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Morning Report for Tuesday 6 July 2021
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Rain interrupts play at Wimbledon
8:56 AM.Rain has interrupted play at Wimbledon today, as the tennis players enter the business end of the UK Grand Slam. Before the wet weather forced some of the players off court, the tournament's top… Read more Audio
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Samoa election: Deadlock deepens despite Supreme Court moves
6:08 AM.In Samoa moves by the Supreme Court to solve the ongoing electoral impasse have been subverted yet again by the Head of State.
In a televised address he reprimanded the court claiming it had no… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Tuesday 6 July 2021
6:00 AM.As New Zealand's nurses vote whether to strike, Australia is trying to lure them across the ditch with higher-paying jobs, doctors and schools are calling for more information about how the Covid… Read more Audio
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Jacob Zuma facing 15 month sentence for contempt
6:16 AM.Former president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma is facing a 15 month sentence for contempt - ordered by the Constitutional Court for refusing to face questions at an anti-corruption commission looking… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 6 July 2021
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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'Night and day' difference working in Australia over NZ - Nurse
6:39 AM.A New Zealand nurse living in Australia says working there is streets ahead of working in New Zealand.
Jess Purcell has worked as a nurse in three Australian states and says there is a night and day… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: UK to lift all restrictions from 19 July
6:41 AM.The UK Prime Minister says he plans to lift England's Covid-19 restrictions on 19 July, returning the country to a level of normalcy.
Boris Johnson made the announcement at 4am NZT, saying from that… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Some Australian travellers back in Queenstown
6:50 AM.Australians are back in Queenstown again much to the relief of local businesses.
Travel from South Australia, the ACT, Tasmania and Victoria lifted yesterday morning.
But some key states remain cut… Read more Audio
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Business News for 6 July 2021
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Australian ad campaign aims to poach Kiwi nurses
7:08 AM.An Australian state is trying to lure New Zealand nurses across the ditch with a big ad campaign.
The Queensland Government has taken out half page ads in the New Zealand Herald in the past few days… Read more Audio
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Doctors, schools want more information about vaccine rollout
7:12 AM.With the Covid-19 vaccine roll out fast approaching a critical ramp up phase, GPs, pharmacies and schools are urging the Government to detail how they will be involved.
A million doses of the Pfizer… Read more Audio
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Government looking at longer term options for MIQ - Hipkins
7:20 AM.Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says the government is looking into longer term options for managed isolation and quarantine.
Hipkins told Morning Report the government was considering… Read more Audio
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RSV virus sending babies to hospital
7:35 AM.There are more than 20 babies in Wellington hospital's children's ward, many on oxygen, as the spread of the potentially deadly RSV virus escalates.
There is a warning the flu-like disease has yet to… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Australians' return relieves Queenstown businesses
7:41 AM.Australians are back in Queenstown again much to the relief of local businesses.
Travel from South Australia, the ACT, Tasmania and Victoria lifted yesterday morning.
But some key states remain cut… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Govt struggling to recruit MIQ security staff
7:46 AM.The Government is struggling to recruit more than 100 security staff needed for the managed isolation and quarantine hotels.
Following a privacy breach in August last year when a security guard… Read more Audio
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Napier businesses, locals worried about safety
7:49 AM.Napier businesses and locals are worried about not feeling safe in the central city.
It may be picturesque - lined with art deco buildings and palm trees.
But people say there's a darker reality.
… Read more Audio
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June still hottest on record despite polar blast
7:53 AM.This June just passed has been the hottest on record, with the average temperature for the month two degrees above average.
That's despite the polar blast of snow, and hail storms - temperature… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 6 July 2021
8:06 AM.The Springboks players have been forced to self-isolate ahead of the second test against Georgia after lock Lood de Jager tested positive to Covid-19. Audio
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Nurse's union 'very concerned' by attempts to lure NZ nurses to Australia
8:11 AM.Australia is trying to persuade dissatisfied nurses to move to sunnier pastures.
Half page ads in the New Zealand Herald have recently appeared extolling the virtues of Queensland and the need for… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Fiji death toll reaches 33, hospital mortuary full
8:19 AM.Covid-19 cases and deaths continue to increase in Fiji, while authorities have said they will send over 1000 positive people home to isolate because there are not enough facilities to keep all of… Read more Audio
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Top Auckland restaurants close due to staffing shortage
8:26 AM.Three of Auckland's top restaurants have been forced to close for two weeks because the owners can't get enough staff.
Sid and Chand Sahrawat own Cassia, Sidart and the French Cafe.
The couple and… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 6 July 2021
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Samoa constitutional crisis escalating rather than ending
8:38 AM.Samoa's constitutional crisis over who will form the next government is escalating as the country waits to see what action the Supreme Court will take against a defiant head of state.
The two are at… Read more Audio
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Removal underway for aluminium dross stored at Mataura
8:42 AM.Ten thousand tonnes of aluminium dross stored in the old paper mill at Mataura in Southland is being removed.
The waste is a by-product of aluminium production at the Tiwai Point smelter and releases… Read more Audio
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Who's eating New Zealand: Who else are we feeding?
8:47 AM.New Zealand produces enough food to feed about 40 million people. But given our population is just five million, who else are we feeding? RNZ's data journalist Farah Hancock has crunched the numbers… Read more Audio
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Thirty-six organisations want free Wellington public transport
8:51 AM.With the cost of living higher than ever, thirty-six organisations are calling for a free public transport trial in Wellington.
In 2022, Auckland Council will pilot reduced fares for trains and buses… Read more Audio