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Morning Report for Tuesday 8 December 2020
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Top Stories for Tuesday 8 December 2020
6:00 AM.The SIS failed to take an opportunity to stop one of New Zealand's most notorious sex offenders -- we can now name the man the SIS refused to, the Royal Commission into the Christchurch terror attacks… Read more Audio
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Ex student describes Dilworth culture as 'cop it and shut up'
6:18 AM.A school with a culture of cop it and shut up is how a former student has described Dilworth School in Auckland.
Neil Harding has been relating his experience of historical abuse suffered at the… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 8 December 2020
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Christchurch terror attack report: Islamic Women's Council welcomes early release to victims
6:39 AM.How a lone gunman managed to build up an arsenal of high powered weapons and commit this country's worst act of terrorism, all the while seemingly under the radar of the intelligence services, are… Read more Audio
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Whakaari: Former Ngāti Awa CEO says iwi still feels pain a year on
6:42 AM.Ngāti Awa says it still feels an enormous weight of responsibility over the Whakaari eruption nearly one year on from the tragedy.
White Island Tours was bought by the iwi in 2017 in a bid to expand… Read more Audio
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Whakaari: Man in charge of recovery mission describes stress
6:44 AM.The man in charge of sending a specially trained team back onto Whakaari after the eruption says thinking of all the things that could go wrong took him to a dark place.
After days of planning and… Read more Audio
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Business News for 8 December 2020
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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SIS had evidence of Ronald Van Der Plaat's offending, didn't report it
7:08 AM.A man who was later found to be one of New Zealand's most notorious sex offenders could have been stopped at least two years earlier but the SIS failed to tell the police they had photographic… Read more Audio
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Christchurch terror attack: What will happen when Royal Commission report is released
7:18 AM.The Royal Commission into the Christchurch terror attacks will finally be made public today.
It looks at what could and should have been done to prevent the 15 March 2019 attack, what could be done… Read more Audio
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Whakaari: How do locals feel about returning to island?
7:19 AM.Drive in to Whakatāne and you'll see the signs: 'Gateway to Whakaari'.
But after last December's deadly eruption, will people ever be allowed to set foot on New Zealand's most active volcano again?
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Whakaari: Helping community heal top priority for iwi
7:23 AM.Ngāti Awa has lost nearly $1.5 million in revenue since the White Island Tours closed, but helping its community heal from the tragedy remains its top priority one year on.
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui… Read more Audio
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Carterton residents paying NZ's highest rates
7:28 AM.Residents in Carterton are paying the highest average rates of anyone in the country, while rates in Central Otago are the lowest.
A report by the Taxpayers' Union and Auckland Ratepayers' Alliance… Read more Audio
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Catalogue of classrooms promising to make school construction projects quicker
7:41 AM.Principals hope frustrating delays in building new classrooms will soon be a thing of the past.
The Education Ministry is developing a catalogue of tried and tested designs schools can choose from to… Read more Audio
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Marketing expert on Safety Warehouse money stunt
7:44 AM.The fake money drop over the weekend which turned in to a riot is now in the hands of the Commerce Commission.
The Safety Warehouse, which sells protective wear, advertised that $100,000 in cash… Read more Audio
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Fiji's opposition leader resigns from Parliament
7:50 AM.Fiji's Opposition Leader Sitiveni Rabuka has resigned as a Member of Parliament.
Rabuka is best known as the soldier behind two military coups that shook Fiji in 1987.
He made the announcement in… Read more Audio
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Push to get Southland farmers into the surf
7:56 AM.The water might be a little cold in Southland, but the push is on to get farmers off the farm for a few hours and on to surf boards.
The Surfing for Farmers programme started in Gisborne and is now… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 8 December 2020
8:06 AM.England's one-day cricket series against South Africa has been cancelled after reported breaches of the teams' bio-secure environment in Cape Town. Read more Audio
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Whakaari: NZDF officer speaks of stress before recovery mission
8:11 AM.The man in charge of sending Defence Force officers onto Whakaari after the eruption has spoken of the stress and the sleepless night before the high risk mission.
Four days after the disaster, a… Read more Audio
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Law professor on Christchurch terror attacks report release
8:16 AM.The 800-page report from the Royal Commission of inquiry into the Christchurch terror attacks is finally being made public today.
It looks at what could and should have been done to prevent the… Read more Audio
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Government not yet considering new laws to tackle hate crime
8:19 AM.The government isn't yet considering new laws to tackle hate crime, despite clamour from the police association and justice advocates.
While broader hate speech legislation is expected to be… Read more Audio
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Security guards set to get better pay, conditions
8:23 AM.Thousands of security guards will receive better protection of their pay and conditions, with the Government moving to make changes to existing employment laws.
Both the Workplace Relations Minister… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: A third of incomes still not at pre-pandemic levels, 11 percent severely reduced
8:27 AM.A survey of 3600 households has found a third have not recovered their pre-pandemic income levels, and 11 percent are still on severely reduced incomes.
Two surveys were carried out by the Commission… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 8 December 2020
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Break-dancing to become an Olympic sport
8:47 AM.Break-dancing became an official Olympic sport overnight The International Olympic Committee's pursuit of urban events to lure a younger audience has seen street dance battles officially added to the… Read more Audio
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Christchurch Council considering purchasing Akaroa 'Red House'
8:53 AM.A piece of land once a part of a major Ngāi Tahu flax trading village and where a massacre of the iwi happened has gone on the market.
A privately owned property in Akaroa known as The Red House is… Read more Audio
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Australian national anthem sung in indigenous language
8:56 AM.A 17-year-old has made history in Australia by being the first person to sing the national anthem in an indigenous Australian language at an international sporting event.
Olivia Fox, who is… Read more Audio