Morning Report for Thursday 10 February 2011

8:56 AM.No longer content to let its users tweet, check their emails, arrange their social lives and play music, the Apple iPhone is now entering the spiritual world, as a conduit to the Almighty. Audio

8:52 AM.The Otago Regional Council is sticking to its guns over banning open fires and inefficient woodburners by the end of next year. Audio

8:46 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

8:44 AM.Prosecutors in Italy have filed a formal request for the country's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, to be put on trial. Audio

8:40 AM.Several children have given evidence at the High Court trial of a man accused of inflicting fatal injuries on a little girl in Palmerston North. 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

8:28 AM.The latest figures on people on the dole have raised the alarm among welfare advocates who say it's the wrong time to force beneficiaries into the workforce. Audio

8:25 AM.Banks in Britain have buckled to public and political pressure, and agreed to reveal details of pay and bonuses for their top executives. Audio

8:20 AM.The Maori Party is defending the delay in settling its dispute with the renegade MP, Hone Harawira. Audio

8:15 AM.The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Commission is promising swift changes following criticism of the rebuilding efforts necessitated by September's big quake. Audio

8:10 AM.The government's been accused of abusing the democratic process by rushing through legislation to replace the foreshore and seabed act. Audio

7:57 AM.In the last of our series on how well some of the country's new mayors have fared in their first 100 days in power we review the performance of the Mayor of Hamilton. Audio

7:51 AM.Three people have been killed in a clash between protesters and police , and there are reports of strikes and industrial unrest around the country. Audio

7:50 AM.The Afghan president Hamid Karzai has accused foreign reconstruction teams like New Zealand's of undermining the Government. Audio

7:48 AM.A 56-year-old Australian police officer has been charged in connection with the Perth bushfire that destroyed 72 properties. Audio

7:46 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:44 AM.Hone Harawira hearing, Foreshore and Seabed Act, Earthquake Commission inadequacies, predator denied parole, double dip recession. Audio

7:40 AM.The possibility of a double dip recession has reared its head again. Audio

7:35 AM.The New Zealand cricket team is defending the behaviour of one of the team on a plane while travelling to India for the World Cup. Audio

7:20 AM.Canterbury's Earthquake Recovery Commission says it accepts criticism of its work in coordinating the recovery effort. Audio

7:14 AM.The National and Maori parties are being accused of making a farce out of the select committee process on legislation to replace the Foreshore and Seabed Act. Audio

7:10 AM.Hone Harawira will live to fight another day, after a Maori Party disciplinary hearing adjourned last night without resolution. Audio

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

6:35 AM.The National Party's been accused of ignoring submissions on its foreshore and seabed legislation in its haste to have the bill passed. Audio

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

6:25 AM.A man convicted of murdering the father of a boy he was sexually obsessed with has been denied parole. 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.The Afghan president Hamid Karzai says foreign reconstruction teams like New Zealand's are undermining his Government. Audio