Morning Report for Friday 10 February 2017

6:00 AM.Emerald Princess held in port as investigators fly in, NZ prisoner accused of cellmate murder in California, Collins wants more transparency in oil companies' finances, Olympic canoer Lisa Carrington… Read more Audio

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

6:13 AM.The director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo, is in Turkey on his first overseas visit since Donald Trump took office. Andrew Finkel is in Turkey and says relations between the two countries have deteriorated… Read more 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

6:41 AM.New Zealand Rugby's Steve Tew wants an explanation from the testing laboratory in Salt Lake City, about discrepancies in the drug testing of All Black lock Patrick Tuipulotu, after his B sample showed… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.The politician who shepherded the Homosexual Law Reform though parliament has welcomed the wiping of the criminal records of about a thousand people with historical homosexual convictions. Audio

6:46 AM.There's debate over the rules around new top teacher roles in Communities of Schools. Critics say the rules impede the appoitnment of department heads and deputy principals. Others say the new jobs… Read more Audio

6:51 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

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

7:13 AM.Our reporter in Port Chalmers says the Emerald Princess' departure has been delayed by the investigation into yesterday's fatal explosion. Audio

7:20 AM.Energy Minister Judith Collins says she will use the Government's powers to protect motorists if it turns out oil companies are making excessive profits at the public's expense. Audio

7:34 AM.All Black Patrick Tuipulotu has had his reputation restored after a second test yesterday cleared him of using banned substances. His agent Ben Boyle says it's been a very stressful time. Audio

7:39 AM.In South Africa the main opposition party has walked out of parliament and police have fired stun grenades outside the building to disperse protestors. Aislinn Laing says it is the most violent she… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The Hill's Brent Budowski says "The biggest worry among most people is whether sessions will be able to stand up to Trump if Trump tries to do something that might violate the law" Audio

7:46 AM.Manus Island refugees say they're being punished by Australia for escaping persecution with indefinite detention. They are asking President Trump to overturn the ban on refugees and say they're no… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.The Justice Minister has announced the process by which historical homosexual convictions will be wiped from people's criminal record. While welcoming the step, advocacy groups say some of the men… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.Alexa Cook is in Invercargill for the World Shearing & Wool handling Championships.The local sports stadium, which typically holds events such as basketball and netball, has been transformed into a… Read more Audio

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

8:16 AM.Project Jonah general manager Darren Grover says they will be focusing their efforts on today's mid morning high tide when they will try and get the healthy whales back out. Audio

8:18 AM.The Wellington Council is expecting reports from 80 buildings on their earthquake resistance by 5 o'clock today. But there are doubts all will be finished in time, because not enough earthquake… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Auckland building consents have hit a ten-year high, but that means little if the paper can't be turned into bricks and mortar due to construction bottlenecks. Audio

8:26 AM.Sport NZ chief Peter Miskimmin says Lisa Carrington's success at the Halberg Awards capped a hugely successful year on the world stage for New Zealand athletes Audio

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

8:38 AM.Auckland Council is considering moving to providing water quality forecasts, to predict whether it's safe to swim before you hit the beach. Read more Audio

8:42 AM.If politics is your thing, then the battle for the seven Maori seats is a must watch. With the election date seven months away our Maori Correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes takes a look at how things… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.It's Friday so we cross the Ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio