Morning Report for Friday 13 May 2016

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

8:53 AM.A big rugby game this weekend. Audio

8:50 AM.No Canterbury land owner has been prosecuted for allowing stock in waterways in the past five years, but the regional council says it's not soft on enforcing its rules. Audio

8:46 AM.The Trans Pacific Partnership passed its first domestic hurdle at Parliament yesterday. Audio

8:42 AM.Queenstown Lakes District Council is holding a special meeting today to figure out how to keep its ability to issue building consents. Audio

8:38 AM.A series of violent petrol station attacks is alarming Z Energy. Audio

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

8:31 AM.The gun used in the controversial killing of Trayvon Martin has disapeared from an online website after George Zimmerman listed it for sale. Audio

8:27 AM.The Electronic Frontier Foundation says a bid by the Kazakhstan government to get client information from the cloud storage site Mega is unprecedented. Audio

8:18 AM.For the first time the Tertiary Education Commission is investigating a university to find if it has done less teaching than it was paid for. Audio

8:15 AM.The Tourism Industry Association says it's open to charging tourists more to help pay for infrastructure that's under pressure from a surge in overseas visitor arrivals. Audio

8:11 AM.The number of workers aged over 65 is now at record levels and looks set to increase. Audio

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

7:54 AM.The Christchurch Mayor and deputy mayor say the city's bus system is not working and they want the council to take over running it. Audio

7:49 AM.A High Court jury will resume deliberating this morning in the case of a man accused of killing his girlfriend and her three year-old daughter. Audio

7:46 AM.Presidential candidate Donald Trump has met overnight with the party's house speaker Paul Ryan. Audio

7:41 AM.Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff says her government has been sabotaged and she has been removed from office by what amounts to a political coup. Audio

7:37 AM.The cloud storage site Mega says a court ruling in Auckland yesterday that it must hand over client information to the Kazakhstan government puts some of its customers in danger. Audio

7:26 AM.The Labour Party is calling on the Government to take responsibility for what it calls another lapse of judgment by the Overseas Investment Office. Audio

7:20 AM.The Finance Minister Bill English has all but ruled out tax cuts in 2017. Audio

7:15 AM.The Police Minister Judith Collins says New Zealand will consider a public register of foreign owners of property and trusts. Audio

7:11 AM.New Zealand has made a number of commitments at the Anti-Corruption Summit in London saying we will help combat global bribery and corruption Audio

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

6:59 AM.The listed wine company, Delegat Group, has had a bumper harvest. Audio

6:58 AM.Wall Street is mixed today, Apple shares have fallen to a two year low with investors wary of future iPhone sales. Audio

6:57 AM.Aviation experts in Auckland have been told of new ways to make commercial flights slightly quicker and more efficient. Audio

6:55 AM.The slump in dairy prices and a more subdued agricultural sector are likely to have been a drag on first quarter economic growth despite a relatively strong report card for manufacturing. Audio

6:53 AM.The accounting software company, Xero, says it will fund its growth from existing cashflow and not tap the market for money, as it strives to move to breaking-even. Audio

6:50 AM.The fuel retailer, Z Energy, is forecasting flat earnings for 2017, after a big rise in the year just ended. Audio

6:46 AM.Queenstown Council meets today to find ways to hold on to its ability to issue building consents. Audio

6:44 AM.The High Court has ordered the cloud storage website Mega to hand over the personal information of users suspected of hacking Kazakhstan's government computer system. Audio

6:42 AM.Strong wind and rain has battered the lower half of the country overnight with little relief in sight until at least lunchtime. Audio

6:40 AM.The Police Minister Judith Collins says New Zealand will consider a public register of foreign owners of property and trusts. Audio

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

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

6:16 AM.Three years ago primary schools across Christchurch underwent one of the most radical shake-ups ever seen in New Zealand. Audio

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

6:00 AM.New Zealand makes an international commitment to consider a public register of who really owns and benefits from NZ companies. We ask Bill English why he's all but ruled out tax cuts and the cloud… Read more Audio