Morning Report for Monday 15 February 2016

8:55 AM.Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio

8:51 AM.The Australian government says it will no longer conduct annual Anzac commemoration services at Lone Pine, the scene of a rare victory for Australian troops during the ill-fated Dardanelles campaign. Audio

8:46 AM.We talk to Duane Major, who started the campaign to buy the Abel Tasman beach just over three weeks ago. Audio

8:42 AM.The Prime Minister John Key says the government may make a modest contribution to the campaign to buy an Abel Tasman beach if there is a shortfall. Audio

8:38 AM.The Vice Chancellor Of Victoria University Grant Guildford, is calling on politicians to abandon their myopic focus on the cost of mitigating climate change. Audio

8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:28 AM.More than half of the over 900 asylum seekers - who fled from places such as Iran, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka - have now had their refugee status confirmed by PNG Immigration. Audio

8:24 AM.How strictly America should apply immigration controls and how to deal with the estimated 11-million illegal immigrants already in the U.S. are questions all of the Presidential candidates are being… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.A new report says plans to extend Wellington Airport's runway by at least 300 metres do not make economic sense. Audio

8:17 AM.Two days after the Auditor General announced she would investigate the Government's controversial Saudi sheep deal, the government agency in charge was told all further spending on the project was… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.The GeoNet website says there have been three moderate aftershocks, measuring magnitude 3.6, 3.5 and 3.9, and one strong aftershock measuring 4.2 at 6.30 last night. Audio

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

7:54 AM.With the latest on how the city's been affected we're joined by our Christchurch bureau chief Belinda McCammon. Audio

7:50 AM.The Prime Minister John Key says yesterday's Canterbury quake has been a painful blow for the city. Audio

7:47 AM.The Christchurch mayor called yesterday's 5.7 magnitude quake a pyschological set back for the city facing the fifth anniversary of the deadly 2011 quake. Audio

7:42 AM.The team behind the campaign to buy a beach at Awaroa in the Abel Tasman National Park is urging New Zealanders to keep pledging right up until the 3 o'clock deadline this afternoon. Audio

7:39 AM.Exploratory drilling for oil and gas has ground to a halt in New Zealand Audio

7:35 AM.The New Zealand cricketers face a monumental task if they're to save the first cricket test against Australia at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Audio

7:27 AM.Police are urging Palmerston North parents to talk to their children about staying safe, in the wake of last week's abduction of a five year old. Audio

7:24 AM.According to GeoNet here were two moderate aftershocks, measuring magnitude 3.6 and 3.9, and one strong aftershock measuring 4.2 at 6.30 following yesterday's quake. Audio

7:19 AM.A Christchurch lifeguard and several children had a narrow escape during yesterday's earthquake when the cliffs they were jumping from began falling around them. Audio

7:10 AM.Christchurch residents say the 5.7 magnitude earthquake yesterday afternoon was like a nightmare starting all over again. Audio

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

6:58 AM.Wall Street rebounded strongly Friday, heading into a three-day holiday weekend, following a week of negative sentiment that saw equities and oil prices fall. Audio

6:57 AM.This week's business agenda. Audio

6:55 AM.And after a brusing 2015 where the mining and resoruce sector took a hammering and consumer sentiment suffered accordingly, the new year has started better . Audio

6:53 AM.The corporate earnings season gets into full swing this week with at least 16 businesses due expected to report financial results. Audio

6:51 AM.The view that the world's central banks have run out of ammunition to help stave off a re-run of the 2008 crisis has been challenged by one former fund manager. Audio

6:45 AM.The staff at Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital are refusing to discharge a 13-month-old baby because they don't want it sent back to the Nauru detention centre. Audio

6:42 AM.The team behind the campaign to buy a beach at Awaroa in the Abel Tasman National Park is urging New Zealanders to keep pledging right up until the 3 o'clock deadline this afternoon. Audio

6:38 AM.Christchurch residents in the seaside suburb of Sumner witnessed the collapse of nearby cliffs as the city was struck by a five-point-seven magnitude earthquake yesterday. Audio

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

6:20 AM.More on the challenges facing central banks around the world Audio

6:13 AM.A mental health organisation is encouraging people to be gentle on themselves in the wake of yesterday's quake. Audio

6:09 AM.Christchurch is again a city on edge following yesterday's strong earthquake and a series of aftershocks. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Christchurch residents say the 5.7 magnitude earthquake yesterday afternoon was like a nightmare starting all over again. A Christchurch lifeguard and several children had a narrow escape during… Read more Audio