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Morning Report for Thursday 20 June 2019
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Top Stories for Thursday 20 June 2019
6:00 AM.Stephenson talks to Taliban, retracts 'Hit & Run' claim, Cricket: NZ beats South Africa with Williamson century, How did a man get brain damage in hospital visit?, Air NZ boss Christopher Luxon… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 20 June 2019
6:05 AM.The Black Caps are in a tense chase against South Africa at the Cricket World Cup with the game hanging in the balance. Audio
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Optimism for Christchurch quake insurance tribunal
6:12 AM.A Christchurch insurance advocate says the new Canterbury Earthquake Insurance Tribunal may finally be the solution to get unresolved claims from the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes settled.
The… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 20 June 2019
6:21 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Thousands of meningitis vaccines not used in Northland
6:37 AM.At least 8,000 doses of a meningococcal vaccine are left over from an emergency vaccination campaign in Northland.
The National Party is accusing the government of betraying Northlanders over the… Read more Audio
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WorkSafe watching ports closely after worker death
6:47 AM.WorkSafe says it's paying close attention to the port industry, after a worker fell to his death at Wellington's CentrePort in 2017.
The District Court has fined Centreport more than half a million… Read more Audio
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Business News for 20 June 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 20 June 2019
7:06 AM.Captain Kane Williamson scored a century as the Black Caps beat South Africa by four wickets in a thrilling Cricket World Cup in Birmingham. Audio
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Stephenson talks to Taliban, retracts 'Hit & Run' claim
7:10 AM.One of the authors of Hit & Run, the book that criticised an SAS raid in Afghanistan, has retracted one of the key claims.
Jon Stephenson says he now believes armed insurgents were in a village… Read more Audio
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Cricket: NZ beats South Africa in final over
7:17 AM.A century from captain Kane Williamson has steered New Zealand to a final over victory over South Africa at the Cricket World Cup.
The Black Caps went into the final over needing eight runs -… Read more Audio
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Sent to hospital for pain relief, sent home with brain damage
7:21 AM.A Dargaville woman is demanding answers after her husband went into hospital for pain relief and came out with brain damage.
Kylie Flood is asking the Health and Disability Commissioner to… Read more Audio
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Air NZ boss Christopher Luxon resigns, is politics next?
7:25 AM.Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon has resigned. Could a political career lie ahead? RNZ business editor Gyles Beckford joins Susie Ferguson with his analysis. Audio
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NZ euthanasia activist sentenced in South Africa
7:29 AM.A New Zealand euthanasia activist has been sentenced to three-years house arrest in South Africa for helping three people kill themselves.
Sean Davison spent five months under house arrest in New… Read more Audio
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Wairarapa flying community farewells killed pilots
7:38 AM.The close-knit Wairarapa flying community is preparing to farewell two of their own.
Twenty-year-old Joshua Christensen and 66-year-old Craig McBride, were killed in a mid-air collision near Hood… Read more Audio
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Auckland Harbour Bridge lights up for Matariki
7:40 AM.It's just a few days until the Matariki stars once again grace our night skies and signal the start of the Māori New Year.
And this year the Matariki festival in Tāmaki Makaurau will be bigger and… Read more Audio
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Baby uplift 'an annihilation' of hospital's healthcare role - Poulain
7:42 AM.A member of the Hawke's Bay District Health Board has described a "mosh-pit of dysfunction" between the agencies involved in the attempted removal of a baby from its mother in hospital.
Board member… Read more Audio
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Future unclear for Christchurch's new quake-prone building
7:47 AM.The fate of a new Christchurch building that is off-limits because of safety concerns remains unclear.
Engineers met regulators in a dispute over the seven-storey building on High Street in the… Read more Audio
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MH17 shooting suspects charged
7:49 AM.International prosecutors have announced charges against suspects in shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014.
Three Russians and a Ukrainian have been charged with… Read more Audio
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Could politics lie ahead for Air NZ's Christopher Luxon?
7:55 AM.Air New Zealand chief executive Christopher Luxon has resigned. Could a political career lie ahead?
Mr Luxon has confirmed he is "interested" in politics, and that National would be his party of… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 20 June 2019
8:06 AM.The Black Caps coach Gary Stead described Kane Williamson's innings as simply superb after the skipper's unbeaten century guided New Zealand to a tense four-wicket victory over South Africa in their… Read more Audio
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Manning responds to Stephenson's 'Hit & Run' retraction
8:13 AM.One of the authors of Hit & Run, the book that criticised an NZSAS raid in Afghanistan, has retracted one of the key claims.
Jon Stephenson says he now believes armed insurgents were in a village… Read more Audio
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Lawyer urges more sentence options for mentally ill offenders
8:16 AM.A lawyer is calling for a wider scope for dealing with offenders with mental health problems after a defendant howled through sentencing on Wednesday.
Anita Dorothy Cumming was jailed for a year for… Read more Audio
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Ombudsman launces inquiry after baby uplift attempt
8:20 AM.The Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the steps Oranga Tamariki takes when removing newborn babies under a court order.
It's the third inquiry announced this week following backlash after… Read more Audio
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What will UK Conservatives become under Boris Johnson?
8:29 AM.There are now four candidates left in race to be the next British Prime Minister. Rory Stewart, who'd been dubbed the dark horse, was knocked out in the latest round of Tory leadership voting… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 20 June 2019
8:33 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Pacific welcomes Facebook digital currency
8:39 AM.Some of New Zealand's Pacific community are hopeful Facebook's new digital currency may end long waits for money to be transferred home.
The tech giant plans to roll out its own currency Libra next… Read more Audio
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Abbas Nazari: From Tampa refugee to Fullbright scholar
8:39 AM.At age seven he was one of the refugees at the centre of the Tampa crisis. Now at 23 he's just won a prestigious scholarship to study in New York.
Abbas Nazari was one of more than 400 refugees… Read more Video, Audio
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National launches website rating Auckland Council
8:49 AM.National is weighing into Auckland Council politics with the launch of a website asking Aucklanders to rate the council's performance.
The party's not backing anyone in this year's mayoral race but… Read more Audio
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Department of Conservation takes over Fox River clean-up
8:53 AM.The Westland mayor is delighted the Department of Conservation will take over the clean-up of the Fox River after devastating floods in March.
An old landfill was eroded by the flood waters… Read more Audio
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Blenheim cyclist takes on Race Across America
8:56 AM.Craig Harper has been competing in what is considered the world's toughest cycle race, the Race Across America.
The ultra-endurance cyclist from Blenheim has been been cycling at least 22.5 hours a… Read more Audio