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Morning Report for Wednesday 28 October 2015
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Young All Whites prepare to face Brazil
8:54 AM.It's a dream come true , The Young All Whites are preparing to take on Brazil tomorrow morning after making it through to the last 16 of the Fifa under-17 World Cup. Audio
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City planners could learn from ants
8:51 AM.City planners are taking lessons from an Australian ant. Audio
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Ngapuhi hapu move towards talks with Crown
8:48 AM.Ngapuhi hapu fighting for the right to settle their own Treaty claims have taken a step towards talks with the Crown. Audio
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NZ welcomes restrictions on 'Dr Deaths' suicide advice
8:44 AM.The controversial euthenasia campaigner Doctor Philip Nitschke has been shut down by the Australian Medical Board. Audio
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NZ welcomes restrictions on 'Dr Deaths' suicide advice
8:39 AM.A new study has found Auckland is not the only area with a rapidly rising Asian population. Audio
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"Government's treatment of Hager is 'dramatically wrong'"
8:34 AM.Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Seymour Hersch says there is something 'dramatically wrong' with the way the government has behaved toward Nicky Hager. Audio
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Markets Update for 28 October 2015
8:28 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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No increase for Pacific achievement rates in tertiary
8:26 AM.A Pacific academic at Auckland University says achievement rates for Pacific students are not increasing at tertiary level. Audio
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Doctors urge funding of anti-cancer vaccine for boys, men
8:22 AM.Doctors want an anti-cancer vaccine, currently only funded for girls, to be extended to boys. Audio
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German court told NZ's Dempsey took World Cup bribe
8:17 AM.Claims have been made in a German court that former New Zealand football boss Charlie Dempsey took a 250-thousand US dollar bribe to back Germany's successful bid to host the 2006 World Cup. Audio
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NZ Immigration lawyers say more people being deported
8:11 AM.We may be criticising Australia for deporting New Zealander's for what can be considered minor crimes but immigration lawyers here say more and more people are being kicked out of New Zealand for… Read more Audio
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Do New Zealanders care about the Rugby World Cup?
7:56 AM.Listening to that is Auckland University's Associate Professor Toni Bruce. She has been surveying New Zealanders attitudes to the Rugby World Cup Audio
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Is rugby still the national sport?
7:53 AM.It's widely touted as the national sport, but a new survey shows many New Zealanders aren't all that interested. Audio
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Family stunts growth of severely disabled daughter.
7:43 AM.A New Zealand family is making headlines around the world after their decision to stunt the growth of their severely disabled daughter. Audio
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FV Jubilee mystery continues
7:37 AM.Police and navy divers will continue their recovery mission today. Audio
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Police are hunting gunman
7:36 AM.As you heard in the news a gunman is still on the loose in Lower Hutt after a man was shot and seriously injured in his Taita home last night. Our reporter Adriana Weber is outside the house in… Read more Audio
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Trademe handed police information in Hager case
7:29 AM.Trade Me was one of the companies initially asked by police to release information on Mr Hager. Audio
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Westpac fumble may be down to poor interpretation of policy
7:26 AM.The banking giant, Westpac, is coming under public scrutiny for breaching customer confidentiality of the investigative journalist, Nicky Hager. Audio
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Angela Kearney in Pakistan for UNICEF
7:21 AM.The Pakistani army and aid workers are still trying to get to the more remote areas damaged in Monday's major earthquake in neighbouring Afghanistan. Angela Kearney is in Pakistan for UNICEF. Audio
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Centre-right's big push into local body Akl politics
7:18 AM.Leading National Party figures are involved in the centre-right's biggest push yet into local body politics, planning a ticket for next year's elections. Audio
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Plans to monitor offenders returning from overseas
7:15 AM.The Government is being accused of being unprepared and scrambling to change the law to deal with hundreds of soon to be deported criminals. Audio
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Questions raised about NZDF recruitment rules
7:10 AM.A woman who fled violence in Iraq 23 years ago was told by the New Zealand Defence Force she couldn't enlist because of where she was born. Audio
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Morning markets for 28 October 2015
6:58 AM.American stocks are lower after mixed earnings reports from major US companies, weaker-than-expected data and further declines in crude oil prices. Audio
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Business leaders meet to talk about climate change
6:56 AM.Leading New Zealand business and industry leaders have met to reach an agreed policy position to feed into the international climate change talks that get underway in Paris, in early December. Audio
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SkyCity says hotel sale on the cards despite extra revenue
6:54 AM.Sky City Entertainment Group says new gambling concessions will begin generating revenue and profit from next month, as it starts building the International Convention Centre and five-star hotel. Audio
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No dividends yet - Chorus
6:51 AM.The telecommunications network company, Chorus, says there's no prospect of a return of dividends to shareholders until the Commerce Commission makes up its mind on pricing rules in December. Audio
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EBOS looking at new acquisitions
6:49 AM.Animal and healthcare company EBOS is set to expand, with another acquisition or two in the wings possibly within the next month. Audio
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Update on the Afghanistan earthquake
6:43 AM.Back to the earthquake in Afghanistan. More than 350 are known to have died, thousands are injured after Monday's 7.5 tremor Audio
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Law Society sees flipside to Govt's new supervision regime
6:40 AM.Hawke's Bay barrister Jonathan Krebs is the Law Society's criminal law spokesman Audio
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Adams defends monitoring deportees.
6:38 AM.The Justice Minister, Amy Adams, has defended the Government's decision to monitor convicted criminals being deported back to New Zealand from Australia. Audio
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Fiji Government and opposition lock heads over official tour
6:16 AM.The Fiji Government's angry reaction to an official tour by the opposition leader has sparked a disagreement on constitutional rights. Audio
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Iraqi born woman upset by Defence Force discrimination.
6:11 AM.A woman, who was born in Iraq, is upset the New Zealand Defence Force discriminated against her because of where she was born. Audio
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Police are hunting a gunman
6:09 AM.Police are hunting a gunman who shot and seriously injured a man in the Lower Hutt suburb of Taita last night. Audio
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Top Stories for Wednesday 28 October 2015
6:00 AM.A man is shot in his house in Taita.. police are hunting the gunman. A woman is refused a job with the army because she was born in Iraq and criticism of new laws being brought in to monitor criminals… Read more Audio