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Morning Report for Wednesday 4 March 2020
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Top Stories for Wednesday 4 March 2020
6:00 AM.Police bullying victims dismissing independent review, Covid-19: US announces emergency interest rate, Covid-19: Should New Zealand cut rates?, Covid-19: Suppliers of protective gear worried about a… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 4 March 2020
6:06 AM.The Black Caps will have their front-line ODI pace attack to call on for the upcoming Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series in Australia with Trent Boult, Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson all fit for the… Read more Audio
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Police commissioner promises to act on bullying review
6:09 AM.The police commissioner says all the recommendations from an independent review into how police handle internal bullying complaints will be acted on within a year.
The key finding in lawyer Debbie… Read more Audio
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Nineteen dead after Nashville tornado
6:16 AM.Tennessee, which is voting in Super Tuesday, has been hit by a tornado.
Nineteen people have been killed in Nashville.
The director of Nashville's office of fire and emergency management, William… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 4 March 2020
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: One fifth of UK workforce could get sick
6:45 AM.The British government says up to a fifth of the workforce may be off sick during the peak of a coronavirus epidemic in the UK.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the government's plans for… Read more Audio
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Criminologist questions police Armed Response Team use
6:48 AM.A criminologist is questioning whether the police have actually started routinely arming some officers for day-to-day police work.
New figures show Armed Response Teams were sent to 75 jobs on… Read more Audio
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School librarians call for protection against funding cuts
6:49 AM.School librarians want the government to protect their libraries and guarantee their funding.
They say survey results show that last year one in five schools cut funding to their library and that… Read more Audio
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Woman convicted over Asiatic black bear bile smuggling
6:51 AM.A woman has been convicted and fined for smuggling Asiatic black bear bile from China - the first such case in New Zealand.
Litao Xu was fined $7500 after pleading guilty in Auckland District Court… Read more Audio
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Business News for 4 March 2020
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Sports News for 4 March 2020
7:06 AM.The Black Caps cricket coach Gary Stead believes they're well placed to become the first New Zealand side to win a one-day series in Australia. Read more Audio
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Police bullying victims dismiss independent review
7:10 AM.Victims of bullying in the police are dismissing an independent review as a whitewash.
It was carried out by Debbie Francis, the consultant who investigated bullying and harassment at parliament.
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Covid-19: US announces emergency interest rate
7:19 AM.The United States Federal Reserve has announced an emergency interest rate for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.
It has slashed interest rates by half a percentage point in response to… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Should New Zealand cut rates after US, Australia did?
7:25 AM.The United States Federal Reserve has announced an emergency interest rate for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis.
It has slashed interest rates by half a percentage point in response to… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Suppliers of protective gear worried about a shortage
7:31 AM.One of the main suppliers of protective gear for doctors and nurses is worried stocks could run out here if Chinese factories in Wuhan don't re-open soon.
The epicentre of the coronavirus also makes… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Simon Bridges wants government to do more
7:31 AM.National Party leader Simon Bridges has criticised the Government's response to Covid-19, saying the economic response to the outbreak has been sub par.
He told reporters on Tuesday there has not… Read more Audio
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Police Armed Response Teams used 75 times a day at start of trial
7:37 AM.The new Armed Police Response Teams have been called out 50 times more often than Armed Offenders Squads were last year.
Data shows the teams were used 75 times a day in the first five weeks of a six… Read more Audio
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Super Tuesday voting underway
7:47 AM.It's an uncomfortable position for a coalition Prime Minister - having a minister go rogue but having only two stark decisions - risk collapsing the Government or tolerate open defiance.
Comments… Read more Audio
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Shane Jones puts coalition in uncomfortable position
7:54 AM.It's an uncomfortable position for a coalition Prime Minister - having a minister go rogue but having only two stark decisions - risk collapsing the Government or tolerate open defiance.
Comments… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 4 March 2020
8:06 AM.The first New Zealand athletes selected for this year's Tokyo Olympics are about to be named with the sailing team to be revealed in Auckland. Read more Audio
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Police Armed Response Teams called out more often than AOS
8:09 AM.The former police officer and National MP Chester Borrows, who chaired the Government's justice advisory group, says the new police Armed Response Teams are a step towards the routine arming of… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Crayfish industry says support may not be enough
8:18 AM.The crayfish industry says moves by the Government to support the sector in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak may not be enough to stop some businesses going under.
The industry, which sells 98… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: East Coast whānau support struggling logging workers
8:22 AM.Whānau in the East Coast have been digging into their own pockets to provide food and financial support to those affected by major logging disruption in the region.
About 300 forestry workers have… Read more Audio
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School librarians want guaranteed funding
8:24 AM.School librarians are fed up with repeated funding cuts and now they're calling for legal protection.
They want the government to pass a law requiring all schools to have a library and they want it… Read more Audio
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalists out today
8:28 AM.Finalists for the country's top book prizes are out this morning.
Sixteen works have made it on to the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalist list for fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and… Read more Audio
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Market Update for 4 March 2020
8:30 AM.A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Most exporters expecting at least 10 percent drop
8:37 AM.A Covid-19 survey by the New Zealand Business Roundtable in China has found 81 percent of respondents expect China export revenue to be down at least 10 percent this year.
But while there was… Read more Audio
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Manawatu bridge openings cause massive delays on SH1
8:47 AM.The opening of two long-awaited bridges north of Wellington has caused major delays for a stretch of State Highway 1 already plagued by traffic snarlups.
Locals are critical of the way the $70… Read more Audio
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Abortion reform bill passes second reading
8:54 AM.Abortion reform has cleared another hurdle, passing its second reading in Parliament last night by 81 votes to 39.
It was a tighter margin than the first reading in August and was just as… Read more Audio
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Entries up for Golden Shears competition
8:57 AM.Shearers have flocked to Masterton for the 60th anniversary of New Zealand's premier shearing competition which begins today.
There are 500 entries for the golden shears, up from 350 last year.
The… Read more Audio
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Kea found to be brilliant problem solvers
8:57 AM.Kea are well known as the big green parrots that steal your windscreen wipers and nick your cellphone, but this trickery may be indicative of a bird that isn't so different to humans when it comes to… Read more Video, Audio