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Morning Report for Thursday 10 June 2021
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Top Stories for Thursday 10 June 2021
6:00 AM.Ten-thousand temporary work visas are extended to help ease labour shortages - we speak to Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi New Zealanders caught in Melbourne's Covid lockdown start returning home… Read more Audio
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EU launches Digital Covid Certificate
6:15 AM.Crossaints in France, a beer in Germany, or a hike in Spain.
The European Union has announced the launch of its EU Digital Covid Certificate -- set to allow freedom of movement around the bloc.
The… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 10 June 2021
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Dairy NZ not happy with last year's decision for visa exemptions
6:23 AM.Dairy NZ says the immigration minister should look into whether the criteria used last year to decide who should get border exemptions was fair - with the dairy industry losing out to film and space… Read more Audio
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Climate Change Commission recommends iwi set emissions targets
6:26 AM.The Climate Commission has recommended iwi, hapū and Māori determine their own contribution to reducing national emissions - and set their own targets - as part of the newly released report laying out… Read more Audio
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Nurse labels pay negotiations 'frustrating'
6:41 AM.Nurses and district health boards say they'll make plans today to resume negotiations after strikes and rallies all over the country.
Nurses walked off the job for eight hours, instead venting their… Read more Audio
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Country can't simply stop using fossil fuels - Business NZ
6:45 AM.The Climate Change Commission's final report spells out a plan for a "cleaner future" - including phasing out coal boilers by 2037.
But to fully de-carbonise the country's energy and industrial… Read more Audio
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Business News for 10 June 2021
6:55 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Border exemptions to let 200 dairy workers, 50 vets into NZ
7:10 AM.The government has announced that it will extend around 10,000 working holiday visas and Supplementary Seasonsal Employment (SSE) visas for another six months to aleviate ongoing labour shortages.
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New Zealanders arrive home after Melboune stranding
7:12 AM.Auckland Airport was filled with relieved homecomers last night with the first flight arriving from Melbourne in over two weeks.
All flights to New Zealand from Melbourne were suspended on 25 May… Read more Audio
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Warning climate change plan could affect those living in poverty most
7:23 AM.The government is being warned those living in poverty will bear the brunt of the Climate Change Commission's plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
The Commission has released its roadmap for the… Read more Audio
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Nurses keen to get back to bargaining after strike
7:25 AM.Nurses say they're keen to get back to bargaining and find a solution to their row with their District Health Board employers over pay.
Tens of thousands of nurses and supporters took to the streets… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Fiji families living on barely any food as outbreak worsens
7:29 AM.Vulnerable families in Fiji are living on a tin of fish or a packet of biscuits a day as the pandemic continues to bite.
Charities are working hard to deal with a desperate need for food and other… Read more Audio
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Climate Change Commission report: Farmers push back against suggestion to reduce herd sizes
7:35 AM.Farmers say forcibly reducing herd sizes to achieve climate goals could hurt New Zealand's agricultural success and end up causing more emissions.
The Climate Change Commission says cow and sheep… Read more Audio
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Biden jets off on first foreign trip of presidency
7:40 AM.US President Joe Biden has touched down in the UK - as part of the first foreign trip of his presidency.
Over eight days, President Biden is to meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Cornwall… Read more Audio
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DHBs promise to get back to negotiations with nurses
7:44 AM.District Health Boards are promising to get back around the table with nurses following an eight-hour strike by nurses yesterday over pay.
Tens of thousands of DHB-employed nurses and their… Read more Audio
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Kawerau Mayor on Tasman Mill closure
7:48 AM.The closure of the Tasman Mill in Kawerau has been confirmed, with the loss of 160 jobs.
The mill has operated in Kawerau for 66 years, but will close at the end of this month.
Kawerau Mayor Malcolm… Read more Audio
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Ministry seeking schools for more than 100 excluded children
7:52 AM.The Education Ministry has been trying to find schools for more than a hundred children who have been kicked out of other schools.
Some under 16 year olds have been out of class for more than a… Read more Audio
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Principal on how he handles kids with complex needs
7:56 AM.The Education Ministry is struggling to find schools for more than a hundred children who have been excluded - often with a history of violent behaviour.
One school principal who's had some success… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 10 June 2021
8:06 AM.The Black Caps will be without their captain for the second cricket test against England, starting at Edgbaston tonight. Read more Audio
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Auckland tops global ranking of most liveable cities
8:11 AM.Auckland has topped a global ranking of the most liveable cities and Wellington is 4th.
The new survey of 140 cities by the Economist Intelligence Unit has given Auckland the top spot thanks largely… Read more Audio
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Government gives lifeline for visa workers
8:15 AM.Visa workers in New Zealand have been thrown a lifeline from the government.
Around 10,000 Working Holiday visas and Supplementary Seasonal Employment work visas due to expire this year will be… Read more Audio
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Nurses on heading back to negotiations after strike
8:24 AM.Nurses and district health boards will touch base today to work out what happens from here after thousands took part in yesterday's nationwide strike over poor pay and staff shortages.
Glenda… Read more Audio
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Minister defends joint venture after critical Auditor-General report
8:28 AM.Marama Davidson is defending a joint venture set up to combat the high rates of violence in Kiwi homes.
The venture was set up in 2018 to bring government and community agencies together to tackle… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 10 June 2021
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Black Caps to take on England in second test match
8:42 AM.The Black Caps take on England this evening at Edgbaston in their second test match.
After a less than desirable - and rather damp - draw in the last test at Lord's, the question remains. will the… Read more Audio
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Climate Change campaigner wants tougher targets than ones set by Commission
8:48 AM.Climate Change activists are less than impressed with the Climate Change Commission's final report laying out the roadmap to slash emissions and become carbon neutral by 2050.
The sweeping changes… Read more Audio
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Hawke's Bay iwi wants more investment to curb homelessness
8:53 AM.Iwi in Te-Matau-a-Māui are calling for the government to invest in their rohe so they can further develop housing to curb homelessness and invest in the future of their descendants.
This comes as the… Read more Audio
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Te Papa hosts exhibition on surrealist art
8:56 AM.Te Papa is hosting New Zealand's first major exhibition of surrealist art in nearly half a century, with 180 masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the Netherlands on show from Saturday… Read more Audio