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Morning Report for Tuesday 27 March 2018
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Top Stories for Tuesday 27 March 2018
6:00 AM.America's Cup: Last-minute deal secures Auckland venue, America's Cup: Goff hails agreement on base, Nurses, employers meet in new bid to resolve pay dispute, National says NZ First apology for threat… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 27 March 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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America's Cup: $214m Auckland waterfront deal struck
6:42 AM.After months of uncertainty, a deal has been done to host the 2021 America's Cup on Auckland's waterfront. Last night, the government announced an agreement in principle with Auckland Council and Team… Read more Audio
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Pukenui washout: Police ready for forestry road convoy
6:45 AM.The Transport Agency is hoping to have a single lane open on State Highway 1 by the middle of this week after the big washout north of Kaitaia. The police will again be escorting traffic through the… Read more Audio
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Business News for 27 March 2018
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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America's Cup: Last-minute deal secures Auckland venue
7:10 AM.A last-minute deal has secured the America's Cup sailing regatta for Auckland. The deal's announcement came just hours before a deadline set by Team New Zealand which had been meeting potential… Read more Audio
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America's Cup: Goff confident in $100m cost
7:20 AM.After months of negotiations, a deal on the venue for the America's Cup in Auckland has been agreed on. Mayor Phil Goff has welcomed the decision, and says they've worked hard to keep costs down.
The… Read more Audio
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Nurses, employers meet in new bid to resolve pay dispute
7:21 AM.Nurses and their employers will meet today in a new bid to resolve a deep dispute and prevent strike action.Twenty seven thousand nurses and midwives employed by district health boards yesterday… Read more Audio
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National says NZ First apology for threat never happened
7:29 AM.New Zealand First is causing problems again for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern with MP Jenny Marcroft accused of threatening to use taxpayer cash to silence political criticism.
National's Rodney MP… Read more Audio
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'No undeclared Russian spies here' - Jacinda Ardern
7:30 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand does not have the kind of Russian diplomat that is being expelled by the US and its European allies, but says NZ would also kick them out of the country… Read more Video, Audio
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Grant Robertson discusses Reserve Bank changes
7:38 AM.The Reserve Bank now has a new set of riding instructions, and must think about maximising employment as well as keeping inflation low. On Monday Finance Minister Grant Robertson and the new governor… Read more Audio
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Protesters block entrances to oil, gas conference
7:39 AM.More than 200 protesters are gathering outside the annual oil and gas conference in Wellington on Tuesday morning. RNZ reporter Katie Scotcher is down there and tells Guyon Espiner they've blocked… Read more Audio
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Russian diplomats expelled from 18 countries
7:48 AM.Overnight at least 18 countries have said they will expell Russian diplomats in the wake of the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal. More than a 120 diplomats will be sent home, sixty alone… Read more Audio
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NZ cricket in the pink as Black Caps triumph over England
7:54 AM.It started with a record low score for the English tourists at Eden Park, continued with a record 18th test century for Kane Williamson and ended on Monday night in with a victory for New Zealand by… Read more Audio
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America's Cup: NZ may gain up to $1b - David Parker
8:10 AM.It's taken months of wrangling and the threat of the the event being moved to Italy but a deal has finally been struck for the America's Cup venue on Auckland's waterfront. Taxpayers will pay $114… Read more Audio
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Mycoplasma bovis: Cattle cull just the start - vet
8:16 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries has stepped up its efforts to control a cattle disease that started on one farm near Timaru in July 2017 and is now infecting 28. It has directed affected farmers… Read more Audio
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Mycoplasma bovis: No risk to public from beef - expert
8:22 AM.The Ministry of Primary Industries is stepping up its fight against Micoplasma bovis, which has infected cattle on 28 farms. About 20,000 cattle are to be culled.
Massey University's Veterinary… Read more Audio
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DHBs 'just can't afford to pay' - nurses union boss Cee Payne
8:27 AM.Nurses and their employers will meet today in a new bid to resolve a deep dispute and prevent strike action. They'll sit down together on Tuesday to explore whether to set up the independent panel… Read more Audio
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Joseph Parker: 'Do my best, take those belts back home'
8:40 AM.Kiwi boxing champion Joseph Parker is less than a week away from the biggest fight of his life. Parker is training at the gym of the British former heavyweight champion David Haye in London ahead of a… Read more Audio
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Louisa Wall urges action over Middlemore Hospital rot
8:43 AM.A South Auckland Labour MP is demanding answers over the rotting Middlemore Hospital plus immediate action to make sure dangerous fungal spores are not escaping. Louisa Wall says nothing about the… Read more Audio
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Chemical contamination found in Bulls water
8:44 AM.Toxic chemicals believed to have come from fire fighting foam has been found in the drinking water of the Rangitikei town of Bulls. They are at levels well under maximum safety guidelines but the fact… Read more Audio
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Far North forestry track too scary to use daily - principal
8:50 AM.For the second day , anyone wanting to travel to and from the top of the North Island has to drive a forest road around the washout on State Highway One under police escort. Yesterday we heard from… Read more Audio
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Pukenui washout: Locals drive dodgy road to get through
8:53 AM.For the second day, anyone wanting to travel to and from the top of the North Island has to drive a forest road around the washout on State Highway One under police escort. RNZ reporter Nita… Read more Audio
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Dunedin goes all out for pop superstar Ed Sheeran
8:55 AM.The world's biggest pop star, Ed Sheeran, will hit Dunedin this week bringing more than 110 thousand people to Forsyth Barr Stadium - almost the population of the city. Sheeran's three shows are… Read more Audio