Morning Report for Wednesday 19 February 2014

8:58 AM.An outstanding effort by New Zealand free skier Jossi Wells has seen him finish just out of the medals at the Sochi Winter Olympics. Wells was one of three New Zealanders to qualify for the freeski… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.A large asteroid named 2000 EM26 came within one point six million miles of the earth overnight. Morning Report speaks to Tariq Malik, the editor of the US website Space.com. Audio

8:53 AM.The Bay of Plenty town of Te Puke will be teeming with actors, cameras and gaffer tape for the next month as filming for a new action comedy gets underway today. The Z Nail Gang is about a community… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Australian Federal Police have raided four Channel Seven offices looking for evidence the television network paid Schapelle Corby for an interview. The convicted drug smuggler, Corby, was released… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.A Maori rights movement in Australia could scupper plans for a new political party representing expatriate New Zealanders; Canterbury has recorded big spikes in its Maori population; Te Kura Kaupapa… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The Black Caps' coach Mike Hesson speaks with Morning Report. Audio

8:37 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

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

8:28 AM.New figures show there's a woman drought in Christchurch. The number of women aged from 15 to 29 living in the city has dropped by more than 13-hundred since 2006. Audio

8:23 AM.The country's largest gold mine at Macraes in East Otago says it has had to cut back to survive but is still a long way from closure. Audio

8:19 AM.Advocates for the elderly in Christchurch say the government needs to be doing more to help repair the quake-damaged home of the city's senior citizens. They says the three years wait since the quake… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.Creditors who have not been paid in relation to work at the Dotcom mansion at Coastville north of Auckland are starting to pile up. Morning Report speaks with Donna Richmond from Auckland Inground… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.A health trial to educate mainly Pasifika children at west Auckland schools about the dangers of sugar is claiming success at getting them to cut back on fizzy drinks. But parents, students and… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The Court of Appeal will rule today whether search warrants used during the police raids on the internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom's house were unlawful. The Chief High Court judge, Justice Winkelmann… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.It can take just one punch and it's all over... that is the message Dunedin police are pushing as part of a campaign to raise awareness about the tragic results of king hits. Following high-profile… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.The Auckland Council is in line for a shot in the arm worth nearly 21 million dollars after the Ports of Auckland's best profit result in nine years. The Ports management is putting part of the profit… Read more Audio

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

7:40 AM.The police have admitted it took two months for them to make public a computer glitch that sent twenty thousand innocent drivers tickets. People started complaining about the problem in December but… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Brendon McCullum's record-breaking triple century stopped a nation yesterday. His 302, the first triple century by a New Zealander, clinched the series for New Zealand - the first over India since… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.National MPs are continuing to criticise TVNZ's editorial integrity after the resignation of the general manager of TVNZ's Maori and Pacific Unit, Shane Taurima. Mr Taurima resigned this week after it… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.It's been a much stronger night for New Zealand at the Sochi Winter Olympics, with three New Zealanders making the freeski half pipe final, and Jossi Wells currently challenging for a medal as the… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Shane Jones joins Morning Report to discuss the recent release of his letter to the Commerce Commission regarding the "extortionary behaviour" of Countdown. Audio

7:14 AM.The Retailers Association is calling on MP Shane Jones to stop hiding behind parliamentary privilege and repeat his accusations about Countdown supermarkets in public. Audio

7:10 AM.Staff in the Auckland mayor's office say their privacy was breached when a million emails were checked by auditors investigating Len Brown's conduct in the wake of his extramarital affair last year. Audio

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

6:36 AM.National Party MPs have come out swinging saying there is no doubt that Shane Taurima has been biased and aggressive in his interviewing of them. Mr Taurima resigned as general manager of TVNZs Maori… Read more Audio

6:27 AM.Canterbury has recorded big spikes in its Maori population; A Maori rights movement in Australia could scupper plans for a new political party representing expatriate New Zealanders; A driving tour… Read more Audio

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

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

6:13 AM.Two members of the Russian protest group Pussy Riot have been arrested in Sochi. Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, who were both freed from jail in December, were detained on suspicion of… Read more Audio

6:11 AM.The Labour MP, Shane Jones, is being urged to put his money where his mouth is and repeat his allegations about Countdown outside of Parliament. Audio

6:00 AM.Did Auckland Council go too far in spending review?; Anger over use of parliamentary privilege; Shane Jones' letter to Commerce Commission released; Wells challenges for a medal in Sochi; Former… Read more Audio