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Morning Report for Tuesday 26 February 2019
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Top Stories for Tuesday 26 February 2019
6:00 AM.A Whangarei teacher's husband is banned from entering New Zealand because he has MS, Fruit and vegetable restrictions are set to be lifted in Devonport if no more fruitflies are found, DOC was warned… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 26 February 2019
6:06 AM.Hockey New Zealand are defending their decision to provide players with limited access to the report of a review into the Black Sticks women's team environment. Audio
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Parent unsettled by music centre's failure to vet tutors
6:17 AM.A parent whose son went to the Wellington Music Centre is unsettled at the lack of communication about how it was failing to vet tutors. The centre has suspended its lessons after admitting it had not… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 26 February 2019
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Biosecurity hunts tonnes of produce for fruit fly
6:40 AM.Biosecurity staff investigating the Queensland fruitfly found in Auckland are hunting through 3,000 tonnes of produce for signs of a breeding population. A third male fruitfly was found in Northcote… Read more Audio
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Oranga Tamariki urged to help families before taking children
6:45 AM.A caregiver in Porirua is urging Oranga Tamariki to give more support to local families before taking their children. Figures obtained by RNZ show 68 children were removed from their parents in… Read more Audio
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Business News for 26 February 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 26 February 2019
7:06 AM.The Hockey Players Association say they want to read the full version of Hockey New Zealand's review rather than the condensed version released yesterday to ensure trust between the organisation and… Read more Audio
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DOC warned of Cape Kidnappers risk a decade ago - documents
7:10 AM.Documents obtained by RNZ show the Department of Conservation was warned a decade ago that slips and rockfalls at Cape Kidnappers were a "significant" and "unacceptable risk" to visitors. The iconic… Read more Audio
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Māori teacher's husband banned from NZ for multiple sclerosis
7:15 AM.A popular Whangarei Māori teacher may have to leave New Zealand with her two children because Immigration NZ won't let her Canadian husband into the country. Jimmy Lambert has multiple sclerosis. And… Read more Audio
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Fruit fly: Produce-selling restrictions may be lifted
7:20 AM.Fruit and vegetable restrictions in the Auckland suburb of Devonport will be lifted by the end of the week if no more Queensland fruitflies are found. A third male fruitfly was found in Northcote on… Read more Audio
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SkyPath future in doubt over intellectual property row
7:22 AM.The future of the SkyPath on the Auckland Harbour Bridge is in doubt because of a row over whether the designers should be paid. The SkyPath Trust that came up with the design says the Transport… Read more Audio
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Ardern signals possible capital gains tax compromise
7:30 AM.The Prime Minister appears to be preparing the way for compromises on a Capital Gains Tax in negotiations with key player, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters. At her post-Cabinet press conference… Read more Audio
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Fourth junior doctor strike goes ahead
7:40 AM.Junior doctors are walking off the job in public hospitals again, for a fourth two-day strike. They're members of the Resident Doctors Union, or RDA, which is refusing to agree to proposed changes to… Read more Audio
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Donald Trump on way to meet Kim Jong Un in Vietnam
7:44 AM.US President Donald Trump is on his way to Vietnam to meet the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a second summit. Mr Jong Un is travelling to Hanoi by rail from Pyongyang. Mr Trump tweeted that with… Read more Audio
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MPI hopes $1m fine slapped on fishing company sends message
7:50 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries hopes a fine given to a fishing company in Napier sends a clear message to others thinking of flouting the law. Hawkes Bay Seafoods, along with its directors Nino… Read more Audio
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Oscars 2019: What you need to know
7:53 AM.The 91st Academy Awards was staged without a host for the first time in thirty years on Monday. The surprise winner was, controversially, Green Book - a fact-based film about the relationship between… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 26 February 2019
8:06 AM.The future of Sir Owen Glenn's 1 million dollar contribution to the New Zealand women's hockey team remains up in the air in light of yesterday's release of the independant review. Audio
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Outrage over rise in children uplifted in Porirua
8:10 AM.People in Porirua want Oranga Tamariki to keep its hands off local children after a sharp rise in children taken into state care. Figures obtained by RNZ show 68 local children were removed from their… Read more Audio
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Pope's comments on child abuse 'tepid promises' - survivors
8:15 AM.New Zealand's Catholic bishops have been left to grapple with just how much more open to be about clerical sex crimes, in the wake of the Pope's abuse summit in Rome. The four-day summit has closed… Read more Audio
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Brexit: Jeremy Corbyn calls for second referendum
8:20 AM.In the latest Brexit developments, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will seek a second referendum on what he calls "a damaging Tory Brexit". Susie Ferguson talks to UK correspondent Rob… Read more Audio
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Poor housing costing taxpayers $145m a year - report
8:22 AM.A day after the Government announced tough new insulation and heating standards for rental homes, new research from the University of Otago says poor housing conditions cost taxpayers more than $145… Read more Audio
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Real Estate group wants financial assistance for home owners
8:27 AM.The government is giving landlords until 2024 to make sure properties are insulated and have proper heating. The Real Estate Institute says tenants will end up wearing the cost unless the government… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 26 February 2019
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Principals ready for major change to school system
8:40 AM.Principals seem to be warming to a proposed overhaul of the school system but warn it will be a waste of time without political consensus. The Tomorrow's School Review taskforce is holding public… Read more Audio
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Illegal fishers don't deserve boats - Forest & Bird
8:45 AM.Forest & Bird says a fishing company in Napier doesn't deserve to have their boats back after they were fined just over $1 million for illegal fishing. Hawke's Bay Seafoods, along with its directors… Read more Audio
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World Court rules Britain unlawful in Chagos Islands case
8:50 AM.The World Court has today ruled in favour of Mauritius in a colonial-era dispute over the Chagos Islands, saying Britain's handling of the island's administration and the displacement of islanders… Read more Audio