Morning Report for Thursday 5 June 2014

8:55 AM.People selling air travel tickets on social media sites are being warned people who buy them may not be able to use them. Audio

8:51 AM.There's a call to reserve positions on the Waitangi National Trust Board for descendants of four significant Maori figures; An iwi leader is calling an Asia New Zealand Foundation survey mischievous… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.The Catholic Church in Ireland is facing fresh accusations of child abuse after a researcher found records showing 796 babies and young children were buried in a mass grave beside a former orphanage… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.Details of the virtual slavery endured by a girl adopted and brought to New Zealand when she was 15 have emerged after her adoptive father pleaded guilty to incest. Audio

8:38 AM.Forest and Bird is calling for a moratorium on oil and gas fracking, saying a new report makes it clear it comes at too high a cost for the environment. Audio

8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:28 AM.A new report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has called for an end to livestock being exposed to toxic oil industry waste in Taranaki. Audio

8:26 AM.New rules have been unveiled for the next America's Cup. Audio

8:23 AM.Burials limited to between 10 in the morning and three-thirty in the afternoon. Audio

8:18 AM.Homeowners and construction workers are concerned people are being exposed to asbestos after it is covered up in houses during the rebuild. Audio

8:13 AM.Bill Roggio is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies in Washington DC and editor of 'The Long War Journal'. Audio

8:11 AM.Christopher Havard was killed alongside Daryl Jones, a New Zealander who was also known as Muslim bin John, and three others in the strike. Audio

8:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:58 AM.Four recording giants have launched a fresh legal bid to freeze Kim Dotcom's New Zealand assets. Audio

7:54 AM.A new report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has called for an end to livestock being exposed to toxic oil industry waste in Taranaki. Audio

7:48 AM.The compelling video is stoking the debate in Washington about negotiating with the Taliban. Audio

7:42 AM.The Tongan Prime Minister has defended his country's use of low interest loans from the likes of China, saying it's an affordable way to boost economic development, and to help rebuild after… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Australian researchers in Perth yesterday released underwater audio they say could possibly be the airliner hitting the water. Audio

7:26 AM.Listening to that is the chief executive of Fletcher Construction, Graham Darlow. Audio

7:22 AM.Homeowners and construction contractors say people are being left vulnerable to asbestos exposure after the material has been covered up in Christchurch houses during the Canterbury rebuild. Audio

7:18 AM.President Obama has given a keynote speech in Warsaw to mark twenty-five years of Polish democracy, calling it a beacon for neighbouring Ukraine. Audio

7:14 AM.The president of the Southland Muslim Association, Reza Abdul-Jabbar, says Christopher Havard attended the Invercargill mosque about three or four years ago. Audio

7:10 AM.The Australian terrorist suspect Christopher Havard, who was killed by an American drone strike last November, spent up to two years in New Zealand before he went to Yemen. Audio

7:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:58 AM.US stocks have risen, with the S&P 500 hitting another intraday record high as investors brushed off weaker-than-expected labor market data and focused on an acceleration in services-sector growth. Audio

6:55 AM.Northland Port Corporation says tough economic times, combined with poor shoreside infrastructure, mean a Whangarei marina it's buying is always half-empty. Audio

6:54 AM.Steel & Tube Holdings has been fined 12-thousand dollars and publicly censured by the NZX's markets disciplinary tribunal for several breaches of the exchange's listing rules. Audio

6:52 AM.The latest report is warning New Zealand firms that they need to increasingly use digital media to engage with their customers. Audio

6:51 AM.The administrators of Postie Plus say they have reached a conditional agreement to sell the 82-store retail chain as a going concern to an unnamed international retail group. Audio

6:49 AM.Separately, commodity prices fell for a third consecutive month, with record prices for seafood and gains in wool, kiwifruit and sheepmeat prices unable to offset falls in dairy and forestry prices. Audio

6:48 AM.It's contrasting fortunes for two of the mainstays of the country's expanding economy. Audio

6:46 AM.Ever wondered why koalas hug trees? Audio

6:42 AM.An investigation is underway in Ireland into the discovery of the remains of nearly eight-hundred babies near a former Catholic home for unmarried mothers. Audio

6:40 AM.An Australian terrorist suspect who was killed by a American drone strike last November is thought to have spent up to two years in New Zealand before he travelled to Yemen. Audio

6:27 AM.An iwi leader is calling an Asia New Zealand Foundation survey mischievous and subversive, for asking Maori to say what New Zealanders think of Asians; There's a call to reserve positions on the… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:17 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:10 AM.US president Barack Obama has been in Poland as part of a European tour where he delivered a powerful speech - warning Russia against its actions in Ukraine. Audio

6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:00 AM.New Zealand Muslims say an Australian convert killed by a drone strike in Yemen showed no signs of being a terrorist when he lived here. President Obama tells Poland the West will resist Russian… Read more Audio