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Morning Report for Monday 3 November 2014
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Top Stories for Monday 3 November 2014
6:00 AM.UN climate change report warns electricity generation must change; PM talks: the fight against IS, his weekend in Australia; Auckland community housing groups criticise Govt over state housing sale… Read more Audio
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Auckland community groups criticise state house sell-off
6:11 AM.A network of Auckland community groups which provide urgent housing in emergencies is criticising the Government's plan to sell thousands of state houses. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 3 November 2014
6:27 AM.A Maori housing advocacy group says it's planning to set up its own housing provider in Auckland; The body handling the Treaty settlement money for Te Atiawa people in Wellington has recorded a drop… Read more Audio
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Cabinet minister will today discuss NZ and IS
6:43 AM.While the Prime Minister took part in First World War commemorations at the weekend, his mind was also on New Zealand's possible involvement in another battle. Audio
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Economists expect more jobs, lower unemployment rate
6:48 AM.Economists expect the unemployment rate fell further in the September quarter amid continued jobs growth and continued strong participation in the workforce. Audio
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FMA: reasonable for MTF to delay calculating potential liability
6:51 AM.The Financial Markets Authority says it considers it reasonable for Motor Trade Finance to delay working out its potential liability following two High Court judgments. Audio
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AWF struggling to find trades people to fill vacancies
6:53 AM.AWF Group says the next year or two is going to be challenging as the company struggles to maintain an inventory of trades-people to fill vacant positions amid low unemployment. Audio
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Australia Correspondent Jim Parker
6:55 AM.Across the Tasman warning bells are being sounded about the exposure of Australians to property through their self-managed superannuation funds. Audio
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Investors to focus on local and US jobs figures
6:58 AM.A key focus for investors this week will be both local and United States jobs figures. Audio
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UN climate change report warns electricity generation must change
7:10 AM.The United Nations is warning the use of oil needs to be phased out by the end of the century, or climate change will inflict severe and irreversible damage. Audio
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PM talks: the fight against IS, his weekend in Australia
7:17 AM.Prime Minister John Key and his cabinet ministers will today discuss New Zealand's possible involvement in the fight against Islamic State. Audio
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Auckland community housing groups criticise Govt over state housing sale
7:23 AM.A network of Auckland community groups providing urgent housing in emergencies have joined forces to criticise the Government's plan to sell thousands of state houses. Audio
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Auckland's transport agency axes controversial staff shuttle
7:26 AM.Auckland's transport agency has axed a controversial staff shuttle it was trying on the grounds that that buses and trains connecting its two main offices were too slow. Audio
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Maori Party's Marama Fox becomes co-leader
7:35 AM.Marama Fox is the Maori Party's new co-leader. She was elected unopposed at the weekend to replace Tariana Turia and officially endorsed yesterday. Audio
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Rain helps dampen Otago scrub fire
7:40 AM.Rainfall has helped to stop to a scrub fire in Otago from re-igniting overnight. Audio
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US mid-term elections could seal fate of Obama
7:46 AM.The stage is set in the United States for mid-term elections that could seal President Barack Obama's political fate. Audio
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New Zealand horses back in Melbourne Cup
7:50 AM.New Zealand horses will return to the Melbourne Cup tomorrow, after two years with none on the field. Audio
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Latest growth outlook points to a softer domestic economy
7:53 AM.New Zealand's economy is softening and that's being blamed on lower than expected dairy farm income and a quick fall in the dollar. Audio
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Harcourts building to stay up
7:56 AM.It's back to square one for a historic building in the heart of central Wellington. Audio
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Labour's foreign affairs spokesperson on IS and Iraq
8:10 AM.Labour's foreign affairs spokesperson is David Shearer and he joins us now. Audio
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Victoria University steps away from fossil fuel investment
8:19 AM.Victoria University is New Zealand's first academic institution to step away from investing in fossil fuels. Audio
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Concerns raised over govt sale of state houses
8:22 AM.Auckland community housing groups have joined forces to raise concerns about the Government's plan to sell thousands of state houses. Audio
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Major setbacks for future of private space travel
8:29 AM.Private sector involvement in the space sector has had two major setbacks in the past week. Audio
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Markets Update for 3 November 2014
8:33 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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East Ukraine elections go ahead
8:38 AM.Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine have held elections overnight for regional leaders and parliaments. Audio
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70th anniversary of Polish refugee children in New Zealand
8:40 AM.Seventy years ago, 733 Polish refugee children, traumatised by the effects of war, arrived in New Zealand. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 3 November 2014
8:45 AM.A Maori housing advocacy group says it's planning to set up its own housing provider in Auckland; A new bilingual newspaper for Te Arawa has been criticised for pairing up with The Rotorua Daily Post… Read more Audio
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Russian politics to blame for Ross Sea remaining unprotected
8:48 AM.New Zealand's failure to turn Antarctica's Ross Sea into the world's largest marine protected area for a fourth time is being put down to bad political timing. Audio
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Garden city aims to be world's best edible garden city
8:52 AM.It's always been the Garden City, but a plan for Christchurch in the future sees red zoned land becomes urban forage forests of fruit trees, trails of community gardens and berms planted up with… Read more Audio
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Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
8:55 AM.Bushfires in the Blue mountains; naming and shaming in family violence cases; Western Sydney Wanderers win Asian Champions League. Audio