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Morning Report for Tuesday 8 May 2018
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Top Stories for Tuesday 8 May 2018
6:00 AM.We speak to Mark Gosche the new chair of the embattled Counties-Manukau District Health Board about the extensive problems at Middlemore Hospital. The big banks just keeping money, profits are up more… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 8 May 2018
6:06 AM.The man leading a review of the Silver Ferns failed Commonwealth Games campaign says they will talk to a wide range of people during the process. Auckland lawyer and former Netball New Zealand chair… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 8 May 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 8 May 2018
6:22 AM.A shortage of seasonal workers declared for the Bay of Plenty kiwifruit industry.
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Primary teacher pay talks begin
6:40 AM.Primary teachers' pay talks kick off today with their union, the Educational Institute, seeking a 16 percent pay rise. The institute says a big increase is needed to attract more people into the… Read more Audio
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Asthma less likely if children are out in nature - study
6:42 AM.Children who spend more time in nature while they're growing up are less likley to develop asthma, according to a new study from Massey University. The study followed nearly 50,000 children over 18… Read more Audio
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Govt not trusted with New Zealanders' personal data
6:45 AM.The government admits many people don't trust it to safeguard their personal data. Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni says the previous government's ill-fated attempt to demand personal… Read more Audio
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Business News for 8 May 2018
6:49 AM.Westpac NZ's chief executive talks profits and banking behaviour. Briscoe Group too successful for its own good. And the latest from money markets. Audio
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Sports News for 8 May 2018
7:06 AM.The Central Pulse have avenged last year's grand final defeat to the Southern Steel by ending their rival's 17-match winning streak in the NZ netball Premierhsip. The Pulse won 62-51 in the grand… Read more Audio
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Middlemore's Galbraith building assured safe - Gosche
7:10 AM.The new chair of the embattled Counties-Manukau District Health Board has had an extensive first-hand look at the scale of the problems at the crumbling Middlemore Hospital. Many of the hospital… Read more Audio
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What's behind our banks' huge half-year profits?
7:18 AM.The country's four big Australian-owned banks have made handsome half year profits, raking in a combined $2.5 billion. That's 11 percent more than the same period a year ago. The country's largest… Read more Audio
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What will it take for iwi, Crown deal on water rights?
7:23 AM.Environment Minister David Parker says plans to reduce water pollution need to go hand in hand with settling Maori freshwater claims. It's been a vexed issue. The last government dodged it by simply… Read more Audio
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Iwi water rights, farm pollution separate issues - Ardern
7:27 AM.The government plans to set new limits on how much pollution farmers can put in waterways - an announcement that will have huge ramifications for the agriculture sector. This follows other surprise… Read more Audio
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Church abuse victims resigned to inquiry exclusion
7:38 AM.Church abuse victims are resigned to being excluded from the upcoming Royal Commission of inquiry, saying its mind was made up from the start. They say the suggestion from the commission's chair Sir… Read more Audio
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Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts, destroys dozens of homes
7:42 AM.The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii has now destroyed 35 homes and buildings. At least 1,700 residents have fled their homes. Ben Gutierrez from Hawaii News joins us with the latest details. Audio
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Packed arena hears Hillary Clinton reflect on politics
7:45 AM.Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has hailed New Zealand as a vital, multicultural democracy and an example to the rest of the world. Close to 3000 people packed into Auckland's Spark Arena… Read more Audio
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Willie Jackson responds to Kiwifruit labour shortage
7:49 AM.A labour shortage has led to a rule change so overseas visitors can work as kiwifruit pickers in the Bay of Plenty over the next few weeks. And yet there are 10,000 people who are unemployed in the… Read more Audio
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'Not a great joker' - Russia's ex-UK ambassador on Putin
7:50 AM.Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for a fourth term in office at a ceremony at the Kremlin. Addressing the nation Mr Putin says improving the lives of ordinary Russians would be the focus of his next… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 8 May 2018
8:06 AM.The Central Pulse captain Katrina Grant is leaving the woes of the Commonwealth Games behind her after her side made an early statement in the NZ netball Premiership ending the Southern Steel's… Read more Audio
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Dairy can continue, water quality will improve - farmers
8:10 AM.Farmers say they can continue dairy farming and improve the water quality of our rivers at the same time. The government is looking at restricting the amount of nutrients making its way into… Read more Audio
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Will dairy farming survive water pollution rules?
8:14 AM.Farmers say they can continue dairy farming and improve the water quality of New Zealand's rivers at the same time. The government is looking at restricting the amount of nutrients making its way into… Read more Audio
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Nanaia Mahuta discusses iwi water rights, pollution reduction
8:20 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says settling Māori claims to freshwater will not necessarily go hand in hand with moves to reduce pollution in New Zealand's lakes and rivers. However work is underway… Read more Audio
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Teachers start talks for 16% pay rise
8:26 AM.The first shots in what teachers were told last year would be the industrial battle of their lives will be fired today with the start of primary teachers' pay talks. The union is seeking a 16 percent… Read more Audio
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'We're trying to catch workers' - Kiwifruit boss Stuart Weston
8:36 AM.A seasonal labour shortage has been declared in the Bay of Plenty for the first time in more than a decade. The region needs an extra 1200 workers to pick and pack a bumper kiwifruit crop over the… Read more Audio
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Kilauea eruption 'as long as Rotorua to Ruapehu'
8:45 AM.Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has destroyed 35 homes and caused the evacuation of 1700 people. Professor Bruce Houghton is a Professor of Volcanology at the University of Hawaii. He says it's a very long… Read more Audio
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WORLD takes credibility hit after 'Made in NZ' label saga
8:50 AM.The fashion label WORLD prides itself on ethical manufacturing and locally made clothes. But a marketing expert says its credibility has taken a hit after it attached "Made in New Zealand" price tags… Read more Audio
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Repatriated NZ servicemen welcomed home
8:54 AM.The remains of the first servicemen repatriated to New Zealand after a change of government policy last year have returned home. George Beban and Ralph Scott both died in Fiji while serving in the… Read more Audio
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Surge in great white sharks reported in Houhora
8:57 AM.People in the far north town of Houhora have reported a surge in great white shark numbers in their harbour. Charter boat skipper Rob Parker says there've always been great whites in the area but this… Read more Audio