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Morning Report for Tuesday 22 June 2021
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Pfizer teen approval great news - Gorman
6:09 AM.A professor of medicine believes more children will get immunised for Covid-19, if they're not put at the end of the vaccine queue. Medsafe has given a provisional all-clear for 12 to 15 year olds to… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Tuesday 22 June 2021
6:00 AM.Major questions about a 2016 police shooting. Calls for changes to the vaccine rollout after Medsafe says its safe for children to get the Pfizer vaccination We speak to a trans activist about… Read more Audio
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Up to 10,000 Japanese fans allowed to watch Olympics in person
6:11 AM.Up to 10,000 Japanese fans will be allowed to watch from the sidelines at venues hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games.
Despite warnings of a further outbreak, organisers confirmed that crowds are… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 22 June 2021
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Michael Baker welcomes news 12 to 15 year olds could get vaccine
6:39 AM.A public health expert is welcoming the news the Covd-19 vaccine could be given to younger New Zealanders.
The Government expects to make a final decision next week on whether the Covid-19 vaccine… Read more Audio
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Farmer on what he's doing to combat nitrates
6:50 AM.A farmer in an area known as ground zero for high nitrate levels, is making fundamental changes to the way he farms in order to lesson his impact on water quality.
Levels in private drinking water… Read more Audio
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Business News for 22 June 2021
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio
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Police shooting investigation contradicts official version of events
7:10 AM.The official version of how police came to shoot a Māori man in Rotorua is contradicted by the police's own investigation of the shooting.
Shargin Stephens was shot and killed in 2016 after smashing… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Possible inclusion of younger teens prompts calls for rethink of vaccine rollout plan
7:16 AM.The government's being asked to rethink its Covid-19 vaccine roll out plan, now Medsafe has given the all clear for children as young as 12 to receive a Pfizer injection.
Health leaders are pleased… Read more Audio
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Trans advocate Kristin Worley supports Laurel Hubbard selection
7:20 AM.Kiwi weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will make history at the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first transgender athlete to compete.
The 43-year-old is one of five weighlifting athletes selected for the New… Read more Audio
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Maori health advocate Lady Tureiti Moxon wants separate ACC
7:27 AM.A Māori health advocate is calling for a separate "Māori ACC" following the revelation that the scheme is biased against women, Māori and Pasifika.
The managing director of Te Kōhao Health, Lady… Read more Audio
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East Coast flooding: Damage assessment underway
7:37 AM.Work continues this morning to assess and repair the damage wrough by flooding on the East Coast.
Ben Greene is the Civil Defence and Emergency Manager at Gisborne District Council.
He spoke to… Read more Audio
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Rain washes out fourth day of World Test Championship
7:42 AM.Rain has washed out the entire fourth day of the World Test Championship cricket final between New Zealand and India, leaving the teams little time to force a result in Southampton.
However, with a… Read more Audio
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Uncapped players feature in first All Blacks squad of 2021
7:48 AM.Five uncapped players are part of the first All Blacks team of the year.
Props George Bower and Ethan de Groot, flanker Ethan Blackadder, halfback Finlay Christie and midfielder Quinn Tupaea have… Read more Audio
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Tourism operators still hoping for Australian dollars
7:51 AM.Tourism operators around the country are still holding out hope for a rush of income from the trans-Tasman bubble, months after it opened.
Before the pandemic, Australians made up almost half of all… Read more Audio
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WHO advice for childbearing aged women to avoid alcohol criticised
7:54 AM.New advice from the World Health Organisation which tells women to wait until menopause before drinking alcohol has been described as "harmful and toxic".
The WHO's newly released Draft Global… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 22 June 2021
8:06 AM.The All Blacks coach Ian Foster says one of the team's newcomers has plenty of similarities to his well-known father. Son of former All Blacks and Crusaders captain Todd Blackadder, Crusaders utility… Read more Audio
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Govt announces new strategy for Hauraki Gulf
8:10 AM.Minister for Oceans and Fisheries David Parker and Acting Minister of Conservation Ayesha Verrall have released the Government Strategy for revitalising the Hauraki Gulf, in the face of depleting fish… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Provisional approval granted for teen vaccine
8:14 AM.Should the Government give the green light for the Covid-19 vaccine to be given to those aged 12 to 15 years old?
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced yesterday that Medsafe has given provisional… Read more Audio
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Government response to Mycoplasma bovis poorly executed - study
8:18 AM.A new study has found the government's response to the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak was poorly executed and inflicted lasting trauma on farmers.
Researchers from Otago University also found about half… Read more Audio
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Lake Alice staff member speaks of discomfort
8:25 AM.Staff members from Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital have spoken of being too scared to report ill-treatment of patients in the child and adolescent unit in the 1970s.
Survivors have told the inquiry… Read more Audio
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New faces picked for All Blacks squad
8:28 AM.New faces have been injected into the All Blacks but coach Ian Foster has taken a conservative path by naming Sam Whitelock captain in his first squad selection of the year.
Midfield back Quinn… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 22 June 2021
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Hauraki Gulf restrictions worry recreational fishers
8:39 AM.Major new fishing restrictions are to be put in place to rejuvenate the Hauraki Gulf.
The Government has just announced 18 marine reserves will be in place within three years and there will be… Read more Audio
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Canterbury farmers look for solution to nitrate trouble
8:44 AM.Some farmers in mid-Canterbury are making significant changes to the way they farm to reduce the amount of nitrate coming off their properties and improve water quality.
Nitrate levels in private… Read more Audio
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Trans mental health expert Jaimie Veale on Laurel Hubbard weightlifting selection
8:47 AM.The news that New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is the first transgender athlete to be selected for an Olympic squad has reopened a contentious debate over trans people in organized sport.
It's… Read more Audio
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Lorde announces first tour in five years
8:57 AM.Lorde released her first single in four years earlier this month, 'Solar Power', and she's about to take it on the road.
The first show will be at Neudorf Vineyards in Upper Moutere in Feburary 2022.
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