Morning Report for Friday 22 January 2016

8:56 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:51 AM.The Independent Police Conduct Authority says force used by a Police officer on a boy while he was at Taupo Police station was excessive and contrary to law. Audio

8:47 AM.A memorial will be unveiled today in Waihi to honour the men of the New Zealand Tunnelling Company who were sent to the Western Front 100-years ago to dig under enemy trenches and destroy them. Audio

8:43 AM.After years of relative calm about access to the great outdoors, advocates say new pressures could lead to heated disputes. Audio

8:39 AM.Vanuatu goes to the polls today to elect a new 53-member parliament in a snap election called only last month. Audio

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

8:28 AM.Maori concerns about the Trans Pacific Partnership remain despite the Trade Minister Todd McLay saying that "Nothing in TPP will prevent the Crown from meeting its obligations to Maori". Audio

8:25 AM.A man has been arrested for failing to pay his student loan. Audio

8:21 AM.Tomorrow is Wellington Cup Day and women look set to make their mark on the track. Audio

8:18 AM.The Public Service Association represents 58-thousand government workers. Its national secretary is Erin Polaczuk Audio

8:11 AM.As you know our lead this morning is the gender pay gap in the public service. Audio

8:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

7:57 AM.Excitement is building in Samoa where the heavyweight boxer Joseph Parker fights America's Jason Bergman in the so called Rumble in Paradise in Apia tomorrow. Audio

7:52 AM.US president Barack Obama may have an uphill battle getting the Trans Pacific Partnership through Congress this year. Audio

7:50 AM.Back now to the just released inquiry findings on the poisoning death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London ten years ago. Audio

7:44 AM.The Christchurch City planner whose draft plan for the city's post-earthquake rebuild was harshly criticised by a retired High Court judge has a new job. Audio

7:40 AM.Mayors are poking holes in a proposal to pay people to move from Auckland. Audio

7:37 AM.The Ratana church is calling for calm when politicians arrive at its annual celebrations near Whanganui this weekend. Audio

7:23 AM.Nearly 90 per cent of police staff say frontline officers are under-resourced. Audio

7:23 AM.Nearly 90 per cent of police staff say frontline officers are under-resourced. Audio

7:16 AM.Pacific health authorities are adding their voice to global warnings about a virus spread by mosquito bites that can cause babies to be born with shrunken heads and malformed brains. Audio

7:11 AM.Just released details of the pay gap between what women and men are paid in the country's 29 public service departments show there has been no improvement and the gap is not reducing. Audio

7:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

6:58 AM.American stocks ... peace has returned for now at least Audio

6:54 AM.The hot summer weather heralds the arrival of cruise ships and another bumper season is expected. Audio

6:51 AM.The New Zealand economy looks to be in good shape and able to face some of the challenges that may arise from overseas. Audio

6:47 AM.The oil and gas industry has an unlikely ally in its support for the introduction buffer zones around its Taranaki installations. Audio

6:34 AM.Some government departments have a pay gap between men and women of 39 per cent. Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:21 AM.Our business editor, Gyles Beckford, is in now with what's happening in the financial world. Audio

6:14 AM.A survey has found 86 per cent of police staff believe frontline officers are under-resourced. Audio

6:12 AM.Porirua's mayor Nick Leggett says the Social Housing Minister is off the mark with her suggestion people on waiting lists for state houses in Auckland could be paid to move to other centres. Audio

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

6:00 AM.The public service receives a fail for its efforts to reduce the gender pay gap. New global warnings about zika, a mosquito-borne virus which causes serious brain damage in newborn babies and a war of… Read more Audio