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Morning Report for Thursday 20 July 2017
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Top Stories for Thursday 20 July 2017
6:00 AM.Fraudster forced whistleblowers out of Transport Ministry, Locals fill town halls to demand Manawatu Gorge solution, Labour's economic plan puts social spending ahead of tax cuts, Disease rates spark… Read more Audio
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Locals desperate for proper solution to Manawatu Gorge woe
6:09 AM.Locals packed out a sports centre in Woodville last night demanding a solution to the difficulties posed by the closed Manawatu Gorge road. Ray Cook lives in Woodville but has to get to Manawatu for… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 20 July 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 20 July 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Voters given choice between tax cuts and higher social spending
6:40 AM.Labour have unveiled the party's economic plan ahead of the election. National's tax cuts - worth nearly 2-billion-dollars a year - would be scrapped, to help fund a big spend on health, education and… Read more Audio
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Man with chopped finger waits seven hours to at hospital
6:43 AM.Overloaded Middlemore Hospital leaves man who sliced off a finger tip waiting in pain for seven hours. Audio
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Business News for 20 July 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Fraudster forced whistleblowers out of Transport Ministry
7:09 AM.RNZ political reporter Benedict Collins says an inquiry has concluded that convicted fraudster Joanne Harrison made sure whistle-blowers at the Ministry of Transport lost their jobs. Audio
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Locals fill town halls to demand Manawatu Gorge solution
7:16 AM.Angry locals filled town halls on both sides of the blocked Manawatu Gorge on Wednesday night, calling for the New Zealand Transport Agency to find a solution. Read more Audio
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Labour's economic plan puts social spending ahead of tax cuts
7:17 AM.Labour's finance spokesperson, Grant Robertson, says the plans shows how the party is going to take the country in a new direction. Audio
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Technology replacing 1800 IRD jobs by 2021
7:31 AM.The Public Service Association says Inland Revenue is planning to cut nearly a third of its 6,000 jobs by 2021 and PSA national secretary Erin Polaczuk says the "roles that continue to exist will be… Read more Audio
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Disease rates spark fear kauri could be extinct within 20 years
7:41 AM.Auckland Council figures show that from 2011 to 2016 the spread of kauri dieback disease has more than doubled in the Waitakere Ranges. In some areas, like Piha, up to almost 60 percent of trees are… Read more Audio
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NZ may be banned from building foreign America's Cup boats
7:45 AM.The executive director of the Marine Association discusses how a rule change requiring America's Cup boats be built in teams' home countries would affect New Zealand's boatbuilding industry. Audio
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Trump's second meeting with Putin revealed
7:48 AM.It's been confirmed that the US President held a second, previously undisclosed meeting, with Vladimir Putin during a dinner at the G20 summit. Washington correspondent Simon Marks has the latest. Audio
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BBC women getting paid less, considerably less,
7:55 AM.Our correspondent in London, Natalie Powell, says it's not clear whether female staff at the BBC were aware of how much money their male colleagues were making. Audio
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Labour MP says whistleblowers deserve compensation
8:10 AM.Labour MP Sue Moroney called for an inquiry into redundancies of whistle-blowers at the Transport Ministry. She explains why the State Services Commission's report is important. Audio
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Labour's alt budget described as plan to waste more money.
8:17 AM.National's Finance Minister Steven Joyce says Labour will be spending less next year than what the government spent in 2017. Audio
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Mayor says NZTA working as fast as possible on Manawatu Gorge
8:24 AM.Angry locals either side of the closed Manawatu Gorge packed out public meetings on Wednesday night to demand a permanent solution. The Tararua district mayor, Tracey Collis, was at one of the… Read more Audio
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Pay equity claim bright spot in still dire gender pay landscape
8:28 AM.One of the first things the National governmnent did when it came to power was to scrap the Labour Department's Pay and Employment Equity unit. As part of our 'Is this the Brighter Future?' series… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 20 July 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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IHC wants more help for disabled prisoners
8:40 AM.The IHC is disappointed new pilot programmes to help mental ill prisoners do not include better services for intellectually disabled offenders. Trish Grant is the director of advocacy at IHC. Audio
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Aucklanders blamed for growing homelessness in Dargaville
8:45 AM.Empty council buildings in Dargaville could be turned into emergency shelters as the town grapples with a fast-rising homelessness problem. Aucklanders heading north for cheaper homes is being blamed.
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Children from damp homes add to burden on hospitals
8:50 AM.Children being re-admitted to hospital after being discharged to cold, damp homes are putting extra strain on already stretched hospital emergency departments. Audio
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New Zealander returns Burmese treasures
8:54 AM.New Zealander Gareth Bodle is in Myanmar to return treasures his military ancestors ransacked from a Burmese pagoda in 1852. Audio