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Gita: Food shortage hits Takaka, cut off after storm
6:40 AM.It could be a year before the top of the South Island gets back to normal after the damage wrought by Cyclone Gita. Thousands of people are still trapped in Golden Bay after after huge slips on the… Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 22 February 2018
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Early Business News for 22 February 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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NZ cleans up roads, slips, fallen trees after ex-cyclone Gita
6:09 AM.Central New Zealand, especially Taranaki and the West Coast, is cleaning up after ex-cyclone Gita swept across New Zealand on Tuesday and Wednesday. RNZ reporter Laura Dooney joins us with details of… Read more Audio
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Top Stories forThursday 22 February 2018
6:00 AM.Gita: Takaka faces huge clean-up, waits on supplies, Gita: Storm sweeps 16 slips over Takaka road, New Plymouth on boil water notice, work starts on broken pipe, Human Rights Commission under review… Read more Audio
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How KFC chickened out
8:56 AM.There are more than a few ruffled feathers in Britain as fans of KFC can't get their favourite treat. Seven hundred and fifty KFC outlets across the UK and Ireland have been forced to close because… Read more Audio
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Govt signs off on billion-dollar regional fund
8:52 AM.Cabinet has given the final sign-off for the billion-dollar-a-year Regional Development Fund, and the checks and balances that will be put in place for any money allocated. The details of contestable… Read more Audio
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Fletcher Building releases half-yearly results
8:51 AM.Fletcher Building has just released its half year result. To tell us about it we're joined by our business editor Gyles Beckford. Audio
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Revised TPP text to be revealed
8:46 AM.The text of the revamped Trans-Pacific Partnership and the effects of the trade deal on the economy will be revealed on Wednesday. The government will release the wording of the Comprehensive and… Read more Audio
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Ardern, Peters payments Ministerial Services' fault - Hipkins
8:42 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters have been overpaid $12,000 and $9000 respectively in accommodation allowances. Ministerial Services Minister Chris Hipkins says… Read more Audio
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Hobson's Pledge action 'disgusting, racist' - Andrew Judd
8:38 AM.A former New Plymouth mayor says the government needs to change the law that allows groups like Hobson's Pledge to challenge plans for Maori council wards. Hobson's Pledge has been organising… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 21 February 2018
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Ardern, Peters overpayments unacceptable - Seymour
8:27 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and the Foreign Minister Winston Peters have been overpaid just over $12,000 and $9000 respectively by the Department of Internal Affairs. The payments were 'out-of-town'… Read more Audio
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Midwives 'dread every shift' at ADHB - Nurses Organisation
8:24 AM.Auckland City Hospital managers have been accused of ignoring midwives' concerns about a staffing crisis for at least two years. Midwives, as RNZ reported this week, say they're over-worked, stressed… Read more Audio
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Gita forces Kaikōura SH1 closure
8:21 AM.State Highway 1 north and south of Kaikōura is once again shut, this time because of the weather. The highway north of Kaikōura was closed for more than a year after the 2016 earthquake and didn't… Read more Audio
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Gita: Buller checks for damage after strong wind, rain
8:18 AM.Buller District Mayor Garry Howard tells Susie Ferguson they're checking for damage in the area on Wednesday morning, but they've got away relatively unscathed. Audio
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Gita: West Coast endures another major storm
8:15 AM.It's been a rough night on the West Coast, as ex-cyclone Gita headed across New Zealand from the Tasman Sea. Grey District Mayor Tony Kokshoorn tells us there's a huge amount of campers up and down… Read more Audio
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Gita: Takaka Hill hit hard, tourists cut off
8:11 AM.People may have to be ferried out of the Tasman region's Golden Bay, and food supplies may be shipped in if SH60 can't be opened quickly. About 5000 residents and about 1000 tourists are trapped by… Read more Audio
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Black Caps try to deny Australia the top spot
7:55 AM.A win tonight over Australia in the tri series Twenty20 cricket final will not only give New Zealand some much overdue success against their trans-Tasman rivals, but also deny the Australia the mantle… Read more Audio
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Hobson's Pledge 'confident' in fighting Maori wards
7:53 AM.The lobby group Hobson's Pledge is confident it will have the numbers today to force referendums in four districts that are looking to introduce Maori wards. Its spokesperson Don Brash says there's no… Read more Audio
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Homelessness on the rise in Tauranga
7:49 AM.The number of homeless in Tauranga has jumped by almost 20 percent in the past year. The steep rise in house prices and the competition for jobs in the Bay of Plenty city has led to the number of… Read more Audio
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Computer glitch forces 120 doctors to resit test
7:46 AM.Some senior doctors will have to re-sit career-defining tests after an IT meltdown meant 120 of them couldn't finish online exams. The doctors who want to specialise as physicians and paedeatricians… Read more Audio
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Hundreds of drivers lose licences after bribery scandal
7:37 AM.Up to 350 drivers have had their licences cancelled or have been required to re-sit tests after an investigation into bribes being paid for licences. RNZ has been looking at the official papers about… Read more Audio
