Morning Report for Tuesday 9 June 2015

6:00 AM.Scenes of complete shock and concern after a thousand tonne rockfall buries a North Canterbury digger driver. Relief from some local government leaders as plans for a Wellington supercity look set to… Read more Audio

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

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

6:20 AM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

6:24 AM.The country's biggest company, Fonterra, is losing farmer shareholders as rivals - many Chinese-owned - step in with better deals. Audio

6:27 AM.Relationships Aotearoa is warning many of its Māori clients will face further trauma after it closes today. A specialist in social work is warning the Government's social bonds scheme will only harm… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.As rescuers scramble to find the man buried under tonnes of rubble in a South Island quarry, the Government is under pressure not to back down on its pledge after the Pike River Mine disaster to… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The Commerce Commission has warned that the battle among telecommunications firms to attract users may lift consumers' expectations to unrealistic levels. Audio

6:50 AM.Shares in the Pumpkin Patch have fallen 12 percent after the children's clothing retailer failed to find a suitable buyer. Audio

6:50 AM.The South Island-based, Synlait Milk, is confident dairy prices will pick up next year. Audio

6:52 AM.The lobby group for wine producers says the lower New Zealand dollar is helping sales Audio

6:54 AM.Inland Revenue has chosen an American company to provide the software for the upgrade of its aging information technology system. Audio

6:54 AM.Goodman Property Trust says the quality of its portfolio and low interest rates will cushion the company against any risk of a slowdown in economic activity Audio

6:56 AM.A global shortage of highly skilled workers is forcing companies to rethink their recruitment strategies in order to attract top talent. Audio

6:58 AM.On Wall St, stocks have fallen, with Apple dragging down the Nasday and S&P indexes. Audio

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

7:11 AM.Search and rescue teams will resume efforts today to free a digger driver buried under tonnes of rock at a North Canterbury quarry. Audio

7:14 AM.The accident at the Waikari limeworks is the third major incident at a quarry since March. Audio

7:23 AM.Some Wellington mayors say a controversial plan to roll the region's nine councils into one is being thrown out. Audio

7:25 AM.The country's biggest company, Fonterra, is losing farmer shareholders as rivals - many Chinese-owned - step in with better deals. Audio

7:34 AM.Oscar Pistorius is set to be released from prison in August after serving just 10 months in jail for shooting dead his partner Reeva Steencamp. Audio

7:37 AM.When Relationships Aotearoa closes today it will need to deal with the tens of thousands of sensitve case notes and files it holds on its clients. Audio

7:41 AM.There are plans for foreign donors to supply medical plasma products that help patients fight off infections. Audio

7:48 AM.Jerry Collins' three month old daughter Ayla continues to fight for her life in a Montpellier hospital following the car crash on Friday which killed her father and mother Alana Madill. Audio

7:51 AM.Speculators who've been buying land on Auckland's rural fringe may get a nasty surprise next month when the Auckland Council reveals just when subdivision might be possible. Audio

7:56 AM.A message in a bottle penned by a ten year old schoolgirl 19 years ago has finally found its way to the Wairarapa coast Audio

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

8:11 AM.Search and rescue teams will continue working today to free a digger driver buried under tonnes of rock at a North Canterbury quarry. Audio

8:16 AM.The President of the Council of Trade Unions, Helen Kelly, is in our Auckland studio. Audio

8:21 AM.An announcement to scrap a controversial plan to roll Wellington's nine councils into one Super City could be made this afternoon. Audio

8:24 AM.The country's biggest company, Fonterra, is losing farmer shareholders as its rivals offer them better deals. Audio

8:28 AM.A literacy group in Auckland says some children are starting school with so few language skills, they don't even understand their own name when spoken to. Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:36 AM.It's been a little over a week since John Campbell left TV3 and Campbell Live was replaced by Road Cops. Audio

8:40 AM.Labour has also wading into the broadcasting debate saying it wants a a new public-service television broadcaster if it becomes government Audio

8:46 AM.Relationships Aotearoa is warning many of its Māori clients will face further trauma after it closes today. The Māori Medical Practictioners Association is backing calls for the introduction of a… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.The two convicted murderers who used power tools to break out of an upstate New York prison at the weekend may have had help on the inside. Audio

8:53 AM.Nearly 30 landowners could potentially lose their properties in Wairarapa under plans for major irrigation schemes. Audio

8:56 AM.Speaking about people behind their backs has long been considered something we shouldn't do. Audio