Morning Report for Wednesday 6 January 2021
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Pukekura Park protection needed
8:56 AM.A watchdog group says New Plymouth's Brooklands and Pukekura parks are paying a heavy price for their popularity and it's calling for boardwalks to protect ancient pukatea trees in the reserve. The… Read more Audio
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Family spend over 10 years searching for missing plane
8:52 AM.A family who have spent over 10 years searching for a missing plane in the Canterbury High Country are seeking help from mountaineers to get into the alpine terrain. In 1962 a dragonfly plane took off… Read more Audio
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Road toll nearly triple that of last year
8:47 AM.Eleven people died on New Zealand roads through the Christmas and New Year period, nearly triple that of last year. Five of those who died were not wearing a seatbelt. Road safety campaigners say it's… Read more Audio
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Cyclone damage in Fiji remains severe two weeks on
8:40 AM.The captain of an Australian Defence Force vessel distributing aid to cyclone-striken Fiji says the damage remains severe two weeks on. HMAS Adelaide has been in Fiji since December the 29th… Read more Audio
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Societal-wide approach needed for Hokai Rangi - professor
8:37 AM.An indigenous studies professor says what happened at Waikeria prison shows the ineffectiveness of the government's reform strategy, Hokai Rangi.
Hokai Rangi aims to cut the number of Maori in prison… Read more Audio
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Stranded in Scotland: the hurdles to get home
8:31 AM.Cases of the more infectious B1-1-7 variant of Covid-19 have shot upwards in the UK.
In response, New Zealand has introduced a pre-departure covid-testing regime as an extra precaution.
A New… Read more Audio
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UK resident entering third lockdown
8:28 AM.Sticking with the UK's new lockdown. We can now speak to Harriet Robinson who lived in New Zealand for most of 2020. She's about to enter her third lockdown... her first was in New Zealand.. and she's… Read more Audio
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Waikeria protest prompts calls for Hokai Rangi rethink
8:22 AM.The prison protest at Waikeria has reignited calls for a rethink on the government's prison reform strategy, Hōkai Rangi.
The six-day standoff, in which much of a high-security facility was destroyed… Read more Audio
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Rising house prices will affect the poorest the hardest
8:18 AM.House prices have grown at a record rate for the second consecutive month.
Tauranga has experienced the steepest house price rise of all the main centres, up 6.8 percent over December - to an… Read more Audio -
Rental pressure on as house prices soar
8:14 AM.As house prices around New Zealand continue to rise, Core-Logic says fewer people will be able to buy them. So can the already-squeezed rental market across the country deal with a higher proportion… Read more Audio
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Property market could lock out more buyers in 2021
8:10 AM.There are fears more and more people will be locked out of the New Zealand property market in the coming year. In December, house prices grew at a record rate for the second consecutive month… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 6 January 2021
8:06 AM.He's a freak... that's how Black Caps all-rounder Daryl Mitchell describes his skipper Kane Williamson. Read more Audio
