Morning Report for Tuesday 29 September 2015

6:00 AM.NASA finds evidence of flowing water on Mars and says colonisation of the red planet is a possibility. The seas around the Kermadec Islands are set to become a huge marine reserve and an Australian… Read more Audio

6:05 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:10 AM.Nasa says liquid water is almost certainly present on Mars. Audio

6:13 AM.The United Nations General Assembly has kicked off in New York. Audio

6:19 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio

6:21 AM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

6:25 AM.Heretaunga-Tamatea will offer its people governance and financial management training, as it anticipates its 100 million-dollar Treaty payout; The Maori Women's Welfare League says a priority is… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.A leading Australian human rights lawyer says the Australian government is thumbing its nose at its international obligations with the postponement of a visit by the UN Special Rapporteur on Human… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Hundreds of Filipino workers on dairy farms here are being investigated after they for using fraudulent documentation to get visas to work on New Zealand dairy farms. Audio

6:49 AM.The board of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has given the governor Graeme Wheeler a vote of confidence in the way he has conducted monetary policy over the past year. Audio

6:50 AM.At least one economist thinks the RBNZ made a mis-step when it raised rates and then a year later started reversing the policy. Audio

6:52 AM.New Zealand's largest telecommunications companies can expect to see increased competition as the Australian telecoms company Vocus Communications plans a 1.9 billion-Australian-dollar takeover of… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.The transport software company, ERoad, says it's accelerating its United States expansion plans, which have resulted in higher costs and lower than expected sales in Oregon - at least in the… Read more Audio

6:56 AM.The honey and natural foods company, Comvita, says its investment in SeaDragon will help it develop a new commercial line of refined fish oil-based products. Audio

6:58 AM.Wall Street's down about 2 percent as investors keep a wary eye on China's economy and any impact that might have on when interest rates rise in the United States. Audio

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

7:11 AM.Nasa scientist have just confirmed the presence of liquid water on Mars raising the prospect that traces of life will be found in what was previously thought to be an arid inhospitable environment. Audio

7:18 AM.A huge ocean sanctuary covering more than 6-hundred thousand square kilometres is to be created around the Kermadec islands north east of New Zealand. Audio

7:23 AM.An Australian senator is defending his country's hard-line immigration stance on deporting convicted criminals. Audio

7:28 AM.World leaders speaking at the opening session of UN General Assembly have traded criticism over the handling of the conflict in Syria and the fight against Islamic state. Audio

7:38 AM.Hundreds of Filipino workers on dairy farms here are under scrutiny after authorities in the Philippines revealed dozens have come on visas they got using false documents. Audio

7:40 AM.The Labour Party says the government must demand an explanation from Australia about the treatment of New Zealand citizens who are being locked up and kicked out of Australia. Audio

7:46 AM.New Zealand Football's High Performance Director, Fred de Jong, has resigned from his role. Audio

7:51 AM.The VW emissions cheating scandal has spread to the company's Audi and Skoda brands. Audio

7:55 AM.Tourism New Zealand is hoping to use the celebrity status of a Chinese reality TV star to get road safety messages across to tourists. Audio

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

8:10 AM.As we have been reporting this morning a huge new ocean sanctuary is to be created around the Kermadec Islands northeast of New Zealand. Audio

8:14 AM.A report leaked to Radio New Zealand shows a landfill near Porirua City is releasing high levels of a potentially lethal chemical. Audio

8:20 AM.New Zealand's most expensive house per square metre is on the market in Queenstown - and it only has one bedroom. Audio

8:23 AM.An Australian human rights organisation says Australia is damaging its reputation by deporting convicted criminals back to their home countries they have no connection to. Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:36 AM.The national body for unmanned aerial vehicles in New Zealand is doubtful a drone was involved in a close call in the skies above Christchurch. Audio

8:38 AM.As we reported earlier, Tourism New Zealand is to use a Chinese reality TV star to get road safety messages across to tourists. Audio

8:42 AM.A company of which the controversial businessman Luigi Wewege is a director has won a battle against the Financial Markets Authority. Audio

8:47 AM.The Waitangi National Trust says the addition of Waitangi to the New Zealand Heritage List could bring big benefits for tourism in Northland; Heretaunga-Tamatea will offer its people governance and… Read more Audio

8:50 AM.Indonesia is re-opening its doors to New Zealand beef after imposing tough restrictions over the past four years. Audio

8:54 AM.Royal Dutch Shell has stopped Arctic oil and gas exploration off the coast of Alaska after disappointing results from a key well in the Chukchi Sea. Audio