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Morning Report for Friday 19 July 2019
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Top Stories for Friday 19 July 2019
6:00 AM.Dunedin police are accused of flouting the law by breath testing drivers in their homes. Jacinda Ardern will push Australia's prime minister to stop deporting New Zealanders. Google stops Viagogo from… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 19 July 2019
6:06 AM.The Silver Ferns have fallen to a 50-49 defeat to Australia in their final group game at the Netball World Cup in Liverpool. Audio
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Six scientists end simulated moon mission experiment
6:17 AM.As the world commemorates 50 years since the first moon landing, six scientists have just emerged from a four-month isolation experiment.
The project - run by the Russian, European and US Space… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 19 July 2019
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 19 July 2019
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Silver Ferns loss doesn't dent Taurua's confidence
6:44 AM.The Silver Ferns may have lost to Australia overnight, but according to coach Noeline Taurua, they are right on track at the Netball World Cup.
The New Zealanders went down by a single goal 50 to 49… Read more Audio
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Business News for 19 July 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 19 July 2019
7:06 AM.The Silver Ferns came up one goal short against Australia in their final group game at the Netball World Cup, but coach Noeline Taurua believes the fight back her side showed is a significant step… Read more Audio
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Police called out over breath testing practices
7:10 AM.A Dunedin lawyer says some police officers in the city are flouting the law and breath-testing people in their homes to catch them out.
Marie Taylor-Cyphers says in some cases this happens up to two… Read more Audio
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Ardern to again lobby Australia to relax deportation policy
7:15 AM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will again lobby Australia to relax its strict deportation policy when meeting its leader Scott Morrison today.
Australia's already indicated no appetite for change… Read more Audio
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Marking the 50th anniversary of the moon landing
7:20 AM.Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of when man first landed on the moon.
Since then it's shaped our pop culture and inspired new technology.
Many places are launching their own anniversary events to… Read more Video, Audio
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NASA chief scientist remembers moon landing
7:24 AM.Apollo 11's lunar module landed at 8.17am on Sunday 21 July New Zealand time.
NASA's chief scientist, Jim Green, speaks with Kim Hill about the first moon landing that happened 50 years ago. Read more Audio
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Do you know your moon landing trivia?
7:30 AM.Do you know your moon landing trivia?
Corin Dann and Kim Hill take you through some little-known facts about the first moon landing. Read more Audio
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Diamonds beat Silver Ferns by one goal in cliffhanger
7:30 AM.The Silver Ferns have gone down fighting to Australia 50 to 49 at the Netball World Cup in Liverpool.
While their semi-final spot isn't affected by their first loss of the tournament, the single… Read more Audio
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Viagogo removed from top of Google search results
7:43 AM.Controversial ticket resale company Viagogo will no longer automatically jump to the top of Google search results.
Google has suspended the company from its paid-for search results.
Viagogo has… Read more Video, Audio
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Dawn raids remembered in exhibit 40 years on
7:51 AM.More than 40 years after the infamous dawn raids on Pacific islanders, those who were there are being asked to tell their story for a new generation hungry to know.
That's one of the key messages of… Read more Audio
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Auckland kava bar hopes to win hearts and minds over drink
7:54 AM.A kava bar in downtown Auckland is hoping to win hearts and minds over the drink, especially among Pakeha.
The opening of this new bar comes as the Pacific's favourite bitter elixir becomes more… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 19 July 2019
8:06 AM.Auckland's Ryan Fox has broken a 148 year old record at golf's oldest major, the British Open. Audio
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One step closer to Manurewa homeless shelter
8:10 AM.A local board in south Auckland is promising to do what it can to establish a 24-hour drop-in centre for the homeless in Manurewa.
That's given some hope to community activists who have spent years… Read more Audio
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Only five homes to keep mum and baby together out of state care
8:14 AM.An Oranga Tamariki social worker says there are not enough residential options to allow vulnerable women to stay with their babies and avoid having them being placed in state care.
Nearly 300 babies… Read more Audio
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Suppressions extended for mosque shootings royal commission
8:22 AM.The extensive suppression orders covering the Royal Commission into the Christchurch mosque shootings will now cover every government agency and crown entity.
The top-level inquiry, headed by Justice… Read more Audio
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Instagram hides number of "likes"
8:28 AM.Instagram is trialling a change to the social media app by hiding the number of likes on each post.
Instead of a number, you'll now see that "others" like a post.
Instagram has faced criticism for… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 19 July 2019
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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All Blacks name five debutants in first team of the year
8:38 AM.The All Blacks play Argentina in their first test of the year but this and other Rugby Championship games will be just a warm up to the real deal of the World Cup
The upcoming tests, starting in… Read more Audio
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CCC releases vote count on incoming new chief executive
8:41 AM.It's been revealed a quarter of councillors at the Christchurch City Council were against their new chief executive's salary and three voted against her appointment.
Dawn Baxendale will be paid just… Read more Audio
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Western medicine meets rongoa Maori in Hamilton
8:46 AM.A new health clinic in Hamilton is combining western medicine and rongoa Maori to give patients more choice when they walk through the door.
From today Tu Tonu will open to the public, and offer both… Read more Audio
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Too many minions spoil the fake-moon-landing plot
8:53 AM.It has been 50 years since the first moon landing but decades on, some people still believe it was faked.
A University of Oxford physicist,, David Robert Grimes, has crunched the numbers to figure… Read more Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio