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Morning Report for Friday 17 August 2018
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Top Stories for Friday 17 August 2018
6:00 AM.Aretha Franklin's remarkable legacy - Jeff Slate; Crown-Maori relations minister role remains undefined; Jailed man 'struggling' after Australia deportation; Govt cracks down on departments'… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 17 August 2018
6:06 AM.The All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has identified several areas where his side must apply pressure to beat a Wallabies unit he reckons has improved greatly. Audio
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Early Business News for 17 August 2018
6:21 AM.An early look at the day's business news and a catch up on overnight financial market action. Audio
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Tributes flow for Aretha Franklin
6:41 AM.The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has died at the age of 76. Her hits included 'Respect', 'I Say A Little Prayer' and 'You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman'. She had been suffering from pancreatic… Read more Audio
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Some building contract clauses 'scary' - industry
6:46 AM.Government ministries and agencies are being ordered to stop adopting tactics that force builders into risky contracts. Contractors say they've been exposed to agencies trying to build on the cheap or… Read more Audio
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Business News for 17 August 2018
6:50 AM.Precinct Properties confident its new waterfront hotel won't suffer from construction sector woes. Xero close to break even. Skellerup looks abroad. Westpac reissues credit cards after hack. Market… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 17 August 2018
7:06 AM.Amid speculation that Beauden Barrett's place in the All Blacks side could be under threat, the first-five has found an ally in his Wallabies counterpart Bernard Foley. Audio
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Aretha Franklin's remarkable legacy - Jeff Slate
7:15 AM.Aretha Franklin, whose gospel-rooted singing earned her the title "the Queen of Soul," has died at the age of 76. She died this morning of advanced pancreatic cancer at her home in Detroit, surrounded… Read more Audio
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Crown-Māori Relations Minister role remains undefined
7:22 AM.Ten months after the government named Kelvin Davis the Crown-Māori Relations Minister, it's still unclear what his job is. The government is heading to Ngāruawahia this weekend to attend celebrations… Read more Audio
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Jailed man 'struggling' after Australia deportation
7:25 AM.A man who was jailed for 9 years for supplying methamphetamine shortly after being deported from Australia told authorities he was struggling without friends and family and needed the money to bring… Read more Audio
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Omarosa's Trump tapes: 'Her silence has not been bought'
7:35 AM.A tape has been made public of former White House aide and Apprentice star Omarosa Manigault Newman being offered a job by the Trump re-election campaign in exchange for her silence has been released… Read more Audio
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Govt cracks down on departments' construction contracts
7:42 AM.All government departments are being ordered to stop using tactics that force building companies into risky low priced contracts. They're some of the construction industry's biggest clients and have… Read more Audio
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Govt must put money where mouth is - builders
7:44 AM.The construction industry says the government better put its money where its mouth is regarding unfair contract negotiations. The government announced it's cracking down on its ministries and agencies… Read more Audio
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Nick Smith questions NZ First departure contract
7:50 AM.New Zealand First MPs have signed a contract that will require them to pay a $300,000 fine if they are expelled or resign from the caucus but stay on in Parliament. National Party MP Nick Smith has… Read more Audio
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Black Ferns, All Blacks in historic double-header
7:57 AM.The Black Ferns continue to break new ground for women's rugby - tomorrow night they take on Australia in Sydney as part of two historic double headers with the All Blacks and Wallabies, who kick off… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 17 August 2018
8:06 AM.Hockey New Zealand's has confirmed they'll take a closer look at an allegation concerning the Black Sticks women's environment under coach Mark Hagar as part of a wide-ranging review. Audio
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Police staff system has 'dubious legal aspects' - lawyer
8:11 AM.An employment lawyer is criticising the use of a controversial management tool used for scoring staff sick leave. Police emergency dispatchers have complained they're too scared to take time off when… Read more Audio
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Govt needs to intervene in aged care - patient's son
8:17 AM.Just seven months after a Cambridge rest home was ordered to refund $10,000 for its poor care of a 92-year-old woman a new audit has revealed it's still not fixed the problems. Robert Love, who took… Read more Audio
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Antibiotic use in NZ three times higher than Norway
8:21 AM.A large number of antibiotics prescribed in New Zealand are of no benefit according to University of Auckland research. The report's lead author Dr Mark Thomas talks to Guyon Espiner. Read more Audio
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Thousands of lightning strikes off NZ coast - MetService
8:25 AM.There's been an incredible weather display off the west coast of the North Island, with thousands of lightning strikes illuminating the dawn. MetService says the thunderstorms were concentrated on the… Read more Audio
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Aretha Franklin's church choir 'like a Canterbury nor'wester'
8:28 AM.As tributes to Aretha Franklin flow in, a Christchurch man has memories of listening to her sing when he was a boy in Detroit. Randall Allardyce would sit outside her New Bethel Baptist Church and… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 17 August 2018
8:34 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Whitebait sales ban would force a black market - fishers
8:40 AM.The West Coast Whitebaiters Association says a commercial ban on the delicacy would create a black market. But other recreational whitebaiters say it's greed that's spoiling the fishery. Kate Gudsell… Read more Audio
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Courts consider new processes for offenders with disabilities
8:44 AM.The District Court is weighing up how young offenders with brain damage and disabilities can better access to justice. Many suffer from conditions like foetal alcohol syndrome, autism or brain… Read more Audio
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Wellington's 18 bus to be reinstated
8:47 AM.The number 18 bus service that runs between Miramar and Victoria University of Wellington via the city hospital has been reinstated, with a catch. On Thursday the Greater Wellington Regional Council… Read more Audio
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Te Atiawa, Ngāti Toa block funding to NZ's oldest Māori radio station
8:50 AM.Wellington iwi are blocking the oldest Maori radio station from getting funding, and the station is on the brink of closure. Documents leaked to RNZ show Te Atiawa and Ngati Toa are pushing for… Read more Audio
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Foetal alcohol-damaged children 'smashing windows, hitting people'
8:54 AM.Experts who help families with children damaged by alcohol before they are born want explicit, hard hitting warnings about the danger of drinking while pregnant. Neuropsychologist, Valerie McGinn, who… Read more Video, Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio