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Morning Report for Monday 8 May 2017
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Top Stories for Monday 8 May 2017
6:00 AM.Emmanuel Macron wins French presidential election, Nicholson wins Badminton in thrilling finale, Myrtle Rust spreads, Govt targets most vulnerable in Budget 2017, Piha residents anxious over… Read more Audio
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Drug funding package brings relief for parents of insomniac children
6:15 AM.The Paediatric Society says families of children with autism will be welcoming Pharmac's proposal to fund the drug melatonin so their children suffering from insomnia can sleep. Audio
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Early Business News for 8 May 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 8 May 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Piha on edge following series of suspicious fires
6:39 AM.Piha resident Kaya Prebble tells our reporter Sarah Robson she's heartbroken by the fire that destroyed the fish and chip shop where she works and her community is on edge after a series of suspicious… Read more Audio
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Waiting on word from Vanuatu's cyclone hit islands
6:40 AM.After being battered for three days Cyclone Donna is now moving away from Vanuatu's northern islands. Unicef's Lachlan Forsyth has the latest from Port Vila. Audio
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Trade group uses videos to gain public backing for new TPP
6:46 AM.A trade group has launched a series of videos to get more public backing for trade as New Zealand and other countries consider resuscitating the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership deal. Audio
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Business News for 8 May 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Emmanuel Macron wins French presidential election
7:11 AM.France has a new president - Emmanuel Macron. He's won the election with a resounding two thirds of the vote. He's the youngest ever President and won with a party, EnMarche, that started only a year… Read more Audio
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Nicholson wins Badminton in thrilling finale
7:17 AM.New Zealander Andrew Nicholson has won the Badminton Horse Trials two years after suffering a serious neck injury. It was the 55-year-old's 36th attempt at the competition. A very excited corrspondent… Read more Audio
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Myrtle Rust found in second nursery
7:23 AM.MPI says Myrtle Rust has been found in a second nursery nearby the first place the disease was detected. Geoff Gwyn says the same approach has been taken and they will "throw the kitchen sink at it".
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PM: Govt budget to target most vulnerable; Peters 'irresponsible' on Pike
7:27 AM.In Bill English's ninth budget, his first as Prime Minister, social investment takes the wheel as the Government moves its focus away from tax cuts. Read more Video, Audio
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Piha residents anxious over arsonist's trail of destruction
7:36 AM.Evan Lamberton has been up all night fighting fires in Piha. He says the difficult terrain made it hard for fire-fighters, as the fires got within a kilometre from houses. Ground crews kept the fires… Read more Audio
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Kiwi league players to face NRL sanctions over cocaine allegations
7:42 AM.Two New Zealand rugby league representatives face sanctions after allegations of using cocaine after the loss to Australia in the Anzac Test on Friday night. Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Proctor have not… Read more Audio
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List of Wgtn buildings needing strengthening halved
7:45 AM.Wellington City Council explains why it's taken 142 buildings off the list of those which need unreinforced masonry repaired. Audio
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Released Chibok girls to meet Nigerian President
7:51 AM.The now free 82 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram will soon meet the Nigerian President. The Times' Nigeria Correspondent Jeremy Kelly has the latest. Audio
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Pharmac to fund new drugs including melatonin for insomniacs
7:57 AM.Pharmac says it plans to fund five new drugs including melatonin - for 5,000 children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders who have insomnia. Our health correspondent Karen Brown says… Read more Audio
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Macron wins decisive victory in French election
8:12 AM.France has a new President - Emmanuel Macron. The 39-year-old won with a decisive two thirds of the vote. Our correspondent, Christian Malard, says it wasn't so much a vote for the untested Macron but… Read more Audio
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Piha residents nervous as suspicious fires continue
8:19 AM.Piha residents say the community is on edge over the spate of suspicious blazes in recent weeks. Audio
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Shopworkers worried about violent robberies want politicians' help
8:25 AM.Migrant shopworkers fed-up with being victims of violent robberies are sceptical politicians will keep their promises to protect them. Audio
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Markets Update for 8 May 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Cyclone Donna heads toward New Caledonia
8:37 AM.After battering Vanuatu's northern islands for three days category four Cyclone Donna is moving towards New Caledonia. Residents are being told to get ready. Audio
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Netflix announces 13 Reasons Why season 2
8:39 AM.Netflix has announced a second season of the controversial series 13 Reasons Why. Our Los Angeles correspondent, Brad Pomerance, explains what's in store. Read more Audio
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'Bring Back Our Girls' organiser celebrates release of 82 Chibok girls
8:43 AM.One of the organisers of the 'Bring Back Our Girls' campaign says it's a huge victory that 82 Nigerian schoolgirls have been released. Evon Benson-Idahosa, the executive director of Pathfinders… Read more Audio
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Memorial unveiled in Tangiwai for hero railwaymen
8:49 AM.A special memorial has been unveiled in Tangiwai in the central North Island to two railwaymen who died battling to avert New Zealand's worst ever railway disaster. Audio
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Shoot for the stars says NASA astronaut to hundreds in Porirua
8:53 AM.Shoot for the stars and you will land on the moon. That's the advice NASA astronaut Dr Yvonne Cagle gave a crowd of 500 in Porirua. Audio
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Eye in the sky helps count birds in the air
8:57 AM.New Zealand and British scientists have used satellite images to figure out the number of endangered albatrosses living on remote and inaccessible islands. Audio