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Morning Report for Tuesday 24 July 2018
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Top Stories for Tuesday 24 July 2018
6:00 AM.The body of the missing helicopter pilot, Matthew Wallis, has been recovered from Lake Wanaka, The victorious Black Ferns Sevens team arrive home, and Auckland Council wants to make the City Rail Link… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 24 July 2018
6:06 AM.The Central Pulse have claimed netball's minor premiership with a 66-48 win over the Northern Stars in Papakura. Audio
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Black Ferns Sevens make victorious return home
6:14 AM.The Black Ferns Sevens team have just arrived back in the country after taking home the title of Rugby World Cup Sevens champions in San Francisco. The women's sevens team dominated at the World Cup… Read more Audio
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Fining night shelter would be 'totally dopey' - councillor
6:16 AM.A Rotorua District Councillor says it would be unfair and unnecessary to fine a man who failed to get consent for a night shelter. Night shelter creator, Tiny Deane, says he had to close the shelter's… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 24 July 2018
6:20 AM.An early look at the day's business news and a catch up of global financial markets. Audio
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Family Court review longer than expected - Andrew Little
6:44 AM.Justice Minister Andrew Little admits setting up a review of the family court reforms in 2014 has taken longer than he expected. In April, Mr Little told RNZ he planned to announce appointments and… Read more Audio
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Serious work to fix Horowhenua pollution - Rachel Keedwell
6:47 AM.The chairman of the Manawatu-Whanganui Regional Council is so confident in the council's environmental track-record that he would welcome an inquiry by the Environment Minister. Some Horowhenua locals… Read more Audio
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Business News for 24 July 2018
6:49 AM.Disaster risky regions to face higher insurance costs. Turner Cars to look after Tower Insurance car write offs. The NZX closer to issuing revamped listing rules. Financial markets flat and… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 24 July 2018
7:06 AM.The Central Pulse have grabbed a home final in the ANZ netball Premiership after beating the Northern Stars 66-48 in Papakura. Audio
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Wanaka community relieved body of chopper pilot found
7:10 AM.The body of missing helicopter pilot, Matthew Wallis, was recovered last night from Lake Wanaka. The Navy and Police Dive Squad had been searching for the wreckage into the evening using a remotely… Read more Audio
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All Blacks Sevens defend world cup title
7:13 AM.The Black Ferns Sevens team have just arrived back in the country after taking home the title of Rugby World Cup Sevens champions in San Francisco. Their victory was followed up by the men's seven… Read more Audio
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Black Ferns Sevens ecstatic at Auckland return
7:17 AM.RNZ reporter Anneke Smith is at Auckland Airport and has been talking to some of the victorious Black Ferns Sevens players as they arrived home from San Francisco after winning the Sevens Rugby World… Read more Audio
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City Rail Link: Up-front cost beats retrofitting - Goff
7:18 AM.Auckland Council is considering plans to expand the City Rail Link project, which looks to add at least $100 million to the already massive $3.4 billion project. It's looking to expand the Aotea and… Read more Audio
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Cerven did not commit 'suicide by cop' - coroner
7:24 AM.A man who was shot dead by the police in a central Auckland park in 2015 was not a case of 'suicide by police'. David Cerven, a 21-year-old Slovakian national, was killed by officers in Myers Park… Read more Audio
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Winston Peters talks tobacco tax, Lake Hāwea land access
7:26 AM.The government has been urged to take action in a dispute with a US television personality over access to the Hāwea Conservation Park. Matt Lauer, a former anchor of NBC's Today show, bought the lease… Read more Audio
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APEC 2021 needs 'every hotel bed' in Auckland
7:38 AM.The tourism sector is warning Auckland may run out of hotel rooms if big-name developments falter or fail. Both the America's Cup and the APEC summit are expected to bring in tens of thousands of… Read more Audio
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Night shelter in Rotorua to re-open despite warning
7:42 AM.The man behind a night shelter in Rotorua forced to close its doors at the weekend says he plans to re-open it because too many people in the city are homeless. Earlier in July it was revealed people… Read more Audio
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Girl dies after Toronto shooting
7:45 AM.A ten-year-old girl and a young woman aged 18 are the victims of yesterday's shooting rampage in Toronto. As well as the two dead, 14 other people were injured. Police in Toronto are appealing for… Read more Audio
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Delayed family court review about to begin
7:50 AM.The government's promised review of the beleagured family court system is about to get underway - three months later than it should have. It comes as the UN considers whether to send a special… Read more Audio
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Spectacular diplomatic boil-over between US, Iran
7:54 AM.There's been a spectacular diplomatic boil-over between Iran and the United States with Tehran warning Washington that it faces "the mother of all wars" if the US threatens the nation's oil exports… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 24 July 2018
8:06 AM.New Zealand heavyweight Joseph Parker says he's relaxed taking on British boxer Dillian Whyte in his own backyard. Audio
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Kermadec Marine Sanctuary resolution possible by year end
8:10 AM.Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters is confident the deadlock over the Kermadec Marine Sanctuary can be broken by the end of the year. Former Prime Minister John Key announced the massive sanctuary… Read more Audio
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Brothel owner cannot get business bank loan
8:14 AM.A Wellington brothel owner is furious at banks who won't let her open a business account. Mary Brennan from Funhouse Escorts says she's been turned away from every bank in in the country - simply… Read more Audio
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Black Ferns Sevens victory 'adds to legacy' - Farah Palmer
8:17 AM.New Zealand has achieved an unprecented feat in sporting history, simultaneously holding men's and women's rugby world titles in rugby union and Sevens. Former Black Ferns rugby union captain and NZRU… Read more Audio
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Tobacco tax increases: 'Take a breath, have a review' - ASH
8:21 AM.Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters told Morning Report the goal to be smokefree by 2025 is meaningless and dairy owners have suffered violent attacks due to continued price hikes. Action on Smoking… Read more Audio
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Māori flocking to te reo classes
8:38 AM.Huge numbers of Māori are going back to school later in life to learn te reo. Many have sent their children to Maori immersion schools and feel their own identity is incomplete without the language… Read more Audio
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Troy Skinner, NZer shot in US break-in, now in prison
8:42 AM.New Zealander Troy Skinner shot while trying to breaking into a house in the United States has been transferred from hospital to a prison. Mr Skinner has been at a hospital for about a month… Read more Audio
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Tauranga Council negotiates Bella Vista purchases
8:44 AM.Tauranga City Council met behind closed doors on Monday to discuss negotiations around the promised purchase of the dodgy homes in the Bella Vista subdivision - more than 43 days after agreeing to buy… Read more Audio
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Horizons chair confident with environment track record
8:50 AM.The chairman of the Manawatu-Whanganui Regional Council is so confident in the council's environmental track-record that he would welcome an inquiry by the Enivronment Minister. Some Horowhenua locals… Read more Audio