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Morning Report for Monday 11 November 2019
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Top Stories for Monday 11 November 2019
6:00 AM.Questions are being asked about whether new armed police patrols are being used to fight low level crime. Sydney's being warned of 'catastrophic fire danger' that will put lives and homes at risk… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 11 November 2019
6:06 AM.New Zealand driver Scott McLaughlin has secured the Supercars championship for the second year running. Read more Audio
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CertMark complainant speaks out
6:12 AM.Documents show the country's major certifier of building products has been the subject of complaints, warnings and investigations since it began.
Certmark founder John Thorpe joined the powerful… Read more Audio
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New e-ferry on strict weight diet
6:15 AM.The managing director of the newly formed Wellington Electric Boat Building company says his first project is one of the most intense of his life.
The company's building the new 19-metre long ferry… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 11 November 2019
6:21 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 11 November 2019
6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio
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Former MP Chester Burrows not sure about armed police
6:40 AM.A police Armed Response Team has been used to pull over a car linked to a dishonesty crime in Hamilton.
The police say this was appropriate because the man found in the car had been known to carry… Read more Audio
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Sustainable NZ party officially launches
6:43 AM.The new political party Sustainable New Zealand thinks they have what it takes to be the next minor party in Parliament, with a simple approach to politics.
The Party's leader Vernon Tava told… Read more Audio
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Business News for 11 November 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Sports News for 11 November 2019
7:06 AM.Subdued celebrations from New Zealand driver Scott McLaughlin after clinching his second Supercars title in two seasons. Read more Audio
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Police Armed Response Teams questioned
7:10 AM.Armed police from the newly formed Armed Response Teams have been used to pull over a car linked to a dishonesty crime on a suburban Hamilton road.
The police say the man in the car was arrested… Read more Audio
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'Catastrophic' fire warning for New South Wales
7:14 AM.The New South Wales Rural Fire Service has forecast 'catastrophic fire danger' for the Sydney and Hunter regions tomorrow, warning that lives and homes will be at risk.
Fires raged through New South… Read more Audio
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Complaints about building products certifier since it began
7:20 AM.Documents show the country's major certifier of building products has been the subject of complaints, warnings and investigations since it began.
CertMark founder John Thorpe was investigated before… Read more Audio
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New podcast uncovers mystery behind Erebus disaster
7:27 AM.Forty years on from the Erebus Disaster which claimed 257 lives, a former Attorney General says he has one real regret from that period.
In November 1979 an Air New Zealand sightseeing flight crashed… Read more Audio
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Vernon Tava discusses Sustainable NZ Party plans
7:36 AM.New political party Sustainable New Zealand thinks they have what it takes to be the next minor party in Parliament.
Sustainable New Zealand leader Vernon Tava is promising he will work with all… Read more Audio
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Hundreds of dead rats wash up on West Coast beach
7:44 AM.Two dozen of the 600 dead rats that washed up on a West Coast beach will be sent to Palmerston North today for testing to find out what killed them.
The Department of Conservation is hoping… Read more Audio
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Fire and Emergency update on Otago wildfire
7:48 AM.Warm and windy conditions helped to fan a fire in rural Otago over the weekend, spreading it five times faster than normal.
The fire started at the edge of Te Papanui Conservation Park near… Read more Audio
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Wellington roads shut after Sunday afternoon fire
7:51 AM.A large fire on the roof of a restaurant closed off streets in central Wellington on Sunday afternoon.
Crews were called to fight the fire on the Cuba Street just after 4pm.
Charlotte Cook has more.
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Wellington's new electric ferry to slash owners' fuel bill
7:53 AM.Wellington's new electric cross-harbour ferry, is shaping up to slash its owners' fuel bill by $250,000 each year.
The ferry, which is being built and assembled by the Wellington Electric Boat… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 11 November 2019
8:06 AM.Liverpool's beaten reigning champions Manchester City 3-1 at Anfield to move eight points clear at the top of English football's Premier League. Read more Audio
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Police call for feedback on Armed Response Teams amid controversy
8:10 AM.The Police are defending using an Armed Response Team to pull over a man wanted in connection to a dishonesty crime, who was known to carry firearms.
A disgruntled bystander filmed what happened… Read more Audio
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Ex-Green MP Sue Bradford responds to Sustainable NZ Party launch
8:17 AM.The new political party Sustainable New Zealand thinks it has what it takes to be the next minor party in Parliament. The Party's leader Vernon Tava says the party will be pro environment, science and… Read more Audio
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Daughter of Erebus captain discusses crash
8:24 AM.The daughter of the pilot who flew the Air New Zealand plane that crashed into Mt Erebus says the disaster has had ripple effects that still influence many peoples' lives today.
A Royal Commission of… Read more Audio
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Son of Peter Mahon speaks about Erebus inquiry
8:28 AM.November marks 40 years since the country's worst aviation disaster, when 257 people died after an Air New Zealand plane crashed into the side of Mt Erebus in Antarctica.
In the fallout from the… Read more Audio
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Market Update for 11 November 2019
8:32 AM.A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Mt Albert residents protesting against tree removal
8:39 AM.About 50 Mt Albert residents have set up a protest at the bottom of Ōwairaka, Mt Albert Maunga, this morning in a bid to stop 345 exotic trees from getting the chop.
The Tūpuna Maunga Authority plans… Read more Audio
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Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care: Witnesses speak of torture, neglect
8:43 AM.The first public hearing of the Royal Commission of inquiry into historic abuse in state and faith-based care has finished.
Twenty-eight witnesses appeared and many have given harrowing evidence of… Read more Audio
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Dunedin residents asked to conserve water after fire
8:48 AM.The flames are out at the Middlemarch fire in Otago, but more than 4600 hectares of landscape has been left devastated and smouldering.
That includes the Deep Stream catchment valley, which usually… Read more Audio
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Hoiho wins Bird of the Year
8:53 AM.The Hoiho or Yellow Eyed Penguin is the winner Forest and Bird's Bird of the Year for 2019, followed closely by the Kākāpō.
Megan Hubscher from Forest and Bird announced the winner. Read more Audio
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Will Singles' Day take off in New Zealand?
8:57 AM.You may have seen ads popping up for 'Singles' Day', as retailers push for New Zealand shoppers to get on board with what's becoming a new global shopping trend on November 11.
Singles' Day was… Read more Audio