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Morning Report for Wednesday 13 November 2019
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Top Stories for Wednesday 13 November 2019
6:00 AM.Fires continue to rage across New South Wales as winds whip up the flames, a mysterious foundation that loans money to New Zealand First is under scrutiny, the Catholic Church begins its first-ever… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 13 November 2019
6:06 AM.Forty-six rookies have received Super Rugby contracts for the first time. Read more Audio
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Australia bushfires: Busy time for evacuation centre at Tuncurry Beach
6:09 AM.The Tuncurry Beach Bowling Club on New South Wales' mid north coast has been turned into an evacuation centre for bush fire refugees.
Hundreds are expected to seek refuge there.
Club manager Terry… Read more Audio
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Australia bushfires: Taree residents ready to flee as fire burns
6:15 AM.Residents in the New South Wales town of Taree say they are ready to evacuate.
Taree is just north east of the Hillville fire, which is continuing to rage.
Dennis Royal, who works at Taree Tenpin… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 13 November 2019
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 13 November 2019
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio
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Australia bushfires: Barnaby Joyce criticised for saying dead likely greens voters
6:40 AM.The mayor of the New South Wales district where two people have died in bushfires says she's disgusted Australia's former deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce disparaged the victims as most likely… Read more Audio
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Winston Peters says immigration officials let system be rorted
6:47 AM.New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the way officials have applied immigration policy in the past has allowed for rorting of the system.
A change in approach by Immigration New Zealand in… Read more Audio
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Business News for 13 November
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Sports News for 13 November 2019
7:06 AM.Forty-six rookies have received Super Rugby contracts for the first time. Read more Audio
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Australia bushfires: Homes destroyed but no more deaths
7:10 AM.Australian fire crews have battled through the night as more than a hundred fires continue to burn in eastern states, dozens out of control.
Tuesday's conditions were officially designated… Read more Audio
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New Zealand First foundation under scrutiny
7:17 AM.A mysterious foundation that loans money to New Zealand First is under scrutiny, with concerns that while it's lawful, it fails to provide the transparency voters need in a democracy.
The party has… Read more Audio
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Catholic Church survey asks worshippers about abuse
7:31 AM.The Catholic Church has begun its first-ever survey in New Zealand to get to grips with just how many priests abused how many children.
A researcher into abuse by clergy says this could be the… Read more Audio
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Simon Bridges criticises proposed education overhaul
7:33 AM.The government has unveiled a major overhaul of the school system, including taking away schools' powers to set their own enrolment zones.
A newly formed Education Service Agency will take on the… Read more Audio
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Questions arise over out-of-school-zone enrolments
7:41 AM.School zones are again in the news, this time on the back of new education reforms.
Schools will no longer set their own enrolement areas - it will be done instead by a network of regional offices… Read more Audio
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David Seymour 'quietly confident' euthanasia Bill will pass third reading
7:47 AM.MPs will vote on Wednesday on whether to send the question of voluntary euthanasia to the public for a final say, or dump the issue altogether.
The End of Life Choice Bill - which would allow… Read more Audio
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Mt Albert tree protesters 'shocked' by police visit
7:53 AM.Police, Auckland city officials and security guards turned up at Ōwairaka - Mt Albert in the early hours of the morning, to talk to protesters trying to stop trees being felled.
They were joined by… Read more Audio
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Pasifika siblings win Chess Champions title
7:57 AM.For the first time, three Pasifika students will compete in the National Interschool Chess Championships in Australia after winning gold at the New Zealand Power Team tournament.
Three siblings of… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 13 November 2019
8:06 AM.The Highlanders coach Aaron Mauger says he's not too concerned about the experience they've lost from the Super Rugby side. Read more Audio
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New South Wales fires continue to fan fears
8:10 AM.Fire danger ratings in New South Wales are expected to drop from catastrophic to very high today before temperatures rise again as the weekend approaches.
At its height there were 15 fires at… Read more Audio
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Terrorism supression Bill 'obnoxious' - Privacy Commissioner
8:17 AM.Obnoxious and unnecessary - that's the Privacy Commissioner John Edwards' view of a government Bill aimed at controlling New Zealanders who return from fighting terrorist wars overseas.
Mr Edwards… Read more Audio
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Labour and NZ First still split over immigration
8:22 AM.The spat between Labour and New Zealand First ministers over arranged marriages may have moved behind closed doors but it's no closer to a resolution.
The Prime Minister has already announced that… Read more Audio
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Grace Millane trial: Jury hears murder-accused's police interviews
8:25 AM.The jury in the trial of the man accused of murdering the British backpacker Grace Millane will watch continue watching his first police interview today.
It's now the second week of the 27-year-old's… Read more Audio
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Market Update for 13 november 2019
8:30 AM.A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Donald Trump impeachment inquiry enters new phase
8:35 AM.The impeachment inquiry into President Trump enters a new and important phase today.
The inquiry will be televised live to the public as the democrats attempt to prove that Mr Trump tried to bribe… Read more Audio
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The Tomorrow's Schools report explained
8:42 AM.The government's school reforms could spell the end for skewed school zones.
It is creating a new division of the Education Ministry that will review and redraw schools' enrolment zones and review… Read more Audio
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Rural towns dying as New Zealand's population grows
8:48 AM.While Aotearoa's population is due to hit 5 million next year, many small, rural towns are dying. As part of RNZ's 'Now We Are 5 Million' series, reporter Susan Strongman visited the tiny Waikato town… Read more Audio
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Australia bushfires: Blue Mountains still on alert due to blazes
8:53 AM.Residents of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney remain on high alert and many have evacuated to safer territory.
The Blue Mountains community was devastated by a 2013 bushfire which destroyed around… Read more Audio
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The history of Wellington's little-used flag
8:56 AM.Wellington's civic leaders want to stoke the city's sense of pride, by reviving items such as its bespoke but curious looking flag.
The flag features a flying dolphin, a galleon ship, and English… Read more Audio
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What's on at NZ's largest A&P show
8:58 AM.One of New Zealand's largest A&P shows, now know as the New Zealand Agricultural Show, gets underway today in Christchurch.
It's hoped 100,000 people will pour through the gates of the 157th… Read more Audio