Morning Report for Friday 18 November 2011

8:57 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:54 AM.The Mana Party says the Maori Party's '100 percent Maori' slogan is racist and against Maori values. Audio

8:50 AM.In the second of our profiles of Maori seats - we look at Ikaroa-Rawhiti - which takes in the eastern side of the North Island from just north of Wellington to East Cape; A professor of indigenous… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.More than two-and-a-half thousand people are expected to attend a memorial service here in Greymouth tomorrow to remember the 29 men who lost their lives at Pike River. Audio

8:43 AM.The voters in Greymouth will have the chance to give their judgement on how the government has handled the tragedy and its aftermath at the general election in just over a week. Audio

8:40 AM.The Act Party's Epsom candidate, John Banks, is continuing to refuse to comment on what he might have said about his leader during the cup-of-tea meeting a week ago. Audio

8:37 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

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

8:26 AM.The family of Richard Holling, one of the 29 who died in the mine, is happy for his body to stay in the mine. Audio

8:22 AM.Kurt's father, Alan Dixon, was one of the oldest miners to die in the Pike River disaster at age 59. Audio

8:19 AM.The election campaign is reaching fever pitch in south Auckland where the Labour Party is trying to win back its heartland vote. Audio

8:12 AM.We're joined by Stephen Franks a former ACT MP and a National Party candidate in the last election, and by the political commentator, Chris Trotter. Audio

8:09 AM.On the campaign trail, the week ended as it started, with all the focus on what was said when John Key met John Banks at an Auckland cafe. Audio

7:55 AM.Some family members of those who died in the Pike River disaster say they'll never have closure until the miners' remains are recovered. Audio

7:51 AM.Morning Report spoke to some of those who lost family members in the Pike River mine. Audio

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

7:41 AM.The cameraman who recorded John Key's conversation with John Banks has applied to the High Court for a ruling on whether what the two politicians said during their conversation in an Auckland cafe can… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.It's twelve months tomorrow since a massive gas explosion ripped through the Pike River coal mine. Audio

7:24 AM.Joining us to discuss the past week of the election campaign is our political editor, Brent Edwards. Audio

7:20 AM.We're joined now by the Wellington media lawyer, Peter McKnight. We also have the Victoria University law department's adjunct professor, Steven Price, who's also a barrister. Audio

7:19 AM.Four news media outlets - The Herald on Sunday, TV3, TVNZ and Radio New Zealand - face the prospect of police search warrants for unpublished material regarding the cafe conversation between the… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The efforts of John Key and John Banks to shut down the teapot tape affair is beginning to showup in the polls. Audio

6:48 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:42 AM.The Act Party candidate, John Banks, has refused to comment on remarks it's claimed he made about his leader, Don Brash. Audio

6:37 AM.It is a year ago tomorrow the first explosions rent the Pike River coal mine near Greymouth, killing 29 miners. Audio

6:28 AM.A professor of indigenous studies says there isn't room for two Maori political parties in parliament; The sitting Labour MP for the Maori electorate of Ikaroa-Rawhiti is determined to hold onto the… Read more Audio

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

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

6:11 AM.The cameraman who recorded the meeting between John Key and John Banks is going to court to try to prove the recording is legal. Audio

6:00 AM.A new poll has Winston Peters on 4.9 percent. The police look set to search news media offices today in an effort to get more evidence for its cuppagate investigation and from the West Coast; we'll… Read more Audio