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Morning Report for Friday 16 March 2018
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Top Stories for Friday 16 March 2018
6:00 AM.US sanctions Russia over election meddling, UK, US, France, Germany slam Russia in joint statement, Early childhood centres unsafe, not enough staff, Corrections reviews where sex offenders living Audio
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Morning Rural News for 16 March 2018
6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Sex offenders' placements checked after 11 near school
6:14 AM.Corrections officials are urgently checking the location of more than 200 high risk offenders to ensure they're not living too close to schools. The department announced a nationwide review after it… Read more Audio
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Police dismiss critical IPCA report after euthanasia meeting
6:19 AM.The police have dismissed a senior criminal lawyer's claim that a police watchdog's critical report reflects a lack of training and leadership in the organisation. The Independent Police Conduct… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 16 March 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Early childhood centres unsafe - teachers
6:49 AM.Teachers warn that some early childhood services are under-cutting minimum staffing levels and children's needs are being neglected. They say the centres' staffing levels look fine on paper, but the… Read more Audio
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Business News for 16 March 2018
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Lumsden birth centre closure a 'matter of life and death'
6:50 AM.Te Anau mother says the community is fighting a plan to closure a baby birthing centre in northern Southland because it is a matter of life and death. A petition against a district health board plan… Read more Audio
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China cracks down on building quality certificate
6:51 AM.New Zealand has had a breakthrough on the issue of the quality of products coming from China. China has been cracking down harder at home since fire-prone cables with fake test certificates had to be… Read more Audio
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US sanctions Russia over election meddling
7:10 AM.The US has announced it will be imposing new sanctions against Russia for its interference in the 2016 US election. The measures include sanctions on nineteen Russian individuals and on a number of… Read more Audio
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UK, US, France, Germany slam Russia in joint statement
7:14 AM.The UK, US, France and Germany have released a joint statement condemning Russia for the nerve agent attack in Salisbury. They've described the attack as an "assault on UK sovereignty", a "clear… Read more Audio
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Early childhood centres unsafe, not enough staff - teachers
7:20 AM.Early childhood centres are failing to meet minimum staffing levels designed to keep children safe and they're getting away with it. Teachers have told RNZ News of repeated instances where the number… Read more Audio
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Corrections reviews where sex offenders living
7:24 AM.Corrections has announced a nationwide review of where high-risk offenders live and whether local communities have been notified, after it was discovered 11 convicted child sex-offenders were living… Read more Audio
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'Our job is to promote every trade deal' - Winston Peters
7:28 AM.Winston Peters says New Zealand's pursuit of a free trade deal with Russia has been complicated by the Salisbury nerve agent attack that's being blamed on Moscow. The Foreign Minister says there's… Read more Audio
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Defence Minister under fire over Air Force flights
7:38 AM.The Defence Minister Ron Mark says he's the victim of a scurrilous attack after the National Party accused him of using military choppers and planes like a taxi service. The claim prompted Mr Mark to… Read more Audio
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WOMAD 2018 offers chance to improve Māori tikanga
7:39 AM.Te Wananga o Aotearoa has come onboard as a WOMAD partner this year and has helped develop a 'Teach Me Te Reo' section in the festival's app. Read more Audio
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2018 Auckland Arts Festival. reviewed, previewed
7:41 AM.RNZ's Justin Gregory reviews highlights so far from the 2018 Auckland Arts Festival, and looks ahead to what's on this weekend. Audio
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Bogus police checkpoint 'unlawful, unjustified' - IPCA
7:45 AM.A Wellington lawyer has hit out at police training and leadership after a bogus traffic checkpoint targeting euthanasia supporters was declared illegal. The Independent Police Conduct Authority says… Read more Audio
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Southland parents fight to save Lumsden birth centre
7:51 AM.Parents around northern Southland are vowing to fight a plan to close a baby birthing centre in Lumsden. A petition against a district health board plan to downgrade the Lumsden Maternity Centre to a… Read more Audio
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NZ buried attempted assassination inquiry - ex-Russian spy
8:10 AM.A former Russian spy who defected to the West says New Zealand authorities quietly buried any investigation into two chemical attacks on him in Auckland over a decade ago. Boris Karpichkov fled from… Read more Audio
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Papua New Guinea quake: Death toll rises, fears of disease
8:15 AM.At least 125 people have been killed and 35,000 displaced by the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Papua New Guinea Highlands in February. The number of dead was confirmed yesterday by PNG police. To tell… Read more Audio
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Australia considers white SA farmer migrants
8:20 AM.Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton is investigating how to bring white South African farmers to Australia on humanitarian grounds. Earlier this month the South African parliament supported… Read more Audio
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Cook Islanders welcome changes to NZ Superannuation
8:26 AM.Cook Island families are looking forward to less stress and anxiety when the rules for NZ Super change this year. The government is dropping the requirement for the people of Niue, Tokelau and Cook… Read more Audio
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Sexual harassment policies offered for free online
8:30 AM.A law resources company in New Plymouth is making its sexual harassment policies free to download so companies have no excuse not to provide them for their employees. It comes in the wake of a raft of… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 16 March 2018
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Coromandel mangroves battle continues at Parliament
8:40 AM.A move on the Coromandel that could make it easier to destroy mangroves is dividing the community. A bill, now before Parliament would over-ride the Resource Management Act and take the power to grant… Read more Audio
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Baby's fractures typical of 'non-accidental' injuries - police
8:42 AM.Police in Auckland have launched an investigation after a baby girl was admitted to hospital with multiple fractures to her skull, ribs, arms and legs. The four-month-old is recovering. RNZ reporter… Read more Audio
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Toi Art opens at Te Papa: 'A game-changer'
8:44 AM.Te Papa's new art gallery Toi Art is being officially opened today and opens to the public tomorrow. The new art gallery will display works from the likes of Goldie, Lindauer, Ralph Hotere, Rita Angus… Read more Audio
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Womad 2018 hits New Plymouth
8:50 AM.The Womad festival is on at the Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth this weekend, with countries represented this year including Canada, Chile, Iraq, Israel and Mauritania. RNZ's Music 101 presenter… Read more Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio