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Morning Report for Thursday 22 April 2021
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Māori doctors excited for new health authority
6:11 AM.Māori doctors believe a new health authority for tangata whenua will have the power it needs... but warn the devil's in the detail.
The government will create a new Māori Health Authority as part of… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Thursday 22 April 2021
6:00 AM.Private investigators spy on school children from the School Strike 4 Climate Group. Over a thousand New Zealanders are expected to ask to be euthanised each year. The Government's health system… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Thursday 22 April 2021
6:00 AM.Private investigators spy on school children from the School Strike 4 Climate Group. Over a thousand New Zealanders are expected to ask to be euthanised each year. The Government's health system… Read more Audio
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Minneapolis police investigation launched after Chauvin verdict
6:14 AM.In the US, the Department of Justice is to launch a probe of policing practices in Minneapolis.
The news follows a jury's decision to convict former police officer Derek Chauvin of the murder of… Read more Audio
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Pro-Navalny Protestors out in force in Moscow
6:23 AM.Thousands of protesters have rallied in cities across Russia in a last-ditch effort to secure the freedom of the hunger-striking opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
The unauthorised demonstrations have… Read more Audio
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Business News for 22 April 2021
6:35 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Workers, patients delighted by new health plans, but questions remain
6:37 AM.The radical plan to get rid of the country's District Health Boards has delighted health workers and patients even though they're unsure about what exactly comes next.
The 20 DHBs will be replaced… Read more Audio
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Patients likely to be big losers in new health reforms - Powell
6:40 AM.The former executive director of the senior doctors' union, Ian Powell, says patients are likely to be big losers in newly announced health reforms.
The Government yesterday unveiled massive changes… Read more Audio
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Statistics expert on proposed 'traffic light' system at border
6:50 AM.With the two-week halt on flights from India about to expire, the government is considering whether to create a traffic-light system to pause flights from countries particularly affected by Covid-19.
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Business News for 22 April 2021
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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School children targeted by private investigators Thompson and Clark
7:07 AM.A two-year investigation by investigative journalist Nicky Hager has found school children from the School Strike 4 Climate group, who joined a peaceful protest with Greenpeace against the… Read more Video, Audio
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Assisted dying: Hundreds expected to want to end their lives
7:17 AM.More than a thousand people are expected to request to end their lives in the first year of the assisted dying regime.
The chief medical officer Andrew Connolly says the Ministry of Health is… Read more Audio
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Health system revamp dropped a bomb on sector - Tā Mark Solomon
7:22 AM.A former Canterbury District Health Board leader says a major revamp of the health system has been dropped on the sector like an atomic bomb.
The Government says the 20 DHBs will be scrapped and… Read more Audio
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US Justice Dept launches probe into Minneapolis policing
7:25 AM.The US Justice Department has launched a sweeping civil investigation into policing practices in Minneapolis following a jury's verdict that former city police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George… Read more Audio
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Migrant can't start studies due to visa hold-up
7:41 AM.A young migrant accepted into the Science Faculty at the University of Auckland can't start his studies because of visa hold-ups.
The man, who has been in the country for 5 years now, says he’s been… Read more Audio
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Auckland Grammar headmaster not happy with proposed changes to out-of-zone enrolements
7:45 AM.The head of a prestigious secondary school for boys is stunned by a Ministry of Education proposal to change rules around accepting out-of-zone students.
Priority for children of former students and… Read more Audio
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Black Lives Matter on Chauvin verdict
7:57 AM.It's been a day of deep reflection for the US after Derek Chauvin was found guilty for the murder of George Floyd.
It was a significant result for fractured race relations in the United States.
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Sports News for 22 April 2021
8:09 AM.The Football Ferns face a tough task in getting out of their group at this year's Tokyo Olympics. Read more Audio
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Health system changes welcomed by experts
8:10 AM.Major changes planned for the health system have been welcomed by patient groups and others involved with health.
The government yesterday stunned many by announcing bold changes, including the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Investigation continues into plane infection
8:24 AM.Investigations are continuing into how an Auckland Airport worker who cleans aeroplanes that arrive from both red and green-zone countries caught Covid-19.
Genomic testing linked the infection to a… Read more Audio
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Law professor on India travel suspension
8:29 AM.With the two-week halt on flights from India about to expire, the government is looking at bringing in a system to pause flights from places that are likely to export new Covid-19 infections.
But how… Read more Audio
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Former NZR boss worries about cost of Silver Lake deal
8:39 AM.More meaningless games for the All Blacks and a loss of some control for New Zealand Rugby will be the ultimate outcome of the proposed $460 millIon deal with US tech giant Silver Lake according to a… Read more Audio
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Pacific health leaders expect benefits from health overhaul
8:45 AM.Pacific health leaders expect a radical overhaul of New Zealand's health system to bring benefits for people of Pacific heritage.
That's despite nothing specific outlined for a community which makes… Read more Audio
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Fears health sector reform could delay mental health boost
8:49 AM.There are fears a two billion dollar push to fix mental health services could be held up by the health sector revolution.
Data provided to RNZ reveals that over the last two years, national wait… Read more Audio
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Waikato region over-governed, local Chamber of Commerce says
8:53 AM.Grossly over-governed and desperately in need of reform - that's the view of the Waikato region from its Chamber of Commerce.
The region has about half-a-million people and is served by 12 councils… Read more Audio
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Legendary burlesque star Tempest Storm remembered
8:58 AM.Tempest Storm, the legendary strip-tease artist and burlesque star, has died.
Storm was 93 and performed in Las Vegas well into her 80s, until a broken hip took her out of action.
Dr Kaitlyn Regehr… Read more Audio
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