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Morning Report for Monday 8 April 2019
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Top Stories for Monday 8 April 2019
6:00 AM.New figures show texting drivers are a deadly distraction on our roads, Primary teachers give their verdict on the Government's latest pay offer, and New research shows schools in the poorest… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 8 April 2019
6:06 AM.Fiji have reigned supreme at the Hong Kong Sevens for a fifth consecutive time after a 21 to 7 win over France. Audio
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Early Business News for 8 April 2019
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Harsher penalties urged for drivers on phones
6:40 AM.After a horror week on the roads, and despite efforts from police and our transport safety agencies, the battle to stop phones being a deadly distraction is not being won. Latest figures show drivers… Read more Audio
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Forestry regulation too light-handed - conservationists
6:43 AM.Calls for a fresh look at forestry rules are being backed by a woman in Tolaga Bay, where an estimated million tonnes of logs and debris was scattered over properties after torrential rain last year… Read more Audio
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Business News for 8 April 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 8 April 2019
7:06 AM.Athletics Australia is making a dramatic last-ditch bid to convince New Zealand- born sprint star Edward Osei-Nketia to wear the green and gold at international level. Audio
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Texting and driving: 'Just don't do it' - victim's son
7:11 AM.Latest figures show drivers distracted by their phones are dying at a greater rate since the use of mobiles was banned ten years ago. After a horror week on the roads, and despite efforts from police… Read more Audio
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Primary teachers make call on govt pay offer
7:14 AM.Primary school teachers and principals will say today whether they've voted to accept or reject the government's pay offer. Teachers have gone on strike twice since August to pursue their demands for… Read more Audio
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Poor schools as good as rich schools - NZ Initiative survey
7:19 AM.Schools in the poorest communities are doing just as good a job as those in the richest, according to research by the New Zealand Initiative think tank. It has figured out how much of a students'… Read more Audio
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Zuckerberg ‘disingenuous’ with Facebook Live fixes - Privacy Commissioner
7:22 AM.Despite describing the Christchurch mosque attacks that killed 50 people as "a really terrible event" Facebook is not keen to introduce delays on its livestream feeds. The Christchurch gunman… Read more Audio
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Gun owners in favour of law change 'scum', lobbyists say
7:28 AM.Changes to the country's gun laws will get a final look-over today before the bill goes back before Parliament. The Finance and Expenditure committee met for two hours on Friday to consider public… Read more Audio
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Capital gains tax: 500k businesses may be hit - National
7:38 AM.The National Party says as many as 570,000 businesses will be caught by a capital gains tax if it goes ahead. It says small businesses make up 97 percent of the business sector but the government is… Read more Video, Audio
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Concerns about abuse inquiry boss 'shut down' - survivor
7:48 AM.The government's historical abuse inquiry is being accused of shutting down questions about the Commissioners' potential conflicts of interest over their religious affiliations. Christopher Longhurst… Read more Audio
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Waiho River bridge replacement nears completion
7:50 AM.The replacement for the Waiho River bridge that was washed away in torrential rain nearly two weeks ago will be open at the end of this week. That means the bridge on State Highway Six that connects… Read more Audio
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Drug law overhaul urged for better Māori outcomes
7:55 AM.Māori organisations are calling for the government to overhaul what they say are discriminatory drug laws. They are backing a new drug law reform coalition, Health not Handcuffs, started by seven… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 8 April 2019
8:06 AM.A trans-tasman tug of war is taking place over sprinting star Edward Osei-Nketia after the New Zealand-born 17 year old won the senior 100-metre sprint title at the Australian Athletics Championships… Read more Audio
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'Most NZers support capital gains tax' - Tax Justice Aotearoa
8:11 AM.A coalition backing a capital gains tax is being launched at Parliament on Monday. Tax Justice Aotearoa says it wants a fairer tax system starting with a capital gains tax and focusing on all wealth… Read more Audio
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Iwi call for exemptions from possible capital gains tax
8:18 AM.Iwi say they have paid enough tax on treaty settlement money and they must get exemptions if a capital gains tax is introduced. They say selling assets to buy ancestral land, and shifting assets… Read more Audio
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Low deciles equal top schools in rankings - NZ Initiative data
8:22 AM.A study of 400,000 students' NCEA results has found there's no difference between schools in the poorest communities and those in the richest. The New Zealand Initiative think tank says its research… Read more Audio
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Trans-Tasman tug-o-war over star sprinter
8:28 AM.A transtasman tug of war is set to take place over sprinting star Edward Osei-Nketia. The New Zealand-born 17-year-old won the senior 100-metre sprint title at the Australian Athletics Championships… Read more Audio
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Blues boosted by new coaching regime - John Hart
8:38 AM.To rugby, and after years of seemingly endless defeats, the Blues are on a roll. They racked up their fourth win on the trot on Saturday - something they haven't done for eight years - as they beat… Read more Audio
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Israel election closest race in a decade
8:41 AM.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank if he is re-elected. Mr Netanyahu made the comment just days ahead of Israelis heading to… Read more Audio
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Will world respond if Israel annexes West Bank settlements?
8:46 AM.Mouin Rabbani is a senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies. He discusses the possibility and impacts of Israel annexing the illegal Jewish settlements on the West Bank. Audio
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Soft plastic recycling future uncertain
8:52 AM.The soft plastics recycling bins that you used to see at supermarkets aren't likely to be making a comeback any time soon. The Packaging Forum suspended the scheme back in December, because it had… Read more Audio
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Iwi take fight against Crown to Waitangi Tribunal
8:56 AM.The Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little received nearly 50 formal complaints by seven separate iwi before he signed the controversial Pare Hauraki settlement last year. Six of the iwi will… Read more Audio