Morning Report for Friday 5 April 2013

8:55 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:51 AM.A top New Zealand architect, who's spent decades working on Barcelona's famous Sagrada Familia cathedral, says he's disappointed with the designs for the new Christ Church cathedral. Audio

8:49 AM.The chair of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu says proposed reforms to freshwater management don't do enough to protect the taonga, or treasure, itself; One of several trustees ordered by the High Court to step… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.New Zealand is also looking to the other side of the Pacific for export markets. Audio

8:42 AM.The Prime Minister leaves for China today to meet its new leaders and lead New Zealand's biggest ever trade mission there. Audio

8:39 AM.The tiny Waikato town of Pokeno is set to become home to one of the first purposely-built Chinese milk powder plants in New Zealand. Audio

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

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:26 AM.A Government report into the depth of the housing shortage in Christchurch shows the number of rental properties has almost halved since the earthquakes. Audio

8:19 AM.New Zealand's involvement in the war in Afghanistan has come to an end, with a flag-lowering ceremony today at the Provincial Reconstruction Team's base in Bamiyan. Audio

8:11 AM.The Prime Minister is not resiling from his decison to call Ian Fletcher to encourage him to apply for the job as head of the electronic spy agency. Audio

8:09 AM.The Fire Service says a Gisborne car blaze painfully demonstrates the potentially deadly consequences of leaving children alone with flammable items. Audio

7:54 AM.A British father convicted of killing six of his children in a fire has been jailed for life in a case police described as the most distressing investigation they'd ever worked on. Audio

7:50 AM.Questions remain about the emergency procedures at a Qatar mall where 19 people died in a fire, following a second incident yesterday. Audio

7:47 AM.A virologist says New Zealand needs to be prepared to fight a new bird flu strain, that has already killed five people in Eastern China. Audio

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

7:40 AM.Staying with Mighty River Power, the Invercargill City Council is to hold an emergency meeting today as disquiet over the possible closure of the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter gathers momentum. Audio

7:36 AM.Opposition parties and the Council of Trade Unions say a big hike in pay for directors of Mighty River Power is yet more evidence that privatising the company is a bad move. Audio

7:29 AM.The Navy's dive support vessel, is due to arrive this morning at the site where Eric and Kathy Hertz's twin-engine plane crashed into the sea. Audio

7:25 AM.Auckland's port company has drastically trimmed its controversial plans to reclaim part of the Waitemata Harbour. Audio

7:21 AM.A flag-lowering ceremony in Bamiyan in Afghanistan this morning has brought to an end New Zealand's longest military deployment. Audio

7:15 AM.Listening to that is the Labour Deputy Leader, Grant Robertson. Audio

7:12 AM.The Prime Minister has no regrets about calling Ian Fletcher to ask him to apply for the job as head of the GCSB. Audio

7:08 AM.Two Gisborne pre-schoolers are fighting for their lives in Waikato Hospital, after the car they were left alone in caught fire. Audio

6:46 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

6:39 AM.The Prime Minister says he has no regrets about calling Ian Fletcher to suggest he apply for the job as head of the electronic spy agency. Audio

6:37 AM.Two Gisborne pre-schoolers left alone in a car started a fire which has left them both critically ill and in intensive care in Waikato Hospital. Audio

6:27 AM.One of several trustees ordered by the High Court to step down is pleased with the decision; The chair of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu says proposed reforms to freshwater management don't do enough to… Read more Audio

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

6:17 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:10 AM.Auckland's port company has significantly reduced the hotly debated expansion of the city wharves, but says some reclamation is still needed. Audio

6:00 AM.A story of bravery; how two preschoolers were rescued from a burning car in Gisborne. The Prime Minister says he did nothing wrong in calling Ian Fletcher about the top job at the GCSB and the Ports… Read more Audio