Morning Report for Tuesday 20 August 2013

8:58 AM.A group of women who meet at a library in England to knit for charity have been told they're no longer welcome. Audio

8:55 AM.Sri Lanka's health ministry has decided to release a batch of milk powder made by companies including New Zealand's Fonterra after tests for suspected dicyandiamide (DCD) contamination came back… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.In a first-of-its-kind study in New Zealand, scientists are measuring the air quality along Auckland's Queen Street. Audio

8:50 AM.The Ministry of Social Development is asking iwi to come up with their own list of whanau who could look after Maori children in state care; The Maori Womens' Welfare League has tightened its rules to… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.Slurping oysters, making chocolate truffles or eating all the parts of a pig - all on the menu at the capital's annual culinary festival, Wellington on a Plate. Audio

8:38 AM.Yesterday 37 same-sex marriages were held in Auckland, Manukau, Wellington, Christchurch and Rotorua, while hundreds more are expected to say "I do" during the coming weeks and months. 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.The earth is beginning to settle in central New Zealand, with only one aftershock above magnitude four felt in Marlborough and Wellington in the past 24 hours. Audio

8:25 AM.The Minister responsible for Novopay, Steven Joyce, says the system has improved, after 12 months of disasters which have seen staff in schools underpaid, overpaid and in some cases not paid at all. Audio

8:15 AM.Stark criticisms were levelled at the Government last night at a jam-packed public meeting about the Government Communications Security Bill. Audio

8:10 AM.A search and rescue team is continuing to look for a 72 year old skier missing on the Treble Cone field near Wanaka. Audio

7:56 AM.A dairy herd manager in Ashburton is facing possible jail time for breaking the tails of 154 cows. Audio

7:52 AM.A New Zealand-based aircraft is setting off from Norfolk Island to continue to search for a life raft thought to be in drifting in a 100-square nautical mile area nearby. Audio

7:50 AM.The Principal of Phillipstown School in Christchurch, Tony Simpson, is unsure exactly what he'll do if his High Court bid to keep the school open fails. Audio

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

7:42 AM.Oscar Pistorius, the South African paralympian accused of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day, has been charged with murder and possession of illegal ammunition. Audio

7:35 AM.There are calls from within the dairy industry for more rigorous testing of dairy products before they are exported after the second contamination scare in less than a month. Audio

7:28 AM.Wellington's Westpac Stadium has the all-clear to host Saturday's Bledisloe Cup rugby Test. Audio

7:24 AM.Violence is still flaring between troops and Muslim Brotherhood supporters, with more than 830 lives lost since last Wednesday's clearance of Cairo's pro-Morsi protest camps. Audio

7:20 AM.The Minister responsible for Novopay, Steven Joyce, says improvements are being made to the system. Audio

7:16 AM.It's one year today since the payroll system Novopay was introduced into schools, and it's still not fixed. Audio

7:10 AM.Nearly 2,000 people filled the Auckland Town hall last night for a public meeting about the Government Communications Security Bill. Audio

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

6:41 AM.There are calls from within the dairy industry for more rigorous testing of dairy products before they are exported after the second contamination scare in less than a month. Audio

6:40 AM.It's one year since the Novopay payroll system was introduced into schools, and it's still not fixed. Audio

6:35 AM.There was not an empty seat in the Town Hall last night as nearly 2,000 people of all ages turned up to hear from lawyers, academics, policitians, and activists and to voice their concerns about the… Read more Audio

6:27 AM.The former Labour MP Dover Samuels says Maori and pakeha fish-lovers have been packing out public meetings in the north about proposed cuts to the recreational snapper quota; The Ministry of Social… 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.At least eight houses have been declared uninhabitable in Seddon and rural residents say more homes are likely to be red-stickered after Friday's 6.6 magnittude earthquake. Audio

6:00 AM.GCSB bill, Novopay, Seddon earthquake, Egypt, dairy testing, Oscar Pistorius. Audio