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Morning Report for Friday 30 May 2014
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Top Stories for Friday 30 May 2014
6:00 AM.More worrying details emerge on the Christchurch asbestos danger. On the election front, it's a political taste test for Laila Harre and Hollywood wants to freeze Dotcom's assets. Audio
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Sports News for 30 May 2014
6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Pacific News for 30 May 2014
6:17 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 30 May 2014
6:21 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 30 May 2014
6:27 AM.Iwi leaders want to convince the Government not to go ahead with a bill forcing iwi fisheries to adopt new rules around foreign charter vessels; Ngati Kahungunu in Hawkes' Bay says an agreement with… Read more Audio
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Estimator says no coordinated policy on asbestos until 2013
6:39 AM.More people have come forward to Radio New Zealand with criticism about how asbestos has been dealt with as part of the Christchurch Home Rebuild Programme. Audio
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Greens head into annual conference this weekend
6:42 AM.The Green Party heads into its annual conference this weekend, hoping to project itself as a viable partner in a progressive Government. Audio
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Deal on Solid Energy bonds dents TSB's annual profit
6:47 AM.TSB Bank's annual net profit has fallen nearly 6 percent thanks to the haircut it took last year on its holdings of Solid Energy bonds. Audio
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Online retail spending continues double digit growth
6:50 AM.Toys, games and books are among the fastest growing online shopping categories according to the latest BNZ online retail sales report. Audio
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Kingfish share fund posts flat annual profit
6:52 AM.The listed Kingfish New Zealand share fund has reported a flat annual net profit although the value of its shares rose more than 18 percent in the year to March. Audio
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Chathams Rock Phosphate executives heading to London
6:53 AM.Chatham Rock Phosphate executives are heading to London next week to embark on another round of capital raising. Audio
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Trilogy expects Ecoya to start making profits this year
6:56 AM.Trilogy International is expecting its Ecoya candles will, at last, make a profit this year. Audio
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Morning markets for 30 May 2014
6:58 AM.Stocks on Wall Street are up this morning, with the S&P 500 index hitting fresh highs as investors bet the American economy will have grown strongly in the second quarter. Audio
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Sports News for 30 May 2014
7:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Emails show Worksafe not on top of asbestos until 2013
7:10 AM.Documents obtained by Radio New Zealand show WorkSafe New Zealand was still grappling to get on top of asbestos dangers in the Christchurch rebuild nearly two years after the February 2011 earthquake.
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Laila Harre to lead Internet Party
7:14 AM.The former Alliance Party MP and cabinet minister was confirmed yesterday afternoon as the party's leader after much speculation. Audio
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Hollywood wants to freeze Dotcom's assets
7:20 AM.The US lawyer for Kim Dotcom says a bid by Hollywood's movie studios to have the Internet businessman's assets frozen here is a bid to ensure Mr Dotcom can't win in court in the United States. Audio
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Rejection of Fiordland monorail ends decade of debate
7:26 AM.The Conservation Minister, Nick Smith's, decision to reject plans for a 2-hundred and 40-million dollar monorail through conservation land in Fiordland, draws the curtain on 10 years and three massive… Read more Audio
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Search for missing MH370 takes next step
7:30 AM.Flight MH370 went missing on March 8 after departing Beijing bound for Kuala Lumpur. Audio
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Capping migrant numbers should not be 'political punching bag'
7:38 AM.Migrants say calls to clamp down on the number of people coming here is naive, a mistake and a bad political move. Audio
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Auckland on track to exceed its year one Housing Accord target
7:41 AM.Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith and Auckland Mayor Len Brown are set to release the second Housing Accord monitoring report this afternoon. Audio
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Auckland on track to exceed its year one Housing Accord target
7:46 AM.Listening to that interview is Housing Minister Nick Smith. Audio
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Minimum wage amendment makes room for modern rosters
7:56 AM.Federated Farmers is welcoming a Government decision to allow the earnings of minimum wage workers to be calculated fortnightly instead of weekly. Audio
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Sports News for 30 May 2014
8:07 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Medical Officer reacts to latest asbestos documents
8:11 AM.Canterbury's medical officer of health says discussions about potential safety with asbestos and the Christchurch rebuild began as far back as 2012, and he personally raised them at the onset. Audio
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Internet-Mana alliance hinges on Te Tai Tokerau seat
8:16 AM.The country's newest political leader says she won't beg Labour to make room for the newly minted Internet-Mana alliance, but is urging other left wing parties to think very carefully about the… Read more Audio
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Internet-Mana alliance hinges on Te Tai Tokerau seat
8:22 AM.Hone Harawira's been listening to that interview. Audio
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Sir Ed'mund's house opens as a leadership centre
8:28 AM.The house that Sir Ed built will now be home to the country's future leaders. Audio
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Markets Update for 30 May 2014
8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Labour slams idea of charter schools, again
8:36 AM.The Labour Party is objecting to plans for a charter school in Porirua run by a religious group based in Trinidad and Tobago. Audio
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Davidic Centre director responds to Labour criticisms
8:41 AM.And listening to that was the director of the Davidic Centre in Wellington, Josiah Qalovaki. Audio
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Government under pressure over Mackenzie Agreement
8:45 AM.Twelve months after a historic agreement to protect the South Island's Mackenzie Country was signed, environmental and farming groups are still waiting for it to become law. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 30 May 2014
8:48 AM.Iwi leaders want to convince the Government not to go ahead with a bill forcing iwi fisheries to adopt new rules around foreign charter vessels; A small Taranaki tribe headed for settlement has issued… Read more Audio
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Govt will financially support a Queenstown Convention Centre
8:51 AM.The Prime Minister says the government will financially support a Queenstown Convention Centre, but it won't be anywhere near the 20 million dollars hoped for by the community. Audio
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Editorial about Canterbury health changes causes upset
8:54 AM.An editorial in the British Medical Journal about sweeping changes to the Canterbury health system has upset a group of New Zealand health professionals. Audio
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Australian correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh
8:57 AM.Let's have a chat to our Australian correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh, who is in Darwin this morning. Audio