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Morning Report for Thursday 30 May 2019
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Top Stories for Thursday 30 May 2019
6:00 AM.Budget 2019: Treasury breach and political drama, Special needs teacher describes classroom attacks, Education Minister Chris Hipkins responds to teachers' strike. Audio
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Sports News for 30 May 2019
6:06 AM.The Northern Stars have upset defending champions the Southern Steel to advance to the final of ANZ netball premierhship. Audio
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Budget breach 'systematic' but didn't break law - Treasury
6:09 AM.Police have halted their investigations into Tuesday's Budget leak saying an unknown person or persons exploited a feature in the Treasury's website search tool but their actions does not appear to be… Read more Audio
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Whānau Ora can expect boost in Budget - Jackson
6:16 AM.The co-chair of Labour's Māori caucus says there will be targeted funding for Māori and Whānau Ora can expect a boost in the 2019 Budget.
Willie Jackson announced at Waitangi in February there would… Read more Audio
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Low salaries behind recruitment crisis - senior teacher
6:18 AM.A veteran Southland teacher says the salary gap between teaching and other professions is the main reason so many young people don't want the job.
Terry McNamara, who's the former head of mathematics… Read more Audio
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Business News for 30 May 2019
6:21 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Budget 2019 political game 'immature' - David Seymour
6:40 AM.ACT Party leader David Seymour says the political game being played by the government and the National Party over leaked Budget details is immature and misses the point.
He says the real issue is… Read more Audio
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Budget 2019: Hopes for health, education, housing boost
6:43 AM.Aucklanders are hoping health, education and housing will be big ticket items in the 2019 government Budget.
Others say poverty, transport and the justice system could also do with some attention.
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Parents bracing for more teacher strikes
6:47 AM.Parents are bracing for more teacher strikes if the threatened action continues. Nearly 50-thousand teachers and principals went on strike nationwide yesterday - in the country's largest-ever… Read more Audio
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Business News for 30 May 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 30 May 2019
7:06 AM.The Northern Stars have advanced to their very first ANZ Premiership Grand Final after upsetting defending champions the Southern Steel 56-53 in the preliminary final in Invercargill. Audio
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Budget 2019: Treasury breach and political drama
7:10 AM.The New Zealand Treasury has admitted its supposedly top secret Budget website was breached by searches for particular keywords.
And it says it's been advised by the police that anyone who found… Read more Audio
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Māori health sector concerned Māori needs ignored
8:22 AM.Some in the Māori health sector are concerned Māori needs are being ignored by the government following the long-awaited Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry.
The government responded to the inquiry's… Read more Audio
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Special needs teacher describes classroom attacks
7:23 AM.A teacher of children with special needs who's been violently attacked in the classroom says she marched in Wednesday's teacher strike for them - rather than for higher pay.
Lou Dickson is a special… Read more Audio
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Auckland Harbour Bridge turns 60
8:25 AM.Auckland is marking the 60th birthday of the Auckland Harbour Bridge on Thursday.
The 1.2km bridge was a feat of engineering at the time and defined the future growth of Auckland.
Jordan Bond takes… Read more Audio
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Education Minister Chris Hipkins responds to teachers' strike
7:29 AM.On the day after the combined primary and secondary teacher's mega-strike, Corin Dann speaks to the the Minister of Education Chris Hipkins about what the budget will offer special education teachers… Read more Audio
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Fears white supremacist may kill after prison release
7:37 AM.A grandfather is worried his white supremacist grandson will kill someone if he is released from prison tomorrow.
Rod Finch says his troubled grandson Frank, who has drug and alcohol problems, wrote… Read more Audio
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Mental Health, Wellbeing Commission 'a step back' - doctor
7:41 AM.The resurrection of a Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is being termed "a step back in time".
Clinical psychologist Dr Dougal Sutherland, from Victoria University, says the reappearance of a… Read more Audio
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Charging Trump was not an option - Mueller
7:42 AM.Special Counsel Robert Mueller has made his first public comment on his investigation into Russian interference in the US 2016 elections and says if he could have declared Donald Trump innocent he… Read more Audio
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Boris Johnson heads to court on misconduct charges
7:51 AM.The man who could be Britain's next Prime Minister has been summoned to court on charges of misconduct.
Boris Johnson claimed that Britain gave the European Union 350 million pounds a week ahead of… Read more Audio
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Rainbow Tick refutes claims it's a marketing ploy
7:51 AM.The organisation Rainbow Tick is denying claims that its diversity and inclusion certificate is a marketing ploy for corporations.
On Wednesday we heard from queer and trans employees who felt unsafe… Read more Audio
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Cricket World Cup returns to UK's hallowed ground
7:55 AM.The Cricket World Cup has returned to the home of the sport for its 12th edition - which gets under way on Thursday night (NZ time).
Over the next six weeks, the world's 10 best international teams… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 30 may 2019
8:06 AM.The Wellington Phoenix have been fined a million dollars by Football Federation Australia for failing to hit their required off-field targets this season according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Audio
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Treasury website breach not illegal - police
8:10 AM.The police have dropped an investigation into hacking of the Treasury website prompted by the leaking of supposedly secret Budget details.
The Treasury admitted this morning a weakness in its website… Read more Audio
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Ben Thomas, Bryce Edwards on Budget breach
8:16 AM.The police have dropped an investigation into hacking of the Treasury website prompted by the leaking of supposedly secret Budget details.
The Treasury admitted a weakness in its website meant people… Read more Audio
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Ōtara community brings healthy food to locals
8:37 AM.A South Auckland community desperate for healthy food options is taking matters into its own hands.
Long time Ōtara resident Swanie Nelson first started the Pātaka Kai movement last August, where she… Read more Audio
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Budget 2019: Disability advocates have low expectations
8:41 AM.Disability advocates aren't holding out much hope today's budget will deliver the wholesale changes they are hoping for.
But at a conference at Te Papa they heard about overseas projects designed to… Read more Audio
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Treasury's Budget breach not illegal - Bridges responds
8:51 AM.Police have dropped an investigation into hacking of the Treasury website.
The Treasury admitted a weakness in its website meant people could access a limited amount of Budget information.
We cross… Read more Audio
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Bridges responds to Budget breach - political analysis
8:57 AM.RNZ political editor Jane Patterson has been listening to Mr Bridges' press conference following Treasury's admission a weakness in its website meant people could access a limited amount of Budget… Read more Audio