Morning Report for Monday 24 August 2015

8:58 AM.Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

8:54 AM.Just one young Catholic woman and 17 young Catholic men in Auckland are training to be able to profess their vows. Audio

8:51 AM.For the first time ever, tui have been found with lead poisoning. Audio

8:48 AM.Ngati Ranginui is considering whether it can purchase a larger cut of the state houses earmarked for sale in Tauranga; Researchers say malnutrition in older Maori is less likely to happen if an… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Top aides to the leaders of North and South Korea have negotiated overnight in emergency talks to try to defuse mounting tension on their border. Audio

8:38 AM.Investigations will be held into why a vintage fighter plane crashed into a road while performing at a British airshow. Audio

8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:29 AM.Four hundred pigs have died in a fire at a Waikato piggery. Audio

8:24 AM.The three Americans who overpowered a heavily armed man on a high speed train between Amsterdam and Paris have held a news conference at the American embassy in the French capital. Audio

8:19 AM.The prison officers' union says a review underway into private prison manager Serco will do little to fix the problems at Mount Eden remand prison. Audio

8:14 AM.There are fresh calls to examine Malcolm Rewa's role in the murder of Susan Burdett, after new evidence has come to light. Audio

8:11 AM.A study published today suggests that one in eight women in this country suffers from depression during pregnancy. Audio

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

7:56 AM.Martin Guptill's unbeaten century has helped New Zealand to an eight-wicket win against South Africa overnight. Audio

7:52 AM.Hundreds of migrants are still arriving in Macedonia after authorities partially opened the border with Greece. Audio

7:50 AM.All eyes will be on world stock markets today after Wall Street and Europe's main markets tumbled more than three percent on Friday. Audio

7:44 AM.KiwiRail and Solid Energy are at loggerheads over the price the miner pays to cart coal from the West Coast. Audio

7:39 AM.Work and Income has been forced to pay part of the cost of a three-thousand dollar piece of exercise equipment a beneficiary bought off a late night TV commercial. Audio

7:37 AM.An Auckland iwi Leader says the city of Auckland has already been settled as far as Treaty claims are concerned. Audio

7:24 AM.Police near Brighton in southern England expect the death toll from an airshow crash to keep climbing. Audio

7:22 AM.An aerial search has resumed this morning for a single engine plane missing with two people on board. Audio

7:17 AM.An officer at the privately run Mt Eden remand prison has been suspended, after a security camera recorded him fighting with a prisoner. Audio

7:11 AM.A private investigator is calling for the police to re-launch its inquiry into Malcolm Rewa's role in the murder of Auckland woman Susan Burdett, as witnesses come forward with fresh evidence. Audio

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

6:59 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:58 AM.To Australia, and its national airline, Qantas, is showing signs of a long-awaited revival, as Jim Parker reports. Audio

6:57 AM.In corporate news, the earnings season continues. Audio

6:56 AM.Meanwhile, Sky Network Television's shares have fallen nearly 4-and-a-half percent as it lost customers. Audio

6:54 AM.Spark's boss is convinced the phone and broadband provider is now in the right shape to prosper. Audio

6:52 AM.A visiting expert on natural monopolies says Britain is refining the way it regulates electric lines companies and New Zealand should too. Audio

6:50 AM.New Zealand video game developers have warned the country's booming industry will stagnate without support from the Government. Audio

6:48 AM.Stock markets have taken a hammering as weak manufacturing figures from China underpinned fears of a global economic slowdown. Audio

6:44 AM.The Treaty Negotiations Minister says he's yet to receive any details of a claim by Waikato Tainui detailing its interests in Auckland. Audio

6:40 AM.The Labour Party leader says the Government's health and safety reform bill is a total mess and it needs a cross-party consensus to get it back on track. Audio

6:28 AM.Ngati Ranginui is considering whether it can purchase a larger cut of the state houses earmarked for sale in Tauranga; Researchers say malnutrition in older Maori is less likely to happen if an… Read more Audio

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

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

6:14 AM.KiwiRail and Solid Energy are at loggerheads over the price the miner pays to cart coal from the West Coast. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Fresh calls to examine Malcolm Rewa's role in the murder of Susan Burdett. Officer at Mt Eden prison suspended over fight. Search on for missing plane with 2 people on board. Death toll in UK airshow… Read more Audio