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Morning Report for Thursday 2 July 2015
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Top Stories for Thursday 2 July 2015
6:00 AM.One person is dead and four others have been stabbed in the Wellington suburb of Johnsonville overnight. Police have a person in custody. The Greek Prime Minister continues to urge a no vote just as… Read more Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 2 July 2015
6:27 AM.A Whanganui River tourism attraction will be out of operation for the next three months after being badly damaged by the recent floods; A leading researcher into obesity says a new study identifying… Read more Audio
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Dairy prices on downward trend
6:47 AM.The average price has fallen 5-point-9 percent to 2-thousand-2-hundred-and-76 US dollars a tonne, the eighth consecutive fall. Audio
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Briscoe Group expects superior sharemarket presence
6:48 AM.Rod Duke says his company's takeover of Kathmandu will create an Australasian retailing group with a superior sharemarket presence. Audio
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Stabbing in Johnsonville
6:49 AM.One person has been killed and four others stabbed in the Wellington suburb of Johnsonville overnight. Audio
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Z Energy files application to buy Caltex
6:52 AM.Z Energy has filed its application with the competition watchdog to buy rival Caltex for 785-million dollars. Audio
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Tiwai Point tipped to stay open - analyst
6:54 AM.Analysts say it's more likely the owner of the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter will keep it open, after it and Meridian Energy agreed to delay a decision on the plant's future by a month. Audio
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Fonterra talks to staff about streamlining its business
6:56 AM.Fonterra says it's started talking to staff about streamlining its business to lift returns. Audio
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Auckland expected to hit more price highs
6:57 AM.Falling mortgage rates and the record low number of houses being listed for sale are expected to push Auckland's rampant house prices to new highs in the coming months. Audio
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Stabbing in Johnsonville
7:11 AM.A Wellington street is cordoned off after a person was killed and four others stabbed in the Wellington suburb of Johnsonville last night. Audio
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One man has almost lost his arm and another was tasered
7:13 AM.A man has had his hand almost completely severed off by a machette in a neighbourhood fight in West Auckland. Audio
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EU negotiations in Brussels continue
7:17 AM.Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has offered new concessions to the country's creditors. Audio
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Medicinal cannabis fails to save teenager's life
7:23 AM.The Nelson teenager who received medicinal marijuana while he was in an induced coma has died. Audio
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Senior US official says TPP agreement is close
7:25 AM.The assistant secretary of state for the US government has told Morning Report the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement will go ahead and that a deal is close. Audio
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Bangladeshi refugee afraid for life
7:28 AM.Last month on Morning Report, we spoke with a Bangladeshi refugee who revealed Australian officials paid thousands of dollars to the captain and crew of the boat he and others were on, to take them… Read more Audio
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NZ First indicates possible announcement on deputy leader
7:37 AM.The New Zealand First leader has indicated the questions around the party's leadership will be settled in the next day or so. Audio
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Milk powder price drops sharply, eighth consecutive drop
7:41 AM.The price of New Zealand's single biggest export, whole milk powder, has fallen again at auction overnight. Audio
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New Zealand lawyers demand government put pressure on Nauru
7:43 AM.Consitutional lawyers are asking the Government to put pressure on Nauru over what they see as a breakdown in democracy in the Pacific Island nation. Audio
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Waste industry concerned about WasteTRACK scrapping
7:48 AM.Companies in the waste industry want to fund a tracking system themselves when a Government-backed system is scrapped. Audio
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Govt says no increased risk from end of waste tracking
7:51 AM.And Environment Minister Nick Smith is on the line. Audio
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Commerce Commission to release updated decision
7:55 AM.Will the Commerce Commission answer the calls of more than 50,000 New Zealanders to reduce internet costs? Audio
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Stabbing in Johnsonville
8:11 AM.A Wellington street is cordoned off after a person was killed and four others stabbed in the Wellington suburb of Johnsonville last night. Audio
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Greek PM contradicts himself: still urges no vote in referendum
8:13 AM.The Greek Prime Minister is still urging a 'no vote' in Sunday's national bailout referendum, despite earlier saying he could accept most of the conditions Audio
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Farmers making huge profits from tenure review
8:18 AM.New research shows land the crown sold to farmers under tenure review for 11 million dollars has been resold for 3-hundred million dollars. Audio
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Wet wipes are clogging nation's drains
8:22 AM.Tradesmen and councils around New Zealand say so-called "flushable" wet wipes are clogging up drains and sewerage systems, costing homeowners and ratepayers more and more money. Audio
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Labour questions funding for ``cashed up'' charter school
8:25 AM.The Labour Party claims that at a time when state schools are struggling to make ends meet, the Government is giving more cash to Northland charter school than it needs to fund its curriculum. Audio
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Parata says Labour's charter school attack off target
8:27 AM.And listening to that was Education Minister Hekia Parata. Audio
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Disturbing increase in tally of NZers dying in the water
8:37 AM.New Zealanders are drowning in numbers not seen in years. Audio
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Government accused of giving Ministers extraordinary powers
8:40 AM.The Government's been accused of giving Ministers extraordinary powers in new social housing legislation introduced to Parliament. Audio
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West Coast leads way on breastfeeding
8:44 AM.Some have exceeded expectations, others have made it, but one region's failed to reach the national target for breastfeeding. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 2 July 2015
8:48 AM.A Whanganui River tourism attraction will be out of operation for the next three months after being badly damaged by the recent floods; A leading researcher into obesity says a new study identifying… Read more Audio
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Iconic Gallipoli painting could fetch $500,000
8:52 AM.One of the most iconic Gallipoli paintings is expected to sell for as much as 500-thousand dollars when it goes under the hammer in Auckland this month. Audio
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Captain Hurricane calls it quits
8:56 AM.For the past 21 years, Wellington man Nathan Lewer has lived life in the public eye and been seen by millions of people around the world, without anyone knowing what he looks like. Audio