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Morning Report for Monday 23 April 2018
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Top Stories for Monday 23 April 2018
6:00 AM.Winston Peters pushes for a Commonwealth trade deal with Britain once it quits the EU, North Korea's leader says he no longer needs to carry out nuclear weapons tests, business owners in Golden Bay… Read more Audio
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Commonwealth free trade deal 'not going to happen' - McClay
6:09 AM.The idea of a Commonwealth-wide free trade deal has been floated during discussions between the 53 member nations at their biennial talks in London this weekend. Foreign Minister Winston Peters is… Read more Audio
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Relief fund application too complicated - businesses
6:12 AM.Businesses in Golden Bay applying for money from a mayoral relief fund have found it hard-going. The Tasman District Council has used a $100,000 government grant as the basis of the fund, aimed at… Read more Audio
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Funds raised for Tonga rebuilds after cyclone Gita
6:14 AM.A fundraising campaign is underway to help families in Tonga rebuild their homes wrecked by Cyclone Gita. More than two-thousand homes were damaged and hundreds more were completely destroyed when the… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 23 April 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 23 April 2018
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Commonwealth trade deal has potential - Ardern
6:37 AM.The Prime Minister says there is real potential in a Commonwealth-wide free trade deal, particularly for smaller nations which have a lot to lose from protectionism. Jacinda Ardern is on her way back… Read more Audio
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Rescue helicopter cuts: Mayors take concerns to Health Minister
6:41 AM.The Health Minister David Clark will today meet with mayors from Taupo, Rotorua and Ruapehu District to discuss their concerns about the possible withdrawal of rescue helicopter services from the… Read more Audio
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NZ on track toward highest road toll since 2010
6:43 AM.The police say it is incredibly frustrating that no matter how hard they work people keep dying on the roads. This year's road toll is on track to surpass last year's - which was the highest since… Read more Audio
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Business News for 23 April 2018
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Peters talks up Commonwealth free trade idea
7:09 AM.The Foreign Affairs Minister is talking up the prospect of a free trade agreement between all 53 Commonwealth nations after discussions in London over the weekend. Winston Peters was in London with… Read more Audio
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Commonwealth trade agreement not realistic - David Henig
7:13 AM.While Winston Peters talks up the prospects of a free trade deal with all Commonwealth countries, a trade expert has thrown cold water all over it. David Henig worked on the EU-US trade agreement and… Read more Audio
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Trump hails 'possible progress' on North Korea's nukes
7:19 AM.North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys he is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on abandoning his nation's nuclear weapons. North Korea says it will suspend… Read more Audio
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Takaka relief fund 'too complicated' - businesses
7:24 AM.Some storm affected business owners in Golden Bay say applying to a special relief fund is so complicated they're tossing the paperwork in the bin. One has even hired an accountant to help fill out… Read more Audio
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Rescue helicopter cuts: Mayors urge Clark to reconsider
7:27 AM.The mayors of Taupo, Rotorua and Ruapehu District will today meet with the Health Minister David Clark over the possible loss of rescue helicopter services in the region. Under a proposed re-design of… Read more Audio
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Peters' N Korea free trade suggestion 'insane' - Paula Bennett
7:37 AM.National seems less than enthused about the possibility of a 53-nation Commonwealth free trade agreement coming together anytime soon. Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters talked up the idea in… Read more Audio
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Nurses to vote on strike action - Cee Payne
7:43 AM.Nurses will begin voting from today about whether they back strike action to resolve the pay impasse with their district health board employers. An independent panel met for the first time last week… Read more Audio
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Motor industry flat out as airbag recall drives up business
7:50 AM.Owners of cars fitted with potentially lethal Takata airbags face wait-times of up to ten days to get them replaced following the compulsory recall just two weeks ago. The Alpha-type airbags, thought… Read more Audio
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Explosion in rodent numbers after long summer
7:54 AM.An unusually long, dry summer has caused an explosion in rat and mice numbers, creating extra work for groups working towards a predator-free New Zealand. Pest controllers say they're gearing up for… Read more Audio
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A snake, a bear, a shark - man meets wildlife the hard way
7:58 AM.It's said that good things come in threes, and that can be the case with bad things too. Twenty-year-old Dylan McWilliams from Colorado loves the outdoors, but the world of nature hasn't been… Read more Audio
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Commonwealth free trade idea may have exciting outcomes - Finny
8:10 AM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Foreign Minister Winston Peters have been talking up the possibility of a Commonwealth trade agreement. The pair are arriving back in the country after a… Read more Audio
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Iwi warned Treaty settlements not an immediate fix
8:22 AM.Māori are being warned that treaty settlements will not solve their problems straight away. Of the $2.2 billion in settlements between the Crown and iwi, more than half have been under $20 million. As… Read more Audio
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New gonorrhoea superbug reaches Australia
8:26 AM.An infectious diseases expert says a new gonorrhoea superbug that's reached Australia will eventually hit New Zealand too. Australian health experts say two men there have been diagnosed with… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 23 April 2018
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Commonwealth Heads meeting likely Queen's last
8:43 AM.The weekend's Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in London is likely to be the last time the meeting will be hosted by the head of the Commonwealth, the Queen. Elizabeth II celebrated her 92nd… Read more Audio
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Charges against Fiji magazine were 'intimidation' - director
8:50 AM.In a win for freedom of the press in Fiji, the public prosecutor has decided a news magazine has no case to answer following its story on a magistrate losing his job. The managing director of the… Read more Audio
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E-bike sales booming in NZ
8:54 AM.The number of New Zealanders using electric bicycles is on the rise with bike shops across the country reporting sales of one or two a day. This is backed up by Statistics New Zealand figures showing… Read more Audio