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Morning Report for Monday 3 September 2018
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Top Stories for Monday 3 September 2018
6:00 AM.Hundreds more doctors needed for new hospital rosters, Under-5s with disabilities waiting longer for help, Pacific Islands Forum: Peters heads for Nauru, Defence Force funds $2m to answer 'Hit and… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 3 September 2018
6:06 AM.The New Zealand equestrian Tim Price has won the Burghley Horse Trials in England. Audio
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Under-5s with disabilities waiting longer for diagnosis
6:10 AM.Early childhood groups are dismayed by a blow-out in waiting times for early intervention for under-five-year-olds with special needs. The average wait for help has jumped from 72 days to 99 days in… Read more Audio
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Pacific Islands Forum: Security, climate change top of agenda
6:13 AM.Regional security and other pressing issues like climate change will be top of the formal agenda at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru this week. But leaders will also be confronted with the situation… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 3 September 2018
6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news and how financial markets are set to open the week. Audio
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First Kiwibuild houses unveiled in Papakura
6:42 AM.The ballot for the first Kiwibuild homes ready for sale to first-home buyers opens a week from today. It runs for four weeks with the winners expected to be in their Papakura houses by Christmas. RNZ… Read more Audio
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Business News for 3 September 2018
6:49 AM.Billions available for investing in green bonds in NZ. Money week -- time to think about the financial future. The Christchurch company building flight simulators flies high. How money markets are… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 3 September 2018
7:06 AM.The New Zealand equestrian Tim Price is paricularly proud of his horse Ringwood Sky Boy after winning the Burghley Horse Trials in England. Audio
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Hundreds more doctors needed for new hospital rosters - DHB report
7:10 AM.Hundreds of extra doctors are needed to staff new hospital rosters, costing more than $35 million. District Health Boards are in the process of bringing in the new rosters following an agreement last… Read more Audio
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Children waiting too long for disability diagnosis - kindergarten boss
7:16 AM.Preschoolers with disabilities are waiting on average three months for specialist help and in the Wellington region the delay has blown out to more than six months. The Education Ministry says waiting… Read more Audio
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Pacific Islands Forum: Peters heads for Nauru
7:19 AM.Pacific leaders are converging on the tiny island nation of Nauru this week for their annual forum. Regional security and other pressing issues like climate change will be top of the formal agenda… Read more Audio
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Defence Force funds $2m to answer 'Hit and Run' Afghanistan questions
7:23 AM.A special unit with a budget of $2 million has been established by the Defence Force to put its side of the story to a government inquiry into a controversial operation in Afghanistan. Operation… Read more Audio
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Tim Price rides round of his life at Burghley Horse Trials
7:29 AM.New Zealander Tim Price has ridden the round of his life to win the Burghley Horse Trials in England on Monday morning (NZ time). The 39-year-old went clear in the showjumping onboard Ringwood Sky Boy… Read more Audio
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'I want to learn the lesson from this govt' - Simon Bridges
7:37 AM.Small businesses are being given the opportunity to vent their frustrations with the government by telling the National Party what they think needs to be done.
The Opposition is launching a campaign… Read more Audio
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Finding human remains 'less likely' - Pike River Mine recovery boss
7:45 AM.The three best options to get back into Pike River mine safely will be scrutinised from every angle from next week. It's one of the final stages of planning before the agency in charge of the mine's… Read more Audio
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Women lawyers under-represented in NZ's top courts - Cooper
7:55 AM.Despite women making up half of New Zealand's lawyers, new research shows that they are woefully under-represented in those who get to argue cases before the country's top courts. The report, on… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 3 September 2018
8:06 AM.The New Zealand driver Brendon Hartley can't buy any luck in Formula One this season.... forced out just after the start of this morning's Italian Grand Prix, his 6th DNF of the season. Audio
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Criticism of new hospital rosters 'speculation' - Resident Doctors Union
8:10 AM.A report into the new hospital rosters that were supposed to make things safer for both doctors and patients, says the new system is inflexible, has a negative effect on training, and reduces… Read more Audio
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Waitematā health board doubles Māori workforce
8:16 AM.The Waitematā District Health Board has doubled the number of Māori nurses in three years and is set to double its entire Māori workforce. Since 2015, the number of Māori staff members at the DHB has… Read more Audio
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Detainee 'kind of person that ruins it for everybody' - abuse victim
8:21 AM.An Australian woman who was violently assaulted by her New Zealand partner is glad he's been deported and says not everyone who ends up in a detention centre deserves a second chance. The New… Read more Audio
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Tourist hotspots struggle for staff before summer season
8:26 AM.Tourist operators are having to offer more bells and whistles in order to recruit enough staff for what's expected to be another booming summer season. Last year, businesses in some tourist hotspots… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 3 September 2018
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Selwyn District Council calls for new fire restrictions
8:35 AM.The Selwyn District Council wants to bring in new fire restrictions as it tries to curtail the number of wildfires it combats every summer. The new rules would determine where new properties can be… Read more Audio
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Protesters march in Auckland over South Africa land seizures
8:38 AM.At least 200 protestors marched in Auckland on Sunday to demand the New Zealand government issue a warning to the South African government over the expropriation of white residents' farms. It's been a… Read more Audio
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Horowhenua's frustrating wait for expressway news
8:47 AM.Horowhenua residents are sick of waiting to find out whether a four-lane expressway will be ploughing through their paddocks - or avoiding them completely. Laura Dooney went to Manakau to speak to… Read more Audio
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Marlborough Sounds valleys drown further after quake
8:50 AM.The drowned valleys of the Marlborough Sounds drowned a little more in the Kaikoura earthquake. GPS monitoring shows some parts of the sounds dropped by up to three centimetres in the 2016 quake. That… Read more Audio
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Serena Williams in top form at US Open
8:55 AM.The big names remain on course at the US Tennis Open, with Rafael Nadal the first to make it through to the men's quarter-finals. And in the women's competition, Serena Williams' is on top form. We… Read more Audio