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Morning Report for Tuesday 4 December 2018
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Top Stories for Tuesday 4 December 2018
6:00 AM.NZer stuck in Australia fighting custody battle; Most NZ children not ready for high school science; Witness describes Lower Hutt homicide, decapitation; NZ U17 women's footballers return with bronze… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 4 December 2018
6:06 AM.A half-century from captain Kane Williamson and a patient knock from BJ Watling helped New Zealand reach 229 for 7 at stumps, after choosing to bat on day one of the third and deciding cricket test in… Read more Audio
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NZ U17 women's footballers return with bronze
6:13 AM.New Zealand's under-17 women's football team are about to arrive home after winning bronze at the World Championship in Uruguay, the first time a New Zealand team has taken out an award at a FIFA… Read more Audio
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Theresa May confident as Brexit deal faces parliament vote
6:17 AM.The Brexit deal is going to a Parliamentary vote next week and UK Prime Minister Theresa May says she's confident she'll still have her job. If it's rejected it would leave the UK facing a messy… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 4 December 2018
6:22 AM.An early look at the day's business news and a catch up on overnight action on global markets. Audio
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HIV in New Zealand: Shame, stigma, progress
6:42 AM.A new survey has found almost half of parents don't want their child playing with another who is HIV-positive. Ahead of the 30th anniversary of World Aids Day tomorrow, the AIDS Foundation says… Read more Audio
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Ancient Terracotta Warriors arrive in Wellington from China
6:46 AM.The 2300-year old Terracotta Warriors will be the first international exhibition to be held in Te Papa's new art gallery Toi Art. Eight of the 8000 full-size warriors and two horses that guarded the… Read more Audio
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Business News for 4 December 2018
6:50 AM.Ports of Auckland planning a hydrogen making and fuelling plant. Tourism Holdings happy to hang on to unsold businesses. Reducing plastic in businesses. Falling power prices should tempt consumers… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 4 December 2018
7:06 AM.The Black Caps cricketers believe a first innings total of 250 would be enough to put Pakistan under pressure in the third and deciding test in Abu Dhabi. Audio
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NZer stuck in Australia fighting custody battle
7:11 AM.A Kiwi mother fighting a child cutody battle is unable to return to home despite the father of her children moving back to New Zealand. The mother was forced back to Australia under the Hague… Read more Audio
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Most NZ children not ready for high school science
7:14 AM.A new report has exposed abysmal results in science for children finishing primary school. The National Monitoring Study of Student Assessment shows just one in five Year 8 children are reaching the… Read more Audio
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Witness describes Lower Hutt homicide, decapitation
7:17 AM.A woman who witnessed a decapitated head being thrown from down some stairs says she wants to move out of Petone. Bonnie Williams lives nearby and knew the 71-year-old man who was killed on Friday… Read more Audio
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FIFA bronze-winning NZ U17 women's footballers welcomed home
7:21 AM.New Zealand's under-17 women's football team have arrived home after winning bronze at the World Championship in Uruguay, the first time a New Zealand team has taken out an award at a FIFA event. Clay… Read more Audio
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Acclaimed NZ filmmaker Geoff Murphy dies, aged 80
7:25 AM.The filmmaker Geoff Murphy has died aged 80. One of the pioneers of the modern New Zealand film industry, he's perhaps best remembered for the highly successful Utu and the road movie with a special… Read more Audio
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'Eyes wide open' on Chinese influence in NZ - Winston Peters
7:29 AM.An American thinktank - Stanford University's Hoover Institution - has criticised New Zealand for not doing enough to counter Chinese influence in its internal affairs. A report from the institute… Read more Audio
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Sir David Attenborough speaks at major climate meeting
7:42 AM.It's been dubbed the most important meeting on climate change since the 2015 Paris agreement. Delegates from 200 nations have begun talks in Poland on global warming amid dire warnings. The UN climate… Read more Audio
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Tight deadline for fuel price inquiry - Commerce Commission
7:44 AM.The Commerce Commission admits it will be under the pump getting a fuel market study done in twelve months. The government announced on Monday an investigation into the petrol industry was officially… Read more Audio
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Abuse survivor remembers threat of expulsion at St Bernard's College
7:48 AM.An abuse survivor molested at a Catholic college says when he alerted the school, he was given five days to leave or be expelled. The Marist Brothers who ran the school say it's deeply regrettable -… Read more Audio
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Canterbury DHB not doing enough on safety - nurses union
7:53 AM.The Nurses Organisation says the Canterbury District Health Board isn't doing enough to protect nurses and the stabbing at the weekend is evidence of this. It's the third violent attack on a nurse… Read more Audio
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Trump claims China will reduce, remove tariffs on US cars
7:57 AM.US President Donald Trump has announced on Twitter that China will reduce and remove the 40 percent tariffs it's imposed on American cars. China has declined to confirm President Trump's announcement… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 4 December 2018
8:06 AM.The history making New Zealand under-17 women's footballers have arrived back in the country after winning bronze at the World Cup in Uruguay. Audio
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Utu actor Anzac Wallace remembers Geoff Murphy
8:11 AM.Acclaimed film director Geoff Murphy has died, aged 80. He's best known for his 1980s movies Goodbye Pork Pie and Utu but also worked on Hollywood movies and played a big role in the filming of Peter… Read more Audio
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Goodbye Pork Pie star Kelly Johnson remembers Geoff Murphy
8:16 AM.Kelly Johnson starred in Goodbye Pork Pie. He talks to Guyon Espiner about his memories of Geoff Murphy, who has died, aged 80. Audio
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Radical changes hoped for in mental health
8:28 AM.The mother of a man who killed himself while in mental health care is hoping for a radical change to the country's approach to mental health. The public will learn the recommendations of the Mental… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 4 December 2018
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector Audio
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Treaty of Waitangi taught inaccurately in schools - expert
8:30 AM.Educators are calling for the Treaty of Waitangi to be taught accurately and in-depth in schools. But a lack of teaching material and underlying resistance is getting in the way. RNZ Māori news… Read more Audio
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Black Ferns Sevens celebrate Lonsdale Cup win
8:39 AM.The Women's Rugby Sevens Team won the New Zealand Olympic's top award at a gala dinner in Auckland last night. They took home the Lonsdale Cup following their Commonwealth Games gold medal success and… Read more Audio
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NZ travel agents lodge complaint against Trivago
8:43 AM.The hotel booking website Trivago has admitted that it has been misleading consumers with its advertising. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken a successful case against… Read more Audio
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Compensation over flawed meth testing not enough - Action Against Poverty
8:49 AM.Auckland Action Against Poverty says Housing New Zealand should prioritise finding homes for the tenants it kicked out and made homeless because of the bogus meth testing fiasco. Yesterday the… Read more Audio
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'We got punished for speaking up' - Catholic school abuse survivor
8:53 AM.A man molested at a Catholic college when he was 17 says he was threatened with expulsion when he alerted the school. The man gave evidence in 2015 that helped convict Marist Brother Patrick Bignell… Read more Audio
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NZ wool in California surfboards
8:58 AM.A company which makes surfboards for the biggest name in surfing - Kelly Slater - is now using New Zealand wool in its shapes. San Diego-based Firewire surfboards is using the wool to add strength to… Read more Audio