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Morning Report for Monday 5 February 2018
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Māori Wardens 'carry tupuna on our shoulders' - Frances Mahanga
8:57 AM.At Waitangi, Mihingarangi Forbes speaks to Māori Warden Frances Mahanga, who says in her role she carries her tupuna, her ancestors, on her shoulders as she accompanies the country's prime ministers.
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Waitangi Day: Pita Paraone outlines commemoration plans
6:09 AM.Dignitaries, politicians and the public have started arriving at Waitangi ahead of the official day of national commemoration tomorrow. MPs from all parties will be welcomed onto the upper marae, Te… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Monday 5 February 2018
6:00 AM.Ardern wants 'transparent relationships' with Maori, Mumps epidemic takes hold in Auckland, West Auckland mourns teens drowned in Waitakere river, Waitangi: Jacinda Ardern visit makes history, NZ… Read more Audio
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Measles vaccination campaign urged as epidemic spreads
6:17 AM.Doctors say they're starting to see nasty complications from the mumps epidemic in Auckland. Teenage boys and men in particular have been turning up at clinics with painfell swelling of the testicles… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 5 February 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Six children of NZ Catholic priests revealed
6:25 AM.Six cases have come to light of children fathered by supposedly celibate Catholic priests in New Zealand. One of them is a six-year-old girl. Her mother, and the adult children from the other cases… Read more Audio
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Waitangi: Jacinda Ardern welcomed at Te Whare Rūnanga
6:30 AM.The Prime Minister will be officially welcomed on to Te Whare Runanga on the Treaty grounds at Waitangi this morning. In an unprecedented move Jacinda Ardern has spent five days in Waitangi hoping to… Read more Audio
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Business News for 5 February 2018
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Ardern wants 'transparent relationships' with Māori
7:10 AM.The Prime Minister is half-way through her extended stay in Waitangi and this morning she'll be formally welcomed at Te Whare Runanga Marae on the treaty grounds. Jacinda Ardern's five day visit is… Read more Audio
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Mumps epidemic takes hold in Auckland
7:15 AM.Doctors are starting to see the nasty complications of mumps as the epidemic takes hold in Auckland. Teenage boys and men have been developing the painful condition, orchitis, the swelling of the… Read more Audio
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West Auckland mourns teens drowned in Waitakere river
7:16 AM.A West Auckland community is in mourning after two teenagers died in a flash flood in the Waitakere Ranges. The 17-year-olds were swimming with a group of friends when they were swept away in a sudden… Read more Audio
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Waitangi: Jacinda Ardern visit makes history
7:20 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be formally welcomed at Waitangi on Monday morning, along with a Parliamentary delegation made up of MPs from Labour, National, New Zealand First and the Greens… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ woman claims Catholic priest fathered her child
7:33 AM.A New Zealand woman is claiming a local Catholic priest is the father of her young daughter. It is one of half a dozen cases in this country just now coming to light. Audio
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Trump not cleared by memo - Democrats, Republicans
7:38 AM.Democrats and Republicans are casting doubt on President Donald Trump's claims that a declassified memo clears him in the Russia inquiry. President Trump tweeted on Sunday that the release of a… Read more Audio
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Chatham Islands devastated by wildfire
7:47 AM.Firefighters on the Chatham Islands have been battling a 3,000 hectare fire which has been burning since Thursday. Principal Rural Fire Officer Craig Cottrill is in charge of the Chatham Islands… Read more Audio
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Teens drown in Waitakere flash flood
7:48 AM.A teenage boy had been clinging to foliage in fast flowing floodwaters in the Waitakere Ranges for up to two hours before he was rescued on Saturday evening. Intensive care paramedic Russell Clark was… Read more Audio
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Danger of busy Wellington railways revealed
7:51 AM.An official report says an expected increase in commuter rail traffic in Wellington will add to what is already a high risk of trains colliding. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission report… Read more Audio
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Taxpayers' Union criticises Callaghan spending
7:52 AM.Last week the Taxpayers' Union revealed the government's science funding agency Callaghan Innovation spent more than $300,000 in a year on entertaining clients and staff. Now it says new figures show… Read more Audio
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Peeni Henare at Waitangi: 'We need to work hard'
8:10 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she's had very positive talks in Waitangi but Labour needs to show it can deliver. She says she feels the weight of the expectation. RNZ Maori issues correspondent… Read more Audio
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Pakeha mood on Te Tiriti o Waitangi - from anger to curiosity
8:18 AM.At this time of year in towns all over the country, groups of new New Zealanders - often older generations - sign up for workshops to find out more about the Treaty of Waitangi. For decades now… Read more Audio
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Hamilton Sevens success secures 2019 return
8:18 AM.The All Black Sevens bowed out in the quarter finals. Hamilton picked up the New Zealand leg of the world seven series from Wellington, and organisers say sell-out crowds on both days made it a… Read more Audio
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Kiribati ferry disaster: Seven survivors back on land
8:27 AM.The seven survivors of the Kiribati ferry disaster have arrived back on dry land. The Butiraoi vanished after leaving Nonouti on January 18. The survivors were rescued after being spotted by a New… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 5 February 2018
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Marama Davidson vies for Greens co-leadership
8:38 AM.Marama Davidson has thrown her hat in the ring to become a co-leader of the Green Party. The role of female co-leader has been vacant since Metiria Turei stood down before last year's election. Marama… Read more Audio
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State care abuse: Concerns inquiry not broad enough
8:50 AM.While many are welcoming the government's announcement of a Royal Commission of Inquiry into historical abuse in state care, others are concerned it will not hear the full story - nor will it stop… Read more Audio
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Uma Thurman speaks out on Weinstein abuse
8:53 AM.In 2017 actress Uma Thurman was asked on the red carpet if she had any comment to make about the Harvey Weinstein accusations. She has now written a New York Times article levelling accusations of her… Read more Audio
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Elderly Kiwi in France after husband's visa denied
8:55 AM.A 79-year-old man has been denied a visa, forcing his New Zealand-born wife to move permanently to France to be with him. Ron Falconer is a Scottish environmentalist who had the job of guarding two… Read more Audio