Morning Report for Wednesday 24 February 2010

12:44 PM.Global news and current affairs. Audio

8:57 AM.An American researcher has discovered the world's only known monogomous amphibian. Audio

8:51 AM.Environmentalists are pleased with a High Court judgment upholding a fishing ban designed to protect endangered dolphins. Audio

8:51 AM.The Environment Court hearing into plans to build a a 75 million dollar golf resort in Wanaka is underway. Audio

8:48 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

8:48 AM.The Green Party is promoting smart electricity meters as the means to give householders more control over their power bills. Audio

8:42 AM.A new book on the 2008 election credits the popularity of John Key as the biggest factor in National's win. Audio

8:39 AM.The Sudanese government will offer the biggest rebel group in Darfur government posts, as part of a peace deal to be signed 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

8:27 AM.The owner of a Bay of Islands boatyard, fighting for the use of public reserve, has asked the courts to gag his fiercest critic. Audio

8:24 AM.Quincy is more than half way through his epic row from Australia to New Zealand but was forced to contact emergency services last night after his boat, Tasman Trespasser 2, flipped over twice. Audio

8:21 AM.Internet disconnection is still being proposed as a penalty for illegal downloading, in new legislation introduced to Parliament. Audio

8:15 AM.The lobby group Age Concern wants the Government to intervene and stop district health boards cutting home help to elderly people who need it. Audio

8:09 AM.Telecom's share prices fell two and a half percent yesterday after New Zealand's biggest company conceded problems with its vaunted XT network will hurt its earnings. Audio

7:58 AM.It looks like Australia's Northern Territory will soon be home to that country's first nuclear waste dump. Audio

7:53 AM.An Auckland teenager whose boat sank off the coast of Brazil has now recovered from her ordeal and is looking forward to coming home. Audio

7:49 AM.New Zealand cricketers eyeing a lucrative pay day at India's IPL twenty-twenty tournament next month are delaying a decision on whether it will be too dangerous to take part. Audio

7:45 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:40 AM.Parliamentary Chief Reporter, Jane Patterson. Audio

7:36 AM.Red faced MPs who abused their ministerial credit cards have been reprimanded by the Prime Minister and have apologised publicly. Audio

7:28 AM.The Trans Tasman rower Shaun Quincy has been forced to activate his tracking location equipment after a potentially disasterous evening at sea. Audio

7:25 AM.Investors in the failed property investment company Blue Chip are taking no pleasure from the latest development in the case. Audio

7:21 AM.While the two cabinet Ministers who used their credit cards for personal spending keep their jobs a disagreement over travel and expenses claims appears to be behind the sudden and unexpected… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.The police watchdog is criticising Lower Hutt officers for misconduct, in their handling of a raid on a Mongrel Mob gang enclave in February last year. Audio

7:09 AM.The Government says it may regulate the telecommunications industry to ensure 111 calls are prioritised when networks become unstable. Audio

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

6:38 AM.The Health Minister says he will personally step in if a change in home help policy leads to the elderly being forced from their homes. 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

6:17 AM.Despite retaining his portfolios, Phil Heatley says he's paid dearly for his breaches of the ministerial credit card policy. Audio

6:15 AM.Investors in failed property investment company Blue Chip say they're not satisfied by a guilty plea from the company's founder to changes relating to the collapse. Audio

6:11 AM.Toyota's top-ranking American executive, Jim Lentz, is testifying to a congressional hearing in Washington this morning over safety concerns around some of the company's top selling models. Audio

6:00 AM.The Government may regulate the telecommunications industry to ensure emergency calls are prioritised, The police watchdog is criticising police for their handling of a sting on the Mongral Mob, A top… Read more Audio