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Morning Report for Monday 6 March 2017
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Top Stories for Monday 6 March 2017
6:00 AM.A Lawyer representing a former state wards says the Crown might end up spending more than a million dollars trying to keep her case out of court. Psychiatrist David Codyre says tiedown beds used to… Read more Audio
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Scientists investigate Auckland eruption scenarios
6:17 AM.Canterbury University's Associate Professor Tom Wilson says we don't know exactly where the next eruption in Auckland will be but, when it happens, it's likely the magma will connect with water and… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 6 March 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 6 March 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Act wants superannuation age confirmed in May budget
6:45 AM.Act's David Seymour wants Bill English to opt for a graduated approach to raising the age of entitlement for superannuation to 67 by 2032 in this May's budget, rather than wait for the general… Read more Audio
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Govt set to overhaul domestic violence laws
6:46 AM.The Justice Minister Amy Adams has confirmed she will introduce new domestic violence legislation shortly. Audio
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Business News for 6 March 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Crown spends $687k in fees on single state care abuse case
7:10 AM.A Lawyer representing a former state wards says the Crown might end up spending more than a million dollars trying to keep her case out of court. Read more Audio
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Tie down techniques out of date and "inhumane" - Psychiatrist
7:17 AM.Psychiatrist David Codyre says tiedown beds used to restrain inmates are out of date and shouldn't be used. He tells Morning Report, Corrections needs more forensic beds and to improve training so… Read more Audio
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Wellingtonians on the age of Super
7:25 AM.At the weekend, the Prime Minister Bill English signalled the retirement age could become an election year issue. We asked some Wellingtonians for their thoughts. Audio
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Bill English: Superannuation reset a case of "wait and see"
7:25 AM.The Prime Minister has turned superannuation into an election issue with one word: reset. He however is refusing to give any solid details telling Morning Report people will have to wait and see. Read more Audio
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Iraqi forces say there's about 5,000 IS militants in Mosul
7:38 AM.A fresh push to push Islamic State out of Mosul is being met with resistance, suicide car bombs and street-to-street fighting. Our correspondent Fazel Hawramy says there may be about 5,000 militants… Read more Audio
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Winston Peters challenges need to reset super
7:43 AM.Winston Peters says New Zealand First has a 23-year track record of fighting for fair and affordable superannuation and will fight any suggested changes that leave people worse off. Audio
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Govt set to overhaul domestic violence laws
7:46 AM.The Justice Minister Amy Adams has confirmed she will introduce new domestic violence legislation shortly. Audio
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Govt to toughen up domestic violence law amid criticism
7:47 AM.The Government is set to announce tougher domestic violence laws amid mounting criticism of the justice sector's record in the field. Audio
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Electric car trial on Akld motorway priority lanes begins
7:52 AM.The NZ Transport Agency's Robert Brodnax explains who can use priority lanes on Auckland's urban motorways as a two-week trial with electric cars begins. Audio
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Critical praise pours in for Lorde's new single
7:56 AM.Lorde's, new single Green Light, the first song from her forthcoming album Melodrama has debuted at number one on The Billboard charts and been heaped with critical praise since its release four days… Read more Audio
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Judge Becroft calls for discussion on lowering voting age
8:11 AM.Judge Andrew Becroft says it's time New Zealanders had a serious conversation on lowering the age of voting eligibility so that 16-17 year olds can vote. He says giving younger people the vote might… Read more Audio
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Will be decades before fire damaged port hills recovers
8:17 AM.Conservation groups are starting to look at what can be done to restore the two thousand hectares of scorched land on the Port Hills in Christchurch. Regeneration is expected to take decades. Audio
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Trump ups ante in Obama wiretap claim
8:21 AM.Our correspondent in Washington DC tells us political circles are in uproar over Donald Trump's demand that Congress investigate his claim his headquarters were wiretapped by the Obama administration.
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Markets Update for 6 March 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Super age should not change - Grey Power
8:35 AM.Grey Power says it's socially and morally unacceptable to change the pension age. Audio
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Toughen super rules for migrants - Retirement Commissioner
8:37 AM.The Retirement Commissioner says immigrants should have to be here for 25 years before they qualify for superannuation - she says the current 10-year requirement is too generous. Audio
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Former Glenn Inquiry head starts domestic violence watchdog
8:45 AM.New anti-domestic violence group expects many women to come forward with details of how the current system has failed them. Audio
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Dreams of NZ residency shattered
8:50 AM.Applications for residency under skilled migrant category have halved since a higher points threshold was introduced five months ago. Audio
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Mayor appeals for all out effort for Hundertwasser
8:55 AM.The public fundraising drive is now on as the figures reveal Northland's Hundertwasser gallery project is still $3 million short of its fundraising target...with just four months to go to meet the… Read more Audio