Zealand is hosting its own international environmental meeting, this one aimed at averting potential disaster in Antarctica. Audio

7:09 AM.At least a hundred and 30 people have been killed and 450 injured in a series of Baghdad car bombings. Audio

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

6:40 AM.Parliament is considering legislation that would avoid having to destroy embryos, sperm and eggs held by fertility clinics which may be inadvertently breaking the law. Audio

6:38 AM.The Wellington Regional Council has admitted it is at fault over the dumping of toxic waste soil at a Wainuiomata tip, and plans to begin removing it later today. Audio

6:28 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

6:15 AM.Hanover Finance says it's pleased and relieved that shareholders in Allied Farmers have approved a proposal to buy its loan book. Audio

6:12 AM.As world leaders discuss climate change in Copenhagen, a US agency is fast tracking the regulation of greenhouse gases, without needing legislation to go through Congress. Audio

6:00 AM.A wave of bombings in Baghdad claim 130 lives, The Copenhagen summit is told this decade is the hottest on record, A bungle over dumping toxic soil could force the Wellington Regional Council to sue… Read more Audio