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Morning Report for Wednesday 15 May 2019
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Top Stories for Wednesday 15 May 2019
6:00 AM.The Prime Minister prepares for the Christchurch Call Summit in Paris saying governments need to protect their citizens from radicalisation, Police investigate who sent a threatening letter to the… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 15 May 2019
6:06 AM.The new Black Ferns skipper Lesley Elder says she never expected to be offered the captaincy. Audio
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Why govt delay in scrapping solo mum sanction?
6:15 AM.More questions are being asked about how long it's taking the government to scrap the sanction against solo mums who don't name the father of their children.
Following the release of the expert… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 15 May 2019
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Social media spreading hate speech like wildfire - UN leader
6:42 AM.The UN Secretary General has issued a stark warning that social media is spreading hate speech around the world like wildfire. On the last day of a whirlwind New Zealand visit, Antonio Guterres laid… Read more Audio
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Business News for 15 May 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 15 May 2019
7:06 AM.The new Black Ferns captain Lesley Elder says she's just a caretaker of the jersey, and she won't try and replicate her inimitable former skipper Fiao'o Faamausili. Audio
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Ardern urges govts act to protect citizens from radicalisation
7:10 AM.The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says governments need to step up and do more to protect citizens from radicalisation. Ms Ardern is in Paris to chair the Christchurch Call summit, which was prompted… Read more Audio
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Christchurch Call: What will Paris summit achieve?
7:15 AM.RNZ political reporter Jo Moir is in Paris where Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is leading a summit aimed at dealing with hate speech and violence on social media. Jo talks through the details with… Read more Audio
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Police investigate threatening letter sent to EQC
7:20 AM.Police are investigating the origins of a letter which threatened Earthquake Commission staff and referred to the Christchurch mosque shootings. The Earthquake Commission has heightened security at… Read more Audio
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Health boards going 'nuclear' in employment dispute
7:27 AM.Junior doctors are accusing district health boards of going nuclear in their ongoing employment battle. Members of the Resident Doctors Association and DHBs met for a fourth time with the Employment… Read more Audio
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Finance Minister defends fees-free tertiary policy
7:35 AM.The Finance Minister is defending the no fees scheme for first year tertiary students despite fewer people taking up the offer than expected. Ahead of this month's budget, Grant Robertson has revealed… Read more Audio
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Attack on oil stations 'cowardly' - Saudi Arabia
7:49 AM.Two days after Saudi oil tankers were sabotaged off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, two oil pumping stations have now been attacked in what the kingdom has called a "cowardly" act of terrorism… Read more Audio
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Sir Hekenukumai Busby farewelled by thousands
7:54 AM.More than two thousand people are expected to arrive in the small settlement of Pukepoto for the final farewell to master navigator and carver Sir Hekenukumai Busby. He died on Saturday at the age of… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 15 May 2019
8:06 AM.Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods says he would like to make his Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. Audio
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Mosque attacks inquiry criticised as victims not heard
8:10 AM.The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch mosque shootings is being criticised for not giving victims and their families a more prominent voice. Auckland University of Technology law… Read more Audio
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4chan, 8chan face shutdown by Philippines government
8:15 AM.The Manila-based internet forums 4chan and 8chan could be shut down by the Philippines government, with officials considering legislating against the spread of extreme violence online. Gill Bonnett… Read more Audio
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Govt 'actually making moves' to help students - VUWSA
8:18 AM.The government is standing by the rollout of its no tertiary fees policy, despite $200 million earmarked for the programme being redirected towards reforming vocational training. The Finance Minister… Read more Audio
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Fees-free tertiary study policy - political analysis
8:24 AM.Has the government's tertiary fees-free policy failed? RNZ education correspondent John Gerritsen joins Susie Ferguson with the analysis. Audio
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Govt taking too long to scrap benefit sanction - solo mum
8:28 AM.A solo mum who's had her benefit cut by $28 a week for six-and-a-half years says the government is waiting too long to scrap the sanction that's leaving her out of pocket.
Following the release of… Read more Audio
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15km/h limit zones for e-scooters in Auckland
8:42 AM.E-scooters will automatically slow to a maximum of 15 kilometres an hour in parts of Auckland under a new council licensing scheme. There will slow-speed zones in high use areas such as Takapuna… Read more Audio
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Family court reforms 'failing' traumatised children
8:44 AM.Oranga Tamariki - the government agency responsible for children - has warned the experts reviewing the troubled Family Court that the system is failing vulnerable young people. Last year, the Justice… Read more Audio
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Manchester City faces ban for financial law breach
8:49 AM.Just two days after being crowned Premier League champions, Manchester City is facing a ban for breaking financial rules. Investigators from the European football governing body UEFA want Manchester… Read more Audio
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Where do longfin eels go to breed?
8:53 AM.One of the great mysteries of nature is where temperate freshwater eels, including our very own longfin eels, go to breed. And it's a mystery that NIWA freshwater ecologists are hoping to solve, using… Read more Audio
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Fiona Kidman wins Ockham 2019 for 'This Mortal Boy'
8:56 AM.A novel exploring one of New Zealand's last executions, and the events that followed, has won the country's most prestigious literary prize. The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, which are in their 51st… Read more Audio