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Morning Report for Thursday 20 February 2020
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Top Stories for Thursday 20 February 2020
6:00 AM.Two more New Zealanders on the Diamond Princess cruise ship test positive for coronavirus and not allowed to fly home. Ex-husband is blamed as Brisbane mother and their three children burn to death in… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 20 February 2020
6:06 AM.In a situation that probably doesn't happen often, the White Ferns offered some advise to their opponents after yesterday's T20 World Cup game against Thailand in Adelaide. Read more Audio
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Trucking companies urged to hold on amidst Covid-19 slowdown
6:12 AM.Trucking firms are being urged to hold onto their staff as long as possible with the promise work will return once the Covid-19 threat subsides.
National Road Carriers Association chief executive… Read more Audio
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UN special rapporteur urges bold human-rights approach to housing crisis
6:16 AM.A visiting United Nations representative says the country's housing crisis is a significant human-rights issue - and it's time the right to housing was wrenched from the hands of the private market.
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Early Business News for 20 February 2020
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 20 February 2020
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Cruise ship passenger says Govt rescue too late
6:42 AM.An Auckland man who has spent two weeks stuck on a cruise ship in Japan quarantined due to a rampaging Covid-19 oubreak on board says New Zealand health officials should have rescued them sooner.
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No clear end in sight to Wellington's water problems
6:46 AM.Despite an urgent meeting about Wellington's ageing and leaking sewerage system it's still not clear when the problems are going to be fixed.
The mayor and councillors met with city's water company… Read more Audio
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Indigenous activists block roads and rail to protest pipeline
6:49 AM.Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs have refused an offer to meet with Canadian cabinet ministers from the federal and provincial governments until the Canadian Police leave their lands.
Indigenous… Read more Audio
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Business News for 20 February 2020
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Sports News for 20 February 2020
7:06 AM.The New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor didn't expect to be in the Black Caps for long. Read more Audio
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Diamond Princess passengers headed home - but not to freedom
7:10 AM.Two of the eight New Zealanders due to fly home from Tokyo this morning have tested positive for Covid-19 and have not been allowed to board the Qantas charter flight to Darwin.
They were diagnosed… Read more Audio
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Jami-Lee Ross once again proclaims innocence
7:18 AM.Jami-Lee Ross is once again proclaiming his innocence, as he heads off to court next week - along with three others - to face Serious Fraud Office charges.
This is just the latest twist in a… Read more Audio
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Schools resist enrolling violent children
7:24 AM.Schools are increasingly resisting attempts to make them enrol children who have been kicked out of other schools for violent behaviour.
Principals say they are facing a "growing sea of violence" and… Read more Audio
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Mike Bloomberg to join stage at Nevada Democrat debate
7:26 AM.A new face will join candidates for the US Democratic presidential nomination on stage later today as they slug it out in another live televised debate.
Former New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg… Read more Audio
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Rewa makes bid to overturn murder conviction
7:37 AM.Malcolm Rewa's bid to overturn his conviction for murdering Auckland woman Susan Burdett will be heard in the Court of Appeal today.
Last year, he was sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Expert warns more flights could be cancelled
7:43 AM.If Covid-19 is not contained over the next few weeks, an industry analyst is predicting more international flights will be cancelled.
Air New Zealand, China Southern, Sichuan Airlines, Air China… Read more Audio
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Kiwi firefighter shares stories of fighting Australian fires
7:46 AM.The New South Wales Rural Fire Service has used a billboard in New York's Times Square to thank their local and American volunteers.
"Imagine fighting a bushfire higher than this billboard," the sign… Read more Audio
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Milford Track to reopen next week after storm damage
7:48 AM.The Milford Track is reopening next week after storm damage caused rockfalls and slips.
Tourists and New Zealanders will be able to walk a shortened version of the popular track.
Eugenie Sage is the… Read more Audio
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Auckland Council pushing back on govt prefab plan
7:53 AM.The Auckland Council is pushing back at the Government's plans to get thousands of prefab homes built here to tackle the housing crisis.
It has sent government officials a video link to disastrous… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 20 February 2020
8:06 AM.The Black caps batsman Ross Taylor says time has meant he's a lot wiser on how he goes about his cricket now. Read more Audio
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Wuhan evacuees spend first night back home
8:10 AM.It has just been the first night home since 27 December for Lily Gao and her two-year-old daughter. The pair are finally home in Auckland after their evacuation from China and quarantine in… Read more Audio
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National Party can't separate itself from fraud charges against Jami-Lee Ross - expert
8:16 AM.An electoral law expert says the National Party can't entirely wash its hand of the fraud charges laid against Jami-Lee Ross.
Ross used to be a National Party MP but is now independent.
He's named… Read more Audio
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School principals wrestle with enrolling violent kids
8:20 AM.More now on our earlier story on schools increasingly resisting attempts to make them enrol children who have been kicked out of other schools for violent behaviour.
Primary school principals say… Read more Audio
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Market Update for 20 February 2020
8:30 AM.A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Nelson boast country's longest median lifespan
8:33 AM.It bills itself as large on life, but Nelson is also long on life.
Residents of Nelson have the longest median lifespan in the country - 86 for women and 81 for men.
To share some of the secrets of… Read more Audio
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Hawke's Bay kaumatua criticises Oranga Tamariki
8:35 AM.A Hawkes Bay kaumatua says the whānau of a boy severely beaten are distraught and devastated and says Oranga Tamariki need to accept responsibility for their part in the case.
The police say they… Read more Audio
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Wanaka locals oppose proposed airport expanson
8:42 AM.Wanaka residents are fuming about what they see as a lack of consultation over a plan to expand the airport.
The council organised two meetings this week - one in Wanaka and one in Frankton - but… Read more Audio
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Former Warriors player allegedly behind fire that killed his family
8:45 AM.An apparent family violence incident in Brisbane has resulted in the deaths of three children under 10, their mother and their father.
It's alleged Rowan Baxter, a former New Zealand Warriors player… Read more Audio
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Counties Manukau women had breast cancer diagnoses delayed
8:51 AM.The Cancer Society's head Mike Kernaghan says South Auckland women who've had their cancer diagnoses delayed are the victims of a borderline third world health system.
Thirty-five women at Counties… Read more Audio
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Flyover farewell for former World War II Spitfire pilot
8:54 AM.A Spitfire will be heard in Auckland today as New Zealand farewells a Spitfire pilot from the Second World War Two.
Jim Robinson, who has died aged 99, was the last of four New Zealand members of RAF… Read more Audio