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Morning Report for Wednesday 25 October 2017
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Top Stories for Wednesday 25 October 2017
6:00 AM.Labour's new govt comes with big price tag; Coalition deals revealed, ministers to be named - analysis; Minimum wage to rise in govt's 'new economic direction'; Jacinda Ardern discusses price of NZ… Read more Audio
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Farmers welcome new Climate Commission
6:09 AM.Farmers are relieved that science rather than politics will decide whether agriculture should be included in the Emissions Trading Scheme. Under the coalition agreement unveiled yesterday, a new… Read more Audio
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National MPs backing Bill English
6:13 AM.National MPs are Backing Bill. Mr English has been given a full vote of confidence from his colleagues as National is ousted into opposition for the first time in nine years. No one challanged his… Read more Audio
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Trump 'utterly untruthful' - Senator Bob Corker
6:15 AM.The Tennessee Senator, Bob Corker, who has called the White House an adult day care centre now says Trump is "utterly untruthful" and "debasing the nation". Audio
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German far right sits in Parliament for first time
6:17 AM.The nationalist party, Alternative for Germany, has taken its seats in the German parliament, the Bundestag. It's the first time in more than fifty years that a far-right party has a presence… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 25 October 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Labour to unveil new govt ministers
6:39 AM.Labour is set to unveil the ministers who will oversee its ambitious government programme this morning. Yesterday, it revealed more than 70 different commitments or concessions it made to New Zealand… Read more Audio
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Unions, businesses divided over impact of wage increase
6:42 AM.Another of the commitments for the new government is increasing the minimum wage by 75 cents an hour to $16.50 in April and increasing it to $20 an hour by 2021. One of the country's largest unions is… Read more Audio
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Free driving lessons for teens in NZ First govt deal
6:44 AM.One of the policy gains for New Zealand First in its coalition agreement is free driving lessons for secondary schools students. It's also gained Labour's agreement to develop a 30-year strategic plan… Read more Audio
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Business News for 25 October 2017
6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Labour's new govt comes with big price tag
7:11 AM.Labour's ditched its water tax and ponied up a billion dollars a year for the regions as part of the price tag for the governing benches. After much secrecy, the party's revealed the deals it struck… Read more Audio
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Coalition deals revealed, ministers to be named - analysis
7:13 AM.Labour is set to unveil the ministers who will oversee its ambitious government programme this morning. Yesterday, it revealed more than 70 different commitments or concessions it made to New Zealand… Read more Audio
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Minimum wage to rise in govt's 'new economic direction'
7:20 AM.All three parties in the new government have said capitalism in its current form is not working for many New Zealanders. They're promising a new direction in economic management, declaring the… Read more Audio
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Jacinda Ardern discusses price of NZ First support
7:26 AM.Labour is set to unveil the ministers who will oversee its ambitious government programme this morning. Yesterday, it revealed more than 70 different commitments or concessions it made to New Zealand… Read more Audio
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Coalition deals likely to push Labour budgets into red - Joyce
7:40 AM.Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and her negotiating team have taken on some big ticket items from NZ First and the Greens to secure their support. Those concessions include a one billion dollar a year… Read more Audio
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'Waka-jumping' legislation in NZ First deal
7:45 AM.Winston Peters' pledge to shift Auckland's port to Northland appears to be on the back-burner with the coalition agreement saying only the new government will look at the feasibility of moving the… Read more Audio
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What do new govt deals mean for Auckland?
7:51 AM.Winston Peters' pledge to shift Auckland's port to Northland appears to be on the back-burner with the coalition agreement saying only the new government will look at the feasibility of moving the… Read more Audio
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Albany roof collapses, builders escape with minor injuries
7:55 AM.Workers at a construction site in Albany in Auckland have escaped with minor injuries after part of a building collapsed this morning. RNZ reporter Gill Bonnett is there and joins us with the details.
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Greens win on transport, lose on climate in govt deal
8:10 AM.The policy concessions extracted from Labour by the Greens and New Zealand First for their support of Jacinda Ardern's new government. Policy wins for the Greens include a refocussing of transport… Read more Audio
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Greens transport concessions rile trucking industry
8:16 AM.The policy concessions extracted from Labour by the Greens and New Zealand First for their support of Jacinda Ardern's new government. Policy wins for the Greens include a refocussing of transport… Read more Audio
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What does new govt mean for immigration?
8:21 AM.The the new government will follow Labour's policies when it comes to immigration, the coalition agreement with NZ First has revealed. The document made public yesterday briefly outlined how the… Read more Audio
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Hopes new Immigration Minister will stop Fijian's deportation
8:29 AM.A Fijian man says he hopes the new Immigration Minister to be announced today will intervene to stop the deportation of his intellectually disabled son. Twenty-year-old Sagar Narayan has been told he… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 25 October 2017
8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Mental Health Commission to be back with new govt
8:38 AM.Calls to re-establish the Mental Health Commission have been answered by the incoming government. The Mental Health Commission was set up in 1996 to have oversight of mental health services, but was… Read more Audio
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'Utterly unthruthful' - Republican senator on Trump
8:42 AM.Influential Republican Senator Bob Corker has unleashed a blistering attack on US President Donald Trump, calling him "utterly untruthful". In a series of television interviews, Mr Corker accused the… Read more Audio
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What will new govt do for environment?
8:46 AM.The establishment of a Zero Carbon Act and significant increases in funding to the Department of Conservation are some of the environmentally-focused policies promised by the new government. There's… Read more Audio
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Horses' role in WWI commemorated in Hamilton
8:54 AM.The role of the horse in war is to be finally commemorated with a statue in Hamilton. New Zealand sent 8,000 horses to the South African War and 10,000 to the First World War. Of that number, one… Read more Audio
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Giant coconut-cracking rat discovered in Solomons
8:58 AM.A giant island rat that can crack open coconuts with it's teeth has been discovered. The Vangunu rat is the first rodent species to be found in the Solomon Islands in 80 years. Mammalogist Tyrone… Read more Audio