Morning Report for Friday 18 July 2014

8:59 AM.Carbon tax pricing scheme scrapped and Kiwis living in Australia have the 500 registered voters required to contest the NZ election with The Expatrriate Party of New Zealand. Audio

8:57 AM.The West Coast is looking to tourism to provide some much needed jobs in a region that's been hit hard by a downturn in the mining sector. Audio

8:55 AM.Research shows permanent hearing loss is twice as prevalent among young Maori than Pakeha, but there's no firm evidence to suggest why; The Maori Party's accusing the police of incompetence and racism… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.A new national service is being set up in a bid to improve New Zealand's low kidney transplantation rates. Audio

8:46 AM.We cross now to the prime minister of Malaysia Najib Razak who is holding a news conference in Kuala Lumpur. Audio

8:44 AM.Coroners' recommendations are being diluted or ignored because they are not being targeted at the right people. Audio

8:36 AM.A law professor says Kim Dotcom will have paid millions of dollars in legal fees fighting his extradition to America. Audio

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

8:26 AM.Al Jezeera reporter and New Zealander Alexi O'Brien is at the scene of the crash. Audio

8:22 AM.Our correspondent in Washington, Priscilla Huff joins us now. Audio

8:20 AM.An update from Jake Rashbass in Moscow. Audio

8:16 AM.We go back now to Schipol Airport in Amsterdam with the BBC's Anna Holligan. Audio

8:10 AM.Eyewitnesses are describing a firey rain from the sky, after a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet crashed in eastern Ukraine killing all 295 people on board this morning. Audio

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

7:56 AM.New Zealand First says the government has to stop KiwiRail burning taxpayer dollars. Audio

7:53 AM.Israel correspondent Blair Cunningham talks to Philippa Tolley. Audio

7:50 AM.A coroner has criticised the actions of police officers who confronted an armed teenager, saying their mistakes had a snow-balling effect that ended in him being shot dead. Audio

7:47 AM.The national director of World Vision's work in Jerusalem, Alex Snary says he visited Gaza today during a pause in hostilities today. Audio

7:39 AM.The driver of a truck which plunged 45 metres off State Highway One south of Kaikoura on Wednesday morning has still not been located. Audio

7:37 AM.A High Court judge has described the car crash that killed three people in Canterbury as yet another tragedy the city won't forget. Audio

7:34 AM.The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found the police were justified in not prosecuting any officers of the Government Communications Security Bureau for illegally spying on Mr Dotcom and… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.Officials from Malaysia airlines are due to give a news conference at 8.00am our time. Audio

7:24 AM.Our correspondent in Washington, Priscilla Huff joins us now. Audio

7:20 AM.Mary Schiavo, an aviation lawyer and a former inspector general of the US Department of Transportation talks to Guyon Espiner. Audio

7:15 AM.The BBC's Anna Holligan is at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam and says the relatives of passengers on board flight MH17 have been taken to a special area inside the airport. Audio

7:10 AM.The Boeing 777 was shot down near the town of Grabovo in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, as it flew at about 10 thousand meters,or 32 thousand feet. Audio

7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:59 AM.Stock markets around the world have fallen sharply after news a Malaysian airlines flight crashed near the Russian-Ukraine border. Audio

6:57 AM.Energy Mad expects to begin making profit in the first half of the fiscal year, although its efforts to make money as a publicly listed company have so far failed. Audio

6:54 AM.Consumer confidence has increased over the past two months, despite ongoing high interest rates and some signs the economy is slowing down. Audio

6:53 AM.Meanwhile, the fund manager expects a steady flow of company floats through to the end of this year. Audio

6:50 AM.Although the Reserve Bank has been raising interest rates, banks haven't increased the interest they pay investors in term deposits. Audio

6:48 AM.One of New Zealand's largest fund managers is predicting the Reserve Bank will hike rates again next week and that its official cash rate will eventually hit 5 percent. Audio

6:42 AM.The man at the centre of a spying scandal, the internet mogul, Kim Dotcom, says it's ridiculous that he has to take the step of filing a private prosecution in order to get any justice. Audio

6:28 AM.The Maori Party's accusing the police of incompetence and racism towards Maori, after waking sleeping children at a Statford Marae at 2 o'clock in the morning; Research shows permanent hearing loss is… Read more Audio

6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:20 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:15 AM.Moscow correspondent Jake Rashbass talks about the plane crash in Ukraine. Audio

6:08 AM.A Malaysian airliner has crashed in Ukraine, near the Russian border. all 295 people aboard have been killed. It is believed to have been shot down. Audio

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

6:00 AM.A Malaysia Airlines passenger jet has crashed; A lot of the passengers believed to be from the Netherlands; Aviation lawyer responds to crash; Washington correspondent talks Ukraine plane crash… Read more Audio