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Morning Report for Thursday 17 September 2020
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Top Stories for Thursday 17 September 2020
6:00 AM.Covid-19: NZ love of housing not dented after pandemic; Covid-19: Economist on PREFU; Covid-19: Nephew of Te Hiko brothers on loss; Covid-19: NZNO wants full review of PPE; Struggle to keep up Maori… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Nigel Te Hiko remembered as generous, funny
6:08 AM.The Raukawa leader and historian Nigel Te Hiko who died on Tuesday from Covid 19 is being described as a generous, funny and passionate man who will be hugely missed.
The Tokoroa man caught the virus… Read more Audio
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Fishing cameras show increase in reporting of seabird captures
6:18 AM.A camera trial in the Hauraki Gulf on inshore fishing boats has shown a big increase in reporting of seabird captures.
A group of bottom-longline fishers voluntarily carried cameras on their boats to… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 17 September 2020
6:23 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 17 September 2020
6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 17 September 2020
6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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ASB economist not sure about PREFU housing prediction
6:38 AM.The Covid-19 pandemic has failed to dent New Zealand's love affair with property, embarrassing the best guesses of many economic forecasters.
But now Treasury says a dip is coming and claimed in its… Read more Audio
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Zhenhua data leak: Range of reactions to appearing on list
6:41 AM.More people are responding to news they're on a list of names put together by a Chinese tech company linked to China's military and intelligence apparatus.
Only a small amount of the database has… Read more Audio
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Taranaki teachers draw blank at Green School meeting
6:45 AM.Martin Chamberlain, who chairs the Taranaki Secondary Schools Principals Association was hoping Green Party co-leader James Shaw would withdraw a controversial grant of almost $12 million to a… Read more Audio
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Business News for 17 September 2020
6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Treasury predicts housing dip
7:09 AM.The Covid-19 pandemic has failed to dent New Zealand's love affair with property, embarrassing the best guesses of many economic forecasters.
But now Treasury says a dip is coming and claimed in its… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: NZ still facing big economic shock - Shamubeel Eaqub
7:13 AM.An economist says New Zealand is facing a big economic shock after Covid-19 hit.
The government opened its books for Pre Election Fiscal Update, also known as the PREFU, on Wednesday and the picture… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Nephew of Te Hiko brothers on family's loss
7:19 AM.A family suffering a double tragedy from Covid-19 are now having to come to terms with what the pandemic has cost them.
A revered Raukawa leader and historian Nigel Te Hiko died on Tuesday at Waikato… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: NZNO wants full review of PPE
7:23 AM.The Nurses Organisation are calling for full review of PPE to ensure all nurses on the Covid-19 front-line are as safe from infection as possible.
Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced a review into safety… Read more Audio
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Push to get parents speaking te reo Māori at home with tamariki
7:25 AM.Those working to make te reo the first language of tamariki Māori are pushing for it to be spoken routinely at home.
The Māori Language Commission is aiming for a quarter of Māori children under 7… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: NZ in the eye of the storm - Māori social housing provider
7:34 AM.A Māori social housing provider says it feels like New Zealand is in the eye of an economic storm.
Treasury forecasts released yesterday reveal the country has emerged from this year's lockdowns… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: 'Stubborn' food insecurity, poorer mental health after lockdowns - Salvation Army report
7:41 AM.Poorer mental health - particularly in young people - and "stubborn" food insecurity following Covid-19 lockdowns are key findings of new research from the Salvation Army.
The report took a snapshot… Read more Audio
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NZ experts join probe into China dataset
7:48 AM.New Zealand cybersecurity experts have joined a global probe into the amassed data of millions of people, leaked from a Chinese tech company.
Nearly 800 New Zealanders are among those listed.
They… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 17 September 2020
8:06 AM.A change in the size of the fields and even a round-robin style competition, are being considered for next year's ASB Classic tennis tournaments. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Finance Minister on getting out of pandemic economic shock
8:10 AM.An economist doubts fundamental changes for the economy are on the cards, with future growth still dependant on house prices and immigration.
The traditional pre-election update from The Treasury out… Read more Audio
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Otago University admits legal challenge to preferential pathway
8:18 AM.The University of Otago says they are firmly committed to increasing the number of medical students enrolling at the University from underrepresented groups.
It's proposal to limit of Maori entrants… Read more Audio
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Company involved in Bunnythope fatal collision opens internal investigation
8:25 AM.The bus company involved in a fatal collision yesterday has begun an internal investigation.
The bus driver died at the scene following the crash between a school bus and a train near Palmerston… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 17 September 2020
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Covid-19: Iwi warns cost too great not to do the right thing after loss of valued member
8:37 AM.A Raukawa iwi representative is warning the cost of the virus is too great not to do the right thing. The iwi has lost a valued iwi member to Covid-19.
It was confirmed yesterday Nigel Te Hiko was… Read more Audio
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Ministry of Health learning from measles mistakes - Pacific GP
8:42 AM.A leading pacific health expert says the Covid-19 pandemic response shows the Ministry of Health is learning from errors made in the measles outbreak last year.
A review comissioned by the Ministry… Read more Audio
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Pike River Mine recovery reaches key point
8:48 AM.The Pike River Mine recovery has arrived at a key point having exposed an area which could throw up clues to the 2010 explosion.
A network of tunnels called "Pit Bottom in Stone" has been reached… Read more Audio
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$15m government grant for electric planes, trains and ships research
8:53 AM.The Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment has awarded the Robinson Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington funding to working on high-power electric motors for large-scale… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Silver Ferns encouraged by All Blacks games
8:57 AM.The government's decision to relax quarantine requirements for the Wallabies so they can play tests againsts the All Blacks has boosted the Silver Ferns hopes of hosting a test series here in… Read more Audio