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Morning Report for Thursday 7 February 2019
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Top Stories for Thursday 7 February 2019
6:00 AM.Bush fires are burning in Nelson, we talk to emergency services, the district mayor and our reporters on the scene, and Fishing industry heavy weights oppose cameras being installed on boats Audio
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Sports News for 7 February 2019
6:06 AM.Opener Tim Seifert's 43-ball 84 helped the New Zealand cricketers thump India by 80 runs in the first T20 double header to hand the tourists their heaviest ever defeat in the format. Audio
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Nelson fire: Evacuees wait to return to homes
6:09 AM.Fire crews have been working through the night to contain the huge bush fire near Nelson. One house has been destroyed and 235 properties have been evacuated. About 40 police officers from Wellington… Read more Audio
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Nelson fire a 'full-blown inferno' within an hour
6:13 AM.Merv Randall lives in Pidgeon Valley. He saw the fire start on Tuesday afternoon at about 1.30pm as a small plume of smoke - and then within an hour it had blown into a "full blown inferno". Despite… Read more Audio
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Waitangi a platform for people to bring kaupapa - Henare
6:16 AM.It was a fairly calm and controlled Waitangi Day at Te Tii Marae, but a Labour Maori MP is concerned that if things continue this way the national day of commemoration will become very bland. Peeni… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 7 February 2019
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Jacinda Ardern heads to Nelson after horror fire
6:39 AM.The Prime Minister flies into Nelson today to see first-hand the extent of the fire damage across the Tasman District. One house has been destroyed, 235 properties have been evacuated, and hundreds… Read more Audio
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Business News for 7 February 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 7 February 2019
7:06 AM.The Northern Districts wicketkeeper Tim Seifert says he produced the innings of his career to help the Black Caps cricketers to an 80 run win over India in the first T20 in Wellington. Audio
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Nelson fire 'bigger and bigger'
7:11 AM.One house has been destroyed and 182 properties have been evacuated as firefighters work round the clock to contain the huge bush fire near Nelson. It's burnt through nearly 2000 hectares and is being… Read more Audio
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Nelson fire: Houses just survive with blistered paint
7:14 AM.Fire Emergency New Zealand's incident controller John Sutton is in Nelson. He tells Guyon Espiner a lot of very valuable houses were nearly burnt down, but survived with blistered paint, after good… Read more Audio
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Nelson fire: Tim King describes devastation
7:18 AM.On Tuesday afternoon Tasman district deputy mayor Tim King thought his Eves Valley farm was going to escape the fire. But within an hour everything had changed. He describes the scene to Guyon… Read more Audio
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Nelson fire: More house losses possible - firefighters
7:24 AM.RNZ's Nelson-Tasman reporter Tracy Neal joins Susie Ferguson from the Richmond Emergency Coordination Centre in Nelson with the latest update on the fire Audio
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Fishing: 'Overwhelming opposition' to cameras on boats revealed
7:26 AM.A letter has emerged from heavy hitters in the fishing industry to the fisheries minister Stuart Nash outlining overwhelming opposition to putting cameras on board boats. Forest and Bird says it shows… Read more Audio
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Nelson fire: 'We're grateful it wasn't worse'
7:34 AM.The Prime Minister flys into Nelson on Thursday to see first-hand the extent of the fire damage across the Tasman District. One house has been destroyed, 182 properties have been evacuated, and… Read more Audio
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Nelson fire: 'We're always worried this time of year'
7:41 AM.A lack of water in Tasman has made it difficult for firefighters. Murray King is a dairy farmer and chair of Waimea Irrigators. He talks to Susie Ferguson. Audio
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Extreme weather could worsen, NZ-led climate study says
7:44 AM.New Zealand-led research shows dangerously unpredictable extreme weather could worsen as major ice sheets melt at both poles. The international team headed by a scientist at Victoria University of… Read more Audio
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Trump's State of the Union speech, reviewed
7:48 AM.US President Donald Trump has announced in his State of the Union speech that he will hold a second nuclear summit with North Korea's leader this month. In an address to the nation with the theme… Read more Audio
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Waitangi Day: Formality, kai, waka under clear skies
7:56 AM.Thousands of people attended events at Waitangi yesterday marking the 179th anniversary of the signing of the treaty. It was a mixture of formality, kai, waka and a real carnival atmosphere under… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 7 February 2019
8:06 AM.Tim Seifert had Black Caps great Brendon McCullum on his mind as he produced his best T20 innings to help New Zealand to an 80 run victory in the first game in Wellington. Audio
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Nelson fire 'impossible to control' at beginning
8:10 AM.The Police and Emergency Services have just held a news conference in Nelson, with the latest on the fire. Morning Report's Alex Ashton was there, he joins us with the latest update. Audio
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Nelson fire: Financial assistance discussed - O'Connor
8:13 AM.The Prime Minister flies into Nelson on Thursday on an Air Force Hercules to assess the fire damage in Tasman. The Civil Defence Minister Kris Faffoi and Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor were on… Read more Audio
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Defence Force helping in Nelson fire
8:18 AM.The New Zealand Defence Force has also been called in to help battle the fires in Tasman. Brigadier Jim Bliss is the land component commander for the NZDF. He talks to Guyon Espiner. Audio
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Insight: Police point to growing violence by young
8:20 AM.Police in Hawke's Bay fear there are a growing number of young people who have no empathy and just don't care how badly they hurt others. In little more than a year, four teenagers from Hastings… Read more Audio
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Global temperatures in past four years warmest on record
8:24 AM.Global temperatures over the past four years were the warmest on record, the World Meteorological Organisation has confirmed. The average global temperature last year was one degree celsius above… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 7 February 2019
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Nelson fire still not under full control - Kempthorne
8:36 AM.Back to the fires in Nelson and we can talk to the Tasman District Mayor Richard Kempthorne. Audio
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'I'd hate for it to become bland' - Peeni Henare on Waitangi
8:40 AM.From a political perspective Waitangi was low key this year - so much so that one Māori minister worries it could become bland. Peeni Henare talks to RNZ political reporter Jo Moir. Audio
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National caucus heads to Hamilton
8:44 AM.With summer's regular political hiatus drawing to a close, National MPs are heading to Hamilton for their first caucus meeting of the year. The get-together follows a similar event held by Labour last… Read more Audio
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Nelson fire: Community meets after evacuation
8:50 AM.A community meeting will be held at in Moutere on Thursday morning. RNZ reporter Ben Strang is outside the venue. Audio
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Westland seeks fix over freedom campers, empty campgrounds
8:53 AM.As the Westland District Council tries to accommodate freedom campers, campground owners in the region say their sites have become ghost towns. It's been the worst summer to date for some of them, and… Read more Audio
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Hikoi against Hokianga pollution at Waitangi
8:56 AM.Waitangi Day is known for being a platform for political protest and this year was no different. A group of Hokianga hapu protesting the pollution of their harbour led the way calling for urgent… Read more Audio