Morning Report for Friday 14 August 2015

8:57 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh, who is actually in Sydney today. Audio

8:54 AM.The Netball World Cup has ended its first week with the highlight being NewZealand's victory over Australia in pool play Audio

8:51 AM.An Otago University academic says the image of Maori as a warrior race is misplaced and a colonial construct; The Labour MP Kelvin Davis says Māori need more of a voice in Local Government than just… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.A register tracking child sex offenders is going ahead, and the Government says it could eventually be expanded to include every sex offender in the country. Audio

8:43 AM.A Jury will today begin deliberating whether Connor Morris was murdered, or killed in self defence. Audio

8:40 AM.Top secret government information may have fallen into the wrong hands after a senior staff member in Steven Joyce's office lost a laptop during a night out. Audio

8:36 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:29 AM.Immigration New Zealand's handling of visas at the border is under scrutiny with claims of bribery by one official in what the New Zealand Herald is calling the "visa for cash scandal". Audio

8:25 AM.The Australian community housing organisation Compass has set up a New Zealand arm as it looks to move into our state housing market. Audio

8:17 AM.Solid Energy, a company that valued itself at two point seven billion dollars less than four years ago, is set to go into voluntary administration or worse within days. Audio

8:11 AM.As we have been reporting this morning, Emergency Departments around the country are under pressure with doctors calling for more staff to cope with growing numbers of turning up for treatment. Audio

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

7:57 AM.The All Blacks are gearing up for one of the biggest challenges they've faced since winning the 2011 Rugby World Cup - defending the Bledisloe Cup at Eden Park tomorrow night. Audio

7:49 AM.With voting for the new leader of the British Labour Party about to get underway the warnings keep coming against voting for Jeremy Corbyn. Audio

7:49 AM.This week saw the arrival of TV3's latest offering in the contested 7pm current affairs timeslot. Audio

7:44 AM.A key part of a hundred-million-dollar effort to improve children's behaviour gets its report card today. Audio

7:40 AM.Fonterra's woes continue with the cooperative being placed on negative credit watch by the global credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's. Audio

7:37 AM.The Government says an Islamic State hit list which names an Auckland man could encourage a lone wolf attack. Audio

7:30 AM.At least one company says it is interested in part of Solid Energy's assets. Audio

7:27 AM.The Prime Minister's claim the Government's did all it could to save Solid Energy have been dismissed by opposition parties. Audio

7:20 AM.They were so big you could see the fireballs and explosions in Tianjin in China from space. Audio

7:16 AM.A second Australian community housing organisation wants to buy or lease state housing in New Zealand. Audio

7:11 AM.Hospital emergency departments say they are seeing record numbers of sick patients and some staff are reaching breaking point. Audio

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

6:58 AM.China's currency has been devalued for a third day, but China's central bank has dismissed talk of a deeper devaluation. Audio

6:57 AM.The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is investing 75 million dollars in an American energy efficient window maker. Audio

6:56 AM.Scales Corporation's share price has risen 2-and-a-half percent, after the company upgraded its full year profit forecast. Audio

6:54 AM.The chair of Cooks Global Foods says a change in ownership at the coffee franchisor will boost its expansion plans. Audio

6:53 AM.Earnings at the Australasian media firm, Fairfax, have slumped in New Zealand. Audio

6:52 AM.Figures for July indicate the New Zealand economy is still growing, driven by the continued expansion of activity in the manufacturing sector. Audio

6:51 AM.The housing market still has plenty of momentum, though economists are expecting growth to slow once investors lending restrictions come into effect in October. Audio

6:49 AM.Solid Energy says there's strong interest in some of its coal mines. Audio

6:48 AM.Standard and Poor's has warned it may cut Fonterra's A credit rating, due to worries about the dairy exporter's financial strength. Audio

6:40 AM.A leading emergency medicine specialist says emergency departments at public hospitals right around the country are under pressure and staff are stressed. Audio

6:28 AM.An Otago University academic says the image of Maori as a warrior race is misplaced and a colonial construct; The Labour MP Kelvin Davis says Māori need more of a voice in Local Government than just… Read more Audio

6:24 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:21 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:13 AM.The demise of Solid Energy comes as global coal price continues to tank and as the United States President Barack Obama's wages a so called war on coal. Audio

6:10 AM.Another Australian community housing organisation looks set to take part in the sell-off or lease of state housing in New Zealand. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Emergency departments feel the pressure of record numbers of patients. Our health correspondent Karen Brown has the details. A second Australian social housing provider shows interest in the sell off… Read more Audio