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Morning Report for Tuesday 2 December 2014
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NCEA exams end today
8:55 AM.NCEA and Scholarship exams end today after what school principals and the Qualifications Authority say has been an almost trouble-free exam season. Audio
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69 year old woman dies after falling 40 metres down steep bank
8:52 AM.A 69 year old Wanaka woman has died after falling 40 metres down a steep bank on the Fern Burn Walking Track in the Motatapu area. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 2 December 2014
8:48 AM.A report says a Māori boarding school's lack of agreement with its religious landowner is holding the college back; A well-known art writer and curator is rejecting the idea that Pakeha artists often… Read more Audio
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Dunedin named 'City of Literature' by UN
8:42 AM.From today Dunedin can now call itself a City of Literature after UNESCO accepted the city's bid to join one of the world's most exclusive book clubs. Audio
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WFP to halt aid to 1.7 million syrian refugees
8:39 AM.The United Nations World Food Programme has been forced to suspend a critical programme providing food vouchers to more than 1.7 million Syrian refugees, due to a funding crisis. Audio
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Vehicles to be banned from Auckland volcanic summits?
8:34 AM.A move to ban all vehicles driving to the summit of Maungawhau, or Mt Eden, in Auckland could be in place by next year. Audio
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Markets Update for 2 December 2014
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Trustpower calls for access to dangerous dog registers
8:26 AM.A power company is calling on the government to give it access to councils' dangerous dog registers so it can protect its workers. Audio
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Cake is at centre of employment case taken against credit union
8:23 AM.Two former senior executives of one of the country's largest credit unions are expected to support claims NZCU Baywide stole the private information of a former employee and used it to try to destroy… Read more Audio
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Campaign for Auckland Council to be majority owner of Vector
8:19 AM.A campaign's begun to have the Auckland Council take over the two billion dollar lion's share of the electricity lines company Vector, ending the annual payout to hundreds of thousands of consumers. Audio
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Social Development Minister on poverty report
8:11 AM.The second annual Child Poverty Monitor says almost a quarter of New Zealand children are living in poverty. Audio
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Repatriation of ancestral remains in NZ history announced
7:57 AM.The largest collection of Māori and Moriori ancestral remains to be returned to New Zealand has been handed over to a Te Papa delegation in New York overnight. Audio
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Child health expert slams future plan for rheumatic fever
7:53 AM.A leading expert in rheumatic fever says a government plan to shift funding and responsibility for preventing the disease to health boards is deeply worrying. Audio
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Australia and NZ could resume ANZAC activities
7:45 AM.The Government is still looking into how the New Zealand military could contribute to the fight against Islamic State in Iraq. Audio
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Inquest hears officer falsely logs visits to at risk prisoner
7:40 AM.The inquest into the death of a prisoner from a suspected drug overdose has heard a corrections officer logged visits to his cell that never happened. Audio
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Labour leader discusses possible ANZAC resumption
7:34 AM.In an apparent effort to gain cross party support, John Key hinted yesterday there could be some changes, notably to the controversial 48 hour surveillance period. Audio
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Special screening of final Hobbit movie in Wellington
7:27 AM.A special screening of the third and final Hobbit movie, The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies, is to get underway in Wellington shortly. Audio
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Manhunt for two men wanted in Queenstown kidnapping continues
7:24 AM.The manhunt for two men wanted in relation to a triple-kidnapping in Queenstown continues today. Audio
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Prime Minister signalled much tougher security laws to come
7:21 AM.The Prime Minister has signalled the Government will look to introduce much tougher security laws after a review next year. Audio
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Children's Commissioner concerned by poverty numbers
7:14 AM.Joining us is the Children's Commissioner, Dr Russell Wills. Audio
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Child Poverty Monitor releases report
7:09 AM.The second annual Child Poverty Monitor says almost a quarter of New Zealand children are living in poverty. Audio
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Entrepreneur plans backdoor listing for his third venture
6:56 AM.Peter Montgomery is proving to be a serial entrepreneur, having founded and sold two businesses already, and now plans to list his latest venture, Inventory Technologies, through a backdoor listing. Audio
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Law expert says hard work begins to meet new market regulations
6:54 AM.The new financial markets regulations, which took effect this week, were over six years in the making, but for the market participants, the hard work is just beginning. Audio
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Campaign for Auckland Council to become maority owner of Vector
6:51 AM.A 75 percent stake in the electricity and gas lines company, Vector, could transfer to the Auckland Council, if a lobby in the city gets it's way. Audio
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Hellaby ups dividend payout policy to combat flat share price
6:49 AM.The investment company now plans to pay out about 75 percent of net profit in dividends, up from about 50 percent previously. Audio
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Westpac predicts a more than 10% fall in NZ's purchasing power
6:48 AM.Westpac is predicting New Zealand's purchasing power with the rest of the world will have deteriorated by more than 10 percent by the middle of next year. Audio
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Team Vestas Wind to look at salvage operation
6:44 AM.The crew of a round-the-world racing yacht that ran aground on an Indian Ocean reef will soon be arriving in Mauritius where they will start making plans for how to salvage their boat. Audio
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A quarter of New Zealand children living in poverty
6:40 AM.The second annual Child Poverty Monitor says almost a quarter of New Zealand children are living in poverty. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 2 December 2014
6:27 AM.A report says a Maori boarding school's lack of agreement with its religious landowner is holding the college back; Iwi leaders will have their say at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Tuesday 2 December 2014
6:00 AM.Child Poverty Monitor releases report, Children's Commissioner concerned by poverty numbers, Prime Minister signalled much tougher security laws to come, Manhunt for two men wanted in Queenstown… Read more Audio