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Morning Report for Wednesday 30 May 2018
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Top Stories for Wednesday 30 May 2018
6:00 AM.Homeowner's $37,000 meth clean-up deemed unnecessary; meth decontamination boss disputes chief science advisor report; health overhaul 'once in a generation' chance - David Clark; Auckland Grammar… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 30 May 2018
6:06 AM.Former All Black Ma'a Nonu has left Toulon and put his career on hold for "family reasons". The midfielder joined the French Top 14 side after winning a second Rugby World Cup in 2015 and went on to… Read more Audio
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Auckland Grammar revolts against NCEA
6:11 AM.Auckland Grammar School is so unhappy with proposed changes to the NCEA it is developing its own exams to replace level one of the qualification. It says a ministerial advisory group's suggestion of… Read more Audio
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Decades-old welfare rules need fix - Children's Commissioner
6:13 AM.The Children's Commissioner wants the government to move quickly to ease abatement and eligibility thresholds in the welfare system that haven't changed for decades. The amount someone on the… Read more Audio
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Starbucks closes across US for training
6:17 AM.Cafe chain Starbucks is closing about eight-thousand stores in the U.S today to provide one-hundred-and-seventy-five-thousand employees mandatory anti-bias training. It was sparked after two black men… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 30 May 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 30 May 2018
6:26 AM.A Canterbury dairy farmer says the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has brought an end to his farming career. Audio
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Meth contamination fears debunked, tenants devastated
6:39 AM.An official finding by the government's chief scientist that smoking methamphetamine in houses creates no health dangers for other people has come too late for many people. Hundreds of tenants in both… Read more Audio
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Major health review announced to fix inequalities
6:41 AM.Public health is going under the microscope in a major government review. Health Minister David Clark announced the wide-ranging probe into the health sector yesterday, saying inequities in the… Read more Audio
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Middlemore failed to chase $12m leaky building claim
6:43 AM.Court papers show Middlemore Hospital failed to pursue millions of dollars in a leaky building claim against construction firm Hawkins. They also show the Counties-Manukau DHB drastically cut back its… Read more Audio
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Car dealer counts cost of wheel thieves
6:46 AM.A Hawke's Bay car dealer says he's about to give-up and walk away after 14 years in the job because of alloy wheel thieves. Bruce Stuart runs Mega Save Cars in Napier and he's had seven sets of wheels… Read more Audio
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Business News for 30 May 2018
6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 30 May 2018
7:06 AM.Rafael Nadal began his campaign for an 11th French Open title with a rain-delayed straight sets win over Italian Simone Bolelli. Audio
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Homeowner's $37,000 meth clean-up deemed unnecessary
7:12 AM.The owner of a house where traces of methamphetamine were found says she's devastated to learn she didn't need to go through the stress and the $37,000 expense of getting it decontaminated. Yesterday… Read more Audio
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Meth decontamination boss disputes chief science advisor report
7:15 AM.Hamilton homeowner Rebekah Radford went through a lot of stress and paid a $37,000 methamphetamine decontamination bill after traces of the drug were found in her house. She says she's devastated to… Read more Audio
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Health overhaul 'once in a generation' chance - David Clark
7:23 AM.The health needs of Maori and Pacific communities will be a key focus of a far-reaching government review of health services. And the number of District Health Boards could be slashed. David Clark is… Read more Audio
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Auckland Grammar revolts against NCEA exam changes
7:28 AM.A revolt against suggested changes to the NCEA has begun, with Auckland Grammar School developing its own exam to replace level one of the qualification. The school expects to start offering the test… Read more Audio
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Govt under pressure to boost benefits, reduce penalties
7:38 AM.The Government's under pressure to move quickly to let beneficiaries earn more money without being penalised. The threshold for how much someone on the jobseeker benefit can earn before their payments… Read more Audio
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Work visas rejected for 14 percent of Indian graduates
7:43 AM.An immigration adviser says new figures are at odds with official assurances that Indian visa applicants are not being targeted by immigration officials. Immigration New Zealand says there has been no… Read more Audio
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'Police need to be adults' on police chases - Deborah Manning
7:45 AM.A lawyer who's advised families of people killed in police pursuits says the police should accept their policy needs to change. Yesterday national road policing manager Superintendent Steve Greally… Read more Audio
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Greenpeace urges MPI inquiry after fishing reports
7:51 AM.Greenpeace says previously suppressed reports show the Ministry for Primary Industries has been captured by the fishing industry. Last week the ministry published a 2012 report detailing how fishing… Read more Video, Audio
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Funding plan for Capital Connection train up in air
7:56 AM.A three-year-rescue fund for a popular Wellington train service is coming to the end of the line next month. In 2015 the long-haul commuter service between Palmerston North and Wellington was in… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 30 May 2018
8:06 AM.American Serena Williams made a successful return to Grand Slam tennis and the fashion world with a straight sets win over Kristyna Pliskova at the French Open. Audio
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Meth-test compensation should be considered - Dame Tariana
8:10 AM.Dame Tariana Turia thinks there may need to be compensation for the people who have been kicked out of state homes because of meth testing that may have been baseless. She says the evictions because… Read more Audio
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Waitangi claim calls for Māori hauora in psychology
8:14 AM.A Waikato psychologist says Māori face active resistance to their very presence in the psychology profession. Psychologist Michelle Levy said the profession did not train students to address Māori… Read more Audio
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What needs to change in NZ health? - Panel discussion
8:18 AM.For more on the proposed health review we're joined by Kate Baddock, who chairs the Medical Association, Ian Powell - executive director of Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, and Rhys Jones… Read more Audio
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NZ's foreign bureaucrats 'need to see China as a challenge'
8:25 AM.The Government MP, Andrew Hastie, revealed the man as property developer Dr Chau Chak Wing, who has donated millions to the major political parties and universities. He's been named as a… Read more Audio
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Roseanne revival cancelled after racist tweet
8:40 AM.The revival of US sitcom 'Roseanne' has abruptly come to an end after the show's controversial star made a racist remark on Twitter. The tweet compared former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett to an… Read more Audio
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Anti-money laundering rules ineffective - study
8:45 AM.A study has found anti-money laundering rules are almost completely ineffective in stopping criminals. The findings from New Zealand political scientist, Ron Pol, show authorities globally recover… Read more Audio