Morning Report for Friday 29 April 2011

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

8:55 AM.RNZ Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:52 AM.There's a little known New Zealand connection to the woman that is about to be the focus of the world's attention. Audio

8:48 AM.The vast majority of New Zealand's estimated 400-thousand family trusts could be operating improperly. Audio

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

8:42 AM.From Sunday, new rules will stop the public gaining access to people's personal details on the Motor Vehicle Register. Audio

8:37 AM.The chief coroner says too many staunch farmers are committing suicide and has promised more details on such deaths to try to stop them. Audio

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

8:28 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:26 AM.Royal wedding fever seems to have spread around the world - and New Zealanders aren't immune. Audio

8:20 AM.And in London, it's Prince William's last night as a single man - as the eyes of the world turn to London for his marriage to his long-time love, Kate Middleton, in a lavish ceremony in Westminster… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.A member of the Iwi Leaders Forum says Maori should prepare for racist attacks by Don Brash, who is set to become the new leader of the ACT Party. Audio

8:10 AM.Don Brash could be sitting around the cabinet table by the end of the year after toppling Rodney Hide as the Act Party leader. Audio

7:58 AM.Among those camping out outside Westminster Abbey is 76-year-old Terry Hutt. Audio

7:55 AM.Tonight the Breakers may become the first New Zealand sporting team to win a major Australian championship when they take on the Cairns Taipans in Auckland. Audio

7:50 AM.More than 2-hundred and fifty people have been killed after devastating storms - including as many as a hundred tornadoes - cut a path through the south-eastern United States. Audio

7:47 AM.The Department of Building and Housing has had 350 camper vans parked up at the Canterbury A and P Showgrounds since March. Audio

7:44 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:40 AM.The family of one of the men who died in the Pike River Coal Mine diasaster says police were too hasty in releasing details of an image of an object in the mine that looks like a body. Audio

7:37 AM.A local state of emergency is in place in central Hawkes Bay as rain continues to fall on the flood damaged district. Audio

7:28 AM.New Zealanders living in London are also throwing special parties to make the most of the wedding. Audio

7:26 AM.New Zealander Jason Cooper missed out on an invite to the royal wedding, but he's made sure he's secured a front row position to cheer Prince William and Catherine Middleton on their big day. Audio

7:24 AM.The royal wedding is just hours away, with an estimated two billion television viewers across the world set to tune in to watch Prince William and his long-time girlfriend Catherine Middleton tie the… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.The United Future leader, Peter Dunne, says Don Brash's reappearance on the political scene could spell a lurch to the right. Audio

7:14 AM.Political veteran John Banks looks likely to join Don Brash in spearheading the Act party's campaign to be returned to Parliament. Audio

7:10 AM.The Prime Minister John Key has left the door open for Don Brash to become a minister in a future National-led government. Audio

6:49 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:42 AM.The Telecommunications Users Association is welcoming an inquiry into what it says are grossly overinflated charges to use mobile phones while traveling overseas. Audio

6:40 AM.The police are dropping charges for many minor offences committed before the February 22 Christchurch quake to reduce the backlog of cases before the court there. Audio

6:37 AM.The Prime Minister John Key says he is open to Don Brash taking a cabinet post in a post-election government. Audio

6:29 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio

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

6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:10 AM.Millions of people are expected to flood into central London today as the big day finally arrives for Prince William and Kate Middleton. Audio

6:00 AM.PM says Act's Brash could be in Cabinet after election; Epsom seat crucial to Don Brash's Act ambitions; Don Brash on becoming Act Party leader; Royal wedding excitement reaches fever-pitch; Kiwi… Read more Audio