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Morning Report for Friday 10 April 2015
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Top Stories for Friday 10 April 2015
6:00 AM.Is it the end of the road for Campbell Live, as TV3 announces a review of the vexed 7pm timeslot?? We talk to media commentators who say there's more than just 30 minutes of programming at stake… Read more Audio
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Union criticises possbile Sanford job cuts
6:11 AM.The union representing some of the 230 workers facing redundancy at Christchurch's Sanford mussel plant, says it's ridiculous to suggest they might find work as part of the city's rebuild. Audio
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Hastings dentist warns of dental work tsunami
6:20 AM.A Hastings dentist warns a tsunami of baby boomers will require major dental work in the next ten years. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 10 April 2015
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 10 April 2015
6:26 AM.A spokesperson for the Kohanga movement is adamant the right candidate vying for its chief executive position won't be deterred from applying because of its recent unsettled history; A Wairarapa iwi… Read more Audio
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Academic not surprised TV3 reviewing Campbell Live's future
6:39 AM.A media studies lecturer says he's not surprised Mediaworks is reviewing the future of TV3's Campbell Live show. Audio
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Auckland's housing market fuels banking sector
6:49 AM.Auckland's booming property market has fuelled a jump in the value of the banking sector's assets. Audio
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Michael Hill 9-month sales up 3.5%, dragged by Australia
6:52 AM.Michael Hill says Australia's weak retail market will take the sparkle out of its full-year result in June. Audio
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Fliway debuts on NZX at a premium to the issue price
6:54 AM.Fliway says it's now in a strong position to grow, after floating on the NZX yesterday. Audio
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Zero hours cost more money says union
6:55 AM.The Unite Union says zero-hour contracts can cost companies more than contracts offering more secure work. Audio
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Websoft raises three times more than it expected with SellShed
6:57 AM.The social market-place app, SellShed, has raised about three times more capital than it hoped for, using the PledgeMe, crowdfunding platform. Audio
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Insurer tests drones in NZ
6:58 AM.A global insurer's trial using drones to assess property damage in New Zealand, is helping it to roll out the technology to the rest of the world. Audio
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Morning Markets for 10 April 2015
6:59 AM.The Dow Jones Index is down 8 points to 17,893. Audio
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Campbell Live under review.
7:11 AM.Media commentators say they expect a review of TV3's Campbell Live show will lead to it being axed, ending a tradition of prime time current affairs on television dating back to the 1960s. Audio
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Throng: No surprise for Campbell Live after ratings
7:15 AM.Listening to that is Regan Cunliffe -- director of the TV ratings website, Throng. Audio
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Possible Tiwai Point closure would alter demand for electricity
7:20 AM.A Government report says the closure of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter would leave the country with an electricity glut. Audio
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Sanford workers in shock at proposed job losses
7:24 AM.Two-hundred-and-thirty workers at Sanford's mussel plant in Christchurch face some tough choices in the coming weeks after a proposal to make them redundant. Audio
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Meeting fails to resolve future of Auckland wharf plan
7:26 AM.The future of the planned extension of wharves at Auckland's port remains unclear after a meeting of the directors of the council-owned port company. Audio
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UN warns of slaughter as Syria battles IS for Yarmouk.
7:33 AM.The United Nations is calling for a ceasefire to prevent slaughter in the war-battered Yarmouk refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus. Audio
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Questions raised whether private prisons will do NZ justice
7:38 AM.The prominent lawyer, Nigel Hampton QC, is questioning whether a private prison set to open in South Auckland will actually help rehabilitate inmates. Audio
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Charges laid for exploiting migrant restaurant workers
7:42 AM.As Immigration New Zealand cracks down on poor conditions for migrant workers, a union is describing some employers as 'inhuman.' Audio
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Maori upset over Poroti Springs plans
7:49 AM.Maori landowners at Poroti Springs near Whangarei are angry they've been kept in the dark by local councils, over expanded plans for a water bottling factory. Audio
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Activists say 1080 drop Hunua Ranges will end up in water
7:53 AM.Groups opposed to a 1080 poison drop in the Hunua Ranges to tackle a huge rat problem say the poison won't fix anything, and the poison will just disrupt the ecosystem and end up in the local water… Read more Audio
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Up to 100 billion barrels of oil located
7:57 AM.Up to 100 billion barrels of oil has been found onshore near London's Gatwick airport. Audio
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Campbell Live could be scrapped
8:11 AM.Media commentators say they expect a review of TV3's Campbell Live show will lead to it being axed. Audio
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Media Watch presenter comments on Campbell Live review
8:16 AM.Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch presenter, Colin Peacock, is in the studio. Audio
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Future of Tiwai Point uncertain
8:20 AM.The electricity industry is on tenterhooks as it counts the days to potential closure or reduction of business at the aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point in Southland. Audio
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NZ Govt 'out of step' to reject solar power
8:24 AM.The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment has cast doubt on the potential for solar energy. Audio
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PSA slams prison privatisation
8:25 AM.One of the unions representing corrections officers, the Public Service Association, is calling the partial closure of regional prisons privatisation by stealth. Audio
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Short people are at a greater risk of heart attack
8:28 AM.Short people are at a greater risk of a heart attack. Audio
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Markets Update for 10 April 2015
8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Anger grows in America over fatal shooting
8:36 AM.As anger grows over the fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer in America, the man who filmed the video has decided to speak out. Audio
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Kiwi researchers discover possible migraine cure
8:40 AM.Auckland University researchers may have made a breakthrough in an elusive cure for migraines. Audio
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Government warned to make oral health a funding priority
8:43 AM.The Government's been warned to make funding oral health a priority before a tsunami of baby boomers require major dental work. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 10 April 2015
8:49 AM.A Wairarapa iwi authority supports the creation of a super city council for the Wellington region - a position which is at odds with the views of the region's local mayors; A spokesperson for the… Read more Audio
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Melbourne council proposes fines for leaving bins out
8:52 AM.Residents of a Melbourne district could be fined 5-hundred dollars if they leave their rubbish and recycling bins out on the roadside for too long. Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:55 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio