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Morning Report for Wednesday 20 February 2019
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Top Stories for Wednesday 20 February 2019
6:00 AM.Greenpeace says the ban on new oil and gas exploration won't cost New Zealand 28 billion dollars, More claims Pike River evidence was mishandled, Ross Taylor's looking for a big score in today's final… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 20 February 2019
6:06 AM.The Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor will come with very fond memories when he arrives at the Univeristy Oval in Dunedin for today's 3rd and final one-dayer against Bangladesh. Audio
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Crown rushing Hauraki settlement before tribunal hearings - iwi
6:11 AM.The crown is being accused of rushing to finalise the controversial Hauraki Settlement less than two months before a group of iwi will go to the Waitangi Tribunal to oppose it. Six iwi were granted an… Read more Audio
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Climate change declaration 'politically driven' - mayor
6:15 AM.The mayor of the Thames-Coromandel district is rejecting a push to get local authorities to sign up to a declaration on climate change, calling it politically driven. Local Government New Zealand is… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 20 February 2019
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Govt introduces mininmum quals for at-home ECE services
6:40 AM.At-home early childhood businesses must get their staff qualified or lose access to $150 million a year in government subsidies. Home-based carers look after about 18,000 children and have the… Read more Audio
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Fruit fly in Auckland: Otara grocers haven't heard from MPI
6:45 AM.The discovery of a second type of fruit fly in Auckland has sparked a probe into how insects can enter the country on cruise ships and planes. The species, called the facialis, was found in a… Read more Audio
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Business News for 20 February 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 20 February 2019
7:06 AM.The Black Caps batsman Ross Taylor says today's 3rd and final one-dayer against Bangladesh really only has a minor bearing on New Zealand's Cricket World Cup fortunes. Audio
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Oil industry defends claims on cost of oil, gas ban
7:10 AM.Greenpeace is calling claims the ban on oil and gas exploration will cost the economy $28 billion by 2050 'fake news' and 'flatulence'. The figure comes from research commissioned by the oil industry… Read more Audio
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Bernie Sanders to run for US President in 2020
7:21 AM.Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has announced he will run for President of the United States in 2020. Mr Sanders failed to secure the democratic endorsement in the 2016 election - which instead went to… Read more Audio
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Childcare providers face qualification demands
7:27 AM.All childcare workers looking after under five-year-olds in family homes will now have to have early education qualifications. Home-based carers look after 18,000 children and have the oversight of a… Read more Audio
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Second fruit fly found in Auckland
7:35 AM.The Biosecurity Minister Damien O'Connor is cutting short a trip to Dubai and travelling to South Auckland to help respond to a fruit-fly incursion. A Queensland fruit fly was spotted in the Devonport… Read more Audio
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Pike River Mine re-entry: Doubts missing door will be found
7:40 AM.Documents released by the Pike River families show the handling of exhibits from the mine was mismanaged, with the inquiry head at the time describing the chain of evidence as diabolical. The… Read more Audio
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State housing waitlist jumps by 5000 in a year
7:45 AM.The number of people waiting for state housing has increased by nearly five-thousand people over the past year. The Housing Register is now at 10-thousand 712 people, up from just over 6-thousand in… Read more Audio
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Speeding cyclists cause trouble for school children
7:50 AM.Auckland primary school children have been verbally abused and almost hit by high speed cyclists on one of the city's most popular cycleways - that's supposed to be shared with pedestrians. Cycling is… Read more Audio
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Company director defends NZTA review
7:55 AM.A leading company director is defending his review of the disgraced Transport Agency. The agency is being overhauled after admitting it let its road safety regulatory functions get so bad they were in… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 20 February 2019
8:06 AM.Bangladesh is hoping it will be third time lucky come today's final one day cricket international against New Zealand in Dunedin. Audio
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Jenny Shipley denies writing op-ed for Chinese communist paper
8:10 AM.Dame Jenny Shipley is denying she wrote an article in the "People's Daily" in China which compliments China's reforms and its belt and road initiative. The article is headlined "We need to learn… Read more Audio
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ECE businesses could lose access to $150m subsidies
8:18 AM.At-home early childhood education businesses will lose access to $150 million a year in subsidies unless their staff are qualified. The Government says the mostly unqualified workforce of home-based… Read more Audio
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Shane Jones on war path over QV's annual review
8:23 AM.Shane Jones is planning to have words with the QV board about its shocking expenditure and financial forecast. He's a shareholding minister in the property valuation company and is taking advice from… Read more Audio
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Wellington town hall repair cost 'preposterous'
8:25 AM.The Wellington City Council is being accused of spending a "preposterous" amount of money on its Town Hall. The cost of earthquake strengthening is now expected to be $112 million - nearly treble the… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 20 February 2019
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Animal advocates call for more government support
8:40 AM.Animal advocates want the government to stump up more money to help them cope with more and more cases of animal abuse. Just yesterday a miniature horse died after being stabbed more than 40 times in… Read more Audio
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Fat and wet wipes clogging Auckland pipes
8:42 AM.Fatbergs held together by wet wipes are clogging up pipes and causing overflows in Auckland. Dealing with the problems caused by wet wipes is costing about a million dollars each year. Auckland… Read more Audio
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Rewa jury hears of alleged sexual relationship with victim
8:45 AM.The jury in Malcolm Rewa's third murder trial have heard he was having a secret sexual relationship with Susan Burdett when she was killed. The 65-year-old is on trial in the High Court at Auckland… Read more Audio
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Sexual abuse survivor seeks audience with the Pope
8:50 AM.A man sexually abused at a Catholic school is on his way to Rome with hopes of meeting the Pope. Darryl Smith was just six years old when he was abused by a St John of God brother in the 1970s at… Read more Audio
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Treasury puts value on new friends in wellbeing budget analysis
8:53 AM.Ever wondered what making a new friend is worth? The Treasury has done the maths on that and much more but the National Party is accusing it and the Government of being "completely out of sync with… Read more Audio
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World's top kapa haka groups welcomed to Wellington
8:56 AM.46 of the best kapa haka groups will be welcomed to Wellington this morning for the national kapa haka competition,Te Matatini. 5,000 people are expected at the festival's opening powhiri at Waitangi… Read more Audio