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Morning Report for Monday 21 May 2018
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Top Stories for Monday 21 May 2018
6:00 AM.The US backs away from a confrontation with China over trade, Auckland Council tries to keep a nine hundred thousand dollar report on stadiums secret a 15 year old dies in the boot of a car during a… Read more Audio
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'No doubt' Budget failed on funding for Māori - John Tamihere
8:41 AM.Former Labour Cabinet Minister John Tamihere says he can't understand how Māori took a back seat in the government's priorities when there are 13 Māori MPs in the government. "The Families package is… Read more Audio
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Three new All Blacks, only one likely to get game time
8:49 AM.There are three newcomers to the All Blacks squad named yesterday, but it's possible that only one of them may get some game time in the three-test series against France next month. Loose forwards… Read more Audio
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Relief as govt drops Waikeria mega-prison plan
8:51 AM.News the government won't be building a mega-prison is being met with cautious optimism by the criminal justice advocacy group JustSpeak. The previous government had planned to expand Waikeria prison… Read more Audio
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Rural health workforce reaching crisis point
8:55 AM.Nurses who can prescribe medicines and make diagnoses are putting themselves forward as one way to solve a looming lack of doctors in rural areas. More than 40 percent of country doctors are due to… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 21 May 2018
6:06 AM.The Crusaders have had a second All Black prop suspended in as many weeks, with Owen Franks banned for two Super Rugby matches for striking. Franks plead guilty at last night's hearing after he was… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 21 May 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 21 May 2018
6:22 AM.Federated Farmers says it would like to have a say in what the Government plans to do about improving New Zealand's animal tracking system. Audio
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DoC joins 'life-changing' course for young unemployed
6:40 AM.The Department of Conservation teamed up with the Ministry of Social Development Audio
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Business News for 21 May 2018
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 21 May 2018
7:06 AM.It's been a gold rush for New Zealand women's kayakers at the opening World Cup regatta in Hungary. The quartet of Lisa Carrington, Aimee Fisher, Kayla Imrie and Caitlin Ryan claimed four golds… Read more Audio
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US-China trade stand-off eases
7:09 AM.The United States and China have agreed to back away from imposing trade tarrifs on each others goods. The promised tarrifs had threatened a trade war that could have cost billions of dollars… Read more Audio
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Auckland Council rebuked for withholding public information
7:17 AM.For the second time in two months, Auckland Council has been told off for wrongly refusing to a release a major report commissioned by the mayor Phil Goff. This time it's over the proposed stadium for… Read more Audio
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Auckland mayor Phil Goff defends stalled report
7:26 AM.The release of a $935,000 consultants' report on an Auckland downtown stadium on Friday was the third time RNZ had to resort to the Ombudsman's Office to extract public information from Auckland… Read more Audio
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Waikeria mega-prison plan scrapped - Kelvin Davis
7:28 AM.The Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis says the Government won't go ahead with plans for a megaprison at Waikeria in Waikato.
In last week's budget, more funds were allocated to build temporary units… Read more Audio
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Stuart Nash backs police discretion in chases
7:36 AM.Police Minister Stuart Nash has backed police and sent another strong message that drivers must stop, following another death from a police pursuit. A 15-year-old riding in the boot of a stolen car… Read more Audio
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National would cancel winter energy payment - Bridges
7:44 AM.National leader Simon Bridges discusses the first Labour government Budget with Guyon Espiner. "In the best of conditions they're still managing to break their promises," he says. On the spending &… Read more Audio
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1.9 billion thought to have watched royal wedding
7:50 AM.1.9 billion people are estimated to have watched Prince Harry marry Meghan Markle. From the celebrity guests, impassioned sermons, and stunning musical numbers, to the small personal touches, there… Read more Audio
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Kōkako song used in battle to save bird
7:55 AM.It's one of our most popular bird calls on Morning Report but the song of the kokako is also instrumental in the battle to save the blue-wattled crows. The calls have been used to attract kokako in… Read more Audio
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Police chase review due October - IPCA judge
8:10 AM.Nineteen people have died in the last two years while fleeing from police - the latest over the weekend was a 15-year-old riding in the boot of a car. Police Minister Stuart Nash told us he backed the… Read more Audio
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Multiple failures in Middlemore management - new documents
8:17 AM.Newly released documents show multiple serious failings by senior officials at Middlemore Hopsital who pushed ahead with building a big lecture theatre instead of more operating theatres. They also… Read more Audio
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Rafting fatality: 'Standard procedures were in place'
8:22 AM.The general manager of a Queenstown tourism company says he and his staff are devastated after a rafter was swept away and died. The man was one of a group of six Australians whose raft overturned in… Read more Audio
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'Life-changing' course for youth on dole expanded by DoC
8:24 AM.A course that's proved life changing for a handful of young people on the dole is about to be expanded. In April the Department of Conservation took on ten young unemployed with the aim of getting… Read more Audio
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Dropping enrolments, major deficits in polytech annual reports
8:37 AM.Dropping enrolments and multi-million-dollar deficits at some institutions have been revealed in the polytechnic annual reports. The institutes have begun publishing their 2017 results and they show… Read more Audio
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Raupunga community distraught after graves smashed
8:47 AM.A community in northern Hawke's Bay is in shock after vandals destroyed 20 or so headstones at a small cemetery. Kaye Wesley posted a Facebook video of her visit to the Raupunga urupa on the weekend… Read more Audio