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Morning Report for Wednesday 5 May 2021
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Top Stories for Wednesday 5 May 2021
6:00 AM.Explosive scenes in Parliament, the Speaker Trevor Mallard uses parliamentary privilege to repeat sexual assault allegations. We ask the Finance Minister what he is going to do with a billion dollars… Read more Audio
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Search underway for 4yo missing in Tolaga Bay
6:10 AM.A full-scale search for a missing four-year-old boy is underway in Tolaga Bay on the East Coast. The police and volunteers have been looking for the boy, named Axel, since late yesterday afternoon… Read more Audio
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Teacher education not as good as they used to be - Principal
6:13 AM.Principals are calling for an overhaul of teacher training because some primary teachers are graduating ill-prepared to teach basic subjects like reading and maths. Normal and middle schools are… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 5 May 2021
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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National Party speaks to press about Mallard accusation
6:39 AM.The controversy over rape allegations made by the Speaker and his subsequent apology exploded again in Parliament last night. Using the legal immunity of Parliamentary privilege, Trevor Mallard told… Read more Audio
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Auckland GP flooded with enquires for Covid-19 vaccine
6:43 AM.Doctors are being indundated by over-65s who thought they could get their Covid-19 vaccine from this week - but can't. The government's roll-out plan says over 65s who don't fall into earlier high… Read more Audio
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Dozens killed in Mexico subway disaster
6:48 AM.As Mexico reels from a subway disaster, some have pointed to mismanagement and corruption as causing the deady collapse. At least 23 people died and dozens more injured in Mexico City when an elevated… Read more Audio
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Business News for 5 May 2021
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Explosive scenes in Parliament of Speaker Trevor Mallard
7:08 AM.There were explosive scenes at Parliament last night, when Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard went on the attack over the controversy in which he mistakenly accused a former parliamentary staffer of… Read more Audio
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Grant Robertson on spare Covid-19 money
7:13 AM.A billion dollars of spare Covid-19 cash is to be spent on this country's economic recovery from the virus.
The money has been unearthed by ministers after Finance Minister Grant Robertson asked them… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: GPs inundated by over 65s wanting vaccination
7:23 AM.Doctors are being inundated by over 65s who thought they could get their vaccine from this week - but can't.
The government's roll out plan says over 65s who don't fall into earlier high risk groups… Read more Audio
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Judith Collins writing to Prime Minister over Trevor Mallard
7:25 AM.Using the legal immunity of Parliamentary privilege, Speaker Trevor Mallard told the House the man he wrongly accused of being a rapist in 2019 did carry out a serious sexual assualt.
The National… Read more Audio
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Full-scale search underway for missing 4yo
7:35 AM.A full-scale search for a missing four-year-old is underway in Tolaga Bay on the East Coast.
The police and around 200 volunteers are scouring land near the town for the 4-year-old boy named Axel.
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IPL suspended indefinitely, foreign players expected to leave India
7:45 AM.The IPL has been suspended indefinitely and a senior cricket journalist in the country expects foreign players - including a number of New Zealanders - will leave the country soon.
Several positive… Read more Audio
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Principals say teacher training not good enough
7:48 AM.New and trainee teachers are entering primary schools without a full understanding of how to teach maths and reading.
That's one startling claim from schools as education bodies call for an overhaul… Read more Audio
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Jackson prepared draft Cabinet paper on He Puapua
7:50 AM.Māori Development Minister Willie Jackson has prepared a draft Cabinet paper outlining a possible government response to the He Puapua report.
This report, handed to then Māori Development Minister… Read more Audio
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April much warmer and drier than usual
7:57 AM.It's official - April was much warmer and much drier than normal.
More than three dozen places had near-record, or record, high maximum temperatures, mostly between 4 April and 6 April.
Specially… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 5 May 2021
8:06 AM.While the first foreign cricketers are expected to start leaving India today, it could be a few days before the 10 New Zealand players and six coaching staff will fly out. Read more Audio
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Grey Power not happy with Covid-19 vaccine communications
8:10 AM.Grey Power says official communication for those over 65 about the Covid-19 vaccine rollout is poor, and it's causing confusion.
Information publicly available includes a leaflet delivered to… Read more Audio
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Campaigner questions Brierley's motives for dropping knighthood
8:13 AM.A campaigner working to stop sexual exploitation is questioning Ron Brierley's motives for handing in his Knighthood.
The disgraced businessman took the action before the Prime Minister had the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Customs worker fired for refusing vaccine says they did not wear need PPE or testing
8:18 AM.A Customs worker, fired for refusing the Covid-19 vaccine, says her job never required regular testing or even protective clothing.
A new Health Order, in place since last week, makes it mandatory… Read more Audio
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Samoa head of state calls for new election
8:27 AM.Samoa's head of state has called for a second election to bring an end to the deadlock in parliament.
The caretaker government Human Rights Protection Party and the newcomer FAST party have been tied… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 5 May 2021
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Climate group ready to go to court over Auckland Council plan
8:38 AM.Lawyers demanding action on climate change claim Auckland Council's draft transport plan is unlawful because it contradicts the council's own plan to reduce climate emissions.
The regional land… Read more Audio
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Police, Oranga Tamariki on-site at Glorivale
8:41 AM.Police and Oranga Tamariki have been at the remote Gloriavale Christian Community on the West Coast since Monday, as part of an investigation into the group.
The community has been the subject of… Read more Audio
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Lawyer says surge in court cases for supplying cannabis as medicine
8:45 AM.A lawyer fighting cannabis prosecution cases says she's seeing a surge in the number of people being taken to court for using or supplying the drug as a medicine.
The police only have discretion not… Read more Audio
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Should Canterbury Museum return Benin artefacts?
8:51 AM.Germany has agreed to return priceless stolen artefacts to Africa and now Canterbury Museum is facing pressure to do the same.
At the turn of the 19th century, British soldiers looted scultpures… Read more Audio
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Pasifika mothers with perinatal depression not seeking help
8:54 AM.More than one in five Pasifika mothers in New Zealand experience anxiety or depression during or soon after pregnancy - that's the highest rate of perinatal depression in the country.
But women of… Read more Audio