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Morning Report for Friday 12 May 2017
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Top Stories for Friday 12 May 2017
6:00 AM.Acting FBI director contradicts White House over James Comey, Education Council underlines tough line on stoned teachers, Pressure on Southern DHB to help hepatitis C sufferers, Government insists… Read more Audio
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Environmental groups fear result of funding boost
6:17 AM.Environmental groups fear extra funding to cope with growing numbers of tourists will be bad for the country's national parks. Audio
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Early Business News for 12 May 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 12 May 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Campaign for rail commuter service to be election issue
6:39 AM.A campaign for a daily commuter train service between Hamilton and Auckland is back on track with organisers determined to make it an election issue. Audio
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Heavy rain, thunderstorms batter northern North Island
6:46 AM.The remnants of Cyclone Donna are giving the north of the North Island a drenching. The MetService says it's not going to let up for a while. Audio
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Business News for 12 May 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Acting FBI director contradicts White House over James Comey
7:09 AM.The acting director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, has directly contradicted the White House's account of the sacking of former director James Comey. What's going on? Our correspondent in Washington Simon… Read more Audio
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Education Council underlines tough line on stoned teachers
7:21 AM.The Education Council has underlined its zero tolerance approach to cannabis. The council's manager of teacher practice Andrew Greig says "teachers are supposed to be role models and using a… Read more Audio
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Pressure on Southern DHB to help hepatitis C sufferers
7:27 AM.Southern District Health Board is under growing pressure to join other health boards in helping hepatitis C sufferers get access to life saving antiviral drugs through an overseas buyers club… Read more Audio
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Government insists tourism funding boost will help environment
7:38 AM.The Conservation Minister Maggie Barry says the new funding is welcomed. "That will attract more visitors, we will be able to earn more money from that and we will be able to invest more money in… Read more Audio
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Macron unveils diverse list of election candidates
7:45 AM.The party of the French President elect Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a list of candidates for next month's parliamentary elections. Half the candidates are women but more than 200 have never held… Read more Audio
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Greens bill to tackle establishment of Maori wards.
7:49 AM.The co-leader of the Green Party, Metiria Turei, says the big issue is that our democracy needs to be enhanced and we need to get rid of discrimination against Maori in our laws. Read more Audio
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Commerce Commission warns retailers about misleading prices
7:54 AM.When is a sale price bargain really a sale price bargain? The Commerce Commission is reminding retailers that customers have a right not to be misled. We talk Anna Rawlings, a Commerce Commissioner… Read more Audio
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Former FBI director calls Comey firing disgraceful
8:10 AM.A former assistant director of the FBI says the multiple reasons given for the firing of former director, James Comey, suggests the Trump administration is misleading the American public, and it… Read more Audio
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Labour Party holds annual conference in Wellington this weekend
8:19 AM.The Labour Party holds its annual conference in Wellington this weekend, with leader Andrew Little saying the party will be campaigning on its traditional strengths in the run up to September's… Read more Audio
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TPP is ratified despite US pulling out
8:22 AM.When Donald Trump made good on a campaign promise and pulled the United States out of the Trans Pacific Partnership, many people assumed that spelled the end of the 12-country Pacific Rim trade deal… Read more Audio
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Is new tourism fund big enough to get the job done?
8:26 AM.Is the Government's new $102 million Tourism Infrastructure Fund big enough to get the job done? Rotorua's Mayor Steve Chadwick and Westland District Mayor Bruce Smith discuss. Audio
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Markets Update for 12 May 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Heptatitis campaigner slams DHB's stance on buyers club
8:37 AM.Dunedin law student Hazel Heal was cured of Hepatitis C after importing drugs from overseas. She talks to Morning Report about her campaign to help hundreds of others do the same. Audio
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Embattled Unitec reports $24m deficit
8:44 AM.Unitec's CEO Rick Ede says the result was expected and puts it down to high employment rates and a major overhaul of the organisation. Audio
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Gangs begging government for help with their own P crisis
8:50 AM.Gangs are approaching police and the government to help them deal with their own members who are hooked on methamphetamine, and out of control. Audio
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Copyright trial drawing to an end today
8:56 AM.The High Court case that's pitched the National Party against American rapper Eminem is drawing to a close in the High Court in Wellington. National's lawyer gave his closing address yesterday and our… Read more Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the Ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio