Morning Report for Friday 1 April 2016

8:55 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:51 AM.The countdown is on in Wanaka for the launch of Nasa's second super pressure balloon and its cosmos-probing payload. Audio

8:47 AM.The trans-Tasman netball competition starts tonight. Audio

8:43 AM.This Saturday marks 100 years since armed police stormed the prophet Rua Kenana's settlement in the heart of the Ureweras, killing Rua's son and uncle. Audio

8:39 AM.A new and hopeful chapter in Myanmar's turbulent history begins today , with the country's first non-military government in 54 years taking office. Audio

8:37 AM.About 150-thousand workers will get a 50 cent-an-hour boost from today with the minimum wage being pushed up to 15-dollars and 25 cents Audio

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

8:26 AM.Hawke's Bay lines company Unison is defending its revenue stream against emerging solar generation technology. Audio

8:22 AM.A security analyst says it would have taken a high level of threat to trigger the Security Intelligence Service to spy on New Zealanders without first obtaining a warrant last year. Audio

8:19 AM.The Prime Minister John Key thinks if Donald Trump became president he would do a u-turn and "miraculously" find a way to back TPP. Audio

8:14 AM.Experts say up to two million New Zealanders may be getting underpaid by their employers in the holiday pay botch up. Audio

8:12 AM.Back to our earlier story about funding from Lotto grants. Sports and arts groups have been told to expect much less cash this year. Audio

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

7:55 AM.The biggest handover yet of state rental housing takes place today with nearly three thousand homes in Auckland's eastern suburbs transferring into a joint-venture. Audio

7:50 AM.Biosecurity teams are being scrambled on to hundreds of dairy farms to try to stop an outbreak of velvetleaf - one of the world's worst cropping threats. Audio

7:47 AM.Hawke's Bay residents planning to cut their power bills by installing solar panels are in for a shock with local lines company Unison slugging them with an extra charge. Audio

7:43 AM.A major international summit on the world's nuclear security gets underway starts in Washington later today. Audio

7:39 AM.A senior Dunedin surgeon says patients are now more severely disabled by the time they receive long-awaited elective hip or knee surgery Audio

7:34 AM.Rescue efforts are underway in India after a bridge collapsed in Kolkata killing at least 18 people. Audio

7:29 AM.Last Tuesday, March the 22nd, RNZ reported that steel bars purchased from Steel & Tube for use on its transmission masts near Taupo were below required strength. Audio

7:27 AM.Listening to that was Corrections Southern Regional Commissioner, Ben Clark. Audio

7:23 AM.Corrections is paying a private contractor for drug and alcohol counsellors who don't exist. Audio

7:18 AM.A payroll systems expert believes up to two million New Zealanders may be getting underpaid by their employers for their holidays. Audio

7:12 AM.Sports and arts groups that rely on funding from Lotto grants have been told to expect much less cash this year. Audio

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

6:58 AM.Wall Street up a touch today -- data shows the labour market appears to be showing strength after a drop in the number of people losing their jobs in March. Audio

6:54 AM.The issue of international trade agreements is topical at present with a roadshow on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement currently going around the country. Audio

6:53 AM.The small Canterbury-based dairy company, Synlait Milk, says it is on track to report a record full-year profit with strong growth for infant formula. Audio

6:52 AM.The ASB Bank has just published its latest canvas of corporate views on the currency. Audio

6:50 AM.A further weakening in overall business confidence is disguising an underlying resilience for many companies, according to the ANZ Bank. Audio

6:46 AM.The Hawke's Bay lines company Unison is putting an extra charge on most householders who from today put solar panels on their roof. Audio

6:38 AM.A payroll systems expert thinks the Government is grossly underestimating the number of New Zealanders who are being underpaid for their holidays. Audio

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

6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:15 AM.Longer waits for elective or non-urgent surgery means many patients are now more severely disabled by the time they receive the help they need. Audio

6:13 AM.From today, beneficiaries with children will get an extra 25-dollars a week and families earning less that 27-thousand-dollars a year will get an extra 24-dollars-50. Audio

6:10 AM.The tournament favourite White Ferns have lost to the West Indies in the women's T20 semi-final. Audio

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

6:00 AM.Sports and arts groups are told to expect less money from Lotto this year. We'll speak to the Minister of Internal Affairs - Peter Dunne. And claims there could be as many as two million workers… Read more Audio