Morning Report for Friday 9 October 2015

8:57 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:50 AM.New research may improve the treatment of children and teenagers with acute flare-ups of debilitating and incurable Crohn's disease. Audio

8:46 AM.Maori claimants in Levin are making the most of their first opportunity to stake their claim to Lake Horowhenua and urge an end to its pollution. Audio

8:41 AM.A provision in the Trans Pacific Partnership deal to extend copyright protection of films, books and music from 50 years to 70 years has provoked criticism the creative industries will be stifled. Audio

8:36 AM.The US republican presidential candidate Ben Carson has made controversial comments about gun laws in the wake of the Oregon community college shooting. Washington correspondent Priscilla Huff joins… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Professor John O'Neill Director of the Institute of Education at Massey University was among those arguing for the benchmarking. Audio

8:26 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:25 AM.The Government's being accused of failing to hold charter schools to account by blocking a plan to compare their results with those of state schools. Audio

8:17 AM.Solid Energy it is optimistic that yesterday's axing of its underground coal mine at Huntly East will be the only one of its kind. Eric Frykberg reports. Audio

8:14 AM.Rugby World Cup pool play wraps up this weekend, with the All Blacks playing their final match against Tonga on Saturday. Audio

8:10 AM.The Waitarere Beach community is in shock after the search for 10-year-old Alex Fisher ended with the discovery of his body in sand dunes yesterday. Local MP Nathan Guy spent time with the police… Read more Audio

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

7:58 AM.The decendants of a Tuwharetoa chief who has been buried in an Auckland Cemetary for nearly a century, are exhuming his body this morning and taking him home to Waitetoko near Taupo. Mihingarangi… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.The decendants of a Tuwharetoa chief who has been buried in an Auckland Cemetary for nearly a century, are exhuming his body this morning and taking him home to Waitetoko near Taupo. Audio

7:50 AM.Auckland Council insists it's doing enough to prepare the city to cope with a predicted population boom and the environmental harm that'll come with it. Auckland's mayor is Len Brown speaks with Guyon… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.Researchers in Scotland say a simple blood test could rule out a heart attack in two-thirds of people arriving at hospitals with chest pains. Dr Martin Than is an emergency medicine specialist at… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The friendly transtasman relationship is being tested by Australia's decision to round up New Zealand-born criminals and put them in detention pending deportation. Audio

7:27 AM.Tongan rugby fans say with a World Cup full of upsets so far, there's no reason why they can't beat the All Blacks in their final pool game tomorrow morning. Audio

7:23 AM.The 68 miners who lost their jobs at Solid Energy's Huntly East mine yesterday will return to work this morning to start winding down its operations and prepare for its imminent closure. Audio

7:19 AM.The New Zealand Superannuation Fund lost almost one point four billion dollars in value during August as the turmoil in the Chinese economy spread to other markets around the world. Audio

7:15 AM.A high-level report says the US Defence Department can't rule out the possibility ammunition stored at Camp Taji in Iraq is being supplied to militias that don't have the backing of the American… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.Alex Ashton speaks to Morning Report from Waitarere Beach. Audio

7:10 AM.The Waitarere Beach community is in shock after 10-year-old Alex Fisher was found dead yesterday. The police are treating the death as suspicious and spent the night guarding the crime scene. Audio

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

6:58 AM.Wall Street is little changed ahead of the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's September meeting - when it kept rates on hold. Audio

6:54 AM.New Zealand's four largest commercial media companies have joined forces to create a private marketplace for advertising agencies and others to buy online ads. Audio

6:52 AM.The specialty milk producer, A2 Milk, says it's seeing fast growing demand for its infant formula product at home and in China. Audio

6:50 AM.The strong growth in immigration over the past year may continue for a while and push up unemployment and keep fuelling consumer demand, but it is likely to run out of steam, according to a Westpac… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.The New Zealand dollar has had a strong run higher reaching a near-seven week high against the U.S. dollar as investors have unwound bets that the kiwi would be weaker in the near term. Audio

6:41 AM.Solid Energy's plan to close the Huntly East mine is the latest in a series of body blows for the North Waikato town. Waikato district councillor and Huntly resident Graeme Tait speaks with Kim Hill. Audio

6:38 AM.Police investigators will today continue examining the spot on Waitarere Beach near Levin where the body of a missing boy was found yesterday. The Horowhenua mayor Brendan Duffy spoke with reporter… Read more Audio

6:27 AM.Maori claimants in Levin are making the most of their first chance to stake their claim to Lake Horowhenua and are calling for an end to its pollution; The Vice-President Maori of the Council of Trade… Read more Audio

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

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

6:12 AM.Four of the most influential men in football, including Fifa president Sepp Blatter, have been sanctioned by the governing body's disciplinary arm. Rob Harris is the Associated Press sports reporter. Audio

6:10 AM.The State-Owned Enterprises Minister Todd McClay says he has asked Solid Energy to make sure Huntly East mine workers are supported. Audio

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

6:00 AM.McClay tells Solid Energy to support Huntly mine workers, Four top football officials suspended by Fifa, Horowhenua mayor says town reeling from discovery of boy's body, Waitarere left shocked after… Read more Audio