Morning Report for Wednesday 2 April 2014

8:55 AM.Animal lovers in the United States have started a campaign to help black dogs, which they say are much harder to find new homes for. Audio

8:53 AM.Pristine conservation land at the centre of a battle between environmentalists and a mining company, could be ruined to make way for a project which may not even go ahead. Audio

8:52 AM.The Japanese public seems to have largely shrugged off yesterday's international court decision outlawing whaling in the Southern Ocean. Audio

8:48 AM.A huge increase in the amount of land and sea available for oil and gas exploration looks set to be unveiled this morning. Audio

8:45 AM.The Human Rights Commission's latest review on race relations shows Asian people and Maori reported the highest rates of discrimination in 2013; The Ministry of Maori Development is certain a new… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.A ground-breaking survey of people in the Far North has revealed their biggest worry is feeling unsafe, on the streets and even in their own homes. Audio

8:35 AM.Farmers, rural councils and business leaders are joining forces to fight a billion dollar redistribution of road funding to the big cities, and in particular to pay for the Roads of National… Read more Audio

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

8:28 AM.After 10 years before the courts, this country's longest-running employment case has ended with a win for Radio New Zealand. Audio

8:20 AM.Foreign-trained doctors are being shut out of practising medicine in New Zealand by being dropped down the priority list for jobs. Audio

8:12 AM.A pay-as-you-go power company has done a u-turn after being accused of profiteering from poverty. Audio

8:10 AM.Four years after the Government promised relief to the country's 89,000 leaky home owners, fewer than a hundred homes have been fixed under its home repair scheme. Audio

7:56 AM.Award winning composers David Donaldson, Steve Roche and Janet Roddick of Wellington based Plan 9, created the new theme music for Morning Report. Audio

7:52 AM.A Waikato farm company has been fined more than $25,000 after the death of worker who was run over by a runaway remote-controlled tractor. Audio

7:48 AM.After earlier encouraging supermarkets to develop a voluntary code of conduct the Commerce Minister is now hinting the Government could impose a compulsory code on the industry. Audio

7:40 AM.New figures show a handful of schools, mostly in Auckland, are increasingly dominating the elite Scholarship exams. Audio

7:35 AM.Nato has suspended all co-operation with Russia, after the latter failed to follow through on a promise to pull troops from its border east of Ukraine. Audio

7:29 AM.Foreign-trained doctors who have sat and passed a key medical exam to work in New Zealand are frustrated they can't find work and are taking a case of discrimination to the Human Rights Commission. Audio

7:26 AM.Todd Niall joins us now from a fare evasion blockade at Sturges Road in West Auckland. Audio

7:23 AM.A crack down is under way against the million-dollar problem of fare evasion on Auckland commuter trains. Audio

7:20 AM.A pay-as-you-go power company is being accused of trying to profiteer from poverty by charging beneficiaries $110 for written statements they need when applying for benefits. Audio

7:16 AM.Building and Construction Minister Maurice Williamson discusses the leaky homes repair scheme. Audio

7:12 AM.Four years after the Government promised relief to the country's 89,000 leaky home owners, fewer than a hundred homes have been fixed under its home repair scheme. Audio

7:10 AM.It's emerged that Sir Peter Jackson's luxury private jet is helping out in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Audio

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

6:35 AM.The Labour Party says the Commerce Minister should come off the fence and make supermarkets abide by a compulsory code of conduct. Audio

6:28 AM.The government has been assured by the Ministry of Maori Development that a new branch of the National Urban Maori Authority is the right organisation to lead Whanau Ora in the North Island, despite… Read more Audio

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

6:20 AM.Nato has suspended all practical civilian and military co-operation with Russia. Audio

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

6:10 AM.Areas in New Zealand with the worst crime statistics say much of the rise in numbers stems from people being more willing to go to the police. Audio

6:01 AM.Peter Jackson's jet searches for missing plane, leaky homes assistance package, power company accused of profiting from the poor, Auckland transport fare crackdown, foreign doctors, Nato suspends… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.The opening moments of Susie Ferguson, Guyon Espiner and Nicola Wright's first Morning Report programme together, including the first broadcast of the new theme music. Audio