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Morning Report for Friday 22 February 2019
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Top Stories for Friday 22 February 2019
6:00 AM.Fair or unfair? Public split on proposed tax changes, jury out on whether capital gains tax would make housing more affordable, NZ First tight lipped on first impressions of tax proposals, RNZ… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 22 February 2019
6:06 AM.The shot put champion Tom Walsh says a world record is on his mind before his tilt for Olympic gold in Tokyo next year. Audio
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Businesses, farmers cry foul over proposed tax changes
6:09 AM.Business and farmers are crying foul, but unions and environmental groups say the Tax Working Group's reforms are the best way to make the tax system more fair. Our political reporter Gia Garrick has… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 22 February 2019
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Floated tax on second home sales splits public opinion
6:33 AM.The prospect of a new tax on the proceeds of selling rental properties and holiday homes has public opinon split. It falls now to politicians whether these ideas become laws. The National Party is… Read more Audio
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Armed gang member shot near Kawerau after robbing bank
6:39 AM.An armed Mongrel Mob member was killed in a shootout with police near Kawerau after robbing a bank, trying to ram a police car and firing at officers. The police first went to the 29-year-old man's… Read more Audio
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Business News for 22 February 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 22 February 2019
7:06 AM.The New Zealand canoe sprinter Lisa Carrington says she feels lucky to have such great support as she continues to achieve big things in the sport. Audio
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Fair or unfair? Public split on proposed tax changes
7:09 AM.The public is split on the tax working group's suggestions, and especially over the capital gains tax. A new tax on the profits of sales of rental properties, holiday homes, most shares and business… Read more Audio
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Will capital gains tax help affordable housing? Grant Robertson responds
7:11 AM.The Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, is dismissing National's claim that new tax proposals are "an attack on the Kiwi way of life." He discusses the proposals with Guyon Espiner. Audio
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NZ First tight-lipped on tax proposals
7:25 AM.New Zealand First's response to the Tax Working Group's recommendations will be pivotal to whether they become government policy - but the coalition partner is staying tight-lipped on its first… Read more Audio
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RNZ political editor weighs in on tax commentary
7:35 AM.The debate over tax proposals put forward by a Government working group is underway - and the ideas are already under attack from the opposition, businesses, and the farming sector. Political editor… Read more Audio
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Shot-put champion Tom Walsh wins big at Halberg Awards
7:37 AM.Shot-put champion Tom Walsh has the world record in his sights after claiming the highest honour in New Zealand sport. Walsh took out the supreme prize at last night's Halberg Awards in Auckland… Read more Audio
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Kawerau hit hard by fatal shooting, armed robbery
7:40 AM.The town of Kawerau in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is reeling from the news of an armed robbery and then fatal shooting of a man by police near the town yesterday. The 29 year old man, who was a gang… Read more Audio
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Weather: Cold, wet, windy weekend expected around NZ
7:45 AM.It's time to put away the jandals and get out the cardigan. Forecasters are predicting a cold, wet and windy weekend ahead. Weather commentator Richard Green speaks to Susie Ferguson from our… Read more Audio
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Tax proposals an attack on Kiwi way of life - Amy Adams
7:52 AM.The National Party's called the tax working group's proposals "an attack on the Kiwi way of life," and says the recommendations would make this country one of the most onerous capital tax regimes in… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 22 February 2019
8:06 AM.Tom Walsh says there is no chance he will begin looking to next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo too early. Audio
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Proposed tax changes - panel discussion
8:10 AM.Are the Tax Working Group proposals a mangy dog or a step in the right direction? Former Green MP Sue Bradford, Newsroom Pro managing editor Bernard Hickey and NZME business editor Fran O'Sullivan… Read more Audio
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Fears sex offender may have taught music at Wellington school
8:15 AM.A Wellington primary school has put out an alert to all parents after it found out a weekend music centre held at the school may have employed a paedophile. It says the tutors at the Saturday morning… Read more Audio
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Pope Francis urges action to stop abuse in Catholic church
8:20 AM.Pope Francis has called for concrete action to address the sexual abuse scourge plaguing the Catholic Church as a four day summit in Rome kicks off. Nearly 200 priests, bishops and other Catholic… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 22 February 2019
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Political Kapa Haka at Te Matatini
8:40 AM.Kapa haka groups are using the Te Matatini stage in Wellington to make a political statement to Parliament. From calls to honour the treaty, to promoting te reo Māori, and bungled treaty settlements -… Read more Audio
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Live from the action at Te Matatini
8:40 AM.Day two of Te Matatini is underway, with more of the country's top kapa haka groups set to take the stage. Te Manu Korihi reporter Shannon Haunui-Thompson joins Morning Report live from the festival.
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Christchurch Town Hall reopens its doors
8:50 AM.Its budget may have blown out by almost a third more than the original figure, but this weekend the doors to the Christchurch Town Hall will re-open for the first time since the 2011 earthquakes. It… Read more Audio
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Netball: NZ competition gets tense before World Cup
8:52 AM.New Zealand's domestic netball competition starts this weekend with a Super Sunday tournament in Hamilton. With the Netball World Cup set for July, players will be vying for a Silver Ferns spot upping… Read more Audio
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Is it a bird? A plane? No, it's flying kākāpō sperm
8:55 AM.And now for something completely different - a tale of flying kākāpō sperm. The mind does slightly boggle, but it's actually the latest innovation the Department of Conservation is using in its bid to… Read more Audio