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Morning Report for Friday 7 April 2017
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Top Stories fo Friday 7 April 2017
6:00 AM."It's like a war zone" - river smashes through Edgecumbe, Edgecumbe residents have to wait days to go home, Whakatane Mayor Tony Bonne on Edgecumbe's water torture, "It was unreal. The pressure of the… Read more Audio
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Stop banks in Edgecumbe and surrounding areas holding up
6:10 AM.Emergency services monitoring the stop banks in Edgecumbe and surrounding areas overnight say they're holding up well. Overnight shift controller at the Emergency Operations Centre in Whakatane… Read more Audio
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Te Urewera: slips, flooding and stranded whanau
6:13 AM."We woke up to the river running through our driveway and flooding on to the Taneatua rugby fields and the road, basically creating a moat around our farm ... The river itself was cresting the… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 7 April 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 7 April 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Surf club volunteer dismayed by Edgecumbe flood damage
6:40 AM.John Hume of Mount Maunganui's Omanu Surf Club spent yesterday checking Edgecumbe's flooded streets for stranded residents. He's saddened by the scale of the damage the losses suffered by the town's… Read more Audio
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Wet but satisfying day's work for Edgecumbe firefighter
6:43 AM.Edgecumbe volunteer firefighter Steve Morrisey told Morning Report about his wet but ultimately satisfying days work in floodwaters helping Edgecumbe residents to safety. Audio
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Business News for 7 April 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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"It's like a war zone" - river smashes through Edgecumbe
7:10 AM."It's like a war zone" - Edgecumbe remains under water and residents are told it will be days before they're allowed to return home. Read more Audio
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Whakatane Mayor Tony Bonne on Edgecumbe's water torture
7:20 AM.Whakatane District Mayor Tony Bonne says it will still be days before the breached stock bank in Edgecumbe is repaired and even longer for the water to recede. Audio
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"It was unreal. The pressure of the water was unreal."
7:27 AM.Edgecumbe man Graeme Bourk describes the incredible speed of the approaching flood waters. He rushed from house to house telling people to get out. Read more Audio
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Regional Council - dam levels not to blame for Disaster
7:29 AM.The Bay of Plenty Regional Council's Roger Waugh says the Matahina dam was not responsible for Edgecumbe flooding and blames a geotechnical failure of a section of stop-bank. Read more Audio
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Donald Trump considers military retaliation for Syria
7:38 AM."I guess something should happen" The US President Donald Trump hints at the possibility of Assad leaving power. Simon Marks has the latest from Washington as the US hardens its stance against the… Read more Audio
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NZ updates travel advisory for Gallipoli urging caution
7:47 AM.Laura Pitel is a journalist in Istanbul, she says the rhetoric from New Zealand and Australia suggests there is some definitive intelligence which has prompted the travel advisory. Audio
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RSA won't be scared off by terrorism threat to Gallipoli
7:52 AM.The National President of the RSA, BJ Clark, says he is "very saddened that ANZAC celebrations, or remembrances, would be targeted." But he says great shame if these threats put people off traveling… Read more Audio
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Taranaki tensions rooted in Pakeha collective amnesia
7:55 AM.The simmering tensions in Taranaki over race relations could be eased, some locals say, if Pakeha were more involved in the Treaty settlement process. Read more Audio
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Edgecumbe residents have to wait days to go home
8:10 AM.While Edgcumbe remains underwater the nearby settlement of Thornton narrowly avoided the same fate. Our reporter Sharon Brettkelly spoke to a farmer who says he has lived there for 59 years and never… Read more Audio
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Kura opens doors to travellers trapped by slips
8:17 AM.Eighteen people including children and a baby spent a second night sleeping at a Whakatane kura after being trapped by slips. Deputy principal Robert Eketone says a helicopter dropped in supplies… Read more Audio
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Surf lifesaver desribes a day in the Edgecumbe floodwaters
8:20 AM.Among the locals answering the call for help yesterday in Edgecumbe was Allan Mundy. He and other surf lifesavers were out on the water in inflatable rubber boats, making sure no residents or pets had… Read more Audio
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Former PMs support compulsory voting in NZ
8:24 AM.Could compulsory voting be on the cards for NZ? Three former prime ministers are all vocally supporting it, including a former National leader who hasn't always been convinced. Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 7 April 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Auckland University Professor supports compulsory voting
8:33 AM.Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations, Jennifer Curtin, says she supports compulsory voting as it get parties to focus more on policies. Audio
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NZ told to do more to help redundant workers
8:39 AM.A big drop in pay, working hours and job quality. A new OECD report finds people who find work after they're laid off are considerably worse off. Audio
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More pressure on Maori Land bill
8:43 AM.Nine MPs are calling on the Maori Development Minister Te Ururoa Flavell urging the Government to take the Maori land reform bill back to the drawing board. Audio
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Maori spearhead first of its kind geothermal milk plant
8:53 AM.Seven Māori trusts and entities are throwing their resources behind a whole new milk processing plant in Kawerau, which will create 30 jobs. Kawerau Dairy will be the country's first geothermally… Read more Audio
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Manus Island detainee makes secret film of detention centre
8:55 AM."Chauka please tell us the time" is a new documentary filmed in secret by a Manus Island detainee on his mobile phone, giving a glimpse into life inside the Australian refugee detention centre. The… Read more Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:56 AM.It's Friday so we cross the Ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio