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Morning Report for Thursday 18 July 2019
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Top Stories for Thursday 18 July 2019
6:00 AM.Studies show higher suicide rate after 13 Reasons Why scene, Ardern heads to Melbourne for talks with Australian PM, Need for letters and e-visa raises questions, Extra flu jabs not nearly enough for… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 18 July 2019
6:05 AM.Lock Eben Etzebeth has been named captain of South Africa for their Rugby Championship opener against Australia at Ellis Park this weekend, leading a much-changed squad that includes three uncapped… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 18 July 2019
6:22 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Damage already done by 13 Reasons Why suicide scene
6:39 AM.A mental health expert says he isn't surprised by research connecting Netflix show "13 Reasons Why" with increased suicides.
The series depicts the lead up and the aftermath of the suicide of the 17… Read more Audio
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Business News for 18 July 2019
6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 18 July 2019
7:06 AM.The Australian netball coach Lisa Alexander says labelling the Silver Ferns as "underdogs" at the Netball World Cup is a mistake. Audio
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Studies show higher suicide rate after 13 Reasons Why scene
7:10 AM.The removal of a suicide scene from the Netflix drama '13 Reasons Why' is being called the right thing to do, but mental health advocates say the damage has already been done, with the show being… Read more Audio
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Ardern heads to Melbourne for talks with Australian PM
7:13 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern heads to Melbourne today for a two-day visit in which she'll sit down with her Australian counterpart Scott Morrison.
A technical hitch with the Air Force Boeing 757… Read more Audio
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Need for letters and e-visa raises questions
7:17 AM.Questions are being asked about Immigration New Zealand issuing electronic permanent resident visas and, in the same breath, insisting people carry a letter confirming they have those very same visas.
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Extra flu jabs not nearly enough for Canterbury
7:22 AM.Extra stocks of this year's flu vaccine are now available but doctors in Canterbury – where flu is biting hard – say it's a drop in the bucket and they really need more.
RNZ's Health Correspondent… Read more Audio
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Push to name ground 'Support Women's Sport Basin Reserve'
7:26 AM.Several organisations and Olympians are pushing for the Basin Reserve to be called 'Support Women's Sport Basin Reserve'.
They have launched a crowd-funding campaign to secure the naming rights for… Read more Audio
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Boot camps for young people set to double in size
7:36 AM.The bootcamps run by the Defence Force and Ministry of Social Development will be doubled in size to 1600 students next year.
The six week long Limited Service Volunteer Programme puts young people… Read more Audio
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Drug lord El Chapo sentenced to life in prison
7:40 AM.The Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, Joaquín Guzmán, has been sentenced to life in US prison on drug conspiracy charges.
The sentencing is the culmination of an 11 week trial in New York.
RNZ's… Read more Audio
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Final debate before new UK leader is decided
7:47 AM.The race to replace Theresa May as the Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister is in its final stages.
The final hustings between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt have just finished and a… Read more Audio
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Silver Ferns take on Australia in Netball World Cup tonight
7:53 AM.Traditional rivals New Zealand and Australia are meeting tonight at the Netball World Cup in Liverpool, in the first real test for the Silver Ferns.
RNZ's Netball reporter, Ravinder Hunia, reports… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 18 July 2019
8:06 AM.The England all-rounder Ben Stokes says he "never wants to be involved in a super over again" after the nail-biting Cricket World Cup final win over New Zealand. Audio
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Chief censor welcomes deletion of controversial suicide scene
8:10 AM.New studies show suicide rates in the United States went up after a controversial Netflix drama on suicide was aired.
A graphic three-minute suicide scene in the series '13 Reasons Why' has now been… Read more Video, Audio
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Tuvalu seeks to attract climate change tourists
8:18 AM.Tuvalu is looking to use its climate change fight as a marketing tool to attract more tourists.
The low lying coral atoll nation of just under 11,000 people is the least visited country in the world.
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Former union leader: Trades Hall bombing a political murder
8:23 AM.Police have reactivated a cold case involving the death of a caretaker in the bombing of Wellington's Trades Hall in 1984.
Ernie Abbott was killed in the blast after he picked up a suitcase that had… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 18 July 2019
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements within the financial sector. Audio
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Construction industry called on to reduce emissions
8:38 AM.Sustainable building campaigners want the construction industry to reduce its carbon emissions.
It's not usually the first industry that springs to mind when talking climate change but its emissions… Read more Audio
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Trans-athlete suggestions lack 'concrete evidence': researcher
8:43 AM.Researchers into trans-women in sport are suggesting a third category would be one way of removing any questions about unfair advantage.
A new study says transgender athletes can have an advantage… Read more Audio
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Fiordland dads help rejuvenate kākāpō chicks
8:46 AM.After a bumper kākāpō breeding season, DOC's kākāpō team has been waiting with bated breath for the results of some very important paternity tests.
RNZ's Kākāpō Files producer, Alison Ballance… Read more Audio
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First Black Caps arrive home today
8:48 AM.The first of the Black Caps' Cricket World Cup squad arrive back in New Zealand today.
RNZ reporter Jordan Bond speaks to Corin Dann from Auckland airport. Read more Audio
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Hatmaker creates All Blacks caps
8:50 AM.A New Zealand hatmaker, Simon Smuts-Kennedy, has recently returned from Japan where he's been deconstructing black kimonos and making them into All Blacks-style presentation caps.
The caps were made… Read more Video, Audio
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Sole male Highland dancer scoops awards at NZ champs
8:55 AM.Angus Hendry was the only male competitor at the 2019 NZ Highland and National Dancing Championships in Blenheim, but it's fair to say he took centre stage.
Mr Hendry took home top awards for six of… Read more Audio