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Morning Report for Thursday 27 September 2018
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Top Stories for Thursday 27 September 2018
6:00 AM.Donald Trump accuses China of interfering in America's midterm elections, Victoria University students say the university must do better on mental health, and Primary school teachers could be heading… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 27 September 2018
6:06 AM.Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has become the first Warrior to win the Dally M medal as the Kiwi fullback finished on top of the season-long best player standings in the NRL. Audio
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Primary teachers reject pay offer after August strike
6:09 AM.Just a month after holding their first strike in 24 years, primary teachers and principals are preparing to vote on more industrial action. They've rejected the Education Ministry's latest pay offer… Read more Audio
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Bishop claims Peters reassured Haumaha during inquiry
6:12 AM.Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters is rejecting an Opposition claim that he rang and reassured the deputy police commissioner Wally Haumaha after the government launched an inquiry into his… Read more Audio
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Pay deal to reduce social worker burn-out - Oranga Tamariki
6:15 AM.A supervisor at Oranga Tamariki says the agency struggled to keep social workers who burned out in the past, but the new $114 million pay equity settlement will change that. The settlement was reached… Read more Audio
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Landlord leaving rental in 'third world' condition - tenants
6:17 AM.Tenants of a group of flats in Whanganui say they're living in Third World conditions because their landlord refuses to do basic maintenance. Our reporter Robin Martin visited the flats and says signs… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 27 September 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Trump accuses China of mid-term election 'meddling'
6:40 AM.Donald Trump has accused China of interfering in the upcoming United States mid-term elections with the aim of damaging him politically. The US president made the accusation while he was chairing a… Read more Audio
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Depressed Victoria student waited months for counselling
6:45 AM.Students at Victoria University say it can take months to get help from campus mental health services. RNZ has been reporting on the case of student Dani Saundry, who was asked to leave the Cumberland… Read more Audio
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Hoki quota cut to cost millions - fishing industry
6:47 AM.The fishing industry says its decision to reduce its West Coast hoki quota by 20,000 tonnes will cost it millions of dollars. Fishing companies are choosing to reduce the catch of hoki in the West… Read more Audio
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Business News for 27 September 2018
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 27 September 2018
7:06 AM.Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has become the first Warrior to win the Dally M medal as the Kiwi fullback heralded a new generation of talent in the NRL. Audio
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China trying to 'meddle' in mid-term elections, Trump claims
7:10 AM.Donald Trump has accused China of interfering in the upcoming United States mid-term elections with the aim of damaging him politically. The US president made the accusation while he was chairing a… Read more Audio
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Jacinda Ardern talks trade, climate change in New York
7:16 AM.The Prime Minister has been talking trade and climate change in New York overnight. On the sidelines of her trip to the United Nations leaders week Jacinda Ardern met with her Canadian and Chilean… Read more Audio
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Victoria University must do better on mental health - students
7:20 AM.Victoria University students say it takes months to get help from mental health services on campus and the university has got to start doing a do much better job. There has been an outcry since RNZ… Read more Audio
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Mental health conversation must be more open - VUWSA
7:22 AM.Victoria University students say it takes months to get help from mental health services on campus and the university has got to start doing a do much better job. Marlon Drake, Victoria University… Read more Audio
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More strikes likely as primary teachers reject pay offer
7:27 AM.Primary school teachers and principals could be heading for another strike after rejecting the ministry's pay offer. The Educational Institute says its members resoundingly refused the offer of a 9.3… Read more Audio
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Lawyer blasts Oranga Tamariki for putting child up in motel
7:35 AM.Oranga Tamariki is being criticised for placing a 12-year-old in a motel. The boy was found wandering the streets of Hastings with a stolen bike and a knife when he was supposed to be under the… Read more Audio
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New airline to compete with Air NZ on Whangarei flights
7:38 AM.A small Auckland airline is about to take on Air New Zealand on the Auckland to Whangarei run. Fly My Sky currently operates between Auckland and Great Barrier Island. But it says there's a gap in the… Read more Audio
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Landlord ignores 'third world' problems at rental - tenants
7:42 AM.A landlord under fire for the condition of a Whanganui boarding house is now in the spotlight over the state of a group of rental properties in the city. Some residents at the Pink Flats on Bedford… Read more Audio
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Ball bearings found in Kāpiti ice cream, family says
7:46 AM.An Auckland woman says she'll never buy Fonterra products again after finding eleven steel ball bearings in a tub of luxury ice cream. Ann Brown was shocked to discover the 9mm balls in a bowl of… Read more Audio
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Third woman alleges sexual assault by Kavanaugh
7:51 AM.A third woman has come forward with allegations of sexual assault by US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. In a sworn affidavit, Julie Swetnick alleges Judge Kavanaugh was involved in the drugging… Read more Audio
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Roger Tuivasa Sheck named NRL's player of season
7:56 AM.The Warriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has become the first Warrior to be named the NRL's player of the season. He received the award at a gala event in Sydney last night where fellow Kiwis… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 27 September 2018
8:06 AM.Warriors captain Roger Tuivasa-Sheck has taken out the Dally M Medal, before an impromptu haka performed in his honour stole the show at the NRL gala event in Sydney last night. Audio
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Report detailing Whaitiri shoving claim leaked
8:10 AM.More information has come out about what happened between former Minister Meka Whaitiri and her press secretary. Ms Whaitiri was stripped of her ministerial responsibilities after a ministerial… Read more Audio
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West Coast hoki fishery 'collapsed' - Russel Norman
8:15 AM.The fishing industry will reduce its West Coast hoki catch by 20,000 tonnes in response to low catch rates. Industry leaders say they're taking the step - a 20 percent reduction - in the best… Read more Video, Audio
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Victoria Uni rejects long wait claims for mental health help
8:22 AM.Victoria University is rejecting criticisms it is not giving students with mental health problems the help they need. Students say it takes months to get help from mental health services on campus and… Read more Audio
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Rally supports Gisborne councillor who spoke out against racism
8:28 AM.A rally's about to get under way in Gisborne to protest against how the city council dealt with a complaint of racism levelled by one councillor against another. Meredith Akuhata-Brown says she heard… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 27 September 2018
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Thief of human toe avoids conviction
8:40 AM.A man who stole two toes from a human body display in Auckland has hot-footed it from the Wellington District Court a free man after the judge criticised the serious nature of the charges he had been… Read more Audio
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Redundancies not ruled out as Stuff-NZME merger rejected
8:45 AM.Media company Stuff's chief executive Sinead Boucher says she can't rule out redundancies after the proposed merger with NZME was rejected. But she says she's looking to the company's new businesses -… Read more Audio
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ABC at centre of political storm
8:55 AM.There is chaos at the top level of Australia's public broadcaster the ABC after leaked emails revealed its chairman tried to get a senior journalist sacked because the government didn't like what she… Read more Audio