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Morning Report for Wednesday 6 December 2017
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Top Stories for Wednesday 6 December 2017
6:00 AM.New Zealand is being urged to follow Australia's lead and tighten security laws to prevent foreign governments influencing domestic politics. Auckland Council has voted against closing the Waitakere… Read more Audio
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Kauri dieback: Second vote may close Waitakere Ranges
6:12 AM.Auckland councillors could be back around the table for a second vote on closing the Waitakere Ranges to save the Kauri trees. Despite warnings the giants could be wiped out in 20 years the council… Read more Audio
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Law that protected CTV engineers a 'travesty'
6:15 AM.Law professor Chris Gallavin is calling for the urgent dumping of a law that's helped shield engineers from prosecution in the CTV building collapse. Section 162 of the Crimes Act means no one can be… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 6 December 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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NZ urged to follow Australia on foreign influence crackdown
6:40 AM.New Zealand's been urged to follow Australia's lead and crack down on foreign espionage and interference in politics. The Australian government plans to ban political donations from overseas and… Read more Audio
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Poor communities feeling ignored, maligned - report
6:43 AM.A report being launched at Parliament this morning says people in poor communities feel like they're ignored and maligned by those from outside. The Salvation Army's State of Our Communities report… Read more Audio
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Business News for 6 December 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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NZ urged to crack down on foreign political influence
7:11 AM.New Zealand is being urged to follow Australia's lead and tighten security laws to prevent foreign governments influencing domestic politics. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says foreign… Read more Audio
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Kauri dieback forces 13 Waitakere tracks to close
7:20 AM.Auckland Council has voted against closing the Waitakere Ranges as a way of stopping the spread of kauri dieback.But it will close 13 of its 172 tracks. Environmentalists have been calling for the… Read more Audio
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Fire consumes house in Piha
7:25 AM.A house in Piha caught fire overnight and remains partially burning. More firefighters have been sent out on Wednesday morning. One person has minor burns, and the Fire Service is concerned the… Read more Audio
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LA wildfires: 100km/h winds wreak havoc
7:27 AM.Wildfires burning overnight in California have swept into the city of Ventura north of Los Angeles destroying at least 150 homes and other buildings and forcing the evacuation of thousands of… Read more Audio
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'Everybody will benefit' from no tertiary fees - Chris Hipkins
7:37 AM.Education Minister Chris Hipkins says he expects 80,000 people will benefit from free tertiary fees next year. Yesterday the government revealed further detail around how their policy of no fees for… Read more Audio
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Push to dump law that halted CTV building charges
7:41 AM.A push is on to ditch an old law blamed for causing a travesty of justice for the 115 victims of the CTV building collapse. The previous government was already looking at getting rid of the so-called… Read more Audio
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Prison violence levels 'alarming' - Ombudsman
7:46 AM.Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says unannounced prison visits have revealed alarming levels of violence. He has just published a scathing report into one of the country's biggest prisons - Christchurch… Read more Audio
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Eastland Wood Council plans onsite training scheme
7:52 AM.While the Government considers programmes to get young people in the regions off the dole and into work, one business says it has a model that's already proven a success. The Eastland Wood Council is… Read more Audio
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'We don't support work for dole' - Willie Jackson
7:54 AM.Minister of Employment Willie Jackson says the government doesn't support work for the dole but does support Minister of Regional Development Shane Jones and his effort to get young unemployed people… Read more Audio
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Surprise that NZ hasn't acted earlier on foreign influence
8:11 AM.New Zealand's being warned it needs to crack down on foreign political interference like Australia. Across the Tasman, the government is planning to ban foreign political donations, the legal… Read more Audio
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Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics
8:15 AM.The International Olympic Committee has banned Russia from competing at next year's Winter Olympics in South Korea. Russia's officials are barred from attending, its flag will not be displayed and its… Read more Audio
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Corrections responds to report slamming prison violence
8:24 AM.Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier is concerned about the level of violence within prisons, warning it is as bad as the fight clubs seen in the former Serco-run Mt Eden Corrections Facility. Judge Boshier… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 6 December 2017
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Taxpayer will foot bill for low-level tertiary courses - National
8:36 AM.The Education Minister Chris Hipkins is dismissing National's claim the government's zero fees policy will result in a return of low-level courses like golf, homeopathy and sky diving. National's… Read more Audio
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Target aims to get women lawyers more high profile cases & positions
8:46 AM.Some of the country's biggest law firms - and their clients - have signed up to a plan to get women lawyers more high-profile cases and positions. Although half of all lawyers are women, they are… Read more Audio
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NZ kids tumble in reading ability levels
8:50 AM.New Zealand's 10-year-olds have tumbled in an international test of reading ability. The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study says New Zealand was one of just 12 countries where reading… Read more Audio
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Workers exploited in broadband roll-out - union
8:56 AM.The E Tu union wants a government inquiry into claims of worker exploitation during the ultra fast broadband roll out. The $1.7 billion programme to provide better, faster internet to homes around New… Read more Audio
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'Be aware of your limits' - a warning for work parties
8:57 AM.We're approaching the time of year for one of the great annual work institutions - the staff Christmas party. Researchers from Otago University have been studying work social functions and surveyed… Read more Audio