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Morning Report for Wednesday 1 March 2017
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Top Stories for Wednesday 1 March 2017
6:00 AM.Injured caver rescued after 'textbook' operation, Police keep mum on monitoring of extradited child pornographer, English told to ditch drug anecdotes and rely on facts, Aid group considering Helen… Read more Audio
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Canadian caver rescued, in hospital after 'textbook' rescue
6:10 AM.A Canadian caver was rescued last night after slipping about 50 metres and then falling 10 metres while abseiling down Harwood Hole on Takaka Hill. She was flown by helicopter to Nelson Hospital with… Read more Audio
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Tunisian police 'cowardly' after beach attack: UK coroner
6:15 AM.'Cowardly, ineffective and shambolic.' That's how a London coroner has labelled Tunisian police following the 2015 beach attack in the resort town of Sousse. Audio
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Hundertwasser project could still fail, fundraiser says
6:20 AM.The trust raising funds for a Hundertwasser Art Gallery in Whangarei is warning the 16-million dollar project could still fall at the last hurdle. Audio
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Early Business News for 1 March 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 1 March 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Act leader says training, not drugs the reason for joblessness
6:38 AM.David Seymour says teachers are to blame for the lack of skilled workers and unemployment levels, rather than drug-taking. He says schools with consistently underperforming students should be closed.
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PM says no to NZ medical cannabis industry
6:45 AM.Prime Minister Bill English rules out New Zealand becoming a producer of medical cannabis. He says they're happy with the the revision of the rules for the use of medical cannabis: "We're not… Read more Audio
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Business News for 1 March 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Injured caver rescued after 'textbook' operation
7:11 AM.Cavers who helped in last night's rescue of a Canadian woman who slipped then fell while abseiling down Harwoods Hole on Takaka Hill say the operation went like clockwork. Read more Audio
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Police keep mum on monitoring of extradited child pornographer
7:15 AM.The police refuse to say whether a convicted child pornographer linked to a global paedophile ring was being monitored before he was extradited to Australia last week to face serious child abuse… Read more Audio
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English told to ditch drug anecdotes; Immigration and education blamed for unemployment
7:20 AM.Prime Minister Bill English is accused of using 'alternative facts' when he says New Zealanders are anecdotally harder to employ than immigrants because too often they're taking drugs. Read more Audio
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Aid group considering Helen Clark for lead role pulls plug
7:25 AM.A global aid organisation that was considering the former Prime Minister Helen Clark in its hunt for a new executive director has scrapped its search. It's unclear whether she'll continue to contest… Read more Audio
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Trump addresses Congress for first time today
7:28 AM.Donald Trump has given himself an A for achievement but a C in messaging. He's also been blaming Barack Obama for recent leaks that have come from the White House. Audio
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Tighter LVR restrictions begin to cool Akld housing market
7:38 AM.The latest figures from QV show the rate of growth in house prices has begun to slow. Nick Goodall from CoreLogic NZ says it's not just the rate of growth slowing, but prices are beginning to drop. Audio
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Twyford: too much money extracted from Housing NZ
7:40 AM.Labour's housing spokesperson, Phil Twyford, says kicking out families with young children from state homes makes no sense. And he says it damages the life chances for those children because they're… Read more Audio
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Drugs or immigration costing NZers jobs?
7:50 AM.Winston Peters says the reason young New Zealanders aren't getting jobs isn't because they fail drug tests, it's because National has opened the floodgates to immigrants who will work for low wages… Read more Audio
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Nelson Maori win landmark Supreme Court land case
7:51 AM.In what's being called a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has ruled the Government is obliged to honour a land deal struck in 1839 between the New Zealand Company and Maori in Nelson, Motueka and… Read more Audio
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Govt regional development plans criticised as all talk
8:10 AM.The Tairawhiti Economic Action Plan has been launched in Gisborne setting out a blueprint for the region's growth in the next five years. But critics aren't so sure the Government's commitments will… Read more Audio
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Extradited child pornographer was very remorseful for his crime
8:13 AM.The man who supervised Craig Broadley while he was on home detention, Roy Cox, says Broadley was very remorseful for his crime. He says he is trustworthy. "Every day he tried to improve himself to be… Read more Audio
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Significant breaches of environmental law go unpunished
8:17 AM.Environmental Defence Society's Gary Taylor says New Zealand's environmental laws aren't being enforced as well as they should be and there's a number of reasons why including expense, inconsistent… Read more Audio
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Aust terrorist suspect taught himself to build missiles
8:24 AM.Australian police arrest an electrician and solar panel installer who is alleged to have offered to help design and develop missiles and missile detection technology for ISIS with knowledge he gained… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 1 March 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Tonga's Queen Mother being laid to rest this morning
8:35 AM.Today Tonga farewells the Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata'aho who will be buried in the Royal Tombs at Mala'ekula, or Red Square, after an all night vigil. All flags in the country are being flown at… Read more Audio
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Refugees endure freezing temperatures to flee US
8:38 AM.Hundreds of people have braved sub zero temperatures to flee from the United States to Canada since Donald Trump became president. CBC reporter Karen Pauls talks to Morning Report about their… Read more Audio
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Crown says veteran's injuries not cobra venom but disease
8:44 AM.A former soldier is in the High Court wanting his pension backdated to 1966, saying he should've been on a disabled soldiers pension since then. He blames his deteriorating eyesight on a cobra that… Read more Audio
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Fly me to the moon - Space X to make it a reality
8:50 AM.SpaceX, the rocket company headed by Elon Musk, wants to send tourists on a trip around the moon and back to Earth before the end of next year. If they manage that feat, the passengers would be the… Read more Audio
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NZ's care of Maui's dolphin slated by US journalist
8:55 AM.Two mammals half a world apart both facing extinction - a feature piece comparing the treatment of the porpoise whale in Mexico and the Maui's dolphin here has New Zealand's care not faring too well.
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