Morning Report for Wednesday 22 September 2010

8:54 AM.Canterbury heritage lovers are picking up bricks in the fight to determine the shape of post-quake Christchurch. Audio

8:48 AM.A fashion designer tired of having to show her clothes on stick-thin girls has shunned professional models for models that better represent real women. Audio

8:45 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

8:43 AM.The Ministry of Education is sticking by figures that put the average secondary teacher's pay at 71-thousand dollars a year. Audio

8:40 AM.The disgraced former MP, Phillip Field, is asking the Court of Appeal to overturn his conviction. Audio

8:36 AM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

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

8:26 AM.A unique history of the British spy agency, MI6, is published today. Audio

8:19 AM.The families of child cancer patients in the lower North Island, have been told their children's care will be split between Wellington and Christchurch. Audio

8:15 AM.Radio New Zealand understands the former ACT MP, David Garrett will quit as an MP tomorrow. Audio

8:12 AM.The first contingent of New Zealand athletes is due to arrive in Delhi on Saturday. Audio

8:09 AM.With two weeks to go before the start of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the collapse of a bridge being built just outside the main stadium, is leading to fears that the quality of hurried… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.After a shaky few weeks in Canterbury thousands of earthquake survivors have been rocked again, this time by heavy metal greats, Metallica. Audio

7:52 AM.Meanwhile down in the deep south continuing bad weather is ruining the lambing season which farmers say is a total disaster and they're at their wit's end. Audio

7:48 AM.The stormy weather hitting the contry is expected to continue until at least Friday, with the metservice warning of snow to low levels in both the central North Island and Southland, and severe gales… Read more Audio

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

7:40 AM.Maoridom is in mourning following the loss of a prominent leader. Audio

7:36 AM.The US approval for the sale of the airforce's mothballed Skyhawk combat aircraft runs out today. Audio

7:28 AM.The police in Auckland are continuing their search for the body of Carmen Thomas, with investigations centering on a construction site in Auckland's CBD. Audio

7:23 AM.Child cancer patients In Wellington will have to keep travelling to Christchurch for treatment with the capital giving up its struggle to keep a top level cancer service. Audio

7:19 AM.The Labour Party says the man in charge of establishing the new financial markets regulator, Simon Botherway, must step aside because of alleged conflicts of interest. Audio

7:13 AM.In what is the latest problem facing the Indian Commonwealth Games, a footbridge linking a carpark to the main stadium has collapsed injuring 20 workers. Audio

7:08 AM.The former ACT MP, David Garrett will quit as an MP tomorrow. Audio

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

6:41 AM.Italian prosecutors have placed the president of the Vatican bank under investigation on suspicion of violating money laundering laws. Audio

6:28 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:19 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:15 AM.A group of large businesses has sent Auckland's mayoral candidates a wish list of clean, green projects that could spruce up the city and improve the quality of life. Audio

6:00 AM.David Garrett is about to announce he'll leave Parliament, a footbridge collapses at the Commonwealth Games site in Delhi and Wellington and Canterbury agree to share Child Cancer care. Audio