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Morning Report for Monday 24 July 2017
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Top Stories for Monday 24 July 2017
6:00 AM.Dozens of Otago homes damaged by widespread flood; Chch residents counting cost of flood; State of Emergency in Dunedin, Waitaki, to finish 9am today; two new AK announcements approve 17,000 homes of… Read more Audio
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Govt rejects new housing initiative driving urban sprawl
6:10 AM.The government's rejecting the idea that its new housing infrastructure initiative will drive urban sprawl in Auckland. The finance minister Steven Joyce describes the just-announced Crown… Read more Audio
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A very hard night - Outram resident recounts flood battle
6:12 AM.An Outram resident, John Gallaher, tells our reporter Ian Telfer about his battle to try and stop the flood waters from entering his home. Audio
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Cancer Society support Labour's idea for a national agency
6:15 AM.The Cancer Society's Mike Kernaghan tells Mei Heron his organisation supports the Labour Party's proposal to create a National Cancer Agency. Audio
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Early Business News for 24 July 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 24 July 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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State of emergency to be lifted from Dunedin, Waitaki at 9am
6:43 AM.A State of Emergency that has been in place in Dunedin and Waitaki is to be lifted this morning and the areas will transition into business as usual. 130 families remain out of their homes in Taieri… Read more Audio
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Otago and Waitaki roads open and safe to drive
6:47 AM.All Otago roads are open for the first time in a fortnight. Nic Rodger is the Transport Agency's maintenance contract manager in Otago and says it's rapidly moving into 'clean-up mode'. Audio
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Business News for 24 July 2017
6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Dozens of Otago homes damaged by widespread flood
7:11 AM.Outram residents have never seen anything like it. The Taieri Plains bore the brunt of the weekend's torrential downpours which saw dozens of homes around Otago damaged and 220 homes evacuated. It was… Read more Audio
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Chch residents counting cost of flood
7:15 AM.It's all hands to the pump in some of Christchurch's southern suburbs, like Beckenham, St Martins and Opawa, which were worst affected by heavy rain at the weekend caused the Heathcote River to burst… Read more Audio
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State of Emergency in Dunedin, Waitaki, to finish 9am today
7:18 AM.The state of emergency in Dunedin and the Waitaki District will be lifted at nine o'clock this morning. The mayor, Dave Cull, says it may be some days before dozens of families are able to get back… Read more Audio
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Two new AK announcements approve 17,000 homes of rural fringe
7:24 AM.The construction of 17,000 new homes on Auckland's rural fringe will be sped up by two new Govt funding announcements made at the weekend, but for a city that wanted to go up not out, the Government… Read more Audio
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New White House comms dir. deleting old tweets
7:40 AM.Donald Trump's new communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been busy deleting old tweets so he can get on with the job of serving the US President. Senior Whitehouse correspondent for news… Read more Audio
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Slips evacuate St Clair properties
7:45 AM.Keith Kelsall, whose home in St Clair was evacuated due to a slip, says his family were evacuated at the right time as the damage could've been much worse. Audio
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Flood waters slowly recede at Henley, south Dunedin
7:49 AM.David Wilson who farms at Henley near Dunedin airport in a protected zone that's designed not to flood, says half of his farm is still under water. Audio
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Govt may backtrack on changes to skilled migrant visas
7:50 AM.The Government may now backtrack on changes to the skilled migrant visas after complaints from businesses and the regions. The Prime Minister Bill English says it's listening to those complaints, and… Read more Audio
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Chris Froome wins largely ceremonial final stage of le Tour
7:51 AM.The final stage of le Tour de France was cycled overnight into the Champs Elysee in Paris - but it was largely ceremonial. Michael Tomalaris is in France covering the race for SBS in Australia and… Read more Audio
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Heathcote water levels are down and Chch flood recedes
8:20 AM.The mayor of Christchurch, Lianne Dalziel, says the contamination caused by the flooding is 'very real'. She says the state of emergency will still remain in place because of high tides that are due. Audio
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Markets Update for 24 July 2017
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Government not doing enough to fight child obesity - report
8:35 AM.The government is failing in the fight against childhood obesity, a new report says. University of Auckland health researcher Professor Boyd Swinburn says the country is still well behind… Read more Audio
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In attempt to curb housing crisis, new agency established
8:42 AM.In the latest instalment in RNZ's pre-election series 'Is this the Brighter Future,' we look at National's latest attempts to curb Auckland's housing crisis and cool the housing market by establishing… Read more Audio
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8 dead, 30 injured as a result of human trafficking in Texa
8:48 AM.Eight people are dead and thirty others in hospital suffering from heat stroke and exhaustion after being discovered in the back of a truck trailer in Texas. iHeart media correspondent Jim Forsyth is… Read more Audio
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Teacher went 2 years without protection order
8:53 AM.A school teacher threatened by her abusive ex husband spent two years without a protection order, when she should have had one. In a highly criitical decision, the Court of Appeal overruled two lower… Read more Audio
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Taika Waititi the big winner at the Matariki Awards
8:56 AM.Matariki celebrations are under way around the country - and filmaker and New Zealander of the year Taika Waititi was the big winner at this year's annual Matariki awards. The awards celebrate the… Read more Audio