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Business News for 28 February 2018
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Papua New Guinea quake: State of emergency expected
6:46 AM.A national state of emergency is expected to be declared in Papua New Guinea as the extent of the damage and deaths from this week's earthquake becomes apparent. So far thirty people are reported to… Read more Audio
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Virus released to curb wild rabbit population
6:42 AM.Farmers frustrated at out-of-control rabbit numbers are relieved a new rabbit-killing virus is going to be released next month. It's hoped the new strain of calicivirus will kill between 40 and 80… Read more Audio
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Simon Bridges' mind 'like a Formula One' - Tauranga local
6:40 AM.A quality bloke whose mind races like a Formula One car. That's how some Tauranga locals are describing their electorate MP and now National Party leader Simon Bridges. But other are also asking if… Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 28 February 2018
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Early Business News for 28 February 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Nelson Airport found using banned toxic foam
6:09 AM.It's been discovered that the very first airport tested for a toxic firefighting foam has been discovered to be using it illegally. More than 600 litres of foam in firetrucks and storage at Nelson… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Wednesday 28 February 2018
6:00 AM.More contamination from toxic firefighting foam has been revealed, Simon Bridges says changes are coming to National's line-up but nothing too radical, and Warriors star knocks back an offer from the… Read more Audio
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Svalbard Global Seed Vault reaches 1 million specimens
8:55 AM.Shipments of some of the world's most precious seeds will be delivered to a vault in the Arctic Circle today taking the total number stored there past the one-million mark. The Global Seed Vault was… Read more Audio
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Winter Olympic medalists return home
8:37 AM.After New Zealand's best ever performance at a Winter Olympic games, the athletes are now arriving. There's a crowd gathering at Auckland Airport to see the team. RNZ sports reporter Ravinder Hunia is… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 27 February 2018
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Leading academics urge govt to drop mega prison plan
8:26 AM.The government will soon have to decide whether to go ahead with a $1 billion expansion of Waikeria Prison in the South Waikato. The new facility would hold an additional three thousand inmates but… Read more Audio
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Petition to exempt Māori land from Public Works Act rejected
8:22 AM.MPs have rejected a petition calling for the government to exempt Māori land from the Public Works Act. Petitioners who include the author Patricia Grace argued in 2016 that the forced sale of… Read more Audio
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National MPs arrive at Parliament to vote on new leader
8:21 AM.The hopefuls in the National Party leadership are arriving at Parliament for the vote on Tuesday to elect a new leader. The RNZ gallery team are there to talk to them. Audio
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National Party leadership hopefuls face tight race
8:13 AM.National Party MPs hold their weekly caucus meeting this morning, but as we know, this one will be rather special. They will be farewelling their leader Bill English and voting in a new one. Simon… Read more Audio
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Security measures aren't working, says dairy owner
8:10 AM.The owner of an Auckland dairy says security measures aren't working, after a staff member was attacked in broad daylight. Last year the government set up a $1.8 million fund for small business owners… Read more Audio
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Aucklanders blamed for record Hawke's Bay house prices
7:56 AM.Cashed-up Aucklanders are being blamed for pushing up property prices in Hawke's Bay to record levels. House prices and rents have risen dramatically over the past two years, while the number of… Read more Audio
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Te reo Māori classes inundated with enrolments nationwide
7:51 AM.Beginners' classes in te reo Māori are attracting so many enrolments, many are full and some have hundreds of would-be students on their waiting lists.
Course instructors say the growing presence of… Read more Audio
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Papua New Guinea quake: Fears death toll will rise
7:44 AM.Three people are confirmed dead after yesterday's massive earthquake in Papua New Guinea, and there are fears the death toll could rise. The magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the Southern Highlands… Read more Audio
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More Indian students speak out over exploitation
7:41 AM.Employers are continuing to exploit foreign students and they're getting better at covering their tracks. The Migrant Workers Association says it's getting more complaints than ever from people who… Read more Audio
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Ardern responds to claims of reneging on abuse inquiry
7:30 AM.Let's return now to our report about a father and son who say the Prime Minister has gone back on her assurances to them that the Catholic Church would be held to account over sexual abuse they… Read more Audio
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Sexual misconduct culture in law firms entrenched - lecturer
7:22 AM.An Auckland law lecturer says it's an "open secret" in the law industry that a culture of sexual misconduct has existed across the sector "for decades".
In a Facebook post on Saturday, AUT senior law… Read more Audio
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Abuse survivors accuse Ardern of backtracking
7:17 AM.A father and son who've accused leading Catholic clergymen of sexually abusing them as schoolboys are also accusing the Prime Minister of going back on her past assurances about an inquiry. The two… Read more Audio
