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Morning Report for Tuesday 14 July 2020
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Todd Muller: Ardern comments on resignation
8:59 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has issued a statement about National Party leader Todd Muller standing down.
She said: "I have just heard the news about the resignation of Mr Muller as leader of the… Read more Audio
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Muller resignation: NZ First releases statement
8:58 AM.New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters has also acknowledged today the heavy price of trying to lead the National Party today.
"One's sympathy goes out to Todd Muller and his family.
Todd is a good… Read more Audio
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Benee song 'Glitter' named as one of top 20 of 2020
8:56 AM.The Silver Scroll Awards recognise excellence in songwriting - and some of New Zealand's top songwriters help select the finalists. It's considered one of the most coveted awards in Kiwi music.
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Temporary workers want holiday visas extended through apple harvest
8:53 AM.Foreign backpackers and the apple industry are teaming up to persuade the Minister of Immigration to extend holiday visas through the spring harvest season.
There are currently 25,000 visitors on… Read more Audio
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Temporary workers want holiday visas extended
8:53 AM.Foreign backpackers and the apple industry are teaming up to persuade the Minister of Immigration to extend holiday visas through the spring harvest season. Audio
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Apple industry wants holiday visas extended through harvest
8:53 AM.Foreign backpackers and the apple industry are teaming up to persuade the Minister of Immigration to extend holiday visas through the spring harvest season. There are currently 25,000 visitors on such… Read more Audio
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Todd Muller leaves National Party leaderless
8:44 AM.Todd Muller has resigned as Leader of the Opposition and leader of the National Party.
He said in a statement on Tuesday the role has taken a heavy toll on him personally and it was no longer tenable… Read more Audio
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Todd Muller quits: David Seymour on resignation news
8:40 AM.Todd Muller has resigned as leader of the National Party and Leader of the Opposition.
ACT Party leader David Seymour speaks to Gyles Beckford. Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 14 July 2020
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Covid-19 cluster breaks out in Sydney
8:28 AM.Authorities are racing to contain a coronavirus cluster centred on a south-west Sydney pub.
More than 20 Covid-19 cases have now been linked to the pub.
There are also concerns about another… Read more Audio
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Victoria records another 177 Covid-19 cases
8:27 AM.The Australian state of Victoria has recorded another 177 cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
It's the eighth consecutive day Victoria has recorded triple-digit increases in its daily… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: California announces new lockdown restrictions
8:24 AM.Strict lockdown rules have been brought in for the US state of California.
Schools, hairdressers and religious institutions have been shut.
US correspondent Simon Marks speaks to Philippa Tolley. Read more Audio
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Todd Muller resignation: National Party needs a new leader
8:11 AM.Todd Muller has resigned as the Leader of the Oppostion and his party, leaving the National Party without a leader less than three months out from the general election.
Professor Claire Robinson is a… Read more Audio
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One year since Cricket World Cup final loss
7:56 AM.New Zealand lost the Cricket World Cup Final in the cruelest of circumstances one year ago on Tuesday.
England, the hosts, needed 15 runs off the final over to win, and with the help of a wicked… Read more Audio
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Liam Hehir on Todd Muller resignation
7:51 AM.Todd Muller has resigned as leader of the National Party. Muller said the role's impact on his health had been "untenable".
The National Party is holding an emergency caucus meeting to try and find a… Read more Audio
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Muller resignation: Political commentator Ben Thomas on National Party
7:46 AM.Todd Muller has resigned as leader of the National Party. Muller said the role's impact on his health had been "untenable".
Ben Thomas, a public relations consultant and former National Party… Read more Audio
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Todd Muller resigns as National Party leader
7:43 AM.Todd Muller has resigned as Leader of the Opposition and leader of the National Party.
Muller said his resignation was effective immediately as of Tuesday morning.
RNZ Deputy Political Editor Craig… Read more Audio
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Legal expert on how self-representation works
7:31 AM.The man behind the Christchurch mosque shootings will represent himself in court.
The killer appeared via video link in the High Court in Christchurch on Monday, where it was revealed he's fired his… Read more Audio
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Muslim community afraid of shooters plan to represent self
7:27 AM.Canterbury's Muslim community is afraid the Christchurch mosque gunman will use his sentencing next month to spread more hate.
When the killer appeared via video link in the High Court in… Read more Audio
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Ex-Labour Party president on SFO investigation
7:21 AM.The Serious Fraud Office is investigating the Labour Party for donations it received in 2017.
Former Labour Party president Mike Williams speaks to Gyles Beckford.
We asked current Labour party… Read more Audio
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Labour under investigation by Serious Fraud Office
7:16 AM.The country's electoral donation laws are being questioned with a third major political party now the subject of a Serious Fraud Office investigation.
The SFO is looking into donations made to the… Read more Audio
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Auckland woman's state house damaged after rats chewed through pipes
7:12 AM.An Auckland woman has described how rats in her state house chewed through water pipes over more than a week and caused so much damage the ceiling collapsed.
After days of call outs to the property… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: No return to normal in foreseeable future - WHO
7:10 AM.The World Health Organisation says there will be no return to the old normal for the foreseeable future - as the global infection rate for Coronavirus nears 13 million cases. Yesterday nearly 230,000… Read more Audio
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Business News for 14 July 2020
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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ECE centres struggling with lack of children
6:50 AM.Many early childhood centres are struggling to survive because thousands of children are staying away.
The Early Childhood Council says about 20 percent of under-fives, about 40,000 children have not… Read more Audio
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Race Relations commissioner on Amy Adams' Chinese mix-up
6:45 AM.National MP Amy Adams has apologised to the party's Banks Peninsula candidate for wrongly describing her as Chinese.
Catherine Chu was born in Christchurch and her parents are Korean.
Adams made the… Read more Audio
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Men stuck in detention in Australia awaiting deportation
6:43 AM.While thirty deportees are expected to leave Australia today on a chartered flight back to New Zealand, others remain locked up with no end in sight.
Those being held at Yongah Hill detention centre… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 14 July 2020
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Tahr Foundation apologises for adopting 'They Are Us' slogan
6:16 AM.The Tahr Foundation has apologized for any offence taken after adopting the lobby slogan 'They Are Us'.
DOC plans to cull the introduced species at three times the level it has in past years to bring… Read more Audio
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Police shooting victim Steven Wallace's family head to court
6:11 AM.The family of a man shot dead in Taranaki two decades ago say they are looking for "justice" as their civil case against the authorities gets under way.
In April 2000, 23-year-old Steven Wallace used… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Tuesday 14 July 2020
6:00 AM.The W-H-O says there will be no return to the old normal for the foreseeable future. An Auckland woman tells us how rats in her state house chewed through water pipes, causing her ceiling to collapse… Read more Audio