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Morning Report for Wednesday 14 October 2015
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Top Stories for Wednesday 14 October 2015
6:00 AM.Cancer Society - jobseeker support for patients ludicrous, Anti-1080 campaigner says she's relieved at news of arrest, Hundreds of cancer patients placed on Jobseeker benefit, Lou Vincent gives… Read more Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 14 October 2015
6:26 AM.The Race Relations Commissioner says statistics revealing Maori are almost three times as likely as non-Maori to have experienced unfair treatment on the basis of ethnicity show agencies need to do… Read more Audio
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Cancer Society - jobseeker support for patients ludicrous
6:39 AM.Cancer patients say it's ridiculous they're being classified as jobseekers when they apply for benefits. The Cancer Society's chief executive Claire Austin told our reporter Alex Ashton sick people… Read more Audio
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Anti-1080 campaigner says she's relieved at news of arrest
6:41 AM.An anti-1080 campaigner is relieved the police have arrested an Auckland businessman over the threat to contaminate infant milk formula with 1080. Tricia Cheel, who stood for the Ban 1080 Party in… Read more Audio
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CBL Corp aims to be a household name
6:49 AM.The stock exchange's latest entrant; insurance company CBL, had a strong debut yesterday finishing at $1.77, an 18% premium to its issue price of $1.50. Audio
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NZers too conservative with nest egg - report
6:51 AM.A new report into Kiwisaver concludes that New Zealanders are too passive and adopting too conservative approach to the management of their retirement savings. KPMG's head of financial services John… Read more Audio
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Increasing signs El Nino cycle will hit primary producers
6:56 AM.There are signs the current El Nino cycle is starting to affect the agricultural sector, although it's likely to be a few months more before it's clear whether it brings drought to key farming… Read more Audio
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MTF takeover tussle may be in the offing
6:57 AM.Banking company Heartland has resurrected its interest in car industry finance company, MTF, saying it wants to buy between 10 and 20% and possibly make a full takeover offer. Audio
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Morning Markets for 14 October 2015
6:58 AM.Morning update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Hundreds of cancer patients placed on Jobseeker benefit
7:10 AM.Cancer patients say it's ludicrous they're being classified as jobseekers when they apply for benefits. Social Issues reporter Alex Ashton reports. Audio
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Lou Vincent gives evidence for second day at Cairns trial
7:14 AM.Cricketer Lou Vincent has told the Chris Cairns perjury trial in London that Cairns never kept his promises to pay him for helping to fix matches. Cushla Norman has been at the Southwark Crown Court… Read more Audio
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1080 scare cost infant formula industry millions
7:23 AM.The Dairy Companies Association says the 1080 infant formula poisoning threat has cost the sector dearly. Nick Butcher reports. Audio
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Discharge of hunter who killed son unprecedented says lawyer
7:26 AM.A man who killed his son in a hunting accident was discharged without conviction yesterday in what his lawyer says is a groundbreaking decision. His lawyer John Fraser argued his client, an… Read more Audio
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Family of MH17 victims look to ongoing criminal investigation
7:34 AM.The Dutch Safety Board has given its long awaited account of what happened to Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in July last year. It confirmed that a BUK missile exploded just next to the cockpit as it… Read more Audio
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Government go-ahead for He Korowai Trust
7:37 AM.A Far North trust which has been working to get homeless families into renovated state houses is relieved to learn it won't lose its charitable tax status. The trust's manager Ricky Houghton says the… Read more Audio
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Helen Kelly says her struggle will continue
7:44 AM.Helen Kelly will deliver her final speech as president of the Council of Trade Unions this morning.She is stepping down due to lung cancer which was diagnosed earlier this year. Audio
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MPI counts cost of 1080 baby formula scare
7:52 AM.The Ministry of Primary Industries says the 1080 infant formula threat has cost the country tens of millions of dollars. MPI's deputy Director General, Scott Gallacher says while costing the industry… Read more Audio
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Three young adventurers retrace Shackleton's epic journey
7:56 AM.Almost one hundred years on three young explorers - Sinead Hunt from Ireland, Tom MacTavish from New Zealand and James Blake, the son of Sir Peter Blake - will retrace the early explorers' route… Read more Audio
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Labour urges rethink on benefits for cancer sufferers
8:10 AM.Hundreds of cancer sufferers are being required to jump through bureaucratic hoops because of changes made to benefits two years ago. Labour's Social Development Spokesperson Carmel Sepuloni says… Read more Audio
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Dutch Safety Board gives long awaited account of flight MH17
8:15 AM.Former British Ambassador to Russia Sir Tony Brenton says the Russians would have been well prepared for the Dutch findings. Audio
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Young people not taking risks with savings scheme
8:25 AM.A report says young New Zealanders are being too safe when it comes to their KiwiSaver. Audio
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Government considers appeal against TPP court judgement
8:27 AM.The Government is considering whether to appeal against a court decision that the Trade Minister acted unlawfully in the way he rejected requests for information about the Trans-Pacific Partnership… Read more Audio
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A look back at the Maori rights movement
8:29 AM.The historic Māori land march has been remembered around the country 40 years since thousands of protesters arrived at parliament. Te Manu Korihi reporter Leigh Marama McLachlan looks back at the… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 14 October 2015
8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Democrats get ready for Las Vegas debate
8:36 AM.Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are getting ready to hit the stage in a Las Vegas casino for the first Democratic debate of the 2016 campaign. Brent Budowsky is a political commentator in… Read more Audio
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Students expecting 3% fee rises
8:41 AM.Students are expecting most polytechnics and universities will raise their fees by three percent next year even though inflation is below 1% and competition for enrolments is growing. The President of… Read more Audio
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Lab-in-a-Box takes science to the people
8:45 AM.A mobile laboratory in a shipping container has been launched in Dunedin to take science to rural people. Otago reporter Ian Telfer was there as the box was opened. Audio
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RWC organisers change man of match process
8:49 AM.Britain's Daily Telegraph is reporting that Rugby World Cup organisers are going to change how the man of the match is picked after a string of embarrassing anomalies. Radio New Zealand's rugby… Read more Audio
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Waikato play deals with plight of refugees from history, today
8:52 AM.The plight of refugees since the Second World War is being told on stage in Hamilton, but it's become more topical as displaced people journey across Europe looking for a safe haven. Audio
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Are nudes old news? Playboy abandon pictures of nude women
8:56 AM.The refrain of Playboy readers down the decades is about to become a reality, with the news the magazine will stop publishing pictures of fully nude women. Carrie Pitzulo is an adjunct professor with… Read more Audio