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Morning Report for Thursday 29 June 2017
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Top Stories for Thursday 29 June 2017
6:00 AM.Almost three decades on, six people in the United Kingdom have been charged over the Hillsborough stadium disaster which left 96 people dead. Our correspondent in London, Catherine Drew, says the… Read more Audio
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Grenfell Tower death toll won't be known for months
6:15 AM.UK police say the final death toll in the Grenfell Tower disaster is unlikely to be clear before the end of the year. Our UK correspondent Natalie Powell says residents have been making their own… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 29 June 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 29 June 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Landlords breaking new insulation law
6:44 AM.Investigators monitoring the Government's new regulations around rental properties and insulation say landlords are breaking the law by failing to disclose how much insulation is in their rental… Read more Audio
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Business News for 29 June 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Six people charged over the 1989 Hillsborough disaster
7:09 AM.Almost three decades on, six people in the United Kingdom have been charged over the Hillsborough stadium disaster which left 96 people dead. Our correspondent in London, Catherine Drew, says the… Read more Audio
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Cyber attack hits shipping giant Maersk
7:15 AM.The global cyber-attack that is now starting to be felt in New Zelanad may have started via corrupted updates on a piece of accountancy software. Ryan Kalembar is the senior vice president of… Read more Audio
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Lawyer tells apartment owners to rip off cladding to check
7:25 AM.One of the country's most experienced leaky building litigation lawyers is now fielding calls from other apartment owners fearing another nightmare on their hands - combustible cladding. And now Paul… Read more Audio
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All Blacks name team to face Lions in second test
7:25 AM.The All Blacks team to take on the British and Irish Lions on Saturday night has been named. Our sports reporter Joe Porter has been looking over the selection. Audio
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Ministry "struggling" to explain water standards
7:40 AM.The Environment Minister might've sold the Government's new water standards to make 90% of all rivers swimmable by 2040 to fellow MPs, but it appears the details are still as murky for ministry… Read more Audio
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Number of days Thiel in NZ before citizenship out today
7:43 AM.The number of days American billionaire Peter Thiel spent in New Zealand before being granted citizenship will be made public today. The controversial entrepreneur visited New Zealand just four times… Read more Audio
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Teaching computer programming 'incredibly exciting' - teacher
7:45 AM.The country's teachers are welcoming the proposal to bring computer programming into the core curriculum, saying it will help set young people up to succeed in any career in the 21st century. Claire… Read more Audio
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America's Cup coverage overboard?
7:52 AM.As most New Zealanders count down the sleeps until next Thursday's home coming parade for the victorious Team New Zealand, others seem to be dreading it. Our reporter Adriana Weber with the week that… Read more Audio
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NZ's rivers under pressure
7:54 AM.In the latest instalment of RNZ's election series 'Is this the brighter future?' we take a look at the health of New Zealand's waterways and the state of our environment, as more areas around the… Read more Audio
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Medical drones set to be tested in the Far North
8:09 AM.Paua Interface will start trialling medicine drops by drone later this year to isolated rural patients. Company principal Robyn Kamira says this is a first for New Zealand and possibly the world and… Read more Audio
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NZ businesses run for cover as global cyber threat spreads
8:16 AM.The latest global cyber ransomware attack is threatening to disrupt New Zealand businesses. Rob Pope is the director of the cyber security watch dog Cert NZ, and says there hasn't been a direct attack… Read more Audio
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Hato Petera argues land grant money could have saved its life
8:20 AM.The Waitangi Tribunal has been told that the catholic Maori school Hato Petera College would not be facing closure had a land grant from the Crown been used in the way it was intended. Audio
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Myrtle rust operation intensifies in North Taranaki
8:23 AM.The operation to contain the myrtle rust infection has stepped up a notch, with a swathe of North Taranaki now under a ban to control the movement of affected plants. The Ministry for Primary… Read more Audio
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Southern Steel crowned undefeated champions
8:24 AM.The Southern Steel have been crowned New Zealand's undisputed netball champions in the first national premiership staged in a decade. Our Otago-Southland reporter Ian Telfer was there. Audio
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Markets Update for 29 June 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Wellington housing plan 'most thorough reforms in a generation'
8:42 AM.Wellington's mayor Justin Lester is touting a just-released housing plan to stop the city becoming another Auckland, as the 'most thorough reforms in a generation'. Audio
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NZ scientists on a mission to understand Antarctic ice shelf
8:50 AM.Scientists are to drill through the Ross ice shelf to find out what is causing it to melt. Is the water beneath the ice shelf warming? Audio
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Christchurch kids pitch red zone ideas
8:55 AM.In a new twist on the future direction of Christchurch, thirty of the city's primary school children took over Regenerate Christchurch's office yesterday, pitching ideas for the city's redzone. There… Read more Audio
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"It was a tribute to all things eggs" - NZ world champs
8:55 AM.A Kiwi pair smashed the world record for the longest throw and catch of an egg. Nick Hornstein and Robbie Hollander talked to our reporter Michael Cropp just before they jumped on a plane back to New… Read more Audio