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Morning Report for Friday 7 June 2019
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Top Stories for Friday 7 June 2019
6:00 AM.The Government admits there are flaws in national security including no strategy to prevent terrorist attacks. Senior doctors say staff and bed shortages in Hawke's Bay are putting patients at risk… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 7 June 2019
6:06 AM.Australia have joined the Black Caps at the top of the cricket world cup standings with a 15-run win over the West Indies at Trent Bridge. Audio
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Early Business News for 7 June 2019
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Police scrambling after mosque attacks, says far-right author
6:39 AM.Far-right author Kerry Bolton says the police are scrambling around in the clampdown following the Christchurch mosque attacks in March.
The Minister responsible for the intelligence agencies, Andrew… Read more Video, Audio
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FIFA Women's World Cup: Erceg mentally, physically ready
6:45 AM.The veteran New Zealand football player Abby Erceg says they're in a good place mentally and physically heading into the FIFA Women's World Cup.
The tournament opens tomorrow with the hosts France… Read more Audio
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Business News for 7 June 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 7 June 2019
7:06 AM.An impressive batting display by Nathan Coulter-Nile and a devastating display of death bowling by Mitchell Starc has got the Australian cricketers through to a 15 run win over the West Indies in… Read more Audio
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National security: Govt admits gaps in counter-terrorism
7:10 AM.Major gaps have been identified in national security including no strategy to prevent terrorist attacks.
The government is acknowledging the gaps even as the Royal Commission of Inquiry investigates… Read more Audio
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Hospital patients' safety at risk, doctors warn
7:20 AM.Fifty senior doctors have told members of Hawke's Bay District Health Board that chronic staff and bed shortages and delays in elective surgeries are putting patients' safety at risk.
The consultants… Read more Audio
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Mum worried as children miss out on flu vaccine
7:24 AM.With national stocks of the flu vaccine about to run out there's a warning even people regarded as high risk could miss out.
It's too late to buy more for this season and so the Ministry of Health… Read more Audio
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Flu vaccines running out ahead of 'nasty' season
7:27 AM.The flu has started hitting around New Zealand and health experts fear the outbreak could be particularly nasty this year.
In Australia, 139 people have died already - three times more than usual.
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Suspected quadruple shooting in Waikato confounds residents
7:38 AM.Four people found shot on Thursday are believed to have driven injured along dark country roads for kilometres in rural Waikato in a desperate bid to find medical help.
The police say one person died… Read more Audio
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Migrant community leader urges police to build more trust
7:41 AM.A community leader in Palmerston North is urging the police to step up and do more to keep the migrant and muslim community safe.
Rana Naser from the Manawatu Multicultural Council says police aren't… Read more Audio
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Police ask victims of serial rapist to come forward
7:44 AM.Police are calling for more victims of serial rapist Richard George Apperley to come forward.
Wairarapa Detective Senior Sergeant Haley Ryan tells Susie Ferguson that the 39-year-old began offending… Read more Audio
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Family of missing tramper not giving up hope
7:51 AM.The family of missing tramper Darren Myers are not giving up hope of finding him a week after he went missing in the Tararua ranges.
Mr Myers left last Tuesday morning for a five-day hike from Levin… Read more Audio
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Plastic fantastic! A roading revolution?
7:56 AM.A world-leading roading trial in New Plymouth may offer a solution for the thousands of tonnes of difficult to recycle plastic grades - 3 through 7 - collected in New Zealand each year.
The plastics… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 7 June 2019
8:06 AM.The Australian cricket captain Aaron Finch admits to some nervous moments on their way to a 15 run win over the West Indies in their World Cup game at Trent Bridge. Audio
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Major gaps identified in NZ's national security
8:10 AM.Major gaps have been identified in national security including no strategy to prevent terrorist attacks.
A senior lecturer of security studies who has researched the system for three years says the… Read more Audio
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Federated Farmers applauds new dairy rules
8:17 AM.Federated Farmers is backing new rules that make it clearer when Fonterra can refuse milk from sub-standard farmers.
Changes to the laws governing the dairy industry specify that Fonterra can refuse… Read more Audio
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Quake-prone Wellington apartment owners fear homelessness
8:22 AM.Owners of earthquake-prone apartments in Wellington fear they'll end up destitute or homeless with the cost of strengthening their units now at ten times more than government estimates.
Furious inner… Read more Audio
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Football Ferns in a good place ahead of World Cup
8:26 AM.Some in the Maori and community housing sector are frustrated they aren't being used to help the government reach its housing targets. The Shift Aotearoa conference is underway in Wellington, where… Read more Audio
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Folau launches legal action against Rugby Australia
8:28 AM.Former Wallabies fullback Israel Folau has launched legal proceedings against Rugby Australia and the Waratahs for unlawfully terminating his contract.
His lawyers argue that it was illegal to sack… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 7 June 2019
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Publishing mosque gunman's photo - the implications
8:41 AM.The High Court has lifted a suppression order that prevented news media showing images of the accused Christchurch mosque gunman, Brenton Tarrant.
Justice Mander Andrew Little said the Crown had told… Read more Audio
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Immigration visa delays causing million-dollar losses
8:45 AM.Immigration New Zealand is under fire from students and education providers who say they are paying a heavy cost for the delays in visa processing.
Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says the… Read more Audio
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Global climate catastrophe by 2050, think tank warns
8:49 AM.A climate change think tank is warning of an environmental catastrophe within three decades.
The Australian organisation Breakthrough says the current research on climate change is too conservative.
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:54 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio