Morning Report for Thursday 27 September 2012

8:54 AM.As you heard in Manu Korihi news ..Waiotapu locals are upset that vandals have hacked down native trees and cut through wooden railings at the Hot and Cold springs, near Rotorua. Audio

8:51 AM.Yesterday morning at 9.26, one-point-three million people dropped, covered and held on in a nationwide earthquake drill. Audio

8:48 AM.Ngai Tahu has bounced back from last year's net profit slump - posting a six-fold increase of nearly 100 million dollars in one year; The chief negotiator for Tuhoe believes few people have attended… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Two Bay of Plenty councils are throwing their support behind a multi million dollar proposal for a new tertiary education campus in Tauranga. Audio

8:39 AM.Palmerston North ratepayers will have to foot a bill of more than 130-thousand dollars for a report on the pollution of the Manawatu River- which mostly revealed what they already knew. 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

8:25 AM.The Minister for Energy and the Conservation Minister will have an equal say over whether mining projects need to go out for public consultation under new legislation now making its way through… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Apartment owners in Wellington are facing massive hikes in insurance premiums, with some increasing more than 10-fold. Audio

8:13 AM.Victims of crime are welcoming changes to the Parole Act introduced to Parliament yesterday, designed to tighten eligibility for criminals who refuse to accept their guilt or undergo rehabilitation. Audio

8:09 AM.The Security Intelligence Service has been brought into the Kim Dotcom controversy. Audio

7:55 AM.The Government is nearing the end of its consultation hui with selected tribes to discuss its plan to partially privatise some state-owned companies. Audio

7:51 AM.Auckland Council hopes the Government will change the law so it can fast-track a new set of rules for property development and planning in the region. Audio

7:47 AM.The country's largest company, Fonterra, will pay its 10-and-a-half thousand farmer owners a far lower payout due to declining milk prices and a higher New Zealand dollar. Audio

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

7:40 AM.A specialist in commercial branding says the ANZ Bank is throwing away an asset worth billions of dollars by deciding to close the National Bank. Audio

7:36 AM.The Energy and Resources Minister is being accused of a power grab under new legislation governing Crown-owned minerals. Audio

7:25 AM.Listening to that was the Justice Minister, Judith Collins. Audio

7:21 AM.New legislation to cut back on parole hearings the Government deems unnecessary could save a million dollars. Audio

7:15 AM.Kim Dotcom's United States-based lawyer, Ira Rothken, has also been attending the hearing at the High Court in Auckland. Audio

7:08 AM.The Security Intelligence Service is now under scrutiny over what it knew about the residency status of internet millionaire Kim Dotcom before the Government Communications Security Bureau intercepted… Read more Audio

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

6:39 AM.A man who helped lift a car off a boy at a courtesy crossing in Nelson says the crossings are hazardous and confusing and need to be changed. Audio

6:36 AM.The mother of a Wellington schoolgirl stabbed to death in 1997 is welcoming government plans to limit parole eligibility for criminals who refuse to accept their guilt or undergo rehabilitation. Audio

6:27 AM.The chief negotiator for Tuhoe believes few people have attended the government organised hui on Maori water rights because they feel nothing will be gained from going; Ngai Tahu has bounced back from… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:18 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:00 AM.SIS may have checked Dotcom's background, Dotcom lawyer says govt agencies have questions to answer, 800 fewer parole hearings per year under new legislation, Judith Collins on changes to Parole Act… Read more Audio