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Morning Report for Wednesday 13 March 2019
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Top Stories for Wednesday 13 March 2019
6:00 AM.The biggest player in the insurance market is walking away from insuring houses in Wellington, Simon Bridges says the party donations under SFO investigation are a matter for the party and not him… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 13 March 2019
6:06 AM.Ben Barba will fight to overturn an NRL lifetime ban despite being charged by Queensland police. Audio
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Pike River re-entry: Will families get in?
6:09 AM.The Pike River re-entry will begin on May 3, but it's not yet clear if the families of the 29 men who died in the 2010 disaster will be allowed in. The Minister responsible, Andrew Little, says… Read more Audio
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Brexit: Failure of latest deal could spell end - Theresa May
6:13 AM.U.K Prime Minister Theresa May says if MPs vote down the reconfigured Brexit deal there could be no Brexit at all. Ms May urged MPs to back her "improved deal" and stressed that the British public has… Read more Audio
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Army captains walk North Island for disabled son
6:19 AM.Army captains Laura and Tane North are about to walk from Wellington to Auckland to raise money to treat their disabled son. Three-year-old Elijah is the third of their four children and has a genetic… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 13 March 2019
6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news, and a catch up on overnight global market action. Audio
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Insurer quitting Wellington may hit mortgages - Patten
6:39 AM.The biggest player in the insurance market, IAG, is no longer insuring houses for new customers in Wellington. It's already been revealed IAG is no longer offering contents insurance to renters. Now… Read more Audio
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National back into Jami-Lee Ross saga with Serious Fraud Office case
6:43 AM.The National Party's been dragged back into last year's Jami-Lee Ross saga with news it is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. Its former MP went to the police last year with claims of… Read more Audio
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Business News for 13 March 2019
6:49 AM.Expatriate businessman Eric Watson faces a massive tax bill after the High Court rules his restructuring using Caribbean companies was a way to avoid $51m in tax. AMP slims down and reinvents its NZ… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 13 March 2019
7:06 AM.The Black Caps vice-captain Tim Southee says not using Neil Wagner's ability to attack with the short pitched bowling would be silly. Audio
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IAG insurance pulls out of quake-prone Wellington
7:10 AM.Earthquake Recovery Minister Megan Woods says the biggest player in the insurance market is walking away from insuring houses in Wellington. It emerged this week that IAG, the parent company of… Read more Audio
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National donations case goes to Serious Fraud Office - analysis
7:18 AM.The former National MP Jami-Lee Ross says he's pleased his complaint about donations to the National Party has been passed by the police to the Serious Fraud Office. Mr Ross, who's now an independent… Read more Audio
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National, Serious Fraud Office, Ross - political analysis
7:27 AM.The National Party's been dragged back into last year's Jami-Lee Ross saga with news it is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. Mr Ross went to the police last year with claims of… Read more Audio
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Appeal likely in Watson's $112m tax ruling - expert
7:30 AM.No one likes a big tax bill and the one handed to prominent businessman and rich lister Eric Watson on Tuesday is more than most people could even contemplate. His company, the Cullen Group, has been… Read more Audio
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Brexit: May bids to save deal before Commons vote
7:43 AM.UK Prime Minister Theresa May is making a final bid to save her Brexit deal ahead of a crunch Commons vote. Battling a sore throat after late night talks with the European Union Ms May urged MPs to… Read more Audio
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Unvaccinated children attending school despite plea to stay away
7:47 AM.Parents at a north Canterbury school have ignored a warning to keep their unimmunised children at home. Rangiora Borough School has one confirmed case of measles out of the 25 confirmed so far in the… Read more Audio
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Blogger Cameron Slater ordered to pay businessman $70k
7:51 AM.Blogger Cameron Slater has been ordered to pay $70,000 to businessman Matt Blomfield, for what the Human Rights Review Tribunal calls a calculated assassination of his character. The tribunal found… Read more Audio
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Pike River mine re-entry set for May
7:55 AM.After waiting more than eight years, Pike River families have finally been given a date when an attempt will be made to re-enter the mine where 29 men were killed in a huge explosion. The minister in… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 13 March 2019
8:06 AM.Banned Australian rugby league star Ben Barba has been charged with two counts of public nuisance stemming from an incident at the Townsville casino in January, but he's vowing to overturn his ban… Read more Audio
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Insurer 'overexposed' in Wellington - Justin Lester
8:10 AM.The government is promising house owners in Wellington they won't be left on their own if insurance companies abandon the region. Earthquake Minister Megan Woods says IAG - the parent company of… Read more Video, Audio
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Fire at central Auckland high-rise construction site
8:15 AM.Smoke could be seen across central Auckland from a fire at a construction site early on Wednesday morning. RNZ reporter Gill Bonnett is at the scene. She talks to Guyon Espiner. Audio
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DHBs owe workers $45m in unpaid leave, allowances - union
8:17 AM.A union believes DHB workers are owed more than $45 million for years of underpayment of leave and shift allowances, which is still going on. The health boards do not accept that they have been… Read more Audio
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Unsafe barriers still on Wellington roads despite warning
8:21 AM.Six kilometres of dangerous median barriers remain on Wellington roads despite a report three years ago calling for them to be replaced. The Transport Agency report identified concrete barriers… Read more Audio
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Brexit under threat if deal voted down - Theresa May
8:24 AM.British lawmakers have voted down Theresa May's Brexit deal. Susie Ferguson talks to correspondent in London Oliver Barratt. Read more Audio
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Brexit: A 'big week ahead' - UK High Commissioner to NZ
8:28 AM.British lawmakers have voted down Theresa May's latest Brexit deal. Susie Ferguson talks to British High Commissioner to New Zealand Laura Clarke. Audio
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Wanaka residents incensed by hotel plans
8:39 AM.Residents at a Wanaka subdivision say they are being effectively gagged from having a say on what happens in their own backyard. A resource consent for a 113-room hotel for the Northlake subdivision… Read more Audio
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Kahurangi National Park gets 64,000ha more land
8:44 AM.An area, roughly half the size of Auckland City, is about to be added to Kahurangi National Park on the West Coast. In April the park's boundaries will be redrawn to include 64,400 hectares of land… Read more Audio
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Polyfest 2019 kicks off in Auckland
8:48 AM.The world's biggest Pacific Island dance festival kicks off today in Auckland. The ASB Polyfest, which runs until Saturday, will see more than 12,000 secondary school students take to the stage. But… Read more Audio
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From whodunnit to who won it - forensic software wins big prize
8:52 AM.An ESR team has won the 2018 Prime Minister's Science Prize, worth $500,000, for crime-busting software used in forensics labs around the world. The STR-mix software package is used by investigators… Read more Audio
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Cracks show in Sky Tower observation glass
8:54 AM.If you go up to the observation deck of the Sky Tower in Auckland, you can stand on a glass floor and see the city beneath your feet. But on Tuesday, some tourists got a fright when cracks appeared in… Read more Audio
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Chinese politics specialist warns NZ against Huawei
8:57 AM.A former British diplomat and specialist in Chinese politics is warning New Zealand not to let Chinese company, Huawei into our 5G network. This is despite the head of the UK's National Cyber Security… Read more Audio