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Morning Report for Tuesday 23 April 2019
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Top Stories for Tuesday 23 April 2019
6:00 AM.Foreign links are suspected in the Sri Lanka terror attacks, The Government's falling short in its goal of recruiting 18-hundred more police officers, and Overcrowded Auckland schools are adding to… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 23 April 2019
6:06 AM.The Parramatta Eels have turned a corner after a dominant 51-6 NRL win over the Wests Tigers to christen Bankwest Stadium. Audio
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Taupō kura most full school in New Zealand
6:12 AM.A kura kaupapa Māori in Taupō was the fullest school in the entire country last year, on paper at least. Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Whakarewa i Te Reo ki Tūwharetoa had 147 students in July, it has… Read more Audio
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E-scooter wars: Pedestrian group slams transport regulators
6:18 AM.A group battling for pedestrians over e-scooters says newly released documents make clear that transport regulators have failed. Documents released under the Official Information Act cover the public… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 23 April 2019
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Govt overpromised on police recruits - Chris Bishop
6:44 AM.The National Party says it looks like the government has overpromised and is about to under-deliver on the number of police recruits. The coalition agreement promised eighteen hundred more police… Read more Audio
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Business News for 23 April 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 23 April 2019
7:06 AM.The All Blacks hooker Nathan Harris has become the latest to buck the overseas exodus of New Zealand rugby players. Audio
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Sri Lanka bombings: Several arrested as death toll climbs
7:15 AM.A day after Sri Lanka was hit by a wave of bombings, the government has said the co-ordinated attacks were carried out by a local Islamist group with help from an unknown international network… Read more Audio
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Extra 1800 police in three years 'aspirational' - Nash
7:20 AM.The government admits its promise of adding an extra 1800 sworn police officers to the ranks in three years, is falling short - by hundreds. But the Police Minister is unapologetic about offering up a… Read more Audio
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Auckland schools overcrowded with out-of-zone students
7:24 AM.Many Auckland schools are making their over-crowding problems worse by enrolling children from other neighbourhoods. Education Ministry figures show Auckland was the only region where enrolments at… Read more Audio
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Sri Lanka attack 'devastating' - Grant Robertson
7:28 AM.The New Zealand government is standing with Sri Lanka saying it condemns all acts of terrorism, and its resolve has only been strengthened by the Mosque attack in Christchurch. The Prime Minister says… Read more Audio
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'Unusual' no claim of responsibility in Sri Lanka attacks
7:39 AM.In Sri Lanka, at least 290 people have been killed and 500 people injured in co-ordinated suicide bomb attacks on Easter Sunday. Alan Keenan is a policy analyst at London's Crisis Group specialising… Read more Audio
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Returning to Al Noor Mosque too traumatic for some
7:45 AM.Some Muslims in Christchurch are still too traumatised to return to the Al Noor mosque, five weeks after the terrorist attacks. That's despite the mosque having been refurbished to remove all signs of… Read more Audio
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Scooters could have faced 10km/h limit years ago
7:49 AM.Newly released documents show flip flopping by a transport regulator skittled attempts to impose a tight speed limit on scooters on footpaths. They show several road control authorities pushed for a… Read more Audio
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Car mows down crosses for fallen soldiers in Huntly
7:54 AM.The head of the Huntly RSA wants the culprits behind an attack on a memorial to fallen soldiers tracked down and punished. Just 3 days before Anzac day a car was driven through a field of crosses, put… Read more Audio
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More than 1000 arrested at London climate protests
7:56 AM.After eight days of action, more than 1000 people have now been arrested at the Extinction Rebellion climate protest in London. The climate group has targeted sites in central London, such as Oxford… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 23 April 2019
8:06 AM.The All Blacks hooker Nathan Harris has become the latest to buck the overseas exodus of New Zealand rugby players. Audio
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Growing anger at Sri Lanka govt over intelligence before attack
8:10 AM.Twenty-four suspects have been arrested in Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 290 people and injured 500 more. Still no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks but… Read more Audio
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Police recruits: 'I make no apologies for being aspirational' - Stuart Nash
8:25 AM.The government is admitting it will fall short of its goal to hire an extra 1800 police officers over three years. To reach the target by 2020, police will need to double the amount of people they're… Read more Audio
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Andrew Little accused of rushing iwi settlement
8:28 AM.Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little is again being accused of steamrolling ahead to finalise treaty settlements despite desperate pleas for him to stop. An Eastern Bay of Plenty iwi voted… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 23 April 2019
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Helicopter missing near Auckland Islands
8:37 AM.More now on the missing helicopter with three people on board that has gone missing near the Auckland Islands. Mark Dittmer is the spokesman for Rescue Coordination Centre. He talks to Susie Ferguson.
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Police wary after lower Easter road toll
8:41 AM.The Easter holiday road toll is at three after a fatal crash near Tolaga Bay in the early hours of Monday morning. Last year seven died during the holiday period. Peter McKinnie is NZ Police's road… Read more Audio
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New research could change large-scale firefighting
8:45 AM.Large-scale firefighting as we know it could soon be a thing of the past. As climate change increases the risk of bush and other large fires, the Crown research institute Scion is developing new ways… Read more Audio
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Futsal players gather in memory of mosque attack victim
8:49 AM.About 100 futsal players from around the country converged at a tournament in Christchurch over the weekend, in memory of a man killed at the Al Noor Mosque. Thirty-three-year-old Atta Elayyan played… Read more Audio
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Kauri dieback: Rogue Waitakere hikers served tresspass notices
8:53 AM.Seven people have been served with trespass notices for ignoring track closures in the Waitakere ranges over Easter Weekend. The Auckland Council also handed out 50 warning notices, as part of a tough… Read more Audio
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Kuriri touches down in Japan
8:56 AM.A pacific golden plover bird, or kuriri, which is being tracked as part of a research project has touched down in Japan. The Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre on the Hauraki Gulf is tracking the… Read more Audio