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Morning Report for Thursday 31 May 2018
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Top Stories for Thursday 31 May 2018
6:00 AM.Claims of widespread bullying at Tauranga hospital, Ukraine admits faking the death of a Russian dissident journalist in a bid to catch his would-be assassins, Can Housing New Zealand tenants expect… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 31 May 2018
6:06 AM.The Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has been blocked from picking Crusaders loose foward Pete Samu for the upcoming three-Test series against Ireland, but Cheika's kept a spot open for him if the green… Read more Audio
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Recycling crisis hits New Zealand - report
6:13 AM.A new report says New Zealand is in the grip of a recycling crisis. Last year China banned imports of various recyclable materials until the end of this year, and it's expected the ban will be… Read more Audio
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Family Court not working for whānau - senior lawyer
6:16 AM.A senior lawyer says the Family Court is in crisis and should not be dealing with the care and protection of Māori children. The government is setting up a panel and an expert advisory group to review… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 31 May 2018
6:20 AM.An early look at the business headlines and update on financial markets. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 31 May 2018
6:22 AM.Tomorrow on the first of June, cows right around the country are shifted to new properties for winter grazing or new sharemilking contracts. Audio
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Australian lawyer appalled NZ child held in detention centre
6:45 AM.A boy is the latest New Zealander to be locked up in an Australian detention centre for an apparent breach of his visa. Australian authorities have refused to give RNZ more details, but it's… Read more Audio
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Housing NZ should apologise for meth evictions - Little
6:47 AM.Justice Minister Andrew Little says Housing New Zealand should apologise to tenants it threw out of their homes based on bogus meth testing. The Prime Minister's chief science adviser, Sir Peter… Read more Audio
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Business News for 31 May 2018
6:49 AM.Cigna becomes third biggest life insurer in NZ after buying ANZ's OnePath. Finance regulators find no bank misbehaviour, yet, but see room for improvement. A crop of company earning reports, and the… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 31 May 2018
7:06 AM.The test future of Crusaders forward Pete Samu remains in limbo, as he still awaits clearance from the New Zealand Rugby Union to play for Australia. Audio
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Suicides, sackings, claims of bullying at Tauranga Hospital
7:11 AM.A Tauranga Hospital nurse committed suicide and left a note to his colleagues asking if they were happy now. He is one of two nurses who felt bullied at the hospital then killed themselves. A third… Read more Audio
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Ukrainian police help stage murder of Russian journalist
7:17 AM.He was reportedly shot twice in the back and reportedly he died in the ambulance on the way to hospital. But then he walked into a press conference about his death, fit and well. It turns out Arkady… Read more Audio
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Russia reacts to faked death of journalist
7:20 AM.It's been revealed Arkady Babchenko, a dissident Russian journalist, faked his own death with the help of Ukrainian police. He was reportedly shot twice in the back and reportedly he died in the… Read more Audio
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No compensation for meth evictions - Housing NZ
7:22 AM.Housing New Zealand and the Housing Minister Phil Twyford say no compensation will be given to tenants who were evicted based on discredited methamphetamine testing. On Tuesday, a report by the Prime… Read more Audio
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Finance companies fined $700,000
7:37 AM.Companies Budget Loans Limited and Evolution Finance, owned by Allan Hawkins and his son Wayne, have been fined $700,000 for what a judge called cynical and deliberate offending. Their companies… Read more Audio
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Police chases: Teens can't think like adults - psychologist
7:43 AM.A clinical psychologist says police shouldn't be surprised when teenage offenders flee from them in cars at high speed. Last week a 15-year-old boy being chased by officers in Palmerston North crashed… Read more Audio
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Māori lawyers say Family Court not working for whānau
7:48 AM.Māori lawyers and academics say the Family Court is in crisis and should not be dealing with the care and protection of Maori children. The Government is set to review the Family Court because of huge… Read more Audio
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'A new low' as NZ boy put in Australian detention centre
7:51 AM.An Australian immigration lawyer says the locking up of a New Zealand boy in an immigration centre is a new low for his country. The boy, aged under 18, is being held in a detention facility alongside… Read more Audio
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Eugenie Sage addresses 'broken' NZ recycling system
7:55 AM.Recycled materials are being stockpiled around the country while authorities struggle to work out what to do with it all. Last year, China stopped taking 24 different types of waste. A report out… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 31 May 2018
8:06 AM.The New Zealand under 20 rugby side leads Japan 38 nil at halftime in their opening world cup match in France. Audio
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NZ banks not off the hook yet in wake of Australian scandal
8:10 AM.MPs have been told there is no evidence the country's banks are ripping off customers like their Australian counterparts. The Financial Markets Authority and Reserve Bank appeared before a select… Read more Audio
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Queenstown Airbnb guests monitored by neighbours
8:15 AM.A Queenstown councillor says some residents are taking it upon themselves to monitor how long Airbnb guests are staying in neighbouring rentals. Yesterday the economic impact of the online… Read more Audio
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'Mixed feelings' among Airbnb hosts over tax
8:18 AM.Airbnb says its hosts are happy to pay the new tax proposed by Auckland Council - but the hosts themselves say it could force some of them out of the sector. This comes after a Deloitte report showed… Read more Audio
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Flawed Oranga Tamariki report details revealed in Family Court
8:21 AM.The shortcomings of a rushed safety report by Oranga Tamariki about a young girl have been revealed in the Masterton Family Court. A social worker reported to a judge in February the girl was safe… Read more Audio
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Accommodation payment boost not enough for private rentals
8:25 AM.A benefit aimed at helping people find private rental homes is proving to be a double-edged sword. Emergency housing providers say a boost to the accommodation supplement last month was not enough to… Read more Audio
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National War Memorial Carillon unveiled in Wellington
8:28 AM.The National War Memorial carillon has played its first tune in more than three years. It's one of the first crowd funded instruments of its type. Our reporter Katie Doyle went to the Pukeahu National… Read more Audio
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Housing NZ home upgrades faces questions
8:39 AM.The government is spending almost $10 million to fix up 66 state houses in the Hutt Valley. Housing New Zealand says it's a pilot programme to find the best way to make its housing warmer and drier… Read more Audio
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Nurses respond to District Health Board shake-up plans
8:42 AM.As we reported yesterday the government has announced a far-reaching review of health services. Included in that review is a shake up of the district health boards. Yesterday we got the views of the… Read more Audio
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Belgium attacker had killed the night before
8:46 AM.The man responsible for killing two policewomen and a civilian in the Belgian city of Liege had already committed murder the night before his shooting spree. Benjamin Herman was shot dead by police… Read more Audio
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700-year-old Māori village discovered by archaeologists
8:51 AM.Taonga from a 14th century Maori village have been found in Gisborne by Univeristy of Otago archaeologists. So far they've found moa bones, fish hooks and volcanic glass. University of Otago Professor… Read more Audio
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New QE2 set to make a splash in Christchurch
8:54 AM.Hundreds of children and 12 schools have pre-registered for swimming lessons at Christchurch's new Taiora QE2 sports centre, which opens today. The Canterbury earthquakes damaged the complex beyond… Read more Audio
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Auckland brewery faces backlash from Trump supporters
8:58 AM.The Facebook page of an Auckland craft brewery has been flooded with negative reviews from Trump supporters. The wave of criticism was sparked by Behemoth Brewing Company's social media campaign… Read more Audio