Morning Report for Wednesday 16 June 2010

4:18 PM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

8:54 AM.And now some more on the Vuvuzela - it's an instrument that was unfamiliar to most people until this week. Audio

8:51 AM.The biggest agricultural showcase in the southern hemisphere opened its gates a short time ago at Mystery Creek, near Hamilton. Audio

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

8:44 AM.A number of Dunedin business owners are threatening legal action against Mercury Energy after it enticed them to switch power companies then withdrew the savings it had promised. Audio

8:40 AM.A racism scandal is overshadowing today's second State of Origin rugby league match in Brisbane. Audio

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

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

8:27 AM.The mayor of Manukau City will ask the Auditor General to scrutinise his use of a council credit card after admitting he hadn't stuck to the rules. Audio

8:23 AM.Britain's Prime Minister has apologised to the victims of the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry nearly 40 years ago, one of the darkest days in Northern Ireland's history. Audio

8:17 AM.Expensive anti-flu drugs stockpiled by the Ministry of Health for two feared flu pandemics are now being given away free. Audio

8:13 AM.Sam Malcolmson, a defender for the 1982 All Whites, watched last night's game as a comments man for Sky Television. Audio

8:09 AM.It's 28 years to the day since New Zealand last played in a World Cup football match .. and this morning they've produced the goods with their best ever result. Audio

7:57 AM.Defence and Corrections have joined forces to buy their food from the same supplier, cutting hundreds of thousands of dollars off their 20 million dollar grocery bill. Audio

7:53 AM.The leaders of some of the largest primary industries are sceptical about predictions of a long boom in commodity exports. Audio

7:49 AM.In a world first, New Zealand scientists have discovered a way of boosting the amount of meat and milk produced by sheep and cows while at the same time reducing greenhouse emissions. Audio

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

7:40 AM.The United States president, Barack Obama, makes a high stakes speech to the nation today in a bid to restore public confidence in his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. Audio

7:37 AM.After years of refusing Australian pleas to send the skeleton of Phar Lap across the Tasman, Te Papa has relented. Audio

7:27 AM.The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, has apologised to victims of the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland after an official inquiry today put the blame fully on the British army. Audio

7:24 AM.The mayor of Manukau City has admitted making mistakes in the way he used his council credit card and is putting the matter in the hands of the Auditor General. Audio

7:18 AM.With us now is Political Editor Brent Edwards... Audio

7:15 AM.The Labour MP, Chris Carter, has been told by his leader to consider his future after his botched handling of an apology over ministerial credit cards. Audio

7:12 AM.The New Zealand captain Ryan Nelsen was in the team bus on the way home when I spoke to him just a few minutes ago. Audio

7:08 AM.The All Whites wrote themselves into footballing history in the early hours of this morning, with a dramatic last-minute draw in their World Cup match against Slovakia. Audio

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

6:41 AM.The Labour MP, Chris Carter, is in danger of a second demotion and has been told by his party leader to consider his future. Audio

6:35 AM.It's 28 years to the day since New Zealand's All Whites last played in the World Cup - and the celebrations after this morning's result against Slovakia are ringing loud and clear. 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

6:15 AM.Flood prone business owners in downtown Queenstown want the council to dust off plans for major civil engineering projects designed to prevent flooding. Audio

6:11 AM.Britain's longest and most expensive public inquiry, the Saville Report, has found that all those killed on 1972's Bloody Sunday were innocent. Audio

6:09 AM.The All Whites wrote themselves into footballing history in the early hours of this morning, with a dramatic last-minute draw in their World Cup match against Slovakia. Audio

6:00 AM.All Whites write themselves into football history, New Zealand football captain says his team never gave up, Labour MP Chris Carter's constituents give their verdict, Radio New Zealand political… Read more Audio