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Morning Report for Friday 21 February 2020
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Top Stories for Friday 21 February 2020
6:00 AM.Doctors fear coronavirus will reach New Zealand at the same time as the flu season. Germany is shocked by a far right gunman's shooting rampage. Grace Millane's killer will be sentenced today. Milford… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 21 February 2020
6:06 AM.The New Zealand men's basketball team has recorded its first win over Australia in 11 years. Read more Audio
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White Ferns hope to reverse fortunes
6:13 AM.The New Zealand women's cricket team are hoping to reverse recent fortunes at pinnacle events when the Twenty20 World Cup gets underway in Australia this weekend.
Across both the one-day and T20… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 21 Febraury 2020
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 21 February 2020
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Senior doctors say health system ill prepared
6:40 AM.The senior doctors' union warns New Zealand's creaking public system is ill-prepared for the double onslaught of Covid-19 and the winter flu season.
Sarah Dalton, who heads the Association of… Read more Audio
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Wellington mana whenua say they're stretched to capacity over water
6:50 AM.A Wellington iwi representative says mana whenua are being stretched to capacity, as councillors call on them to help solve the capital's water crisis.
Mayor Andy Foster has announced a new taskforce… Read more Audio
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Business News for 21 February 2020
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Sports News for 21 February 2020
7:06 AM.A long-awaited result for the New Zealand men's basketball team. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Doctors warn perfect viral storm brewing
7:11 AM.Doctors fear the coronavirus Covid-19 is threatening to hit New Zealand at the same time as winter flu season, stretching health services and hospitals to breaking point.
Some economists are warning… Read more Audio
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Man who murdered Grace Millane to be sentenced today
7:17 AM.The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane will be sentenced in the High Court in Auckland this morning.
The 28-year-old man - who has continued name suppression - was found guilty after a… Read more Audio
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Gunman kills ten in Germany
7:20 AM.The German town of Hanau has woken up to the aftermath of a gunman's attack which left ten people dead.
Authorities are treating it as a terrorist attack and say the gunman, who shot himself after… Read more Audio
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Hundreds gather in Tauranga over gang violence
7:25 AM.More than 300 people gathered in Tauranga last night to hear how police plan to tackle rising gang violence.
Local mayors, the area commander and iwi leaders spoke at the event designed to reassure… Read more Audio
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Milford Sound roads to reopen today
7:35 AM.Up to 60 millimetres of rain has fallen this morning, but organisers are confident tourists will be cruising through the Milford Sound before lunchtime, after the road needed major repairs due to… Read more Audio
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Tourists return to Milford Sound after rain
7:36 AM.Tourism companies in Milford Sound were gearing up for an influx of customers as the first buses in weeks loaded with vistors roll into town on Friday morning.
The only road in was extensively… Read more Audio
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Radio Sport to stop commentating NZ cricket
7:42 AM.Radio Sport and New Zealand Cricket have run themselves out after failing to reach an agreement.
NZME called time yesterday, announcing it would not be renewing the rights to broadcast live… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Chinese restaurants plea for customers
7:43 AM.Some Chinese restaurants are crying out for customers following the Covid-19 travel ban on vistors from China.
The ban has been in force since 3 February.
Local diners are also becoming more… Read more Audio
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Jennifer Ward-Lealand Te Atamira 2020 New Zealander of the Year
7:45 AM.Actor and director Jennifer Ward-Lealand Te Atamira is the 2020 New Zealander of the Year.
The award was presented by the Prime Minister in Auckland last night.
Ward-Lealand was made a Companion of… Read more Audio
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New Zealand Festival of the Arts kicks off
7:57 AM.Gorecki's haunting Symphony No. 3 is the soundscape for one of the first events in the 2020 New Zealand Festival of the Arts Programme, and it's one the curator Lemi Ponifasio says has taken on new… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 21 February 2020
8:06 AM.The veteran batsman will become the fourth New Zealander to reach the milestone today when the first cricket test against India starts at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. Read more Audio
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Cannabis use drops for young teens
8:10 AM.Cannabis use is continuing to decline among young teenagers, even as it rises among adults.
Research published in the New Zealand Medical Journal reveals that in 2018, 14 percent of Year Ten students… Read more Audio
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Māori leaders say keeping quiet about beating not tikanga
8:13 AM.Māori leaders are decrying the horrific beating of a four year-old boy in Hastings and they say keeping quiet about what happened is not tikanga Māori.
The-four year-old remains in Starship hospital… Read more Audio
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Brisbane mother Hannah Clarke 'did everything she could to protect' children
8:16 AM.A Brisbane mother who was killed along with her three young children on Wednesday "did everything she could to protect" them from her estranged husband, a friend told the ABC.
Hannah Clarke, also… Read more Audio
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Mike Bloomberg grilled in Democratic primary debate
8:22 AM.Michael Bloomberg's billions got him onto the Democratic primary debate stage - but did nothing to spare the former mayor of New York from the barrage he faced.
Until now the former mayor of New York… Read more Audio
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Thieves steal Northland school's water
8:28 AM.Thieves in Northland have stolen nearly 40,000 litres of water from a school's water tanks in the midst of a drought.
There's only 16 students at Tinopai School but they'll have to buy more water so… Read more Audio
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Market Update for 21 February 2020
8:30 AM.A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Porirua's water network needs $1.8b over 20-30 years
8:33 AM.The problems with Wellington's drinking and waste water pipes are now regional - with Porirua City Council being told it faces a nearly $2 billion bill over the next 20 to 30 years.
A 2018 report… Read more Audio
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Former civil servant defends Matthews investigation
8:40 AM.A former top civil servant has defended his investigation that forced the Auditor General Martin Matthews to resign three years ago.
Matthews left the job just before a scathing report was about to… Read more Audio
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Insight: What's happening with our hate speech laws?
8:45 AM.It could be months before New Zealanders learn the outcome of the government's urgent review of the country's hate speech laws.
In the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings, Justice Minister… Read more Audio
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Cheese makers face tough competition
8:49 AM.They might be old and mouldy, or big and salty, and they might come with a cute name like Drunken Nanny Black Tie or Grinning Gecko Cumin & Garlic.
Their creators are falling over each other to be… Read more Audio
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Ross Taylor hits 100 international matches milestone
8:52 AM.New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor is set to achieve a unique milestone when the first cricket Test against India begins in Wellington today.
Almost 14 years on from his Black Caps debut - Taylor will… Read more Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio