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Morning Report for Friday 25 May 2018
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Top Stories for Friday 25 May 2018
6:00 AM.We ask the Prime Minister why she didn't accept Phil Twyford's offer to resign. Officials are accused of allowing unsafe cladding to be used on high-rises, It's off - Donald Trump cancels his meeting… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 25 May 2018
6:06 AM.British cyclist Simon Yates has had his overall lead over defending champion Tom Dumoulin cut in half on the 18th stage of the Giro d'Italia. German Maximilian Schachmann won the stage. New Zealand's… Read more Audio
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Nurses unhappy with pay proposal
6:16 AM.Some nurses say an independent panel's recommendations to boost pay don't go far enough and they hope proposed strikes do go ahead. The panel, which has been working to resolve a pay dispute between… Read more Audio
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Bastion Point: Dawn ceremony marks 40 years since evictions
6:19 AM.A dawn ceremony is being held to mark the 40th anniversary of the Bastion Point occupation. In 1978, police and army personnel forcibly evicted more than 200 people from Takaparawhau Taka para whau or… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 25 May 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 25 May 2018
6:22 AM.Wrangling over what to do about the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis is going down to the wire.
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Twyford loses CAA role after plane phone call
6:40 AM.Transport Minister Phil Twyford has been stripped of one his roles and is apologising profusely after getting caught making a phone call on a plane. Mr Twyford offered his resignation to the Prime… Read more Audio
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National not backing down in dispute with Speaker Mallard
6:43 AM.The Parliamentary showdown between the Opposition and the Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard, remains entrenched - with National MPs saying they're not backing down. It comes after scenes of… Read more Audio
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Business News for 25 may 2018
6:49 AM.Metro Performance Glass gets back to basics. A local start up wants Kiwi investors for dirty water schemes. Scientists team up with local companies. And the latest from the markets. Audio
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Sports News for 25 May 2018
7:06 AM.The depleted Crusaders can't win a trick in the lead up to tonight's top of the table Super Rugby showdown with the Hurricanes in Christchurch with another key player a late scratching. Audio
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Ardern 'deeply disappointed' after Twyford's call on plane
7:12 AM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it was only yesterday that Transport Minister Phil Twyford realised he'd made a big mistake by making a phone call on board a plane. Mr Twyford offered to resign… Read more Audio
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Fire engineer warns of lack of action over aluminium cladding
7:15 AM.Officials are being accused of allowing unsafe cladding to be used on high-rise buildings. Leading Melbourne fire engineer, Tony Enright, is speaking out after the Ministry of Business, Innovation and… Read more Audio
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Winter nurses' strike may not be averted
7:20 AM.Hopes of avoiding a nurses' strike in the middle of winter may be dashed. An independent panel yesterday recommended an immediate 3 percent pay rise from June, with another 3 percent rise in August… Read more Audio
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Trump cans planned North Korea talks - analysis
7:22 AM.The United States has cancelled the meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-Un, citing an insult levelled at the US vice-president, Mike Pence. Mr Trump referred to a… Read more Audio
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Gerry Brownlee discusses Opposition dispute with Mallard
7:36 AM.A strongly-worded letter penned by the National Party questioning the conduct of the Speaker of the House has been ignored by Trevor Mallard. The Speaker has been confiscating questions from MPs and… Read more Audio
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Missile that hit MH17 was Russian - report
7:42 AM.International investigators say that the missile that downed a Malaysia Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014 belonged to a Russian brigade. For the first time, the Dutch-led team said the… Read more Audio
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Acoustic attack or mass psychogetic illness?
7:48 AM.The US has issued a health alert after a consulate official in China suffered a mysterious brain injury. The illness is similar to that experienced by several US diplomats in Cuba last year, which led… Read more Audio
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M bovis: Contain or eradicate? Federated Farmers talk to govt
7:52 AM.To contain or to eradicate - that is the question for a last-chance meeting on Mycoplasma bovis to be held today. Federated Farmers, Dairy New Zealand, and Beef and Lamb will have one final… Read more Audio
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Kingi Taurua: A fighter in Vietnam and Waitangi
7:54 AM.Ngapuhi kaumatua Kingi Taurua has died after a short illness. The high-profile and often controversial Maori activist had a voice and a face that many New Zealanders recognise... especially as he was… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 25 May 2018
8:06 AM.The Crusaders coach Scott Robertson is cursing his bad luck after they lost more firepower for tonight's top of the table Super Rugby clash with the Hurricanes in Christchurch. Audio
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Weinstein to hand himself in to New York police
8:09 AM.Harvey Weinstein is expected to turn himself in to Police in New York to face charges of sexual assault and harrassment from dozens of women. The former movie producer who worked with some of… Read more Audio
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British insurers warn against use of aluminium panels
8:15 AM.In the wake of the Grenfell fire disaster British insurers are demanding a ban on combustable cladding on high rises - including the kind that is widely used in New Zealand. Aluminium composite… Read more Audio
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Dawn ceremony marks 40 years since Bastion Point evictions
8:20 AM.Forty years ago today the commissioner of Crown land George MacMillan gave the orders for more than 800 police and army personnel to begin forcibly evicting protestors from Bastion Point in Auckland… Read more Audio
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National MPs in stand-off with Speaker of House
8:26 AM.It's been a feisty week in Parliament with escalating tensions between National Party MPs and the Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard. On Thursday Mr Mallard ordered National's deputy leader Paula… Read more Audio
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Will Opposition vote 'no confidence' in Mallard as Speaker?
8:28 AM.It's been more tense than usual in Parliament over the past week, with an escalating dispute between National Party MPs and the Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard. On Thursday Mr Mallard ordered… Read more Audio
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Council connects young job-seekers with employers
8:39 AM.Thousands of young job-seekers met potential employers in Auckland yesterday in an event aimed at getting more of the city's youth into jobs. Auckland Council organised the JobFest because more than… Read more Audio
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Racing driver Scott Dixon hoping for Indy 500 win
8:42 AM.The Auckland motor racing driver Scott Dixon is feeling confident going into Monday morning's Indianapolis 500 and says last year's spectacular high-speed crash is not playing on his mind. Dixon was… Read more Audio
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Weather: A frosty week ahead for NZ - NIWA
8:45 AM.It's still officially autumn but winter arrived with a vengeance in Queenstown and the surrounding areas on Thursday with freezing temperatures, icy roads and lots of snow. Niwa forecaster Chris… Read more Audio
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Ireland to vote on loosening abortion laws
8:47 AM.Ireland votes on Saturday on whether to remove a single sentence which enshrines a near-total ban on abortion in the constitution, even in cases of rape and fatal foetal abnormality. The eighth… Read more Audio
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2018 Pacific Music Awards: Ladi6, Noah Slee, Kings claim wins
8:55 AM.Pacific music was on show last night at the 14th annual Vodafone Pacific Music Awards in Manukau. The packed house at the Vodafone Events Centre was treated to a range of music performances including… Read more Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia (Every Friday)
8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio