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Morning Report for Monday 6 March 2023
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:56 AM.We cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
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Ironman Cameron Brown finishes final professional race
8:52 AM.The Ironman New Zealand championships returned to Taupō on Saturday for its first full-scale event in three years.
Mike Phillips and Els Visser took out the men's and women's titles.
And it was a… Read more Audio
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Plans to use brain cells to power biological supercomputer
8:48 AM.Computers powered by human brain cells may sound like science fiction, but a team of researchers in the US believe that's achieveable within our lifetime.
Using organoids - which are lab-grown… Read more Audio
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Customer complaints over Northland tiny homes
8:42 AM.A Northland-based builder of tiny houses has been promising idyllic miniature homes.
But some of his customers say all he is delivering is unfinished work - and a nightmare.
Krystal Gibbens reports… Read more Audio
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Activist hails historic ocean treaty after decade of talks
8:39 AM.Environmentalists are hailing a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans that's been 15 years in the making.
The High Seas Treaty places 30 percent of the seas into protected areas by 2030… Read more Audio
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Vanuatu in cleap up mode
8:24 AM.Vanuatu is in clean up mode after facing twin cyclones last week, with Cyclone Judy and then Cyclone Kevin striking within days of each other.
Some parts of the country are still uncontactable after… Read more Audio
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Te Karaka marae restoring cyclone-damaged weaving
8:20 AM.A Te Karaka marae has begun restoring some of the most unique examples of Māori weaving, severely damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle.
The whāriki were at Rangatira marae, which was destroyed when floods… Read more Audio
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NZers expectations of house prices switched - ASB
8:16 AM.ASB says New Zealanders' expectations of housing prices have done a 180 from this time 2022.
The bank's latest housing confidence survey shows nearly 50 percent of people expect house prices to fall… Read more Audio
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Minister of Education on fail rates for proposed literacy and numeracy exams
8:11 AM.The Ministry of Education is so concerned with fail rates in proposed literacy and numeracy exams, they've asked the Qualifications Authority to allow students to use spell check during testing.
A… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 6 March 2023
8:06 AM.A increase in grown men wearing full Liverpool kit is expected this morning, after the mersyesiders handed Manchester United their biggest loss in Premier League history. Audio
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Wellington car share users double
7:56 AM.The number of people using car sharing services in Wellington has doubled in the past year to 33,000 and continues to accelerate.
That's according to Wellington Council, which hopes these services… Read more Audio
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Nations reach agreement to protect high seas
7:50 AM.After days of gruelling talks which went into overtime, more than 100 countries have agreed on a treaty to protect the high seas.
The legally binding pact, 15 years in the making, is crucial to an… Read more Audio
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Children not taught reading, writing, maths properly - Stanford
7:44 AM.The National Party's Education spokesperson says children aren't being taught reading, writing and maths properly, which has led to high failure rates in new literacy and numeracy exams.
A pilot of… Read more Audio
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National Party deputy leader on childcare policy
7:34 AM.Reducing the cost of childcare is National's big pitch to voters so far this election year.
Chris Luxon used his State of the Nation speech yesterday to promise to help families earning up to… Read more Audio
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Beach Haven community reeling after man killed during altercation
7:25 AM.Auckland's Beach Haven community is reeling after a man was killed during an altercation with two teenagers on Friday night.
Residents have said they felt traumatised by the attack, with one saying… Read more Audio
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More than 100 gather for karakia after fatal assault
7:23 AM.More than a hundred people in Auckland's Beach Haven community gathered last night, to pay tribute to a local man who died after a fatal assault on Friday.
He was 28-year-old North Shore local… Read more Audio
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Wellington mother gives verdict on National Party plan
7:19 AM.A Wellington mother says childcare is too expensive and she's giving the thumbs up to the National Party's plan to make it more affordable for low and middle income families.
Families who qualify for… Read more Audio
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Childcare centre of Luxon's big pitch to voters
7:15 AM.The burdensome cost of childcare is Christopher Luxon's big pitch to voters to kick off election year.
The National Party leader is promising to help families earning up to 180-thousand a year with a… Read more Audio
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Education Ministry, NZQA at loggerheads over test failure rates
7:09 AM.If they can't pass just make the test easier. That was the Education Ministry response to high failure rates in new High School literacy and numeracy tests.
Documents obtained by RNZ show the… Read more Audio
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AA can't understand why drug testing regime isn't ready
6:45 AM.The Government passed legislation last year to introduce a new roadside drug testing regime by March.
But it's been announced an appropriate saliva testing device for random roadside testing couldn't… Read more Audio
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Early Sports Chat for Monday 6 March 2023
6:38 AM.A brief update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Vanuatu in ruins after double cyclone smash
6:38 AM.After two severe cyclones in two days parts of Vanuatu have been left in ruins.
Cyclone Judy hit first as a category four, then Kevin slammed in as a category three, intensifying to a category four… Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 6 March 2023
6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Early Business News for 6 March 2023
6:24 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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Calls for vapes to be prescription only
6:14 AM.Should vapes require a doctor's prescription?
That's the law in Australia, and there are growing calls from doctors, public health experts and educators for New Zealand to do likewise.
But across… Read more Audio
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Napier residents want Police Eagle helicopter to stay
6:08 AM.Hundreds of Napier residents have signed an online petition calling for the Police Eagle helicopter to stay hovering above Hawke's Bay.
The helicopter was deployed in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle to… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Monday 6 March 2023
6:00 AM.Top stories for 6 March 2023 Faced with high failure rates, the Education Ministry calls for high school literacy and numeracy tests to be made easier. National promises to reduce the cost of… Read more Audio