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Morning Report for Friday 4 September 2020
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Top Stories for Friday 4 September 2020
6:00 AM.Top stories this morning... The news is not good in the the search for the cargo ship, the Gulf Livestock, no more survivors have been found overnight. A former deputy chair of the Canterbury District… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Māori deaths would double non-Māori - modellers
6:08 AM.A researcher modelling Covid-19 death rates for different ethnicities estimates 600 Māori and over 900 Pasifika would die in the Counties Manukau district alone if the disease was allowed run… Read more Audio
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Laurie Mains surprised Aaron Mauger leaving Highlanders
6:11 AM.The former Otago, Highlanders and All Blacks coach Laurie Mains admits he's a little suprised that Aaron Mauger is leaving the franchise.
Mauger has been in charge the last three years but in a… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 4 September 2020
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 4 September 2020
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio
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Stockman defends cattle ship conditions
6:37 AM.The search is continuing for the cargo ship, the Gulf Livestock 1, which is believed to have capsized and sunk after it lost an engine during a typhoon in the East China Sea.
The 43-strong crew… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Expert wants Alert Levels extended
6:40 AM.Professor Shaun Hendy, whose modelling has guided the Government's Covid-19 response, is warning it's too risky for the country to to move down to Alert Level 1.
Cabinet will decide today whether or… Read more Audio
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Inter-island rugby rivalry back with North vs South game
6:49 AM.Inter-island rugby rivalry returns this weekend when the North faces the South in what will be an empty stadium Wellington.
A regular fixture in the amateur era, it has been revived in a year robbed… Read more Audio
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Business News for 4 September 2020
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Missing cattle ship 'not a good situation at all' - Winston Peters
7:09 AM.Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says the situation involving a missing cattle ship in the East China Sea is incredibly serious.
The Gulf Livestock 1 was confirmed missing on Thursday morning… Read more Audio
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Ta Mark Solomon attacks Ministry of Health in farewell to Canterbury DHB CEO
7:15 AM.A former deputy chair of the Canterbury District Health Board is accusing the Ministry of Health and Treasury of an ongoing campaign at the highest levels, to get rid of David Meates.
The DHB's chief… Read more Audio
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Green School's planned 'eco-village' development news to James Shaw
7:19 AM.The Taranaki Green School at the centre of a political funding row has aspirations to create an 'eco-village' at its Oakura site including 20 houses.
This is news to the Green Party co-leader James… Read more Audio
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Cabinet to decide on Alert Level settings today
7:23 AM.Cabinet Ministers will meet today to review the country's alert levels, which are set to expire this Sunday.
A decision is expected shortly after. ACT Party leader David Seymour says many areas… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Expert wants Alert Level system updated
7:27 AM.Some public health experts say the hastily-improvised alert level system needs to be updated to eliminate the virus a second time.
The University of Otago's Professor Nick Wilson says it's too early… Read more Audio
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Principals want Alert Level rules changed for exams
7:37 AM.Some secondary school principals want the government to change the rules so NCEA and Scholarship exams can go ahead during a lockdown.
Students are worried the exams in November and December will be… Read more Audio
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School attendance improving post lockdown - principals
7:41 AM.Auckland principals says roll numbers are climbing after half-full classes greeted them when schools reopened this week under level 2.5.
Safety concerns were cited for a low turnout on Monday, most… Read more Audio
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Battle brewing over Northland electorate seat
7:45 AM.There's a battle brewing in the seat of Northland, with the future of one party potentially riding on the result.
The New Zealand First MP Shane Jones is in a fight for his political life, with the… Read more Audio
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Pressure mounting on Otago University over Māori Entry Pathway
7:50 AM.Pressure is mounting on the Otago medical school to front up to Māori and Pasifika about a proposal to cap admissions through the Māori Entry Pathway.
One of the designers of this scheme says it was… Read more Audio
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Team mates become rivals in North vs South game
7:54 AM.Tomorrow night's North/South rugby game in Wellington has turned team-mates to rivals and friends to foes.
The personal connections add extra spice to the All Blacks trial by another name, which will… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 4 September 2020
8:06 AM.The North coach John Plumtree is expecting close to test match intensity when his side takes on the South in Wellington tomorrow night. Read more Audio
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Search continues for missing cattle ship
8:09 AM.The search is continuing for possible survivors of a cargo ship that went missing during a typhoon off the coast of Asia.
It had around 40 people, including two New Zealanders, on board, and almost… Read more Audio
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Disappointment at Christchurch Hospital children's emergency facilities not opening
8:12 AM.Children are not little adults, and their experiences of hospitals can be scary.
That's why a top Canterbury paediatrician is upset that hospital emergency care for children in Christchurch will not… Read more Audio
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QR codes become mandatory on public transport
8:17 AM.From today QR codes have to be displayed on all modes of public transport so commuters can check in using the Covid Tracer app.
RNZ reporter Sarah Robson is in Auckland central.
She speaks to Susie… Read more Audio
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Potential pheasant shooting law change no game for some
8:22 AM.Feathers are being ruffled over a potential law change that could allow land owners to charge people to shoot pheasants.
It is currently illegal to charge people to hunt game birds on private land… Read more Audio
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Nelson woman ineligible for income support due to casual work
8:25 AM.A Nelson woman is furious with Work and Income that her efforts to support herself after being made redundant because of Covid-19, have left her financially worse off.
She took on casual hospitality… Read more Audio
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DOW drops more than 800 points
8:29 AM.A big market selloff has taken place in the US - with the DOW dropping more than 800 points, and many tech stocks losing 5 percent or more.
It's the sharpest fall since June. Some are calling it a… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 4 September 2020
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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North vs South inter-island match returns
8:43 AM.Regarded as a relic of the amateur era, rugby's North-South inter-island match makes its return this weekend in Wellington.
There can't be a crowd because of Covid-19 restrictions but the game should… Read more Audio
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Invercargill City Council holding meeting over conflict
8:49 AM.The Invercargill City Council's plans to restore trust and confidence in its ability to govern is likely to cost ratepayers tens of thousands of dollars.
Last month, rising tensions between… Read more Audio
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State house backyards go from grass to gardens
8:52 AM.State house tenants north of Wellington are turning their backyards into small farms to help feed hundreds of needy people with the help of a local charity.
It's part of the Common Unity Project's… Read more Video, Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio