Morning Report for Monday 1 July 2013

8:55 AM.Our Melbourne correpondent with news from across the Tasman. Audio

8:51 AM.Thousands hit the slopes of Mount Ruapehu this weekend for the start of the ski season, in one of the best opening weekends in years. Audio

8:48 AM.In a milestone weekend for Christchurch, the centre of the city said goodbye to both its redzone cordon, and the keepers of the fence, the New Zealand Defence Force. Audio

8:45 AM.The new MP for Ikaroa-Rawhiti, Labour's Meka Whaitiri, says it's time to do something about all the suffering she has seen in the electorate; The Mana Party leader says the Maori Party needs to… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Foreign policy scholars say New Zealand needs to re-gear as China continues to beef up its influence in the region and they say Pacific Island nations need to steer a steady course to ensure they get… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Gang members may soon be giving guest lectures at the University of Canterbury as part of a new paper, The Rise and Development of Gangs. 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.Whangarei music lovers turned out in force at the weekend to celebrate one of the city's rising stars - aspiring opera singer Kawiti Waetford. Audio

8:21 AM.Te Manu Korihi reporter Rosemary Rangitauira takes a look at the theme and focus for 2013, Ngā Ingoa Māori or Māori names. Audio

8:17 AM.Some Christchurch school principals say they are fed up with a freeze on the money they use for property maintenance and repairs. Audio

8:13 AM.The Labour Party's Maori Affairs' spokesperson Shane Jones talks about the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election result and its implications. Audio

8:09 AM.Cairo correspondent Ashraf Khalil joins us from the Egyptian capital with the latest on the protests and unrest in the world's most populace Arab state. Audio

7:56 AM.The Nina, a schooner sailing from the Bay of Islands to Australia, was last heard from on June the fourth. Audio

7:53 AM.Changes to New Zealand's Court system, described as the most significant in 50-years and aimed at streamlining the justice system, take effect today. Audio

7:49 AM.The tax on petrol goes up three cents a litre today, and prices are expected to go up immediately at the pump. Audio

7:46 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:41 AM.A Porirua GP says more heart surgery for the rugby player, Robbie Fruean, should serve as a wake up call to everyone about the potential dangers of rheumatic fever. Audio

7:37 AM.New Zealand rugby is celebrating its latest world cup champions, with both the men's and women's sevens sides triumphant in Moscow this morning. Audio

7:28 AM.The chairperson of the Auckland City Council's Pacific Advisory Panel, Reverend Uesefili Unasa, has announced he'll take on the incumbent mayor after Len Brown's failure to deliver on promises made to… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.While the Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples accepts some of the blame for the third place result, he says his party came third because of the Labour Party's organisation and the popularity of the… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.The Maori Party is licking its wounds after coming third in the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election behind Labour and Mana. Audio

7:12 AM.Jon Peacock, an investigator with New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs, discovered images of an abused Russian child that led to the conviction and 40-year sentence of an Australian man. Audio

7:09 AM.ECPAT, an organisation working to eliminate child sex abuse says the crimes being committed are becoming more extreme, and the victims younger. Audio

6:47 AM.Sharon BrettKelly looks at: credit growth acceleration; New Zealand's smallest bank's five year plan, and; the potential for another wild week on the markets. Audio

6:40 AM.A Porirua GP, Dr Larry Jordan, says the heart problems suffered by Canterbury Crusader player Robbie Fruean should serve as a wake up call to everyone of the potential dangers of rheumatic fever. Audio

6:36 AM.ECPAT Child Alert, an organisation that fights child sexual abuse, says New Zealand has become a world leader in investigating global paedophilia rings. Audio

6:27 AM.The Mana Party leader says the Maori Party needs to acknowledge that its relationship with National is damaging; a demographer is urging the government to make laws to protect the growing number of… Read more Audio

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

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

6:09 AM.John Key says he's not concerned about a poor showing for his Government support partner, the Maori Party, at the weekend's Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election. Audio

6:00 AM.Call for more resources to deal with child sex crimes; fall-out from the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election; a Pasefika candidate in the Auckland mayoral race; 7's World Cup double for NZ, and; rheumatic… Read more Audio