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Morning Report for Friday 26 May 2017
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Top Stories for Friday 26 May 2017
6:00 AM.From Manchester, Senior BBC Radio reporter Kate Squire says UK police force are absolutely furious about the leak which has compromised the on-going investigation into the concert bombing. "This is an… Read more Audio
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Labour won't say whether it'll adopt families income package
6:09 AM.More than a million New Zealanders are set to benefit from the government's families income package announced in yesterday's budget, but the Labour Party won't say if it will adopt it, if it wins the… Read more Video, Audio
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Some brickbats, some bouquets for Budget
6:13 AM.Morning Report speaks to business and community leaders to gauge reaction to Budget 2017 - Steven Joyce's first budget, which has been dubbed the 'election sweetner.' Audio
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Trump urges Nato allies to pay up for defence costs
6:17 AM.Donald Trump's in Brussels for the NATO summit where he's repeated his claims that "massive amounts of money" were owed and urged all Nato members to pay their fair share of defence costs. Our… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 26 May 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 26 May 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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How much accommodation supplement increase will help
6:39 AM.Under the Government's boost to the accommodation supplement, the country's low income families will, on average, get an extra 36 dollars a week to help out with housing costs. It's the first time in… Read more Audio
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Working mum says budget increase only small help
6:42 AM.Tutu Maru-Wichman is a single mother living in a state house in Mangere with two of her five children. As a full time glasshouse worker she brings home about $560 a week - she says the extra $28.50 a… Read more Audio
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Business News for 26 May 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Post-budget panel investigates the fine detail of Budget 2017
7:15 AM.Steven Joyce defends his budget while an expert panel picks apart the fine detail on housing, tax cuts and family benefits. David Slack, Heather Roy and Bernard Hickey joins Guyon Espiner. Audio
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UK police stop sharing info with US after Manchester leaks
7:39 AM.From Manchester, Senior BBC Radio reporter Kate Squire says UK police force are absolutely furious about the leak which has compromised the on-going investigation into the concert bombing. Audio
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"It was phenomenally beautiful" Rocket Lab celebrates lift-off
7:50 AM."This is an incredibly tricky business. To where we got today, very few companies - or even countries - get that far on their first flight." Read more Video, Audio
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Oracle skipper hints at rift in Team New Zealand ranks
7:57 AM.The first sparks have flown between the America's Cup defender Oracle, and the challenger Team New Zealand with a suggestion of a rift in the Kiwi ranks. We cross to our America's Cup reporter Todd… Read more Audio
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Labour responds to National's election year budget
8:11 AM.The government's tax cuts are unfair, irresponsible and poorly target according to Labour's finance spokesman Grant Robertson who doesn't think the budget goes far enough to help those most in need. Audio
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RNZ correspondents unpick budget reactions
8:18 AM.Our political editor, Jane Patterson and our economics correspondent, Patrick O'Meara unpick the budget. Audio
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Budget unfair and dismal for ECE sector
8:25 AM.Early childhood educators say the budget is unacceptable and doesn't cater for a growing number of enrolments. Audio
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Phil Goff unimpressed by budget
8:25 AM.Budget 2017 leaves Auckland Mayor Phil Goff wondering where the spending has gone and why the Government hasn't focused more on boosting Auckland construction or improving infrastructure. We get his… Read more Audio
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GPs may be forced to raise patient fees or go out of business
8:25 AM.Doctors say the cost of seeing a family doctor may rise because of a lack of government action over funding problems in primary care. Audio
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Fatal sinking of Jubilee could've been avoided - TAIC
8:28 AM.TAIC investigators have found that a deck hose, which was left running, probably flooded the fishing vessel Jubilee causing it to sink.Three men died when the Jubilee sank in the early hours of… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 26 May 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Mt Everest's Hillary Step 'still there' - Peter Hillary
8:42 AM.Peter Hillary says there's no evidence the Hillary Step has gone. He's just returned from Nepal, and says the question of whether the step was destroyed in a 2015 earthquake is not a geological… Read more Audio
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Delay on sex worker rules angers both sides
8:43 AM.The Christchurch City Council has again delayed a decision about how to deal with street prostitution and, as Logan Church reports, both sex workers and residents are angry. Read more Audio
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Wellington's container port still 3 months away from operation
8:46 AM.CentrePort in Wellington is awash with contractors working to repair the quake damaged wharf so it's once again safe to use. That'll take another three months. November's Kaikoura earthquake turned… Read more Audio
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Manus Island detainees beg for asylum in New Zealand
8:50 AM.Refugees imprisoned by Australia on Manus Island have begged New Zealand prime minister Bill English for asylum. Ben Robinson Drawbridge reports. Audio