Morning Report for Monday 6 May 2013

8:55 AM.Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

8:51 AM.An elderly Paihia woman says she is close to despair after an order to stop feeding stray cats on a council reserve. Audio

8:47 AM.Members of the marae hosting the tangi of Parekura Horomia say it was the biggest held there in decades, and hundreds of beds were provided for mourners; The kitchen organiser at the pa, Michelle… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Leaked Health Ministry audit reports published yesterday show that disabled people living at the Parklands institution in Pukekawa, south of Auckland, were forced to live in crowded, dirty conditions… Read more Audio

8:39 AM.The Disabled Persons' Assembly is cautiously backing a new Facebook page, designed to name and shame motorists who park illegally in disability parking spaces. 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

8:27 AM.The Labour Party MP, Parekura Horomia, has been buried in Tolaga Bay after a four-day tangi. Audio

8:23 AM.A major school IT initiative with a budget four times bigger than the bungled Novopay project is running behind schedule. Audio

8:19 AM.In his report released today Coroner Richard McElrea called for the number of passengers in such planes to be restricted to six, and for consideration of restraints to keep passengers in place as the… Read more Audio

8:15 AM.All the families of the four tourists killed in 2010 when a Fox Glacier skydiving plane crashed on takeoff have written to the Prime Minister asking the government to make New Zealand safer for… Read more Audio

8:13 AM.The Metservice recorded 150 kilometre per hour winds at Manukau Heads overnight. Audio

8:09 AM.The MetService is warning Aucklanders to take care, as another blast of severe weather moves across the region. Audio

7:56 AM.Before the duck shooting season, neither hunters nor officials were quite sure what impact the record drought would have on bird numbers and their behaviour. Audio

7:53 AM.Malaysia's ruling coalition has narrowly staved off a challenge in the closest fought election in the country's history. Audio

7:50 AM.The Syrian government has hinted it may retaliate against Israel after Israeli jets bombed two sites within Syria over the weekend. Audio

7:46 AM.Parliament's speaker will this week formally declare the Ikaroa-Rawhiti seat vacant, following the death of its MP, Labour's Parekura Horomia. Audio

7:42 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:39 AM.Nebraskan Police plan to take action against a sex offender who was granted New Zealand residency. Audio

7:35 AM.The Reserve Bank is being warned that proposed tools to cool Auckland's housing market might backfire, and end up damaging the whole economy. Audio

7:26 AM.A disability advocate wants legal action taken against the Ministry of Health over a care home for the intellectually disabled. Audio

7:21 AM.The National Party backbench MP, Aaron Gilmore, returns to Parliament this week, where he'll face further scrutiny about his behaviour at the party's mainland conference in Hanmer Springs more than a… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.The current tandem parachute operator at Fox Glacier, Sky Dive Fox, uses clip-on restraints to keep pairs of skydivers in place as planes take off and climb. Audio

7:14 AM.The coroner investigating the deaths of 9 people in a plane crash at Fox Glacier in 2010, wants the number of passengers in similar planes restricted to six and urgent consideration given to the use… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.Thousands of homes in Auckland suffered power outages, following strong winds overnight. Audio

7:09 AM.Wild weather is taking its toll around the country this morning, with Auckland bearing the brunt of the damage. Audio

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

6:39 AM.An old boys association has been set up dedicated solely to reopening the doors of the Anglican Maori boarding school, St Stephen's. Audio

6:37 AM.A coroner has released his findings into the deaths of 9 people in a plane crash near Fox Glacier in 2010. Audio

6:35 AM.The lines company Vector has been working to restore power to parts of Auckland hit by bad weather overnight. Audio

6:27 AM.Manuhiri or visitors attending the tangi of the late Parekura Horomia donated car loads of food to help feed the several thousand mourners who gathered to remember him;Hundreds of beds were provided… Read more Audio

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

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

6:10 AM.To hear more about the system which has caused all the problems, and what else might be in store, we're joined now by a Met Service forecaster John Crouch. Audio

6:09 AM.Twelve hundred homes there are still without power, following a wild and windy night which damaged power lines. Audio

6:00 AM.More bad weather forecast for Auckland and Marlborough today, Lines company works to restore power in Auckland, Coroner releases findings into 2010 Fox Glacier air crash, Restraints could keep… Read more Audio