Morning Report for Friday 19 April 2013

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

8:56 AM.Back to our top story now and the fertiliser explosion in West, Texas. Audio

8:53 AM.The New Zealand rugby league team is looking to end its ANZAC test losing streak against the Australians when they meet in Canberra tonight. Audio

8:50 AM.The organiser of Gay Ski Week in Queenstown says the tourist hot spot has what it takes to become the new wedding destination of choice for same-sex couples. Audio

8:48 AM.The last of the South Island tribes will sign off their Treaty settlement with the Crown this weekend; A family GP in the Far North says the issue of more Maori living in cold, damp houses needs to be… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The last remaining members of the Provincial Reconstruction Team serving in Afghanistan are due to arrive back in New Zealand tomorrow. 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

8:25 AM.How much Aucklanders pay for public transport could change, as part of a major overhaul of the bus, train and ferry network. Audio

8:20 AM.The Council of Trade Unions says the guilty verdicts against Pike River Coal further backs up the call for a law change to allow company directors to be prosecuted if their organisations fail to keep… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.The Institute of Economic Research has labelled a plan to set up a Government-run electricity buyer absurd, saying it would drive power prices higher. Audio

8:07 AM.Rescue workers are continuing to search the rubble of a ruined Texas fertilizer plant, looking for missing firefighters and any survivors from yesterday's huge explosion. Audio

7:57 AM.Food that even the enemy didn't want was the staple diet of the New Zealand troops at Gallipoli, and a newly-released study shows it was also dangerous for their health. Andrew McRae talks to… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.A study has found most people don't know what a standard drink looks like. Audio

7:52 AM.Kim Dotcom says the New Zealand government has conducted itself in a laughable way throughout court proceedings against him. Audio

7:50 AM.Pacific artists in New Zealand are opposing a bid by Fiji's national airline, Air Pacific, to trademark more than a dozen motifs from Fijian tapa prints. Audio

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

7:40 AM.The Education Minister Hekia Parata says the government still has the numbers to pass its charter schools legislation despite United Future pulling its support for the Bill. Audio

7:35 AM.Power has been cut to about 12 thousand homes in Waikato after a substation explosion. Audio

7:27 AM.As you heard there Labour, the Greens don't think the electricity market is working and therefore government intervention is justified. Audio

7:22 AM.The Government has accused Opposition parties of trying to sabotage the partial sale of Mighty River Power, by announcing an electricity policy it says amounts to nationalising the industry. Audio

7:15 AM.The United States President Barack Obama has vowed that the perpetrators of the Boston bombing will be held accountable. Audio

7:07 AM.Search and rescue officials admit they have no idea how many people are still missing in the wake of the massive explosion at a Texas fertiliser plant. Audio

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

6:43 AM.The Government says it's disappointed that the United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has pulled his support for the proposed charter schools. Audio

6:38 AM.Labour and the Greens are promising to cut household power bills by 3-hundred dollars a year, by setting up a single Crown entity called New Zealand Power. Audio

6:35 AM.A search and rescue effort is continuing in the American state of Texas after a huge explosion at a fertiliser plant yesterday killed up to fifteen people and injured hundreds. Audio

6:27 AM.The last of the South Island tribes will sign off their Treaty settlement with the Crown this weekend; A family GP in the Far North says the issue of more Maori living in cold, damp houses needs to be… Read more Audio

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

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

6:12 AM.Health officials say the number of overseas doctors being employed in low skilled jobs after moving to New Zealand is falling, thanks to a new course designed to help them get jobs in the health… Read more Audio