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Morning Report for Tuesday 9 May 2017
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Top Stories for Tuesday 9 May 2017
6:00 AM.Inquiry into complaint Fletcher Building sold substandard steel, Australia thinks NZ is a soft backdoor route for migrants entering their country, Iwi and beekeepers "kept in the dark" over myrtle… Read more Audio
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Aid agencies in Vanuatu work to help those affected by Cyclone
6:08 AM.Aid agencies are planning how best to provide supplies to worst affected areas in Vanuatu in the wake of Cyclone Donna. Audio
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Early Business News for 9 May 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 9 May 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Kidwill made the call to ban Bromwich and Proctor
6:42 AM.The Kiwis captain Jesse Bromwich and teammate Kevin Proctor will not be considered for October's Rugby League World Cup. The pair were banned yesterday afternoon by the NZRL after their involvement in… Read more Audio
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Business News for 9 May 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Inquiry into complaint Fletcher Building sold substandard steel
7:11 AM.The Commerce Commission is investigating a complaint Fletcher Building sold substandard steel. The type of steel is among the most widely used in construction, and also for things such as towbars… Read more Audio
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Is NZ an easy route to Australian residency?
7:14 AM.The Prime Minister has revealed that Australia thinks New Zealand is a soft backdoor route for migrants entering their country, but he says he doesn't understand why Read more Audio
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Iwi and beekeepers "kept in the dark" over myrtle rust
7:17 AM.Beekeepers and iwi in Northland say they've been kept in the dark about the plant disease myrtle rust, which they say warn could devastate the region's honey industry. Read more Audio
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Myrtle rust on the march in Kerikeri
7:19 AM.The MPI's Geoff Gwyn responds to complaints of information He says the agency is trying hard to get the evidence out. "I don't think you can ever get enough information out there." So far there are… Read more Audio
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High scholarship pass rate for kura
7:23 AM.A decile one kura kaupapa Maori school arguably has the best Scholarship achievement rate in the country.The results put the kura above an elite group of private and high-decile schools with big… Read more Audio
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Labour clash looming over charter schools?
7:26 AM.Are Labour's Maori MPs at odds with their leader over charter schools? Not according to the Labour Party leader Andrew Little. There's no change on its policy over charter schools, even though Labour… Read more Video, Audio
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Peters says Aust govt can't be blamed for crackdown
7:38 AM.Winston Peters says Statistics NZ information on New Zealand citizens leaving for Australia is wrong. He says he has long been concerned about New Zealand being a soft backdoor route for migrants… Read more Audio
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PM says blasphemy law should be scrapped
7:45 AM.The Prime Minister says the country's blasphemy law has long-since passed its used-by-date and should be repealed. Audio
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Cyclone Donna has New Caledonians on alert
7:49 AM.Cyclone Donna is now bearing down on New Caledonia, putting residents on a level two alert, forcing them indoors. The Category Five cyclone has been downgraded since leaving the northern Vanuatu… Read more Audio
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Sally Yates to expose what Trump's team knew of Russia contact
7:50 AM.former acting Attorney General Sally Yates is currently testifying in front of a Senate subcommittee about what and when she told the Trump White House about former National Security Advisor Michael… Read more Audio
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Facebook helps users to spot 'fake news'
7:57 AM.Facebook is advising its users how to spot deliberately misleading content online, in the weeks leading up to the British general election. The social media company has placed adverts in newspapers… Read more Audio
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Bromwich, Proctor banned from Rugby League World Cup
8:11 AM.Jesse Bromwich and Kevin Proctor will not be playing for New Zealand when the Kiwis take the field in the Rugby League World Cup in October. Ken Laban, a sports commentator, and longtime member of the… Read more Audio
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Aid agencies waiting for runways to clear in Vanuatu
8:16 AM.Cyclone Donna has now left Vanuatu and is heading south east to New Caledonia. Corinne Ambler is in Port Vila for the Red Cross. Audio
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New Caledonia prepares for arrival of Cyclone Donna
8:20 AM.Cyclone Donna is now heading south east to New Caledonia. The Deputy Director-General of the Pacific Community Cameron Diver is based in the capital Noumea. Audio
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Auckland race courses to host Lions rugby fans
8:23 AM.Two Auckland race courses will be hosting hundreds of campervans full of Lions rugby fans for the first time to help the city cope as it gears up for the country's biggest sporting event since the… Read more Audio
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Scientists rally behind embattled colleague Mike Joy
8:28 AM.Scientists have been told to conduct their debates according to the science, not personalities. They've received a reminder of the rules after two took part in a radio discussion about whether… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 9 May 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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MP Borrows wants careless driving charge dismissed
8:38 AM.The MP for Whanganui Chester Borrows will find out this morning whether a charge he faces of careless driving causing injury will be dismissed.Our Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin is following… Read more Audio
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Maori Affairs Minister backing bilingual proposal
8:43 AM.Te reo Maori could soon join te reo Pakeha on traffic signs, ATMs or restaurant menus in several New Zealand towns that are considering going bilingual. Audio
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Secret pay deal for Fairfax bosses enrages endangered reporters
8:48 AM.News of a generous bonus for Fairfax Australia's top executives has enraged journalists striking over the company's plan to cut costs by slashing reporter numbers. Audio
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Debate rages over gender neutral awards
8:52 AM.A genderless awards category at the MTV movie awards has received mixed-reactions in Hollywood. Read more Video, Audio
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Irish beach washed away reappears 33 years later
8:56 AM.An Irish beach which vanished in a storm 33 years ago has reappeared. Sean Molloy, the manager at Achill Tourism, says a big storm in 1984 took "every last grain of sand' off the beach, But, he says… Read more Audio