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Morning Report for Friday 2 December 2016
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Top stories for Friday 2 December 2016
6:00 AM.Legendary astronaut rushed to hospital in Christchurch; eleven quake landslides being closely watched; Human Rights Commission does about face over inquiry; Final day of campaiging in Mt Roskill… Read more Audio
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Govt plans to not place Maori children with whanau first
6:17 AM.The Government is pushing ahead with its plans to introduce a bill that could remove more Maori children from their family and wider whanau. Audio
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Early Business News for 2 December 2016
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 2 December 2016
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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MPI slashes snapper fisheries observers by half
6:38 AM.The Green Party is accusing the Ministry for Primary Industries of failing to properly monitor the fishing industry. Audio
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Russian President Putin says he is ready to work with Trump
6:41 AM.Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is ready to work with incoming US president Donald Trump to combat terrorism. Audio
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MPs back calls for more police in Northland
6:45 AM.MPs from Northland are backing calls for more police, saying officers in their region are overloaded and desperate. Locals say the North seems increasingly lawless and people are angry and anxious. Audio
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Tougher mortgage lending rules may do more harm than good
6:50 AM.Putting restrictions on how much New Zealanders could borrow for a mortgage, based on their income, could do more harm than good to the Auckland housing market and the wider economy. Audio
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Terms of trade set to tick up
6:52 AM.The country's terms of trade - the broad measure of how we pay our way in the world - are picked to tick up on the back of improving commodity prices. Audio
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Survey finds consumers more financially stressed this Christmas
6:54 AM.A survey has found half of New Zealanders are expecting to spend at least $500 on Christmas, even though a third are feeling more financially stressed than in previous years. Audio
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Morning Markets for 2 December 2016
6:58 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Legendary astronaut rushed to hospital in Christchurch
7:10 AM.Buzz Aldrin, the second man to step foot on the moon, is in hospital in Christchurch after being evacuated from Antarctica with fluid on his lungs. Audio
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Eleven quake landslides being closely watched
7:12 AM.In a river bed, in the pouring rain... correspondent Phil Pennington reports on the dangers associated with quake-formed dams. Audio
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Human Rights Commission does about face over inquiry
7:18 AM.In an about face, the Human Rights Commission has now joined calls for an independent inquiry into the abuse of children in state care. Audio
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Final day of campaiging in Mt Roskill by-election
7:20 AM.It's the last day of campaigning in the Mount Roskill by-election. Our reporter Sarah Robson has been taking the pulse on the streets of Mount Roskill. Audio
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More details emerge about Colombian airliner crash
7:23 AM.A catalogue of human errors and a clear breach of international law lead to the Bolivian airliner disaster in Colombia. That's the view of former US Department of Transportation inspector-general Mary… Read more Audio
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Fisheries observers cut even though video trial not finished
7:28 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries has slashed the number of fishing observers monitoring the country's snapper boats, but the video cameras that replaced them have turned out to be unreliable. Audio
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Dame Fiona Kidman joins Pike River protest
7:36 AM.Author Fiona Kidman has joined the group attempting to stop the Pike River Mine from being permanently sealed. We cross to her on the picket line. Audio
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Firefighters feared explosion when battling sulphur fire
7:42 AM.Firefighters had to battle to keep flames away from a dangerous pile of sulphur in a fertiliser plant when a fire broke out a storage shed at Ravensdown's Awatoto plant. Audio
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Traders scramble to keep imports and exports moving
7:44 AM.Importers and exporters are piling work onto other New Zealand ports as they scramble to keep cargo moving after last month's earthquake blocked most of the trade out of Wellington. Audio
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Small South Island towns booming after traffic redirected
7:48 AM.Businesses along the alternative route between Christchurch and Blenheim are grappling with how to cater for the sudden increase of passing traffic. The redirected flow of truck-drivers and tourists… Read more Audio
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Predictions that Labour is well ahead in Mt Roskill
7:51 AM.Labour could well be a shoo-in according to its latest internal polling. Audio
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Buzz Aldrin evacuated from Antarctica
8:10 AM.Buzz Aldrin has been evacuated from Antarctica's South Pole and is being treated in hospital in Christchurch for fluid on his lungs. Audio
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Flyovers help scientists keep watching brief on landslides
8:14 AM.Scientists are doing two or three flyovers a week over 11 landslide dams, some close to breaking, around Marlborough and Kaikoura. Audio
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Human rights lawyer says state abuse victims deserve apology
8:18 AM.Lawyer Michael Bott says people abused in state care often end up going off the rails. He says a public apology and a full inquiry into past failings is overdue. Audio
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Labour wants observers kept on snapper boats
8:26 AM.Labour's David Parker says it's clear there are some 'crooks' in the fishing industry and a far better monitoring system is needed on boats to make sure the law is followed. Audio
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Markets Update for 2 December 2016
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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"Lake Rebekah" forms after Kaikoura quake
8:36 AM.What do you do when an earthquake leads to a new lake on your farm? Take to facebook and announce you're naming it... after yourself. Audio
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Mainfreight calls for an urgent solution to freight problems
8:40 AM.Mainfreight says Kiwirail needs finds an alternative way to get urgent freight from Auckland to Christchurch as fast as it can. Audio
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NZ's only home made production motor vehicle turns 50
8:43 AM."Yay, little Trekka, you're a Kiwiana, sure as hell." It went to farms, it went to war and it was also a bit player in the Cold War. And today's its birthday. The country's first and only home-grown… Read more Audio
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Controversy's brewing over the Christchurch Santa Parade
8:50 AM.A Native American float will feature in Christchurch's Santa Parade this weekend, despite a complaint about it. Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the Ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio