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Morning Report for Wednesday 5 August 2020
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Top Stories for Wednesday 5 August 2020
6:00 AM.Auckland City hoping to thrash out Covid-19 recovery plan; ATEED running crisis summit on pandemic; Judith Collins on time to election; Three New Zealand-Koreans killed in landslide; Ashley Bloomfield… Read more Audio
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Plans underway for immigrant info hub in Auckland
6:20 AM.Plans are underway for an information hub in Auckland to help immigrants stranded or jobless because of Covid-19.
A Queenstown centre set up in June to offer immigration and welfare support was… Read more Audio
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Backpacker wants working holiday visa extension
6:23 AM.Some temporary migrants - backpackers - are more than happy to stay in New Zealand through the pandemic.
French backpacker Marine Baiguerra is among more than 13,000 people to have signed a petition… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 5 August 2020
6:26 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 5 August 2020
6:27 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio
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Up to 50,000 Aucklanders could lose jobs due to Covid-19
6:45 AM.Auckland is holding a crisis summit today to work out a Covid recovery plan for the city's fragile economy.
Its tourism and economic development agency, Ateed, is predicting 40,000 to 50,000… Read more Audio
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No strong incentive to use Covid-19 app - psychologist
6:48 AM.A psychologist says the government will have a tough time convincing people to use the Covid tracing app while there's no community transmission.
The Health Minister Chris Hipkins is urging people to… Read more Audio
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Business News for 5 August 2020
6:54 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Auckland City hoping to work out Covid-19 recovery plan
7:16 AM.Auckland is holding a day-long crisis summit today to thrash out a Covid recovery plan for the city's fragile economy.
Economic activity in the city forecast to decline by 6 percent this year -… Read more Audio
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ATEED running crisis summit on pandemic
7:20 AM.ATEED is running a crisis summit today to discuss how Auckland should respond to the pandemic.
Economic activity in the city is forecast to drop 6 percent this year.
Nick Hill is ATEED's chief… Read more Audio
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Collins says National Party will get policies independently costed
7:26 AM.National Party leader Judith Collins says the party will get its policies independently costed by a group of economists.
Collins told Morning Report there will be further policy announcements before… Read more Audio
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Three New Zealand-Koreans killed in landslide
7:36 AM.Three New Zealand-Koreans have been killed in South Korea after flash flooding and landslides enveloped their property.
RNZ understands that the family - a grandmother, her daughter and young… Read more Audio
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'A matter of when, not if': Bloomfield warns Covid-19 community transmission in NZ inevitable
7:38 AM.Ashley Bloomfield is warning community transmission of Covid-19 in New Zealand is inevitable, as the authorities try to break Kiwis out of complacency around the virus.
Shops, restaurants and schools… Read more Audio
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Arthur Taylor confused by Christchurch gunman security costs
7:49 AM.A former prisoner who spent years in maximum security says he cannot understand why it's costing so much to keep the Christchurch mosque gunman behind bars.
Newly released Cabinet papers reveal that… Read more Audio
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Supermarket 'specials' often not so special - Consumer NZ
7:54 AM.Hunting for discounts and specials is a key part of any visit to the supermarket.
A survey has found that some products are on special so often that shoppers can't be sure of how much items are… Read more Audio
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Iain Lees-Galloway gives valedictory speech
7:57 AM.Disgraced former minister Iain Lees-Galloway has returned to Parliament for the first time since he was sacked for having an affair with a former staffer.
The Palmerston North MP announced he would… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 5 August 2020
8:06 AM.Men's tennis world number two Rafael Nadal will not defend his US Open crown in September, deciding not to travel to New York because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more Audio
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Wage subsidy prevented dramatic unemployment rise - economists
8:17 AM.Economists believe the huge wage subsidy program will have prevented a dramatic rise in the unemployment rate when new figures are released this morning.
The June quarter numbers mark the first… Read more Audio
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Economists on unemployment number predictions
8:21 AM.New Zealand's unemployment numbers are expected to jump on Wednesday when new figures are released this morning.
The figures will include the months to June 2020.
Liz Kendall is a senior economist… Read more Audio
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Government delays hospital workers interim payout
8:25 AM.The government has put the kaibosh on hopes hospital workers owed three quarters of $1 billion could get an interim payout early.
Workers will have to wait until into next year or even longer, seven… Read more Audio
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CDHB CEO resignation labelled a disaster
8:30 AM.The resignation of the Canterbury District Health Board's top official is being labelled a disaster for the region.
David Meates will also relinquish his position as chief executive of the West Coast… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 5 August 2020
8:35 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Auckland public health tried to get out of contact tracing requirements
8:39 AM.Auckland's public health service tried to get out of having to meet big new Covid-19 contact tracing requirements, saying it thought they were unnecessary.
Like all public health units, it was asked… Read more Audio
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MPs told to delete TikTok over security concerns
8:47 AM.Civil servants and MPs have been told to delete the Tik Tok app on work phones as it poses serious security concerns.
Concern about the app has risen globally as President Trump threatens to ban the… Read more Audio
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Iain Lees-Galloway adamant public funds not spent on affair
8:51 AM.Disgraced former Minister Iain Lees-Galloway is adamant he didn't spend public money to keep up the affair that later got him sacked.
The outgoing MP returned to Parliament last night to give his… Read more Audio
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ATEED's crisis summit kicks off
8:55 AM.Auckland is holding a day-long crisis summit today to thrash out a Covid recovery plan for the city's fragile economy.
Economic activity in the city forecast to decline by 6 percent this year -… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Couple brought home on fishing boat back on land
8:57 AM.On Monday we brought you the story of a stranded, honeymooning couple who were making their way home to New Zealand by fishing boat after the pandemic left them stuck in the Falkland Islands.
Feeonaa… Read more Audio