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Morning Report for Tuesday 10 October 2017
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Top Stories for Tuesday 10 october 2017
6:00 AM.Otara fatal crash: More needed to help teens - youth worker, Southland fatal crash's cause unknown - police, Crackdown urged for lazy drivers with faulty airbags, Day three of coalition talks shrouded… Read more Audio
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May plans 'unique, ambitious' deal in EU divorce
6:12 AM.British Prime Minister Theresa May has told the UK parliament she is seeking a "unique and ambitious partnership" as she negotiates Britain's exit from the European Union. Ms May laid out her plans in… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 10 October 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Ōtara fatal crash teen driver had joyriding history
6:40 AM.The police say teenage joyriding is ending in tragedy too often and it needs to be stopped. A 15-year-old boy driving a stolen car was killed yesterday during a police pursuit in Ōtara, and the two… Read more Audio
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Scores of drivers haven't replaced faulty airbags
6:44 AM.Autotalk car magazine writer, Richard Edwards, is surprised that there are thousands of vehicle owners who haven't had their faulty airbags replaced for free. A car magazine writer is surprised there… Read more Audio
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'Drastic reduction' in fire deaths possible
6:45 AM.Firefighters say regulating the amount of flammable material used in furniture could reduce the number of people killed in house fires by up to half. The government is looking into whether regulating… Read more Audio
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Business News for 10 October 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Ōtara fatal crash: More needed to help teens - youth worker
7:10 AM.A South Auckland youth worker is warning it's too hard to keep at-risk teenagers away from a life of crime without more funding and support. 15-year-old Morocco Tai, who was driving a stolen car, was… Read more Audio
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Southland fatal crash's cause unknown - police
7:20 AM.Southland police say they don't yet know the cause of a head on crash that claimed the lives of three people on Sunday night on the Dipton Winton Highway in Southland. The collision killed a young… Read more Audio
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Crackdown urged for lazy drivers with faulty airbags
7:22 AM.Car companies fed up with inaction over faulty airbags that can kill people are pressuring authorities to take thousands of vehicles off the road because the owners can't be bothered getting them… Read more Audio
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Day three of coalition talks shrouded in secrecy
7:26 AM.The pace of coalition talks appears to be picking up - with New Zealand First set to host potentially four separate meetings today. Today is the third day of official negotiations as National and… Read more Audio
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Coalition talks 'constructive, policy-based' - Jacinda Ardern
7:28 AM.The pace of coalition talks appears to be picking up, with New Zealand First set to host potentially four separate meetings on Tuesday.
It's the third day of official negotiations as National and… Read more Video, Audio
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Real estate agents allegedly in bed with mortgage brokers
7:42 AM.A report by Consumer New Zealand shows financial ties between real estate agents and mortgage brokers could mean home buyers are being duped. The report shows some real estate agents are offering… Read more Audio
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Auckland Housing Accord a 'dismal failure' - councillor
7:45 AM.Just 98 affordable homes have been put up for sale out of the more than three-thousand homes so far completed under the government Housing Accord in Auckland. Senior councillor Chris Darby says the… Read more Audio
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Wellington trolley bus dismantling marks end of era
7:55 AM.It's the beginning of the end for Wellington's trolley buses. The dismantling of the overhead wires starts today and at the end of this month the 70-year reign of the trolley buses will come to an… Read more Audio
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Tighter furniture rules could save many lives in house fires
8:10 AM.Living room furniture made out polyurethane is such a deadly hazard firefighters are demanding tighter rules they say would save lives. They argue making sofas and chairs more flame resistent could… Read more Audio
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Auckland Housing Accord a 'dismal failure' - Chris Darby
8:15 AM.Senior Auckland councillor Chris Darby is calling government's Housing Accord a dismal failure in addressing home affordability in the country's main city. New council figures show fewer than 100… Read more Audio
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Transport Agency downplaying airbag threat - Motor Industry
8:23 AM.Car companies who are fed up at inaction over airbags that can kill people are pressuring authorities to force thousands of owners to get them fixed. Half of the 140,000 vehicle owners so far invited… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 10 October 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Supreme Court should take ACC cases - Law Society
8:35 AM.There are renewed calls for the country's highest court to hear ACC claims after a case of a botched sterilisation was thrown out by the Court of Appeal. The woman in question was sterilised in 1998… Read more Audio
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Australian MPs with dual citizenship head to court
8:41 AM.The future of seven Australian politicians with dual citizenship will be decided at the High Court in Canberra this week. That could put Malcolm Turnbull's one-seat parliamentary majority in jeopardy… Read more Audio
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Inaction blamed for North Shore landslip
8:45 AM.A landslip on Auckland's North Shore has a local business complaining about a lack of council action. Part of the Rawene car park in Birkenhead collapsed down a bank because of a landslip on Sunday… Read more Audio
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Real estate agents accused of mortgage broker deals
8:50 AM.The Real Estate Agents Authority chief executive Kevin Lampen-Smith tells Morning Report the authority expects real estate agents to disclose if they get a commission from referring a client to a… Read more Audio
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Protesters aim to disrupt NZ defence industry conference
8:56 AM.Protesters are blocking the entrance to New Zealand's annual defence industry conference at Wellington's Westpac Stadium. The New Zealand Defence Industry Association forum will be discussing topics… Read more Audio
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Scholarships offered to boost Maori in IT
8:56 AM.A lack of diversity in information technology is behind a move to encourage more Maori to step into the industry. The IT school, Enspiral Dev Academy is offering 42 web development scholarships for… Read more Audio