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Morning Report for Tuesday 4 July 2017
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Top Stories for Tuesday 4 July 2017
6:00 AM.Auckland Council's solution for the housing crisis has been running for four years but it still cannot say how many affordable homes have been built. Our reporter Sharon Brettkelly has been looking… Read more Audio
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Emmanuel Macron promises to lift French state of emergency
6:09 AM.French president Emmanuel Macron will be lifting the country's more than 18 month long state of emergency sometime later this year. Lisa Louis is a freelance journalist who's been covering Mr Macron's… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 4 July 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 4 July 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Housing efforts falling far short of what's needed.
6:39 AM.A community housing provider says it's disappointing that the Housing Accord has delivered so few houses and ever fewer affordable ones for a city in crisis. Audio
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Business News for 4 July 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Auckland Council can't say how many 'affordable' homes have been built
7:14 AM.Auckland Council's solution for the housing crisis has been running for four years but it still cannot say how many affordable homes have been built. Our reporter Sharon Brettkelly has been looking… Read more Audio
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Housing Minister says affordable housing numbers difficult to achieve
7:16 AM.The Building and Construction Minister, Nick Smith, says regulating house prices to ensure a percentage being built are affordable is very difficult to achieve. Read more Audio
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Resthomes call for help as Pay Equity deal goes in to effect
7:24 AM.Rest homes are calling for support as a the Pay Equity deal goes in to effect. The Aged Care Association's chief executive, Simon Wallace, says some small homes could close. Audio
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Suicide rates for the general population have reduced in a decade; not so for Maori
7:30 AM.In the latest instalment of RNZ's election year series 'Is this the Brighter Future?' our Maori issues correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes explores the state of Maori mental health. Audio
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Maori Party targets seats with large Pacific communities
7:38 AM.Up to nine candidates from the One Pacific movement will stand for the Maori Party in general seats, mainly in Auckland. The President of the Maori Party, Tukoroirangi Morgan, says it will strengthen… Read more Audio
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Andrew Little dismisses 'treachery' against Maori claim
7:45 AM.Andrew Little dismisses claims from Maori Party president Tukoroirangi Morgan that the Labour party has a 'history of treachery against Maori'. Read more Audio
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'Foolish' to assume NZ buildings safe in a severe fire
7:50 AM.In the wake of last month's devastating fatal Grenfell Tower fire in London, one top engineer here says so little is known about how high-rise buildings react in a severe fire, that it would be… Read more Audio
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Conditions unclear on govt's cash injection to Team NZ
7:55 AM.It's unclear what conditions have been placed on the $5 million the Government is to give Team New Zealand. Our reporter Todd Niall says the money could be used to stop key team members from being… Read more Audio
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Lack of numbers on affordable houses hindering progress
8:09 AM.Leonie Freeman is a housing commentator, having worked in both the private and public sector on housing issues. She thinks it's 'concerning and surprising' that the Auckland Council and government… Read more Audio
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East Coast area short of psychiatrists
8:18 AM.Figures obtained by RNZ News have revealed a big shortage of psychiatrists throughout the country. The Tairawhiti District Health Board's chief executive, Jim Green, says it's difficult to recruit to… Read more Audio
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Two people injured in Auckland house fire
8:22 AM.Two people have been injured in a house fire in Auckland earlier this morning that started with a loud explosion. The fire service's Avondale Station manager Dave Wood is at the scene and says there… Read more Audio
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Big payout for bullying at a kindergarten
8:25 AM.A North Island kindergarten teacher who was bullied to the point of feeling unsafe at work has been awarded nearly one-hundred-thousand dollars. Allan Halse of CultureSafe New Zealand says the payout… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 4 July 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Business sign on to tampon charity
8:33 AM.Two Wellington women behind the company Dignity have persuaded businesses to provide sanitary products at work. And for every box of tampons bought for them, they'll give a box to a high school. They… Read more Audio
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Deaf roller derby player finally gets apology from coach
8:47 AM.A hard-of-hearing roller derby athlete who says her coach bullied her on social media has received an apology and settlement, nearly three years after taking her case to the Human Rights Commission. Audio
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NZQA staff worried about English testing
8:50 AM.Qualifications Authority staff who wanted a complete ban on polytechnics and private tertiary institutions carrying out their own English tests on foreign students have been disappointed their bosses… Read more Audio
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Wimbledon under way
8:57 AM.The Wimbledon tennis championships are underway in London. Our correspondent Dave Luddy is at Centre Court, and says there have been some early upsets. Audio