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Morning Report for Monday 28 May 2018
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Top Stories for Monday 28 May 2018
6:00 AM.Nurses strikes to go ahead: 'We need 11 percent right now', M bovis: D-day for dairy, beef farmers as cull call looms, International Cricket 'defensive' over match-fixing claims, NCEA Level 1 exams 'a… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 28 May 2018
6:06 AM.Redemption finally arrived for Daniel Ricciardo as the Red Bull driver overcame a mid-race power loss to win the Monaco Grand Prix, two years after being cruelly denied victory in Formula One's crown… Read more Audio
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England, Australia, India cricket rocked by match-fixing claims
6:12 AM.The International Cricket Council is investigating claims England, Australia and India engaged in match fixing during tests over the past two years. An Al Jazeera documentary suggests a small number… Read more Audio
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Asia - the great unknown for New Zealanders
6:14 AM.If you were asked which Asian country has the largest population of Muslims - would you be able to answer correctly? The latest study from the Asia New Zealand Foundation found only one in six scored… Read more Audio
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Indy 500: A hot day in Indianapolis
6:16 AM.Thirty-three drivers, 200 laps, 500 miles. One bottle of cold milk. It's the Indy 500 and New Zealander Scott Dixon is currently in eighth position. It's now lap 134. Motorsport journalist Jonathan… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 28 May 2018
6:20 AM.An early taste of the business news and movements in the financial markets. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 28 May 2018
6:22 AM.Farmers will learn today at 4pm whether the Government wants to try to eradicate the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis or try to learn to live with it under managed, or contained conditions. Audio
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M bovis: Eradication or containment call to be announced
6:40 AM.It's decision time for the government on the cattle disease Mycoplasma Bovis later on Monday, when it will reveal whether it will try to eradicate or contain. The disease was discovered in July last… Read more Audio
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To strike or not? Nurses to announce pay dispute decision
6:43 AM.The nurses organisation will today reveal whether its members have voted in favour of nationwide strikes over pay and staffing concerns. That announcement will be made later this morning and if… Read more Audio
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Auckland councillors 'have grounds' to see Goff's report
6:45 AM.A public law specialist says Auckland councillors may have good grounds to demand full access to a report on a downtown stadium. The mayor Phil Goff ordered the report last year via a council agency… Read more Audio
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Business News for 28 May 2018
6:49 AM.Oil and gas exploration phasing out sends wrong investment signals. The struggle to get new listings on the stock exchange. The sense of crypto-currencies. Financial markets and the week's business… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 28 May 2018
7:06 AM.New Zealand's Scott Dixon remains in the top ten at the Indianpolis 500. Audio
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Nurses strikes to go ahead: 'We need 11 percent right now'
7:10 AM.Public hospital nurses and midwives have voted to strike for two days in July. The Nurses' Organisation spokesperson Cee Payne says the current pay offer is inadequate and industrial action will go… Read more Audio
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M bovis: D-day for dairy, beef farmers as cull call looms
7:18 AM.Dairy and beef farmers find out today whether the Government will try to eradicate the cattle-disease Mycoplasma Bovis, or instead go for containment. Audio
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International Cricket 'defensive' over match-fixing claims
7:23 AM.Australian, English and Indian cricket's ethics are under scrutiny by the International Cricket Council after an investigation by Al Jazeera found evidence of match fixing. The 18-month investigation… Read more Audio
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NCEA Level 1 exams 'a form of crowd control'
7:28 AM.A ministerial advisory group has suggested dropping exams for level 1 of the NCEA and halving the number of credits needed to get the qualification. It also wants to raise the standard of literacy and… Read more Audio
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National made 'strong' response to M bovis - Simon Bridges
7:35 AM.Farmers across New Zealand willl find out the fate of cattle infected with Mycoplasma Bovis today. The government is expected to make an announcement this afternoon on whether to eradicate the disease… Read more Audio
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Ex-CIA analyst admits Trump irony in China influence warning
7:42 AM.A former CIA analyst has told a congressional committee thought should be given to removing New Zealand from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance because of what he says are Labour Party's links to the… Read more Audio
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Is New Zealand racist?
7:49 AM.A high profile diplomat experienced what she describes as racial profiling in her local supermarket and there are still concerns about African youth being targeted by police in this country. Audio
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Auckland stadium report controversy takes new turn
7:55 AM.There's a new turn in the controversay around Auckland's downtown stadium report with a public law specialist saying councillors should not be restricted in their access to it. Two have complained to… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 28 May 2018
8:06 AM.The New Zealand driver Scott Dixon has finished third at the Indianapolis 500. Audio
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Farmers nervously await M bovis decision
8:10 AM.Monday is a dramatic day for farmers as the government announces what it plans to do about the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis. Some argue the outbreak can be contained without a mass killing of… Read more Audio
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Ireland to repeal 35-year-old ban on abortions
8:20 AM.Ireland's Parliament will begin the process to repeal a 35-year-old ban on abortions. Two-thirds of the country voted to legalise abortions in a break away from the country's ingrained Catholic… Read more Audio
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NZ should follow Ireland on abortion laws - Terry Bellamak
8:23 AM.The president of the Abortion Law Reform Association Terry Bellamak says if Ireland can change its abortion laws so can New Zealand. She tells Susie Ferguson there are "onerous" technicalities in the… Read more Audio
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Labour responds to accusations of Chinese influence
8:36 AM.A former CIA analyst has accused the Labour Party of having links to China's Communist Party. Peter Mattis says there's sufficient information that there's a real risk of Chinese influence in New… Read more Audio
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Toxic foam: Discrepancy in Defence Force reports
8:40 AM.Documents appear to show a discrepancy between what the Defence Force told the public about firefighting foam contaminiation, and what internal reports said. The Defence Force has said the foam it is… Read more Audio
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Northland hotel scraps pokies after baby abandoned
8:43 AM.A hotel in Northland is packing away their pokie machines after a woman left her baby outside while she played the machines. The Rawene Masonic Hotel let punters know on its Facebook page they would… Read more Audio
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Why did a dozen sperm whales wash up in South Taranaki?
8:49 AM.Why a dozen sperm whales washed up ashore a South Taranaki beach still remains a mystery to the Department of Conservation and local iwi. Eight of the mammals were found on Kaupokonui Beach last… Read more Audio
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Algal bloom closes 122 mussel farms in Marlborough Sounds
8:54 AM.More than 100 mussel farms are closed in the Marlborough Sounds after a toxic algae ripped through the region earlier this month - the biggest shutdown the industry has experienced in over a decade… Read more Audio
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Scott Dixon places third at Indy 500
8:57 AM.New Zealand driver Scott Dixon has come in third at the 2018 Indy 500 race. He was 4.5 seconds behind the race's winner, Will Power from Australia. Our correspondent at the race is John Schwarb. He… Read more Audio