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Morning Report for Wednesday 22 July 2015
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Metal implants v airport security scanners
8:52 AM.More and more people are getting their hips and knees fixed - upgrading the old ones for artificial joints. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 22 July 2015
8:47 AM.A former prisoner who has run tikanga programmes for offenders says there's a lack of Māori staff at Mt Eden Prison; One of the claimants challenging New Zealand's involvement in the Trans Pacific… Read more Audio
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Nelson braces itself for quakes
8:43 AM.The Nelson City Council will decide tomorrow whether to spend millions of dollars to earthquake-proof its main civic venue, the Trafalgar Centre. Audio
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Nauru MP will be in court today asking for his passport back
8:41 AM.The Nauru opposition MP who can't leave the Pacific island to join his family in New Zealand because his passport has been cancelled is planning to ask for it back in court today. Audio
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Australians warned over foreign investiors
8:37 AM.Just like here real estate agents in Australia are warning against xenophobia. Audio
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Potato top pie takes out Supreme Pie award
8:28 AM.It's an oldie but a goodie - the humble potato top pie has taken out the top prize in this year's Supreme Pie award competition, at a gala event in Auckland last night. Audio
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Banks, lending institutions go into battle for mortgage clients
8:25 AM.The Reserve Bank is tipped to drop the Official Cash Rate even further tomorrow. Audio
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Lawyer says law needs to be clear, councils lack support
8:15 AM.Alwyn O'Connor is a lawyer who specialises in traffic and parking matters. Audio
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Kapiti Council spotted fault in speed limit bylaws
8:11 AM.As we have been reporting this morning, Parliament has rushed through a law that lets more than 25 councils off the hook for not properly setting local speed limits Audio
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Search for alien life receives boost
7:51 AM.Russian internet billionaire, Yuri Milner has donated 100 million to dollars to a project that's searching for extraterrestrial intelligence. Audio
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Motels complain Airbnb is squeezing them out of market
7:48 AM.Motel owners are complaining the global home rental website Airbnb is taking business off them. Audio
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English agrees rising house prices making inequality worse.
7:45 AM.The Finance Minister has admitted rising house prices in Auckland are making inequality worse by shutting low and middle income earners out of the property market. Audio
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Labour MP stands by prison assault claim
7:39 AM.Labour's Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis is standing by his claims a prisoner died in a Northland jail as a result of being thrown from a balcony by inmates at the Mount Eden remand prison. Audio
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Dunne defends $3 million bill for finding new home for Treaty
7:36 AM.The Internal Affairs Minister, Peter Dunne, is defending spending more than three-million dollars discussing where the Treaty of Waitangi should be displayed. Audio
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Auckland Council brings back higher density plans
7:26 AM.One of the most contentious plans for high density housing in Auckland's suburbs is back on the agenda. Audio
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Reserve Bank tipped to cut Official Cash rate again tomorrow
7:23 AM.A growing number of economists are expecting yet another cut to the Official Cash Rate tomorrow. Audio
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Serco responds to allegations of violence at Mt Eden
7:17 AM.A full search of the Mount Eden remand prison where internet videos have shown inmates taking part in organised fights has, so far, uncovered a cellphone. Audio
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Council lapses made speeding legal
7:12 AM.Up to 25 councils have been let off the hook after MPs rushed to fix a legal blunder that meant thousands of speeding tickets may have been illegally issued. Audio
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Business briefs
6:59 AM.Vector says the number of electricity and gas customers increased in the June financial year. Audio
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Morning markets for 22 July 2015
6:57 AM.Wall Street is in the red after weak earnings results from IBM and United Technologies. Audio
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Ryan Bridge in China
6:55 AM.The Chinese President, Xi Jinping, is offering reassurance to those worried about the state of the world's second largest economy, after the country's share market crisis made headlines around the… Read more Audio
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Economist says workers continue to miss out
6:54 AM.One economist says workers have continued to miss out, and are not being paid fully for what they produce. Audio
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RBNZ says regulatory changes will save banks money
6:53 AM.The Reserve Bank is seeking public feedback on changes to its regulatory requirements that it says will improve the efficiency of bank supervision and lower their costs. Audio
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Bank lending restrictions already having an impact on investors
6:50 AM.Some would-be Auckland property investors may already be too late to get a loan from the bank, even though new lending restrictions won't take effect until October. . Audio
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Migration not expected to fall sharply
6:47 AM.The migration boom is expected to ebb rather than fall sharply amid signs that the pace of economic growth is slowing in New Zealand. Audio
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MBIE releases report into exploitation of migrant workers
6:42 AM.A new government report into the working conditions for migrant workers on the Canterbury rebuild confirms many are being exploited. Audio
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Parliament makes urgent fix to transport laws
6:39 AM.Up to 25 councils have been let off the hook after MPs fixed a legal blunder which had made some speed limit bylaws and all the speeding tickets issued under them invalid. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 22 July 2015
6:24 AM.A former prisoner who has run tikanga programmes for offenders says there's a lack of Māori staff at Mt Eden Prison; One of the claimants challenging New Zealand's involvement in the Trans Pacific… Read more Audio
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Two Maori commentators with their take on the Kereru story
6:19 AM.The hui at which Kereru was served up for dinner has divided opinion amongst Maori. Audio
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Labour calls for full inquiry in Serco prisons
6:11 AM.The fallout is continuing after further allegations of prisoner violence at Serco's Mt Eden prison, with Labour saying fight clubs and the death of a prisoner could just be the tip of the iceberg. Audio
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Top Stories for Wednesday 22 July 2015
6:00 AM.MP's criticise the swift law change to validate thousands of speeding tickets. We talk to the Minister of Transport, Simon Bridges. A lock-down and search at Mount Eden prison finds contraband.We hear… Read more Audio