Morning Report for Friday 11 September 2015

8:54 AM.We cross to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:51 AM.A Harvard University rowing eight has returned to Hamilton with a score to settle after controversy last year when a crash with Waikato saw the race stopped and then restarted. Audio

8:48 AM.The Waitangi Tribunal's report into Tuhoronuku's mandate is due today; Hawke's Bay iwi urges other tribes to back claim that Maori are unfairly imprisoned; Three new members for the Waitangi Tribunal… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.A small Northland conservation group is going to the High Court to test the legality of the swamp kauri export trade. Audio

8:41 AM.The Pacific Islands Forum has ended without a firm stance on climate change to take to the international climate talks in December. Audio

8:39 AM.Pacific Christian School in Mangere will shut its doors in two weeks' time due to the ministry's ongoing concerns of about the safety and welfare of students at the school. Our reporter Rowan Quinn… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.Former refugees were among thousands of people around the country to attend candlelit vigils calling for the Government to double New Zealand's annual refugee quota. Audio

8:33 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:30 AM.We cross to tennis correspondent Judy Lessing. Audio

8:23 AM.The Ministry of Social Development continued to say the counselling service Relationships Aotearoa wasn't living within its means, despite knowing it was chronically underfunded. Audio

8:18 AM.Three months after the Whanganui River burst its banks residents affected by the floods are mostly getting their homes and lives back in order. The city's mayor is Annette Main. Audio

8:11 AM.The falling official cash rate may be a good thing for those trying to pay off a mortgage, but it's left savers suffering. Jonathan Eriksen is an Investment analyst at Eriksen and Associates. Audio

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

7:57 AM.The Government's undeterred by Christchurch City Council's refusal to take part in an online voting trial. Audio

7:54 AM.A new part-human, part-primate species has been discovered by scientists in South Africa. Audio

7:46 AM.More details have emerged about events leading up to the death of a New Zealand woman on the Gold Coast. Audio

7:45 AM.Despite the profit dip the port's chief executive; Tony Gibson, is pleased with the result. Audio

7:38 AM.The Finance Minister Bill English says the Auckland's housing market is on fire and people may get burnt. Audio

7:34 AM.The head of the Tongan Advisory Council; Melino Maka, speaks with Susie Ferguson. Audio

7:26 AM.The All Blacks are on their way to the Rugby World Cup. Audio

7:22 AM.Owners of red-stickered homes in the hillside suburbs of Whanganui fear they are becoming the forgotten victims of June's record floods. Audio

7:16 AM.Despite risking adding more fuel to the real estate fire, the Reserve Bank has lowered the Official Cash Rate to 2.75%. Audio

7:12 AM.Fears for children's safety have prompted the Education Ministry to suspend the registration of a private school for the first time ever. Audio

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

6:58 AM.Stock markets outside the United States fell on economic worries about China and Japan and its effect on global growth, though Wall Street has risen, due in part to a rebound in oil prices. Audio

6:57 AM.Michael Hill International has opened its largest and 300th retail store in a glitzy opening yesterday night. Audio

6:56 AM.Banks are resigned to losing up to two-thirds of their investment in Solid Energy. Audio

6:55 AM.One-off costs from its failed Bledisloe Wharf extension plans has hit Ports of Auckland's annual profit. Audio

6:54 AM.The health insurer, Southern Health has made an annual profit of $5.8 million in the year to June. Audio

6:53 AM.The Real Estate Institute says first time home buyers and investors are still the main drivers of the property market. Audio

6:51 AM.Some analysts remained convinced of another cut in October, others are picking March next year. Audio

6:48 AM.The hit to incomes from lower dairy prices and the flow on effect into weaker spending and investment has the Reserve Bank considering one more cut to the official cash rate. Audio

6:44 AM.A leading sports pyschologist says the All Blacks won't incur the wrath of the New Zealand rugby public if they don't win World Cup. Audio

6:41 AM.The Reserve Bank says Auckland's housing market is now in dangerous territory and that house prices there are simply not sustainable. Audio

6:30 AM.The Waitangi Tribunal's report into Tuhoronuku's mandate is due today; Hawke's Bay iwi urges other tribes to back claim that Maori are unfairly imprisoned; Three new members for the Waitangi Tribunal… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

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

6:09 AM.The Ministry of Social Development says it did all it could to help the now closed counselling service Relationships Aotearoa. Audio

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