Morning Report for Thursday 29 October 2015

8:55 AM.Weevils, seaweed and skinks have joined the Māui's Dolphin in a new list of New Zealand's top ten most endangered species. Our conservation reporter Alexa Cook reports. Audio

8:45 AM.It's hoped the outcomes of a climate resilience conference in Fiji will give the region a strong platform before next month's global climate change conference in Paris. Audio

8:41 AM.Indonesia is considering declaring a state of emergency because of intense haze from fires which have been raging since August. Audio

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

8:26 AM.A long running dispute between Lake Horowhenua's rowing club and the lake's Maori owners has been reignited. Audio

8:24 AM.A massive US military blimp has come loose from its moorings and is floating across Pennsylvania. Audio

8:19 AM.New figures show police staff were to blame for 5-hundred out of just over 8-hundred police car crashes in the past year. Audio

8:16 AM.The body of a third man has been recovered from the wreck of the FV Jubilee. Audio

8:14 AM.In June, the former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot told his nation that Australia would stop the people smuggling boats "by hook or by crook."Michelle Grattan is The Conversation's chief… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.A Bangladeshi refugee who is being detained in Indonesia after his groups' failed attempt to sail to New Zealand hopes a new report by Amnesty International will help his group's case. Guyon Espiner… Read more Audio

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

7:55 AM.The Labour MP widely tipped to run for the Auckland mayoralty next year is against the city's partisan politics. Phil Goff, who's expected to announce soon just whether he plans to run for mayor… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The Health Ministry is considering moving to a two-dose vaccine to protect girls against cervical cancer and genital warts. Our Health Correspondent, Karen Brown, reports. Audio

7:46 AM.One of the largest fishing companies in New Zealand is offering to stop fishing in Hauraki Gulf, but there is one catch. Keith Ingram is the former president of the Recreational Fishing Council Audio

7:41 AM.The Wellington City Council's voted in favour of extending the living wage to its contracted security guards. Audio

7:38 AM.In just over an hour the Reserve Bank will review the cost of borrowing. It's not expected to change the official cash rate, but the central bank's governor Graeme Wheeler has said another cut is… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.The Disability Rights Commissioner has waded into a debate on a controversial hormone therapy used to stunt the growth of severely disabled children. Audio

7:25 AM.A coroners inquest has been told a Christchurch man had been having an affair just months before running over and killing his wife in 2013. Audio

7:23 AM.Iran will take part in talks aimed at finding an end to Syria's catastophic civil war. Daniel Ryntjes is our correspondent in Washington Audio

7:17 AM.The jury in the Chris Cairns perjury trial has today for the first time heard the voice of the accused himself. Audio

7:12 AM.Amnesty International says it now has proof Australia's maritime border control operations are nothing more than a lawless venture. Grant Bayldon is the Executive Director of Amnesty New Zealand. Audio

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

6:57 AM.American stocks are up as investors await the minutes from the Federal Reserve. It's expected rates will stay on hold until next year. Audio

6:56 AM.A survey of the export sector shows a lift in sentiment with more companies expecting higher overseas orders and earnings. Audio

6:55 AM.The dairy sector may be going through a soft patch, but it's not so with the country's IT sector whose exports have grown strongly in the past year. Audio

6:53 AM.New Zealand Oil and Gas says a marked rise in the estimates of the developed reserves in the Kupe oil and gas field off the Taranaki coast will save the owners an estimated $180 million in capital… Read more Audio

6:52 AM.Shares in rural services firm, PGG Wrightson, eased more than 2% yesterday after it warned its full-year operating profit could be as much as 12% down on the previous year, as weak dairy prices and… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.The Bank of New Zealand is upbeat about its prospects for the coming year after it reported a record net profit of just over one billion dollars in the year to September. Audio

6:43 AM.A swarm of at least 10 earthquakes of around magnitude 3 has been felt in the Turangi area in the Central North Island early this morning. John Ristau is the duty seismologist at GNS Science. Audio

6:36 AM.A New Zealand man, who is suffering from a brain tumour, has been moved off Christmas Island to another detention centre in Western Australia. Audio

6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:16 AM.The conflict over ownership at Lake Horowhenua has almost reached a new boiling point. Audio

6:10 AM.The Labour Party will be seeking assurances from the Government that it was not in any way involved in the alleged payments Australian officials made to people smugglers this year. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Labour demanding assurances Govt not involved in Aust boat-crew payments, No end in sight for long-running battle to clean up Lake Horowhenua, Christmas Island detainee's brother waits for his return… Read more Audio