Morning Report for Wednesday 21 December 2016

6:57 AM.Shares in the troubled technology company, Rakon, surged 40 percent yesterday after it unveiled a 10-million-US-dollar investment by Taiwanese company Siward Crystal Technology. Audio

6:00 AM.Suspect in terror attack in Berlin released from custody, Body of murdered Russian envoy returning to Moscow, Quake damaged SH1 expected to be opened to traffic later today, and NZDF pays thousands to… Read more Audio

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

6:16 AM.Getting caught up in the Queensgate demolition cordon took a financial, physical and emotion toll for the owners of New World in Lower Hutt... but finally staff and customers have been able to return… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A ban on gathering crayfish lifts in Kaikour but fishers expect the harbour to be unpredictable after last month's quake. Reporter Max Towle speaks with local skipper Paul Reinke. 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

6:42 AM.An internal Corrections email has revealed the department is looking to hire hundreds more staff than it has publicly disclosed. Benedict Collins spoke with Corrections' Chief Custodial Officer Neil… Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Christchurch's out-going city missioner Michael Gorman says it's a scandal people in New Zealand are living in poverty. Mr Gorman spoke with Maja Burry about his 12 years helping the city's most… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.Dairy prices have ended 2016 on a flat note. Audio

6:53 AM.The largest listed retail chain, The Warehouse Group, says increasing competition from all retail segments is taking a toll on profit margins across its brands. Audio

6:55 AM.The seacraft manufacturer, Sealegs, has unveiled an ambitious international expansion plan with a new name to suit and new structure. Audio

6:57 AM.Shares in the troubled technology company, Rakon, surged 40 percent yesterday after it unveiled a 10-million-US-dollar investment by Taiwanese company Siward Crystal Technology. 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

7:42 AM.The Defence Force has spent tens of thousands of dollars on stylists, including Real Housewife of Auckland, Angela Stone, to give young people grooming and presentation tips for job interviews. As… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.There is a growing backlash against Wellington City Council's latest crackdown on building owners in the wake of the Kaikoura earthquake. As Eric Frykberg reports critics say the council is being… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.Mark Belton, the spokesman for the Restore Christchurch Cathedral group says he's hopeful there will be announcement on the future of the cathedral before Christmas. The delays he says have been… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.You may have used an emoji to let the online world know how you're feeling and what you're thinking. Now you can also use 'Emotiki' a unique Maori selection of emoji. Shannon Haunui-Thompson spoke to… Read more Audio

7:56 AM.The inland road to Kaikoura has finally reopened without restrictions, delighting locals. Max Towle talks to some of the first people to experience the drive. Audio

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

8:11 AM.The man arrested by Berlin police following the terror attack on a Christmas market in the city has been released. The Guardian's Kate Connolly says Police say he could not have been the driver. Audio

8:17 AM.A new Wellington Chamber of Commerce survey shows more than 62 percent of the region's respondents were impacted in someway by last month's 7.8 magnitude quake. Audio

8:22 AM.A New Zealand aid worker in Nigeria says half a million children are malnourished in the Lake Chad basin as their families battle famine and the Boko Haram insurgency. Audio

8:28 AM.Residents in the affluent Christchurch suburb of Cashmere are threatening court action over a tennis club's decision to install floodlights. Audio

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

8:40 AM.Disgraced Tour de France cyclist Lance Armstrong leaves New Zealand today having been here for a campaign with Lion Breweries. But was it a good choice or a risky choice for Lion? We speak with former… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Years of waiting, and now tourists heading up Dunedin's steepest street have what they've been asking for - a public toilet. But residents on Baldwin Street also have their concerns. Audio