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Morning Report for Monday 4 February 2019
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Top Stories for Monday 4 February 2019
6:00 AM.A man is in custody after an 11-hour standoff with armed police in New Plymouth, Ngāpuhi prepare to welcome the Crown to Waitangi, and the Ross River Dam's spillway has been opened releasing thousands… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 4 February 2019
6:06 AM.New Zealand have done the double at the Sydney leg of the World Series, with the women's and men's team prevailing in their respective finals. Audio
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Tūhoronuku not way for Ngāpuhi settlement - Little
6:09 AM.The Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little says he'll be treading gingerly at Waitangi this year as he re-opens a conversation with Ngāpuhi. The country's biggest iwi rejected a revised mandate… Read more Audio
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Waka builder Hekenukumai Puhipi Busby knighted
6:12 AM.Hekenukumaingaiwi Puhipi Busby, or 'Hek' who grew up milking cows by hand on his family's farm at Pukepoto in the north, and trained as a bridge builder, is being knighted for his role in revitalising… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 4 February 2019
6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news and how global markets ended last week. Audio
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New Plymouth man arrested after 11-hour police standoff
6:40 AM.A person is in custody after an 11-hour stand-off with armed police in New Plymouth. The police responded to a family harm call-out in the suburb of Spotswood at just after 10am on Sunday Streets were… Read more Audio
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National puzzled by govt money for Northland local roads
6:42 AM.The Opposition can't understand why the government is throwing cash at local roads in Northland while refusing to build the national highways Kiwis need to get to get there. To get to Kaipara the… Read more Audio
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Business News for 4 February 2019
6:49 AM.Westpac to refund $5.7m to customers overcharged when their accounts changed. Will unemployment stay at a decade low in figures due out this week. Getting investment capital to small cash starved… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 4 February 2019
7:06 AM.The New Zealand women's sevens player Niall Williams says it's a special feeling to finally win the one world series title that's evaded them. Audio
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New Plymouth standoff: Man arrested after 11 hours
7:10 AM.One person is in custody after an 11 hour standoff with armed police at a house in New Plymouth. Police responded to a family harm call-out in the suburb of Spotswood just after 10am on Sunday… Read more Audio
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Ngāpuhi prepares for Waitangi after gruelling year
7:17 AM.Ngāpuhi people are preparing to welcome the Crown to Waitangi this week despite a gruelling year for its hundred-plus hapū. The government's efforts to steer the iwi towards a Treaty settlement failed… Read more Audio
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Banks have failed Māori landowners, govt says
7:21 AM.Banks have failed Māori landowners and it's time something was done about it. That was the message from the government when it announced the Provincial Growth Fund will spend $100 million on helping… Read more Audio
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Townsville flooding: Thousands evacuated as dam opens
7:27 AM.The Ross River Dam's spillway has been opened in Townsville, releasing thousands of cubic metres of water into the town. Thousands of residents have evacuated to higher ground. Local officials have… Read more Audio
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Govt 'throwing money' for Māori land-ownership - Bridges
7:36 AM.National says the government should be wary of its Provincial Growth Fund being "the banker of last resort for Māori land owners". The government announced on Sunday that it would provide access to… Read more Audio
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Reuben Taipari discusses Don Brash Waitangi invitation
7:45 AM.The Ngapuhi member who invited Don Brash to speak at Waitangi says they want to hear his views. Dr Brash - a former National Party leader who now fronts Hobson's Pledge, a group lobbying against… Read more Audio
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Russia threatens to make hypersonic missile
7:50 AM.Russia has threatened to make a new mid range hypersonic missile in response to the US pulling out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The US which has long accused Russia of violating… Read more Audio
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No signs baby's arm broken before hospital - doctor
7:55 AM.A doctor has revealed he could see no sign a one-month-old baby's arm was broken before he was admitted to Middlemore Hospital. The mother claims Middlemore Hospital staff fractured the baby's right… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 4 February 2019
8:06 AM.The New Zealand men's sevens coach Clarke Laidlaw says his side produced near flawless performances in the semi-finals and finals as the stormed to victory at the Sydney leg of the World Series. Audio
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Don Brash at Waitangi: 'I'm going to listen'
8:11 AM.Former National Party leader Don Brash admits he's nervous to speak at Waitangi for the first time since mud was slung in his face 15 years ago. Dr Brash, who fronts the group Hobson's Pledge which… Read more Audio
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Grenfell cladding fire research shows alarming results
8:19 AM.The first in-depth study of building products that burned in the fatal Grenfell Tower fire has produced alarming results. Seventy-two people died in the London apartment block fire in mid 2017. Now… Read more Audio
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Ukrainian family overwhelmed by petition support
8:24 AM.A mother facing deportation is overwhelmed that almost 10,000 people have signed a petition calling for her and her family to be able to stay in New Zealand. The Shchetkovas, who own popular… Read more Audio
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Ralph Northam blackface photo: 'It's all over for him'
8:28 AM.Over in the United States, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is refusing to resign after a photo resurfaced from his 1984 yearbook. The photo shows two people one dressed up with a blackface, the other… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 4 February 2019
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Townsville flooding emergency after record rainfall
8:40 AM.Emergency services in Townsville received close to 700 hundred calls for assistance last night. A new seven-day rainfall record has been set in the city from monsoonal rain, and overnight the Ross… Read more Audio
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Police baffled as crypto-currency funds disappear
8:44 AM.Funds are continue to be drained from the New Zealand digital currency exchange Cryptopia more than two weeks after police started investigating. Various cryptocurrencies believed to be worth more… Read more Audio
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NZ's newest buildings withstand quakes more intense than Kaikōura
8:47 AM.Tests have revealed that New Zealand's latest building designs will stand up to earthquakes of a greater intensity than the ones that occurred in Christchurch and Kaikōura. Researchers from the… Read more Audio
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Carver Hekenukumai Puhipi Busby knighted at Waitangi
8:54 AM.World-renowned carver and celestial navigator Hekenukumai Puhipi Busby - or Uncle Hek as he is affectionately known to thousands of waka paddlers - will be knighted at Waitangi. He's being honoured in… Read more Audio
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Driving school helping refugees get behind the wheel
8:57 AM.An Auckland driving school is helping former refugees and migrants gain their independence, one licence at a time. The Puketapapa Community Driving School has been on the road for only a year and it's… Read more Video, Audio