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Morning Report for Thursday 24 November 2016
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Top Stories for Thursday 24 November 2016
6:00 AM.Wellington's largest office block evacuated over quake risk; Wellington City Council's buildings manager on safety; Mt Lyford residents allowed to use Kaikoura Inland Road; decision to evacuate Goose… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 24 November 2016
6:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Wellington building owner thinks evacuation concerns over blown
6:09 AM.The owner of the latest Wellington office building to be evacuated thinks safety concerns have been over blown. Audio
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Scargill in repair mode following devastating quake
6:13 AM.One Scargill woman affected by Tuesday's 5.7 magnitude earthquake is now having second thoughts about plans to build a permanent home there. Audio
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Govt accused of culling HRC report into abused children
6:15 AM.A former Human Rights Commissioner is accusing the government of killing off a critical report into the handling of hundreds of cases of children abused in state care. Audio
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Early Business News for 24 November 2016
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 24 November 2016
6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Mt Lyford residents given access to Kaikoura Inland Rd
6:41 AM.Mt Lyford residents have been granted conditional access to the Kaikoura Inland Road. Civil Defence Group controller Neville Reilly says travel will not be escorted by contractors so residents must… Read more Audio
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Damage control in Scargill turns to clean up mode
6:44 AM.The Hurunui District Council is out in force around Scargill assessing buildings after Tuesday's 5.7 magnitude aftershock. Audio
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Arvida outlook strong, as older baby boomers need care
6:50 AM.The company, which listed on the market in late 2014, has reported a first half profit of $19.4 million. That was more than double last year's result, reflecting a lift in property values but also the… Read more Audio
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Vacancies in doubt after quakes
6:52 AM.The property investor, Argosy Property, says a forecast increase in the rate of office vacancies in the capital over the next three years is up in the air following the recent spate of damaging… Read more Audio
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Private equity M&A ramps up
6:55 AM.A corporate lawyer says private equity funds have been busy raising money and are ready to go shopping. Audio
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Populist backlash worries Aust. business leaders
6:56 AM.Business leaders in Australia are getting concerned about a possible populist backlash, similar to the movement that sent Donald Trump to the White House. Audio
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Morning Markets for 24 November 2016
6:58 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Wellington's largest office building evacuated
7:10 AM.The Asteron Centre has been evacuated after an engineers report found earthquake-damaged stairwells could be unusable in a major aftershock. Our reporter Adriana Weber is outside Asteron Centre with… Read more Audio
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Wellington City Council's buildings manager on safety
7:13 AM.The Wellington City Council's buildings manager, Mike Scott, says the owner of the Asteron Building had been "prudent, practical and sensible".
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Mt Lyford residents allowed to use Kaikoura Inland Road
7:20 AM.Mt Lyford residents are now being allowed to use the Kaikoura inland road to get to and from their homes. They won't have escorts but they will have to take great care in navigating the road. Read more Audio
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Decision to evacuate Goose Bay under fire from locals
7:24 AM.The decision to evacuate Goose Bay south of Kaikoura, over fears an earthquake-caused dam above the bay could breach, is under fire from locals. But the head of the geotech engineers who made the call… Read more Audio
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Govt accused of killing off critical HRC report into abuse
7:35 AM.A former Human Rights Commissioner is accusing the government of killing off a critical report on the way it's handled hundreds of cases of children abused in state care. Audio
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Boys' home abuse survivor says abuse have hurt country
7:39 AM.A survivor of abuse at the Epuni Boys' Home, Keith Wiffin, says there needs to an independent inquiry into the abuse for children in state care. He says the abuse has blighted the lives of many… Read more Audio
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Uber driver claims company encourages insurance fraud
7:43 AM.An Auckland Uber driver says the company is encouraging their drivers to commit insurance fraud, and tells them just to take out third party insurance. Read more Audio
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Hato Petera to remain open, but hostel will stay closed
7:47 AM.Auckland's only Maori boarding school, Hato Petera, has been thrown a lifeline by the Ministry of Education. The school's principal John Matthews had believed they would close the school, and was… Read more Audio
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Workplace death toll rate is trending down - Woodhouse
7:54 AM.The Workplace Safety Minister, Michael Woodhouse, says the workplace death toll rate is trending down, despite higher death rate than 2015. Audio
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Mount Lyford residents opening of inland road long overdue
8:10 AM.Mount Lyford residents have welcomed the opening of inland road to locals. Donald McIntosh has lived in the area all his life, he says the road opening is long overdue because the road from Mount… Read more Audio
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Civil Defence update on north Canterbury post aftershock
8:16 AM.Civil Defence in Kaikoura is defending a decision to evacuate Goose Bay, south of Kaikoura, as a dam above the bay threatens to burst its banks. Audio
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Emergency legislation on its way for Kaikoura
8:22 AM.The Govt is to fast track emergency legislation for Kaikoura as early as next week, to allow recovery work to override certain laws. Audio
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Workers rights in a quake-damaged city
8:26 AM.Buildings in Wellington are still being shut, as even more earthquake damage is uncovered. An employment lawyer, Peter Cullen, says there is now significant responsibility on employers under the new… Read more Audio
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Renewed criticism of govt handling of historic abuse cases
8:30 AM.A lawyer who has been representing the survivors of state care abuse for two decades, Sonja Cooper, says an independent body needs to be looking into the abuse claims, not the government department… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 24 November 2016
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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SPCA relieved Govt didn't outlaw re-homing menacing dogs
8:42 AM.The SPCA is relieved the Government's relented on a ban against re-homing menacing dogs. Read more Audio
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Yesterday was a scorcher
8:49 AM.It's been a real scorcher, with some of the warmest November temperatures in at least 15 years worth in parts of eastern New Zealand. We talk to Niwa's Chris Brandolino. Audio
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Non-emergency treatment on rise for Wgtn ambulance drivers
8:51 AM.Wellington Free Ambulance is treating an increasing number of elderly patients at their homes for falls, back pain or minor infections - not emergencies. Audio
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Royal Society gives out its annual research honours
8:57 AM.Royal Society gives out annual research honours and for the first time, a psychologist has won the country's top award for excellence in science, social science, and technology. Audio