Morning Report for Monday 20 April 2015

8:55 AM.Security concerns ahead of Anzac day. Audio

8:51 AM.Otago's war on pests has a new target: wallabies crossing the border from Canterbury. Audio

8:48 AM.Support to correct the spelling of Rimutaka between Wellington and Wairarapa is growing with the backing of local council and iwi; New Zealand's representative to the United Nations Permanent Forum on… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.A Bay of Islands philanthropist has changed his mind about donating land to the council, saying it can't be trusted to protect it for the public. Audio

8:40 AM.Four candidates are vying to replace Russel Norman as co-leader of the Green Party. Audio

8:35 AM.Egypt's Criminal Court is seeking the death penalty for eleven people, in a retrial over a football riot in the coastal city of Port Said. Audio

8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:26 AM.For two Auckland sisters, this year's Gallipoli anniversary will take them back to where two family brothers fought 100 years ago. Audio

8:15 AM.The European Commission has called for an urgent response to the tragic drowning of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean. Audio

8:10 AM.A New Zealand woman has accused Danish authorities of not doing enough to prevent her 18 year old son from travelling to Syria and joining Islamic State. Magnus Ranstorp is a Research Director at the… Read more Audio

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

7:56 AM.A new Australian study suggests diseases, particularly gastrointestinal ailments, took as much of a toll on Australian and New Zealand troops at Gallipoli as their Turkish adversaries. Audio

7:46 AM.Team New Zealand's participation in the 2017 America's Cup is looking even more doubtful with an official decision to hold all racing in Bermuda. Audio

7:40 AM.The Prime Minister John Key meets his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott in Wellington this morning ahead of the dedication ceremony of the Australian Memorial in the Pukeahu National War Memorial… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Revelations New Zealand and the United States allegedly plotted to spy on the Chinese consulate in Auckland. Audio

7:28 AM.Chinese news stands are carrying revelations New Zealand and the United States allegedly plotted to spy on the Chinese consulate in Auckland. Audio

7:25 AM.Kim Hill's full interview with Melbourne based terrorism researcher Dr Greg Barton. Monash University's Professor Barton says Australian police seem to believe a recently uncovered terrorist plot… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Vigilance but no paranoia, is the advice to New Zealanders as the week of Gallipoli centenary commemorations begin in the shadow of counter-terrorism raids across the Tasman. Audio

7:18 AM.Up to 700 migrants are dead - drowned off the coast of Libya after their vessel capsized. Audio

7:09 AM.A New Zealand woman has accused the Danish authorities of not doing enough to prevent her 18 year old son from travelling to Syria and joining Islamic State. Audio

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

6:59 AM.Global stocks all finished last week in the red. Audio

6:58 AM.On the business agenda this week... Audio

6:56 AM.Across the Tasman, and the slump in iron prices is posing a new threat to Australia's public finances. Audio

6:54 AM.The Geraldine-based jam and chutney maker, Barker's, says it's now poised for growth, after one of Europe's biggest jam and fruit companies snapped up a majority stake. Audio

6:52 AM.Cheaper oil is expected to push first quarter inflation to its weakest level in 15 years, but economists say interest rates will stay on hold. Audio

6:48 AM.Speaking from Washington, where he's currently engaged in climate change and trade talks, Mr Groser, says now that President Obama has shown he wants a deal done, it's time for everyone to make a… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.A mother from New Zealand is angry at Danish authorities for failing to intervene in her son's radicalisation before he was reportedly killed in Syria, apparently fighting for Islamic State. Audio

6:28 AM.Support to correct the spelling of Rimutaka between Wellington and Wairarapa is growing with the backing of local council and iwi; New Zealand's representative to the United Nations Permanent Forum on… Read more Audio

6:25 AM.A study of Christchurch waterways has found most are so choked with silt that only minimal numbers of eels, trout and whitebait are able to live there. Audio

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

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

6:12 AM.A New Zealand woman whose son went to Syria to join Islamic State is speaking out against Danish authorities for their lack of action, saying they should have done more to stop him going. Audio

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

6:00 AM.More than 700 migrants drown off the coast of Libya as their search for a new life in Europe goes horribly wrong. In Denmark, a New Zealand woman pleads for news of her son, believed killed as an ISIS… Read more Audio