Morning Report for Monday 28 November 2016

6:00 AM.The latest on from Kaipara on sinking, EQC presses on with plans to cut staff, Demolition on quake-damaged building in Wellington underway, Prosecuting low level P dealers a judgement call, A future… Read more Audio

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

6:09 AM.Kaipara locals gathered at the cruising club to remember those lost at sea when the Francie capsized. Steve McGregor talked to RNZ's Tom Furley about the Francie's skipper, Bill McNatty. Audio

6:18 AM.Kaikoura's only public pool appears to have been damaged beyond repair in last week's earthquake. Our reporter Ian Telfer went to see the damage. Audio

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

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

6:39 AM.The operations manager of the Northland coastguard Ray Burge says claims limited weather forcasting contributed to the weekend's boating tragedy surprise him. He says there is a local kaipara service… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Kaikoura and Wellington businesses operating adjacent to quake damaged buildings may face disruption for years to come as owners drag their feet on repair or demolition work. A Christchurch property… Read more Audio

6:52 AM.The Warehouse is looking at increasing its presence in the grocery business with reports that the online retailer, Amazon, will soon launch a bricks and mortar and online grocery business in… Read more Audio

6:54 AM.Healthcare group Abano says there's no sign that its shareholders are attracted by the partial takeover offer from its largest shareholder. Audio

6:55 AM.A noted business leader and long time advocate for gender equity, Joan Withers, expects new measures to resolve pay equity issues will soon have a positive impact on the economy. Audio

6:58 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

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

7:13 AM.Search crews have resumed looking for the man presumed to be the eighth victim of the Kaipara tragedy. Reporter Tom Furley is at the Kaipara Cruising and Sport fishing Club. Audio

7:34 AM.The Cuban Ambassador to New Zealand, Mario Alzugaray-Rodríguez, reflects on the death of Fidel Castro. The revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of America, and ruled the… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.Daily life continues in Cuba as the official mourning period for Fidel Castro begins. We talk to RNZ's Philippa Tolley, who's holidaying in Havana. Audio

7:40 AM.Tim Jago from the Muriwai surf club says none of the bodies club members found after the Kaipara boating tragedy were wearing lifejackets. He says the charter boat skipper made a bad call by deciding… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.It's been two weeks since the 7.8 magnitude quake struck near Kaikoura. In a show of solidarity the community gathered together in the sun yesterday for an event in the local domain. Audio

7:50 AM.The Government has been warned not to cave in and make it easier for Chinese investors to buy strategically important land and businesses just to secure better access to China's market. Talks to… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.John Key says the Government is talking to Wellington mayor Justin Lester about the possibility of aid for businesses hurt by the Kaikoura earthquake. Audio

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

8:12 AM.A member of the Muriwai Surf Club who helped with the rescue after a charter fishing boat capsized on Kaipara Harbour on Saturday says the boat's skipper made a bad call by deciding to go out in… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.Two diggers being used to carry out emergency repairs in Kaikoura have been deliberately damaged, in what the Fire Service has called "sabotage". Chief fire officer Ian Walker is appalled. Audio

8:22 AM.A woman who was violently abused as a baby is battling for compensation with ACC, which says she can't claim because she has no memory of what happened. Reporter Max Towle has the details. Audio

8:26 AM.The brother of the New Zealand journalist, Gary Cunningham, who was killed when Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975, meets Foreign Minister Murray McCully today to ask what the government is doing to… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio

8:42 AM.Kaikoura's only dive shop is struggling to survive and wants to be allowed to take customers diving with seals. Its owner Steve Blume appealed directly to Primary Industries minister, Nathan Guy, to… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The Maori king is to have a kidney transplant - with his new organ coming from his son. Mihingarangi Forbes talks to the king's personal advisor. Audio

8:51 AM.NCEA pass rates are climbing and it appears teaching teens carpentry and getting adults to sit down and mentor them are driving that increase. Audio