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Morning Report for Monday 1 August 2022
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:55 AM.We cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
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Wilde hopeful triathlon penalty will be overturned
8:48 AM.New Zealand finished 4th in triathlon's mixed relay final overnight, in a race where the team in black were in the medal hunt right until the end.
It ends a somewhat disappointing campaign for… Read more Audio
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Marlborough District Council pumping excess wastewater into rivers
8:43 AM.In what it clearly hopes will be a short-term measure, the Marlborough District Council says it is managing sewage overflow by pumping excess wastewater into flooded rivers.
The heavy rains of the… Read more Audio
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Primary school removing kids from roll due to attendance
8:39 AM.New Zealand's largest primary school has removed dozens of students from its school roll, blaming the pandemic for students disappearing.
Teachers at Finlayson Park Primary school say they are at… Read more Audio
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First home buyers flocking to Westport
8:36 AM.The town with the cheapest houses in the country is increasingly attracting first-home buyers.
The average house price in Westport is just a third of the national average and that's appealing to… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 1 August 2022
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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School prinicipal on border's full opening
8:23 AM.Education providers will have their eyes on boosting international student numbers, which used to be worth about $5 billion a year before the pandemic.
Student visa applications have reopened today… Read more Audio
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Prime Minister and other politicians headed to Samoa
8:19 AM.Samoa has re-opened its borders to international visitors, and the first flight to Apia will land later today.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be on that flight, as will our political reporter… Read more Audio
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Principals against proposal to schedule 80 NCEA tests online during the year
8:16 AM.Principals have dismissed proposals for offering eighty NCEA tests online during the year.
They say the concept presented earlier this year would be a disaster, forcing schools to rearrange… Read more Audio
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Golden morning for NZ at Commonwealth Games
8:10 AM.To Birmingham and the Commonwealth Games, where New Zealand has claimed a further three gold medals this morning.
The first came in the velodrome, with Corbin Strong winning gold in the men's 15… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 1 August 2022
8:06 AM.Double gold medallist swimmer Lewis Clareburt says he surprised himself with his title winning performance in this morning's 200m butterfly final at the Commonwealth Games. Audio
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How can New Zealanders live with the climate crisis?
7:55 AM.Storms and flooding driven by climate change have caused massive damage in recent weeks and will only become more common.
Ahead of the first national strategy for dealing with the effects of global… Read more Audio
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Iwi experts want more onshore cloud data storage
7:51 AM.Did you know the FBI could take a copy your data held in New Zealand if it got the legal OK in the US first and you might never even know it?
This, and a host of other reasons, are driving a… Read more Audio
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Pelosi starts Asia tour, Taiwan visit not confirmed
7:46 AM.US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has now left for her tour of Asia - but it's not yet known whether that will include a visit to Taiwan.
Pelosi is set to visit Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea… Read more Audio
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Wellington City Council media manager banned from Russia
7:44 AM.Russia's foreign ministry has banned 32 New Zealand leaders and officials from entering the country in response to what the embassy has called a Russia-phobic agenda.
The sanctions were issued… Read more Audio
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Final part of New Zealand border opens
7:40 AM.It's official, New Zealand has completely reopened to the world.
The last of the Covid-19 border reopening phases happened overnight - opening the maritime border, as well as applications for… Read more Audio
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Cost of living payment poorly designed - National Party
7:34 AM.The Cost of Living Payments being deposited into bank accounts from today are not only going to New Zealand tax payers, but also to people living overseas.
The $116 payment is meant to help people in… Read more Audio
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Corbin Strong wins gold at Commonwealth Games
7:26 AM.The success in the pool this morning followed yet another gold in the track cycling.
Corbin Strong won gold in the men's 15 kilometre scratch race shortly before six o'clock, to take New Zealand's… Read more Audio
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Moss Burmester on Lewis Clareburt's performance Commonwealth Games gold
7:21 AM.New Zealand's newest swimming sensation, Lewis Clareburt, has this morning won his second gold medal of the Commonwealth Games, coming from behind to win a thrilling 200-metre butterfly final in… Read more Audio
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Analysis: Government moves on political donation laws
7:17 AM.The Government last week sought advice on closing a loophole in electoral donation laws which could be ripe for overseas exploitation.
RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio
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'Vast majority' of Cost of Living Payment recipients meet criteria - Ardern
7:10 AM.The Prime Minister admits the government knew some ineligible people would receive the $350 cost of living payment.
The first instalment of $116 will be paid today to tax residents who earned less… Read more Audio
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Business News for 1 August 2022
6:55 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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English women's football team wins Euro 2022
6:51 AM.The English women's football team beat Germany 2-1 late in extra time in the Euro 2022 final at Wembley on Monday morning.
It's England's first major football tournament victory since 1966, when the… Read more Audio
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NZ Property report has good and bad news for first home buyers
6:47 AM.There's good news and bad news for new homebuyers in the latest New Zealand Property Report.
The good news in the new report from realestate.co.nz is that "buyers now have the edge" in the property… Read more Audio
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Central Auckland businesses pin hopes on cruise ships coming back
6:44 AM.The last of the Covid-19 border reopening phases happened overnight - opening the maritime border, as well as applications for tourist, visitor and student visas from anywhere in the world.
Central… Read more Audio
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Early Sports News for Monday 1 August 2022
6:40 AM.A brief update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 1 August 2022
6:28 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Early Business News for 1 August 2022
6:26 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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National Party opposes broad changes to donation legislation
6:14 AM.National supports closing a political donations loophole, but wants it dealt with separately to legislation already before Parliament.
Cabinet will today consider recommendations about a technicality… Read more Audio
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All Blacks sevens team lose to Fiji at Commonwealth Games
6:10 AM.It may have been a winning start to the Commonwealth Games for New Zealand, but those athletes competing overnight have so far been unable to add to Aotearoa's medal tally overnight.
There was… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Monday 1 August 2022
6:00 AM.The Goverment has been embarassed by news Cost of Living Payments may end up in the pockets of Kiwis living overseas, We spoke to the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and National's Nicola Wills about… Read more Audio