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Morning Report for Monday 2 October 2017
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Top Stories for Monday 2 October 2017
6:00 AM.Hundreds are injured as Spanish police attack Catalonian independence campaigners, Two women are fatally stabbed in a terror attack in France, and It's emerged Transport Ministry fraudster Joanne… Read more Audio
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Fuel shortage not a major disruption - tourism industry
6:14 AM.One of the country's tourism bosses thinks Auckland Airport's recent fuel shortage was no more disruptive than a winter's storm. But Chris Roberts from Tourism Industry Aotearoa does concede more may… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 2 October 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Thousands march in Dublin over abortion law
6:21 AM.Thousands of people have marched through Ireland's capital, Dublin, to demand change to the country's strict abortion laws. Anti-abortion activists have been holding counter protests. The rally is the… Read more Audio
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Business News for 2 October 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Scores injured in violence over Barcelona independence vote
7:10 AM.Hundreds are reportedly injured in Barcelona after Spanish national police used force to try halt Catalonia's independence referendum. Voters have been shot at with rubber bullets and attacked with… Read more Audio
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Marseille attacker shot dead by police after fatal stabbings
7:17 AM.Two women have been killed in a knife attack at Marseille's Saint Charles train station. The attacker was then shot dead by security forces in the southern French city. Journalist Hugh Schofield joins… Read more Audio
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Transport Ministry fraudster's partner not charged
7:21 AM.The Transport Ministry fraudster Joanne Harrison had a business partner who got a 30 percent cut of the stolen money and who shredded fake invoices when an investigation was launched but was never… Read more Audio
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Greens' 'left-of-Labour' position a 'dead end' - Tanczos
7:25 AM.A former Greens MP believes the strongest push for a Blue-Green coalition is coming from those within National looking to weaken Winston Peter's position as 'kingmaker'. Nandor Tanczos say Green Party… Read more Audio
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National leader Bill English on coalition prospects
7:37 AM.The pressure is growing for National and the Green party to talk coalition. It's been just over a week since the general election, but the waiting game isn't over yet for the major parties. Neither… Read more Audio
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Vanuatu locals pull together for volcano evacuees
7:44 AM.Local communities in Vanuatu are pulling together to help the unprecedented evacuation of the entire population of Ambae who are being evacuated from the island as its volcano continues in a state of… Read more Audio
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Vanuatu eruption: Authorities struggle to cope
7:47 AM.In Vanuatu local authorities are struggling to cope as the evacuation of 11,000 people from the volcanic island of Ambae continues. More than 7000 of the evacuees are being sent to the neighbouring… Read more Audio
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Trump undercuts Tillerson on Twitter over N Korea
7:50 AM.US President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to claim that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is "wasting his time" trying to negotiate a diplomatic solution on the Korean Peninsula. Mr Tillerson is… Read more Audio
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Intercepting emails wasn't 'anti-democratic' - council boss
7:54 AM.Horowhenua District Council chief executive David Clapperton, who was recently revealed to intercept staff emails, says there was nothing anti-democratic about it as he was protecting staff from… Read more Audio
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Barcelona voter describes violent scenes
8:12 AM.Emergency officials say close to 800 people have been injured when police used force to try to block voting in Catalonia's independence referendum. The Spanish government has pledged to stop the poll… Read more Audio
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Hundreds of Catalonia voters injured
8:17 AM.About 800 people have reportedly been injured as police used force to try to block voting in Catalonia's independence referendum. The Spanish government has pledged to stop the poll that was declared… Read more Audio
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Did damaged Auckland fuel pipeline hit tourism?
8:21 AM.Auckland's fuel crisis is over - just in time for the school holidays - with the lifting of jet fuel restrictions at the country's biggest airport over the weekend. Audio
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Taranaki gas field to last decades more than thought
8:24 AM.A hearing starting in Taranaki today could breathe new life into the halting quest for oil and gas off the coast of Taranaki. It could further invigorate the 38-year-old Maui gas field, which was… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 2 October 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Children no longer to start school on fifth birthday
8:36 AM.The Kiwi tradition of children starting school on their fifth birthday will come to an end at some schools next year. The schools have opted into the cohort entry system introduced by a law change… Read more Audio
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Error gives half town's votes to Māori Party
8:40 AM.Residents of a 'true-blue' South Island farming community are breathing a sigh of relief after finding out it was a voting error that placed over half the town's votes with the Māori Party.
The… Read more Audio
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Fifth title in six years for All Blacks
8:44 AM.New Zealand celebrated their fifth Rugby Championship in six years on Saturday, beating the Pumas, in Argentina, 36-10. Although there's still one round of the competition to go, the Springboks can… Read more Audio
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Retailers to face new govt on GST for small online items
8:47 AM.New Zealand retailers say they will challenge the new government to pick up a plan the previous one left dangling, to collect GST on lower value imported goods. Retail New Zealand says the government… Read more Audio
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Squally Auckland rain disrupts Women's Golf Open
8:52 AM.Play has resumed in the New Zealand Women's Open. Heavy downpours and high winds in Auckland yesterday caused the cancellation of play part way through the final 72 holes. The round was interrupted… Read more Audio
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Great Kererū Count finds 13,573 across New Zealand
8:56 AM.The Kererū Count is up. WWF New Zealand organised this year's Great Kererū count, in search of our native pigeon - encouraging people all over the country to register their kererū sightings.
The… Read more Audio