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Morning Report for Thursday 2 February 2023
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Final Boeing 747 rolls off the assembly line
8:57 AM.Boeing has delivered its final 747 jumbo jet, after a production run of more than five decades.
Several generations of Boeing workers were there to send off the plane, plus a surprise guest in John… Read more Audio
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Oat milk produces less greenhouse gas than dairy
8:53 AM.A new study has found oat milk made from oats grown in New Zealand produces 93 percent fewer greenhouse emissions than dairy per litre of milk.
But despite oats being much better for the… Read more Audio
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Sodden Auckland properties flooded a second time in less than a week
8:45 AM.A second weather bomb in less than a week brought more rain to already sodden properties yesterday.
Thousands of people across Auckland finding their homes flooded for a second time.
The common… Read more Audio
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Oranga Tamariki staff physical assaults on children up 250 percent in two years
8:38 AM.Physical assaults on children by Oranga Tamariki staff have jumped by 250 percent in two years, according to a report from the organisation's own safety-in-care unit.
The report, released yesterday… Read more Audio
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Report shows failings from Oranga Tamariki carers
8:35 AM.Oranga Tamariki is defending its care of children despite a new report showing it's failing to reach some minimum standards..
The latest Independent Children's Monitor report shows that in two years… Read more Audio
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Market Update for 2 February 2023
8:28 AM.Business update for 2 February 2023 Audio
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Corrections on parole monitoring for Joseph Brider
8:25 AM.Joseph Brider, the man convicted of murdering a Colombian woman in Christchurch has been sentenced to at least twenty-three years in prison.
He was released on parole from prison for a previous… Read more Audio
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Growing frustration in Northland over disaster-hampered summer
8:22 AM.There is growing frustration among business leaders in Northland with another long weekend set to be hampered by rotten weather and a lack of tourism.
Usually, people would flock to Northland over… Read more Audio
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Allegations of dirty politics in Gore local elections
8:18 AM.Allegations of dirty politics during the Gore local elections have emerged, with rumours about new Mayor Ben Bell's sexuality being spread during the campaign.
At 23-years-old, Bell became the… Read more Audio
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Grant Robertson defends fuel tax subsidy extension
8:10 AM.An economist says the government's decision to extend the fuel tax subsidy until the end of June, is a way of buying votes ahead of the Election in October.
The government had planned to phase out… Read more Audio
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Thousands attend funeral for Memphis man beaten by police
7:55 AM.Even amid a brutal winter storm, thousands of people, including US Vice President Kamala Harris, have come together to farewell Tyre Nichols.
The 29-year-old black man was beaten to death by Memphis… Read more Audio
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Parole board on release of man who murdered after release
7:48 AM.A man on parole who brutally murdered Colombian woman Juliana Bonilla-Herrera in her Christchurch home has been jailed for at least twenty-three years.
Joseph James Brider attacked the woman as she… Read more Audio
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Evacuated West Aucklanders to be moved from welfare centre
7:45 AM.People staying at West Auckland's flood evacuation centre will be moved on tomorrow to make way for the school term.
St Leonards Road School in Kelston has been home to dozens of people since the… Read more Audio -
Flood-damaged rubbish piled on Auckland streets a hazard
7:38 AM.While Aucklanders enjoyed a brief reprieve from the rain yesterday, flood-damaged rubbish continues to pile up on the streets - posing a potential health hazard.
The Air Force has flown over the city… Read more Audio
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Economist labels fuel tax U-turn 'dumb economic policy'
7:27 AM.The government has hit the brakes and made a massive U-turn on its decision to put an end to the fuel tax subsidy and half price public transport.
With people feeling the pinch of the cost of living… Read more Audio
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Three tourists injured in bach collapse at Orua Bay
7:20 AM.Three Australian tourists have been left injured after the bach they were inside collapsed after being hit by a landslide at Orua Bay Beach in the rural Auckland township of Manukau Heads.
Several… Read more Audio
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Lots of work ahead for Auckland Transport after floods
7:14 AM.Auckland Transport has some heavy mahi ahead, after the weekend's rain closed almost 100 roads around the city.
Since Saturday workers have restored and reopened forty-nine roads, but forty-seven… Read more Audio
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Insurers bringing staff from overseas to handle flood claims
7:10 AM.Insurers are bringing in extra staff from overseas and warning it will be years before all claims are settled for flood damaged homes and cars in Auckland.
Thousands of homes across the region are… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 2 Februard 2023
7:06 AM.The Black Caps have suffered their heaviest loss in T20 cricket beaten by India by 168 runs in the third and final game in Ahmedabad. Audio
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Fuel tax subsidy extension 'bonkers', 'extremly dumb' - critics
6:44 AM."Bonkers" and "extremely dumb" are just some of the words critics are using to describe the Government's U-turn on transport subsidies.
The fuel tax cut - and half price public transport - are being… Read more Audio
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Some Auckland schools reopening today, others to stay shut
6:39 AM.Auckland schools will be able to reopen today, hosting students for the first time this year.
But some will remain closed to clean up after the wild weather of the past week and won't be opening… Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 2 February 2023
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Early Business News for 2 February 2023
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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Mammogram coverage target missed three years running
6:15 AM.New Zealand's breast screening programme has now missed its mammogram coverage targets for three years running.
Just 65 percent of eligible women are being screened, short of the target of 70 percent… Read more Audio
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Coromandel Mayor on new rain forecast
6:10 AM.The Coromandel Peninsula has been lashed with rain all month - and there's more to come.
Metservice issued another warning for the region on Wednesday night, saying a front moving eastwards across… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 2 February 2023
6:06 AM.India has won the T20 series against New Zealand after an emphatic 168 run win in the third and final game in Ahmedabad. Audio
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Top Stories for Thursday 2 February 2023
6:00 AM.It's Rapare, Thursday February the 2nd Anei nga kaupapa mo tenei haora.. Top stories this morning... Insurers warn it will be years before all claims are settled for flood damage in Auckland. Since… Read more Audio