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Morning Report for Friday 28 February 2020
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Top Stories for Friday 28 February 2020
6:00 AM.Global stock markets slide again on pandemic fears. The number of study visa applications rejected from India doubles. Petrol prices could drop by 30 cents in some areas if proposed changes go ahead. Audio
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Sports News for 28 February 2020
6:06 AM.The White Ferns were beaten by India by 3 runs in their latest game at the T20 World Cup in Australia. Read more Audio
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Mosque attack deaths mourned in Fiji
6:17 AM.Family of the Fijian men killed in the Christchurch mosque attacks say they have no ill feeling towards New Zealand - instead they see what happened to their loved ones as fate.
Fifty-one people died… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 28 February 2020
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 28 February 2020
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Tourists say it's unfair to be out of pocket
6:43 AM.Chinese tourists forced to cancel their trips to New Zealand because of the Covid-19 coronavirus say it's unreasonable for them to out of pocket.
Many of them have booked tours here before the travel… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Tertiary Education Union wants national meeting
6:44 AM.The Tertiary Education Union is urging the government to call a national meeting to coordinate how education providers respond to the Covid-19 virus.
Universities, polytechnics and schools could lose… Read more Audio
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End of the line for cheques
6:46 AM.When was the last time you used a cheque?
Kiwibank, Inland Revenue and ACC will stop accepting them as payment as of this weekend - and other banks are expected to follow suit.
However, the National… Read more Audio
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New emphasis on phonics in dyslexia resource
6:48 AM.A leading international expert in literacy says a new dyslexia resource for schools represents a breakthrough in the way the Education Ministry treats the learning disability.
Emeritus professor… Read more Audio
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Barack Obama blasts ad attacking Joe Biden
6:49 AM.Barack Obama has made a rare intervention in the 2020 White House race to blast a "despicable" racially charged attack ad against Joe Biden.
A pro-Trump group put out the clip that twists Obama's own… Read more Audio
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Business News for 27 February 2020
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Sports News for 28 February 2020
7:06 AM.The Sunwolves have confirmed their Super Rugby match against the Crusaders scheduled for 14 March in Tokyo will not be held in Japan due to the coronavirus. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Virus behaving 'exactly like a pandemic' - Epidemiologist
7:16 AM.Fears a pandemic is on the way are growing as the coronavirus Covid-19 continues to spread around the globe, with one New Zealand epidemiologist saying it's not clear why the World Health Organisation… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Market slump continues due to European virus spread
7:23 AM.It's been another wild night on global markets, with further falls on Wall Street extending a week of steep declines triggered by coronavirus fears.
a short time ago the Dow was down 320 points… Read more Audio
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New bill will make fuel market more transparent - Waitomo petrol managing director
7:27 AM.The managing director of a cut-price fuel retailer says proposed regulation for the fuel market will make the industry more transparent.
Government has announced its response to a year-long… Read more Audio
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Government drafting Fuel Market Bill
7:31 AM.The Government has announced it's drafting a Fuel Market Bill based on the results of a study last year which found New Zealanders are paying too much for their petrol.
The Commerce Commission… Read more Audio
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Frustrations grow over state of Hauraki Gulf
7:40 AM.Frustration is growing because there is still no plan to clean up Auckland's jewel in the crown - the Hauraki Gulf - which is slowly being suffocated by plastic and sediment.
The latest State of our… Read more Audio
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Last day for Kiwibank cheques
7:44 AM.Today is the last day Kiwibank customers will be able to use a cheque.
The government-owned bank will be followed by ACC and Inland Revenue in the move to digital payments and cash only. There's… Read more Audio
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Surge in Indian student visa refusals
7:51 AM.Immigration New Zealand rejected 5200 study visa applications from India last year, more than double the number in 2018.
The spike in declines includes half the applications made for private… Read more Audio
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New nursing degree aims to boost Māori numbers
7:56 AM.A new nursing degree in Auckland hopes to boost the number of Māori joining the the profession
Manukau Institute of Technology launched Te Tohu Paetahi Tikanga Rangatira ā Tapuhi yesterday, a nursing… Read more Audio
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'In Search of Dinozord' wows at New Zealand Art Festival
7:56 AM.A political and deeply personal work from the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most emotional shows so far in the New Zealand Festival of the arts programme.
In Search of Dinozord is set… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 28 February 2020
8:06 AM.The New Zealand men's pursuit team have taken silver at the Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin. Read more Audio
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Jacinda Ardern to meet Australian PM Scott Morrison today
8:10 AM.The Prime Minister will head into her meeting with Scott Morrison today armed with an argument against Australia's hardline deportation policy.
She's also likely to raise climate change.
Jacinda… Read more Audio
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Calls for Lotto money to be shared further
8:17 AM.Lotto's expecting to sell two million tickets for Saturday night's must win $50 million prize draw.
It's the biggest powerball jackpot in Lotto history and only the 6th time its jackpotted to the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Nelson braces for ripple effects
8:20 AM.Business leaders in Nelson-Tasman say uncertainty created by the Covid-19 coronavirus is beginning to hit home.
The Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology is facing direct losses of a $1.5… Read more Audio
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National Party promising to scrap fuel tax if elected
8:26 AM.The National Party says the Government should scrap its tax on fuel - and promises to do just that if it's elected instead of "tinkering" around the edges of the law.
Finance spokesperson Paul… Read more Audio
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Black Caps to face India again tomorrow
8:29 AM.The Black Caps will face-off again against India tomorrow at Christchurch's Hagley Park.
They're one up in the two-test series after a ten-wicket win in Wellington earlier this week.
They'll be… Read more Audio
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Market Update for 28 February 2020
8:30 AM.A brief update on the movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Tiny house owner argues home is a vehicle, not building
8:39 AM.A Canterbury man wants councils to take heed after he proved in court his tiny house is a vehicle - not a building, like MBIE said it was.
That means Alan Dall can live in his tiny house without… Read more Audio
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Second steam locomotive removed from Oreti River
8:43 AM.A steam locomotive from 1885 has been pulled out of the Oreti River in Southland, 93 years after it was dumped there.
New Zealand Railways tipped two locomotives into the River in 1927, and the first… Read more Audio
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Dyslexia advocates say Government resources spell disaster
8:47 AM.Families and advocates of children with dyslexia say the Government's long-awaited kit of classroom resources falls far short of what's needed.
They want a complete overhaul of teacher training -… Read more Audio
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Sky Snakes art display opens in New Plymouth
8:51 AM.Sky Snakes are coming to New Plymouth.
No, it's not a bad omen - it's a new Len Lye sculpture that will make its world premiere at celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Govett-Brewster Art… 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
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