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Morning Report for Thursday 12 August 2021
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Top Stories for Thursday 12 August 2021
6:00 AM.A single Delta Covid case could plunge the country into a Level 4 lockdown. The Prime Minister details new rules if there is community transmission. Global attention for an Auckland real estate agent… Read more Audio
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Climate change: Rewriting the end of a film we haven't seen yet
6:16 AM.Images that show the climate crisis we are in - including of people escaping on ferries from the ongoing fires on the Greek Island of Evia - are like scenes from an apocalyptic movie. But, apocalyptic… Read more Audio
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Kaikohe properties selling in less than a week - agent
6:20 AM.The number of houses for sale under $300,000 in New Zealand is dropping by the month.
Kaikohe, in Northland, is one of the last places you can find them.
The median price there was $291,000 last… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 12 August 2021
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 12 August 2021
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Covid-19: NZ government designates Fiji 'very high risk'
6:44 AM.The New Zealand government has designated Fiji as "very high risk" - limiting travel to New Zealand.
It comes amid news of a critical blood shortage, and there are currently more than 24,000 active… Read more Audio
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Access to rehab in prison getting worse - lawyer
6:47 AM.A senior lawyer says delays around access to rehabilitation programs or psychological help in prisons is not new, but is getting worse.
The acting convenor of the Parole Law Committee Judith Fyfe… Read more Audio
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Business News for 12 August 2021
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Covid-19: NZ warned to prepare for snap Alert Level 4 lockdowns
7:09 AM.Just one community case of Covid-19 could now be enough to push the country straight into strict lockdown.
That's the warning from Government ahead of its official response this morning to a freshly… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Hospitality and retail industry on responding to Delta
7:14 AM.Just one community case of Covid-19 could now be enough to push the country straight into strict lockdown.
That's the warning from Government ahead of its official response this morning to a freshly… Read more Audio
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Rudy Giuliani selling personalised messages online, and a Kiwi is buying
7:21 AM.A real estate agent in Auckland is securing some unusual global attention after becoming the first patron of Rudy Giuliani's account on the celebrity video website Cameo.
The former Mayor of New York… Read more Audio
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Christchurch City Councillors to vote on stadium size again
7:26 AM.Christchurch city councillors will vote again on Thursday over the city's new multi-million dollar stadium.
They thought they had decided last month to cut the number of seats to prevent a budget… Read more Audio
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Kaikohe house prices and rents rising while incomes stagnate
7:34 AM.West of the Bay of Islands lies Kaikohe - one of the last places in Aotearoa where you can buy a house for under $300,000.
But over the last decade, prices and rents have risen at the same blistering… Read more Audio
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Louisa Wall on Hurricanes' minority owner's comments
7:40 AM.The All Blacks halfback, TJ Perenara, says the mental, emotional and cultural safety of players cannot be maintained in the wake of comments from Hurricanes minority owner, Troy Bowker.
Replying to a… Read more Audio
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Prisoner told to wait 12 years for psych help, lawyer says
7:42 AM.A senior lawyer has been told that a prisoner she represents may have to wait 12 years to receive any form of psychological treatment.
She says the Department of Corrections knows it is keeping… Read more Audio
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High schoolers excluded over 'inappropriate sexual behaviour'
7:46 AM.Three students have been excluded from Feilding's Hato Paora College following a police investigation into what the boarding school is calling 'inappropriate sexual behaviour'.
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui… Read more Audio
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IPCA finds police were aware of unsafe towing operations
7:51 AM.A top investigator says the public should be worried about road safety in light of a scathing report into the police's mishandling of towtrucks.
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found… Read more Audio
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Who's Next turns 50 on Saturday
7:54 AM.The Who's 1971 album, Who's Next, is seen as one of the English rock band's finest.
It's ranked 28th on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest albums of all time and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 12 August 2021
8:06 AM.The All Blacks and Wallabies name their teams for this weekend's second Bledisloe Cup test today and Australia coach Dave Rennie is set to bring star wing Marika Koroibete back into his side. Audio
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Unlikely trans-Tasman bubble will be back after hiatus - expert
8:11 AM.As Australia grapples with the highly infectious Delta variant, experts say it's unlikely the trans-Tasman bubble will reopen.
Travel is set resume next month following an eight-week hiatus - but a… Read more Audio
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NZ would move to alert level 4 within hours of detecting delta variant in community - Prime Minister
8:14 AM.Just one Covid-19 community case of the Delta variant will send New Zealand into lockdown.
That's the warning from the government, after a fresh report on reopening the borders cautioned an outbreak… Read more Audio
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Environment Minister on panel finding Overseer contributed to continued pollution
8:21 AM.The Government-owned farm nutrient management tool "Overseer" is contributing to the continued pollution of water and the environment.
That's the conclusion of a damning review, and Parliamentary… Read more Audio
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Police on IPCA ruling on towing contractors
8:28 AM.The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found police were aware for years of non-compliance in heavy vehicle towing contractors, but failed to do anything about it.
Assistant Police Commissioner… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 12 August 2021
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Covid-19: Melbourne lockdown extended by a week
8:41 AM.Melburnians are waking up to another week in lockdown, as the state of Victoria records another 20 community cases of Covid-19.
With five of the new infections considered "mystery cases", officials… Read more Audio
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Outrage over commercial fishing in Coromandel rāhui zone
8:45 AM.Coromandel's Eastern Peninsula community is outraged commercial fishing boats, donning pirate flags, are harvesting scallops in a rāhui zone.
They were spotted in the area yesterday, which has been… Read more Audio
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Birth certificate sex change bill closer to becoming law
8:50 AM.A bill making it easier for people to change their sex on their birth certificate is one step closer to becoming law.
After a three year hiatus, the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships… Read more Audio
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Napier councillors fought over Māori wards decision
8:53 AM.A Napier councillor infight over the unanimous decision not to go ahead with Māori wards in time for next year's election was kept from the public eye.
Emails released to RNZ show a councillor wanted… Read more Audio
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Jean Batten portrait found after decades in storage
8:57 AM.A rare portrait of Jean Batten has been uncovered after three decades in storage.
The famed New Zealand aviator made record-breaking solo flights across the world in the 1930s. She was called the… Read more Audio