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Morning Report for Thursday 10 October 2019
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Top Stories for Thursday 10 October 2019
6:00 AM.Turkish troops cross into north eastern Syrian... airstrikes and heavy artillery are pounding kurdish military sites. A terror attack on a synagogue in eastern Germany is compared to Christchurch… Read more Audio
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Market Update for 10 Cctober 2019
8:31 AM.A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Sports News for 10 October 2019
6:04 AM.Fiji's bowed out of the Rugby World Cup with a gallant 29-17 defeat to Wales, who came from two tries down to secure a hard-fought bonus point win in Oita. Audio
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Two dead following attack in Germany
6:14 AM.An attack on a synagogue that has been compared to the Christchurch mosque shootings, has left at least two people dead in the East German city of Halle. Audio
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Hans Dalton's mother: 'We just want the truth'
6:19 AM.An aggrieved mother whose son died in unexplained circumstances in a Samoan prison is pleading one last time for help from the Government. It's been almost seven years since Hans Dalton's body was… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 10 October 2019
6:21 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Palmerston North doctors say hospital facilities are outdated
6:46 AM.Doctors at Palmerston North Hospital have told their bosses there aren't enough operating theatres, the emergency department is totally inadequate and the intensive care unit is outdated. Their… Read more Audio
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Business News for 10 October 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 10 October 2019
7:06 AM.Silver Ferns captain Laura Langman has made a decision about her playing future, but she's not making it public just yet. Audio
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Attack in Germany compared to Chch mosque shooting
7:16 AM.A terror attack in eastern Germany is being compared to the Christchurch mosque attacks. A 27-year old German man has been arrested after he shot and killed two people in the city of Halle. Witnesses… Read more Audio
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Synagogue police protection missing at time of attack
7:21 AM.German correspondent, Thomas Sparrow, told Morning Report that Germany's interior minister will go to Halle tomorrow, along with the commissioner for anti-semitism, to speak to the Jewish community… Read more Audio
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Old hospital facilities keep patients waiting say doctors
7:25 AM.Frustrated Palmerston North doctors have written to their district health board and the Health Minister complaining about a crisis involving old and substandard acute hospital facilities. Senior… Read more Audio
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Austrian Countess fined over NZ land purchase
7:27 AM.An Austrian Countess who breached New Zealand's overseas investment rules when she bought Hadleigh Station in Wairarapa has been fined just a fraction of the purchase price and been allowed to keep… Read more Audio
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Big bills pending for motorists, truck operators - Government
7:37 AM.Big bills are coming for motorists and truck operators after the Government said they will have to pick up the tab for improved road safety. Audio
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Mother who lost son in Samoan prison calls Government for help
7:45 AM.The mother of a psychiatric patient who died mysteriously in a Samoan prison is pleading one last time for the Government's help. Audio
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Typhoon Hagibis: Will the storm wreak havoc on RWC?
7:50 AM.Rugby World Cup bosses, teams and fans are keeping their eyes on super typhoon Hagibis which has been upgraded to a category 5 violent typhoon as it tracks towards Japan's main island of Honshu. Audio
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NZ First leaks coming from top of party, says fmr president
7:55 AM.A former president of New Zealand First says the recent leaks must be coming from someone who holds or held a high position in the party. Audio
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Sports News for 10 October 2019
8:10 AM.Rugby World Cup matches are under threat from Typhoon Hagibis with the Dail Mail newspaper reporting England's final group match against France will be called off. Audio
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Attack in Germany livestreamed on gaming platform, Twitch
8:10 AM.Footage from an anti-Semitic attack in the German city of Halle was livestreamed overnight on Amazon's video gaming platform Twitch. Two people were killed in the attacks on a synagogue and a kebab… Read more Audio
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Turkish warplanes bombing northeastern Syria
8:14 AM.Turkish warplanes have bombed parts of north-eastern Syria at the start of an offensive which could lead to conflict with Kurdish-led allies of the US. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the… Read more Audio
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US President's u-turn on Turkey in Syria
8:16 AM.Continuing with the situation in northeastern Syria, US President Donald Trump has released a statement saying the US "does not endorse this attack and has made it clear to Turkey that this operation… Read more Audio
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New Transport Agency chair responds to damning report
8:19 AM.A damning report into the Transport Agency has found pervasive problems in the culture and structure of the agency from the senior leadership down. The Agency had a backlog of over 850 compliance… Read more Audio
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Mayoral candidates concerned by low voter turnout
8:36 AM.Low voter turnout and the way votes are cast are concerning mayoral candidates across the country - hoping to take out the top job. Voting in the local body elections closes at noon on Saturday. As… Read more Audio
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Taking down 8Chan won't stop alt-right attacks, says researcher
8:43 AM.A researcher into the alt-right and white nationalism says the overnight terror attack in Germany is amost definitely alt-right related. The gunman was wearing military-style clothing, and a… Read more Audio
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Replacement hospital block a decade away, says MidCentral DHB
8:47 AM.Eighty senior doctors in Palmerston North have written to their DHB to complain of the inadequate state of the hospital and the harm it is causing patients. They're calling it a crisis, pointing to a… Read more Audio
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Will the Bathurst drought be broken on Sunday?
8:53 AM.Greg Murphy hopes this is the weekend either Scott McLaughlin or Shane van Gisbergen finally join him as a Bathurst 1000 champion. Murphy is the last New Zealander to be the lead driver of a winning… Read more Audio
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Devastating consequences for kids, families if school bus cut
8:55 AM.A rural Hawke's Bay community says an Education Ministry plan to cut its school bus service in half will have devastating consequences for children and their families. Elsthorpe residents say the… Read more Audio