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Morning Report for Wednesday 29 May 2019
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Top Stories for Wednesday 29 May 2019
6:00 AM.Budget leak a 'deliberate' hack - Treasury CEO, Government Budget leak - political analysis, Nearly 50,000 teachers strike for better pay, conditions Audio
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Sports News for 29 May 2019
6:06 AM.The New Zealand Breakers have secured American point guard RJ Hampton for the upcoming ANBL season - a player who some experts predicted as the second overall pick in next year's NBA draft. Audio
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Teachers' strike: 'Attitudes have hardened'
6:10 AM.Primary, secondary and area school teachers are banding together for an historic joint strike in support of their pay claims on Wednesday.
In Hawke's Bay, 95 percent of schools have told the Ministry… Read more Audio
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Central parties lose majorities in EU elections
6:11 AM.In a major shake-up for the European Union ,major centre-left and centre-right parties are set to lose dozens of seats and their combined majority.
Twenty-eight member countries voted for which… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 29 May 2019
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Budget leak: Treasury calls police about 'hack'
6:35 AM.The Treasury has called in the police to investigate what they are calling a deliberate and systematic hack of the Budget documents on its website.
The Finance Minister and the Opposition leader are… Read more Audio
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Business News for 29 May 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 29 May 2019
7:06 AM.The Black Caps captain Kane Williamson says they got a valuable lesson ahead of the World Cup as they suffered a 91-run loss to the West Indies in their final warmup match in Bristol. Audio
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Budget leak a deliberate hack - Treasury CEO
7:12 AM.New Zealand Treasury chief executive Gabriel Makhlouf has told Morning Report that Budget information taken from Treasury's systems came under attack 2000 times over 48 hours.
Treasury has called in… Read more Audio
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Government Budget leak - political analysis
7:21 AM.New Zealand Treasury chief executive Gabriel Makhlouf has told Morning Report that Budget information taken from Treasury's website came under attack 2000 times over 48 hours.
Treasury has called in… Read more Audio
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Nearly 50,000 teachers strike for better pay, conditions
7:34 AM.Nearly 50,000 teachers are going on strike on Wednesday in historic action that will close primary, secondary and area schools for hundreds of thousands of children.
They're trying to turn up the… Read more Audio
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Teachers strike: 'There's a massive problem'
7:38 AM.Two teachers who are protesting on Wednesday join Susie Ferguson to explain what they're striking for.
Kelly Sheridan is a Year 13 dean at Palmerston North Girls' High School and Bevan King teaches… Read more Audio
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Does Rainbow Tick protect LGBTQI employees?
7:44 AM.Companies are paying thousands of dollars every year for a diversity and inclusion certification some say is a marketing ploy.
The Crusaders have one and so do a raft of the country's most well-known… Read more Audio
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Vicki Letele's family demands answers from Corrections
7:47 AM.The brother of inmate and cancer victim Vicki Letele says someone needs to be held accountable over the inadequate care provided to his sister by Corrections.
Ms Letele died in 2017, after being… Read more Audio
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Shock at shooting outside Auckland gang headquarters
7:53 AM.An Auckland councillor says he's shocked after a shooting at an Auckland gang headquarters.
Eighteen bullet holes are visible at the Fight Club gym in Mt Wellington, which is used as a base for the… Read more Audio
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Cyclists outraged at Tranzurban manager's 'wanker' post
7:57 AM.Wellington cyclists are outraged at a senior Tranzurban bus manager after a controversial social media post mocking bike riders.
The company's operations infrastructure manager, Graham Atkinson… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 29 May 2019
8:06 AM.New Zealand lead Norway 1-nil midway thru the second half of their Fifa men's under 20 World Cup in Poland. Audio
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Primary, secondary teachers join forces in historic strike
8:10 AM.Up to 800,000 pupils students could be out of school on Wednesday as their teachers and principals take part in a mega-strike. For the first time, both secondary and primary school teachers are… Read more Audio
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Teachers' mega-strike: What you need to know
8:16 AM.An unprecedented joint strike by primary, secondary and area school teachers could close more than 2,000 schools, keeping more than 700,000 children at home.
Members of the Educational Institute and… Read more Audio
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Budget data hacked from Treasury - tech analysis
8:21 AM.The head of Treasury Gabriel Makhlouf says in 48 hours, there were more than 2000 attempts to attack part of its system to access Budget information.
Treasury is rushing to beef up security for all… Read more Audio
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Eyes on targeted Māori funding in Wellbeing Budget
8:29 AM.Maori communities are calling for targeted funding to improve their lives and for more support for the flagship Maori policy Whanau Ora. The government has signalled this week's Budget aims to lift… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 29 May 2019
8:34 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Medical specialists offer bowel screening for people under 60
8:36 AM.People under sixty who are worried they may have bowel cancer are being offered a new screening service by a group of medical specialists. Screening is publicly funded, but only for those 60 to 74… Read more Audio
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Building sector's high suicide rate revealed in new research
8:43 AM.The building industry is hoping new research into what drives its high rate of suicide will help spur action and conversations about mental health.
The construction sector has the highest rates of… Read more Audio
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Fears booze ban will push students to riskier places
8:44 AM.Wellington's young leaders are opposed to a crackdown on students drinking in Kelburn Park, near Victoria university, fearing it will just shift the problem to darker corners of the suburb. The City… Read more Audio
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Everest must be only for experienced climbers - mountaineer
8:53 AM.Mount Everest is making it into the record books again, but not for any good reasons.
This year has already been counted as the fourth-highest number of fatalities on the mountain as a second climber… Read more Audio
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Rugby: NZ-Japan relationship continues to grow
8:57 AM.The connection between New Zealand and Japanese rugby is growing all the time. Not only is the Asian country becoming a leading destination for New Zealand players and coaches, but Aotearoa is also… Read more Audio