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Morning Report for Thursday 6 August 2020
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Private tertiary institutions worried about government support fund
6:17 AM.English language schools and other private tertiary institutions are warning a ten-million-dollar pandemic support fund for their sector won't go far.
They say they are laying off staff because no… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Thursday 6 August 2020
6:00 AM.Search and rescue teams continue to try find survivors of yesterdays massive explosion in Beirut. Business leaders are working to convince the government to allow privately run managed isolation… Read more Audio
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Gymnastics culture comes under scrutiny
6:17 AM.The culture of gymnastics in New Zealand will come under scrutiny during a wide-ranging review into the sport's governing body.
A raft of allegations have emerged over the past week about gymnasts… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 6 August 2020
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 6 August 2020
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio
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Beirut explosion: Auckland man finds family member injured
6:42 AM.An Auckland man woke up to the news of the Beirut explosion yesterday wondering if his family was still alive.
Lebanese migrant Saad Abu-Chakra spent the day tracking down friends and relatives only… Read more Audio
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Business leaders want privately run managed isolation
6:47 AM.Privately run managed isolation could be a reality early next year - if business leaders can drum up a suitable plan and convince the government.
More than 200 business leaders gathered in Auckland… Read more Audio
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Health Ministry told to ditch 'substandard' cervical smear test
6:50 AM.Doctors want the Ministry of Health to ditch a "substandard" cervical screening test, saying it is costing lives.
They are urging the government to bring in a programme that allows patients to screen… Read more Audio
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Business News for 6 August 2020
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Beirut explosion: Search and rescue teams looking for survivors
7:14 AM.Search and rescue teams have been working non-stop overnight our time to try find survivors of yesterdays massive explosion in Beirut.
A little more than 130 people have been confirmed as dead and at… Read more Audio
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Suggestion privately-run managed isolation could help with borders
7:20 AM.Privately run managed isolation could be a reality early next year if business leaders can drum up a suitable plan and convince the government.
High level talks to set up private pay-as-you-go… Read more Audio
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Robertson not 'philosophically opposed' to private managed isolation
7:25 AM.There are plans afoot for privately-managed isolation for people coming into the country.
Influential Kiwis are pushing trying to hash out a plan through high-level talks at a Covid-19 recovery… Read more Audio
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Toddler missed out on potentially life saving treatment due to inexperienced doctor and inadequate supervision - coroner
7:39 AM.An inexperienced doctor and inadequate supervision meant a critically ill toddler did not get potentially life saving treatment.
Hineihana Mausii died in September 2013 a day after being discharged… Read more Audio
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Doctors want self-testing cervical smear rolled out
7:43 AM.Doctors are pleading with the Ministry of Health to ditch a "substandard" cervical screening test, saying its costing lives.
They want a new, more accurate test that women can do themselves but a… Read more Audio
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Private institutions warn international student funding not enough
7:47 AM.Private institutions that have lost thousands of foreign students due to the pandemic are warning a $10 million support fund for their sector is not enough.
They say the government needs to nearly… Read more Audio
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Mobile dental clinic rolls up to Parliament
7:51 AM.Patients will be treated today in a mobile dental van on Parliament's forecourt.
The Dental Association is running the clinic to highlight the need for better dental care for low-income and… Read more Audio
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Euthanasia referendum: How the public plans to vote
7:56 AM.In six weeks, one of the most significant pieces of law in New Zealand history may be voted in - by you.
The End of Life Choice Act 2019 will allow someone who is terminally ill and in unbearable… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Attention must be paid to jobs for women during recovery - Employment Opportunities Commissioner
8:11 AM.The Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner says policy makers need to ensure jobs created for the Covid-19 recovery will employ women.
Ninety percent of New Zealanders who have so far lost their… Read more Audio
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Expert calls for DIY cervical screening test
8:16 AM.The rollout of a cervical screening test that patients can do themselves has been delayed again, with doctors saying some people will die unnecessarily as a result.
The alternative to the current… Read more Audio
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Aged care nurses want to be paid like hospital counterparts
8:22 AM.Aged care nurses want to be paid as much as their counterparts in public hospitals.
They say that underfunding of the sector sees registered nurses paid on average 10,000 dollars less than those… Read more Audio
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Couple concerned by Immigration NZ accidental email
8:26 AM.A couple who received an email from Immigration New Zealand meant for another person are concerned at the amount of private information the agency mistakenly discloses.
INZ has breached privacy 170… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 6 August 2020
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Possible homemade explosive devices found in Chartwell
8:36 AM.The police think they've found a number of homemade explosive devices at Chartwell shopping centre in Hamilton. Several roads while they investigate.
Reporter Andrew McRae is at the police cordon… Read more Audio
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Beirut explosion: Ammonium nitrate rarely used in NZ
8:39 AM.Businesses in New Zealand say ammonium nitrate is rarely used to fertilise New Zealand farms.
The flammable chemical caused a major explosion in Beirut yesterday after 2,750 tonnnes were stored… Read more Audio
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Building begins on New Zealand's first bio-energy facility
8:45 AM.A large scale bio-energy facility is being built in the Waikato town of Reporoa. The plant will take 75,000 tonnes of food waste from around the North Island and transform it into energy to power Kiwi… Read more Audio
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Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill passes
8:48 AM.A bill that increases security and stability for tenants passed its final reading in Parliament last night.
The Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill does away with 90 day no-cause terminations… Read more Audio
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Scientist unlocks genetic makeup of Tuatara
8:52 AM.The New Zealand scientist who went looking for the Loch Ness monster has unlocked the genetic makeup of the tuatara.
Neil Gemmell a geneticist from the University of Otago last year made a list of… Read more Audio
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Space satellites find new emporer penguin colonies
8:58 AM.Satellites in space have discovered 11 new emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica - boosting previous recorded numbers by 20 percent.
They were found due the birds excrement which has a distinct… Read more Audio