Morning Report for Friday 8 August 2014

8:56 AM.We have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:53 AM.Forget wine and food matching - a Christchurch bar has opened what's thought to offer the world's first menu dedicated to wine and sound matching. Audio

8:50 AM.A giant conservatory is being proposed for Christchurch's red zone. Audio

8:47 AM.The Hawke's Bay iwi of Ngati Kahungunu is considering the idea of sending tribal representatives to Israel, to get ideas about how to reuse water so the region doesn't have to rely on water storage… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.The Tertiary Education Commission has clawed back nearly 20-million-dollars from under-performing tertiary institutions this year. Audio

8:36 AM.Hayley Moynihan is a senior dairy analyst at Rabobank, and she joins us now to discuss the implications for New Zealand. Audio

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

8:26 AM.The New Zealand eventer Jock Paget says he feels as if he has his career back after being cleared of a doping charge. Audio

8:23 AM.Hundreds of patients with multiple sclerosis are set to receive faster access to new drugs that work better than their current ones. Audio

8:16 AM.Members of the Fijian community here say they're disappointed and upset that the government is allowing Fiji's Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, into the country for an electioneering trip. Audio

8:09 AM.The police and the Civil Aviation Authority begin their inspection today of the wreckage of the home built biplane which a trawler hauled off the sea bed yesterday morning near Great Barrier island. Audio

8:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:57 AM.The Government is expected to reveal it's position today on whether the wreck of the Rena should remain on the reef. Audio

7:53 AM.One of the country's best known brand names is no longer as Telecom officially becomes Spark. Audio

7:45 AM.The Green Party says limiting foreign ownership of New Zealand land to five-hectares would strengthen what is calls "weak foreign ownership laws". Audio

7:40 AM.The Internet-Mana Coalition is defending its decision to publish a video showing hundreds of students chanting expletives against the Prime Minister John Key. Audio

7:36 AM.The ceasefire in Gaza is holding as negotiations to secure a deal between Israel and Hamas continue in Cairo. Audio

7:29 AM.Snow and sleet is falling in Southland, Otago, Fiordland and parts of Canterbury as a winter storm sweeps up the South Island. Audio

7:25 AM.The brother of a New Zealander killed by the Khmer Rouge regime in 1978 says he's relieved the two most senior surviving officials have been given life sentences. Audio

7:22 AM.It is being described as a miracle - a fishing trawler catching the wreckage of a homemade bi-plane five months after it went missing. Audio

7:18 AM.The Waitangi Tribunal has heard that Maori families were forced from their lands and their homes bulldozed in the 1960s. Audio

7:10 AM.The father of an Auckland teenager who died after being assaulted at school rugby practice says he'll campaign for a law change after his son's attackers both walked away from court without a… Read more Audio

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

6:58 AM.Wall Street is continues to fall after dropping sharply at the end of last week. Audio

6:56 AM.The fish oil producer, SeaDragon, has made headway in securing the supply contracts it needs to move its business forward. Audio

6:53 AM.Motor Trade Finances says a letter from Heartland New Zealand to MTF shareholders confirms that its dissident shareholders are working in co-operation with Heartland. Audio

6:50 AM.Heartland New Zealand expects a higher net profit again this year, pointing to the growing momentum it achieved in the June quarter. Audio

6:47 AM.Diligent's founder, Brian Peter Henry, has pleaded guilty to all of the Financial Markets Authority's allegations that he manipulated Diligent's share price. Audio

6:28 AM.The Hawke's Bay iwi of Ngati Kahungunu is considering the idea of sending tribal representatives to Israel, to get ideas about how to reuse water so the region doesn't have to rely on water storage… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.Morning Rural News for 8 August 2014. Audio

6:16 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:11 AM.The Waitangi Tribunal has heard about the impact of land clearances by the Government in the Pipiwai community in the 1960's. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Family of school assault victim angry as attackers escape conviction, Tribunal told of trauma of Maori land clearances in the 1960's, Miracle discovery of plane, Brother of Khmer Rouge victim relieved… Read more Audio