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Morning Report for Friday 30 September 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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Political editors panel: Latest poll results
8:42 AM.It's time now for our Friday political panel on Morning Report in which we dissect, discuss and analyse the political stories of the week.
They might be big issues, they might be small, nothing is… Read more Audio
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'Wāhine on the Tools' webseries aims to encourage trade uptake
8:40 AM."Wāhine on the Tools" is a web series that's launched this week to encourage more Māori and Pacific women to pick up the tools and work in a trade.
Women's employment agency TradeCareers is… Read more Audio
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Varied candidates in Central North Island elections
8:38 AM.In the central North Island, there's what could be described as a varied line-up of candidates in three neighbouring regions.
Whanganui Local Democracy Reporter Moana Ellis spoke to Guyon Espiner. Read more Audio
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Market Update for 30 September 2022
8:30 AM.Business update for 30 September 2022 Audio
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Remembering 'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper Coolio
8:26 AM.As one of the most successful rap songs of all time, Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise is often credited for bringing the genre into the mainstream.
His song's back on the airwaves once again following his… Read more Audio
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New residents could miss out on local elections voting
8:23 AM.Tens of thousands of people recently granted residency, could miss out on voting in the local body elections because of confusion over the rules.
At least 55,000 people granted a one-off residency… Read more Audio
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Fourth leak found in Nord Stream pipeline
8:17 AM.Sweden has found a fourth leak on one of two major undersea pipelines which EU leaders believe are the subject of sabotage. Western leaders say the gas leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in… Read more Audio
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Union still wants nurses to turn down extra shifts
8:13 AM.The Nurses Organisation, is calling on its 35,000 members who work in hospitals to turn down requests to work extra shifts next week because of a dispute over how they are compensated for them.
Chief… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 30 September 2022
8:06 AM.The Breakers captain Tom Abercrombie can't fly for seven weeks after picking up an eye injury in pre-season and will miss away games in the Australian NBL, which starts this weekend. Audio
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New childrens hospital opened in Wellington
7:55 AM.Wellington's new children's hospital is opened on Friday with a blessing at dawn.
The hospital, called Te Wao Nui, meaning "the great forest", will then close for two weeks for deep cleaning before… Read more Audio
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Safety warning over wheels literally coming off school mobile dental clinics
7:53 AM.A safety alert has gone out about wheels flying off school mobile dental clinics.
Twice a wheel has sheared off the heavy trailers and gone flying across the road.
Phil Pennington has more on this.
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National Party deputy leader on party's planned tax cuts
7:46 AM.National Party leader Christopher Luxon says that his party's planned tax cuts would not have the same sharp market reaction the UK's own tax cut proposals had on the pound's value.
The pound has… Read more Audio
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Senior doctors expecting disruption if nurses turn down shifts
7:41 AM.The Nurses Organisation, is calling on its 35,000 members who work in hospitals to turn down requests to work extra shifts next week because of a dispute over how they are compensated for them.
The… Read more Audio
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Whangārei mayor hopeful for decent voter turnout at local elections
7:37 AM.The Local Government Minister says central government may review how local body elections are run, following concerns many voters haven't received their papers.
Nanaia Mahuta is one of many voters… Read more Audio
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Dozens of missing voting paper queries coming in daily for North Island electoral official
7:27 AM.A North Island electoral official says they're getting dozens of queries every day from people who still haven't got their voting papers for the local elections.
She says many people are finding the… Read more Audio
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Truss won't back down on mini budget despite economic turmoil
7:22 AM.The UK Prime Minister is refusing to do a U-turn on a $NZ86 billion package of unfunded tax cuts aimed at the wealthy.
Liz Truss has fronted a series of media interviews for the first time since the… Read more Audio
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Hurricane Ian slams into Florida
7:10 AM."This could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida's history".
That's the grim admission by US President Joe Biden, speaking the day after Hurricane Ian made landfall, bringing with it scenes of… Read more Audio
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Erosion could force Oamaru high school to move
6:50 AM.An Oamaru high school's idyllic coastal setting could force it to move.
Waitaki Boys' High School's grounds are being swallowed by the sea - with up to two metres lost each year, over the last… Read more Audio
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Speed limits going down on 1600 Auckland roads
6:43 AM.Speed limits are set to be reduced across almost a fifth of Auckland Transport's road network from December this year.
In what will be the third phase of Auckland Transport's Safe Speeds Programme… Read more Audio
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Early Sports News for 30 September 2022
6:38 AM.A brief update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 30 September 20222
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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NZ has fifth largest proportion of threatened birds
6:21 AM.New Zealand has the fifth largest proportion of birds at threat of extinction globally, in the grimmest release of The State of the World's Birds report yet.
Globally, around half of all bird species… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 30 September 2022
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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Top Stories for Friday 30 September 2022
6:00 AM.It's Ramere, Friday September the 30th Anei nga kaupapa mo tenei haora.. Top stories this morning... US President Joe Biden calls Hurricane Ian the deadliest storm in Florida's history. Russia is to… Read more Audio