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Morning Report for Friday 22 November 2019
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Top Stories for Friday 22 November 2019
6:00 AM.The stakes are raised over the New Zealand First Foundation as Winston Peters' lawyer Brian Henry threatens to sue Opposition MPs, The government's new donation scheme isn't even underway and already… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 22 November 2019
6:06 AM.It's pretty close, that's how Black Caps bowler Neil Wagner describes the first day of the opening cricket Test against England in Mt Maunganui. Read more Audio
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Stuart Nash says govt hit 1800 new police goal
6:15 AM.The Police Minister says the government has always had two targets for adding people to the police service.
On Thursday, it ticked one of them off at a police graduation in Porirua, when the 1800th… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 22 November 2019
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 22 November 2019
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio
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Principal says schools will push donation scheme rules to limit
6:38 AM.Principals are preparing to push the limits of the government's new $62 million donation scheme.
Schools in the scheme can't ask parents for donations or for costs associated with core teaching and… Read more Audio
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New online service available to victims of racism
6:42 AM.A new online service is available to victims of racism or Islamophobia.
The website which has just launched allows victims or witnesses to report hate crimes or racism and submits the data to the… Read more Audio
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Business News for 22 November 2019
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 22 November 2019
7:06 AM.The New Zealand cricketers were left to rue some missed opportunities as England battled to 241-4 at the close of the first day's play in the opening test at Bay Oval in Mt. Maunganui. Read more Audio
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$30m legal threat levelled at MP over NZ First Foundation
7:10 AM.The stakes have been raised in the New Zealand First donations scandal with a $30 million lawsuit now on the cards.
Winston Peters' lawyer Brian Henry is threatening to sue Opposition MPs if they… Read more Audio
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Principals say schools may push donation rules to the limit
7:14 AM.The government's school donation scheme has not even started and schools are already looking for ways to get around the new system.
Principals say schools are setting up foundations so they can keep… Read more Audio
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Jury to deliberate Grace Millane verdict today
7:17 AM.Warning: This story contains details that may not be appropriate for some people.
The jury will retire to deliberate its verdict in the trial of the man accused of murdering Grace Millane today.
Ms… Read more Audio
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Prince Charles lobbied to have Prince Andrew step down - reports
7:23 AM.There are reports Prince Charles intensely lobbied the Queen to have his brother, Prince Andrew, stripped of his duties.
The Duke of York is embroiled in controversy over his friendship with… Read more Audio
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Tuia 250: Tears shed at commemoration of Tupaia's arrival with Cook at Ship Cove
7:30 AM.The descendants of the first South Island iwi to encounter Captain Cook's Endeavour shed tears as they paddled out to meet the ship's replica at Meretoto/Ship Cove.
Yesterday marked 250 years since… Read more Audio
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Donald Trump lashes out at democrats after public hearings
7:38 AM.President Donald Trump has lashed out at Democrats, calling them "human scum," as two more key witnesses testified before the House Intelligence Committee.
A former White House Russia expert and a… Read more Audio
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University raises nearly $400 million
7:46 AM.Auckland University has raised nearly $400 million in New Zealand's largest fundraising effort.
More than 23,000 donations were made over the three-year campaign which closed at the end of October.
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Businesses on closed State Highway 43 desperate for visitors
7:51 AM.Businesses on the central North Island's Forgotten Highway say they are desperate for the road to reopen ahead of the busy tourism season.
State Highway 43 has been closed since mid October after a… Read more Audio
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Waitaha River hydro-power scheme continues to divide
7:55 AM.Westland remains divided over a hydro-power scheme on the Waitaha River that was vetoed by the Environment Minister in August.
Oppostion leader Simon Bridges has stepped in with a promise to give the… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 22 November 2019
8:06 AM.The New Zealand bowler Neil Wagner admits he's not too sure how the Bay Oval wicket will play out over the next few days but concedes they'll need some early wickets today to remain in contention in… Read more Audio
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Winston Peters' lawyer threatens Nick Smith with legal action
8:10 AM.National's Nick Smith has not been shy in the debating chamber this week in his assessment of the secretive New Zealand First Foundation.
Now he's received an email from Winston Peters' lawyer Brian… Read more Audio
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Principals say schools looking to get around new donation rules
8:18 AM.It has not started yet but some schools are already looking for ways to get around the new system.
Principals have told our education correspondent John Gerritsen that some schools are setting up… Read more Audio
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Confusion over Christmas travel to Samoa
8:23 AM.The Minister for Pacific Peoples has been fielding a flood of questions from the Samoan community in New Zealand about whether it's safe to go back home for Christmas during a measles outbreak.
Samoa… Read more Audio
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Floating platforms to help black-billed gull chicks
8:26 AM.Floating platforms are being set up to help the chicks of critically endangered black-billed gulls, who have made a home in the ruins of a quake-damaged building in Christchurch.
The birds, which… Read more Audio
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Market Update for 22 November 2019
8:30 AM.A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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BlackCaps bowlers repay faith placed in them
8:35 AM.New Zealand's experienced pace bowlers repaid the faith placed in them on the first day of the opening test against England.
Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme and Neil Wagner bowled… Read more Audio
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Fires rage across Australia
8:40 AM.Firefighters battled hundreds of bushfires across Australia on Thursday as scores of blazes sprang up in new locations under hot and windy conditions.
More than 60 fires flared across Victoria, more… Read more Audio
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Emergency management alert test on Sunday
8:45 AM.Four million phones should receive a loud alert this Sunday between six and seven in the evening as part of a national test.
Last year, only six out of 10 New Zealanders received the emergency test… Read more Audio
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House where Hitler was born to become police station
8:50 AM.The house where Adolf Hitler was born will be turned into a police station in an effort to stop the building from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine.
The house - in the northern Austrian town of Braunau on… Read more Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio