Morning Report for Friday 2 September 2016

8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the Ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

8:53 AM.Another season, another sigh of disappointment from New Zealand Warriors fans.For the fifth consecutive year the Warriors have failed to make the finals of the NRL. Audio

8:48 AM.Veteran activist Sue Bradford is setting up a left wing think tank to challenge neoliberal orthodoxy. Audio

8:43 AM.Winston Peters is upbeat about his party's prospects as members prepare for the annual New Zealand First conference. Audio

8:40 AM."Do you want to help shape New Zealand's trade policy strategy?" Trade Minister Todd McClay says the strategy needs to adapt and he wants public input. Audio

8:36 AM.Kaitaia locals say they're relieved the owner of a backpacker motel in the town has decided to plead guilty to charges of secretly filming men who stayed there. Audio

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

8:26 AM.An Australian woman is begging the New Zealand Government to step in to save her fiance from being sent to war-torn Syria. Audio

8:23 AM.Waves of around 30 centimetres and were detected on the East Cape and Great Barrier. GNS seismologist Bill Fry explains what that means and what the risk of a tsunami is. Audio

8:18 AM."Hopefully blood pressures are returning to normal." Our correspondent Murray Robertson with the latest. Audio

8:16 AM.Radio Ngati Porou reporter Erana Keelan-Reedy is on the beach at Hicks Bay. She says the sea is looking flat but they're still worried the plates off the coast ould move again. Audio

8:15 AM.Hicks Bay crayfisher John Campbell junior is down on the beach now getting ready to go crayfishing. Audio

8:11 AM.Tsunami warning downgraded but boaties are being warned to take care. Audio

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

7:53 AM.New Zealand begins a month-long presidency of the UN Security Council today and Foreign Minister Murray McCully says making progress on solving the Syrian conflict will be the top priority. Audio

7:51 AM.A long time friend of disgraced Māori leader Sir Ngatata Love says people should never forget all the good work he did for his iwi. Audio

7:43 AM.As one Auckland lawyer looks to start a class action against Steel and Tube for defective steel mesh, the Insurance Council moves to reassure affected building owners they shouldn't be too worried… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.A survey of police say they are are coming under increasing stress and more than half do not think their organisation cares about the well-being of its staff. Audio

7:36 AM.Taharora Marae local Haro McIlroy is up on a hill above Waipiro bay with about 25 others who have moved away from the coast. Audio

7:33 AM.A tsunami warning is still in place for eastern coast of of the North Island from Northland to the Gisborne coast after a severe 7.1 earthquake at 4.38. Gisborne civil defence initially warned people… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Te Araroa local Aomihi Cook says locals are allowed to return home after Civil Defence tells them to head up the hill. Audio

7:20 AM.Head of national civil defence Sarah Stuart Black says tsunami alert will last for hours. Audio

7:16 AM.Civil Defence says people can return to their homes but should stay away from waterways and beaches. Audio

7:11 AM.A tsunami warning is in place for the east Coast of the North Island after a severe 7.1 earthquake. People can return to their homes but must stay away from beaches and waterways. Audio

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

6:59 AM.An update on the markets. Audio

6:58 AM.The international real estate firm, Sotheby's, is expanding its foot-print in New Zealand off the back of demand for high-value properties. Audio

6:55 AM.The electricity lines company, Vector, is trialling an energy trading platform that lets customers buy and sell excess power between themselves. Audio

6:54 AM.New Zealand's current account deficit may have shrunk if the latest trade numbers are anything to go by. Audio

6:53 AM.The fish farming company, New Zealand King Salmon, expects significant rise in revenues on the back of growth in exports over the next few years. Audio

6:52 AM.Moves to clean up and regulate the insolvency sector can't come soon enough to drive unscrupulous operators out of business. Audio

6:48 AM.A GNS scientist Anna Keiser says many people would have felt the earthquake as would have been felt generated a long rolling motion. Audio

6:46 AM.We cross to John Kopua from Tokomaru Bay Civil Defence for the latest from there. Audio

6:40 AM.Residents from Hick's Bay just north of Te Araroa, have headed straight up the hill to their assembly point at Hick's Bay Lodge Audio

6:35 AM.Our correspondent in Gisborne, Murray Robertson, has the latest. Audio

6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:23 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

6:19 AM.An update from the team at RNZ sport. Audio

6:11 AM."It was the freakiest one that we're felt in Te Araroa." We talked to Aomihi Cook as she was fleeing town. Audio

6:09 AM.Civil Defence springs into action in Gisborne after 7.1 magnitude quake. Audio

6:04 AM.Our correspondent Murray Robertson was among the Gisborne residents woken by the quake. Audio

6:01 AM.A 7-point-1 earthquake has struck the East Coast. The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management has issued a tsunami potential threat advisory in all coastal areas including the Chatham… Read more Audio

6:00 AM.Tsunami warning still in force for east coast of North Island, Civil Defence say people should stay away from beaches, Tsunami alert will be in force for hours, Te Araroa residents can now return home… Read more Audio