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Morning Report for Thursday 18 November 2021
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Researcher develops phone for dogs
8:57 AM.You've heard of a dog with a bone - but what about a dog with a phone?
Research has uncovered a high-tech method for pooches to contact their owners when they're at home alone.
The device -… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Virus part of everyday life in Ōtorohanga
8:53 AM.Residents in a King Country town say they're an example of what's coming for the rest of the country when living with Covid-19.
Ōtorohanga District has around 38 active cases in a population of… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Fears whānau will struggle for food without assistance from schools
8:45 AM.After three months stuck at home, many Auckland school kids will be returning to their classrooms today.
Over lockdown, many schools have been doing what they can to help struggling whānau put food… Read more Audio
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Report claims Uber avoided up to $12.8m in tax last year
8:39 AM.Ride sharing company Uber is under fire after claims it avoided millions of dollars in tax last year.
A new report by the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research, and New… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Pricipals say students don't need to sit exams
8:36 AM.The Auckland Secondary Principals Association says students in Auckland, Waikato and Northland do not have to sit NCEA exams next week.
Teenagers are getting mixed messages - some of the city's… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 18 November 2021
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Capitol Riots 'Shaman' sentenced
8:27 AM.One of the faces of the 6 January Capitol attack has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for his involvement.
Photographs of so-called QAnon shaman Jacob Chansley in a horned, fur headdress inside… Read more Audio
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Incentives for quick pleas to speed court process
8:25 AM.Duty lawyers, who often act for vulnerable and low income clients, could be paid extra to enter an early plea, under a Ministry of Justice scheme to speed up the court process.
Legal groups consulted… Read more Audio
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Wave of demolition waste expected with planning law change
8:19 AM.A river of new demolition waste is expected to flow from a law change to allow at least three houses be built on one section.
The government is in the dark about just how much and is under fire over… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Te Pāti Māori wants 'Rāhui' approach to mandates
8:09 AM.Te Pāti Māori has taken issue with the way the government is approaching vaccine mandates.
Its Covid-19 response policy calls for the government mandates to be scrapped for everyone except frontline… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 18 November 2021
8:06 AM.The Black Caps opener Martin Guptil concedes they were a few runs short of setting a defendable target in their five wicket loss to India in the first T20 in Jaipur. Audio
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Covid-19: Festival's fate hangs on Tairāwhiti vaccination rates
7:54 AM.Further arrests could come after a drug smuggling ring which involved baggage handlers at Auckland Airport was busted.
Fourteen people have been charged with drug-related offences, which are believed… Read more Audio
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Meth smuggling ring at Auckland Airport busted
7:49 AM.Further arrests could come after a drug smuggling ring which involved baggage handlers at Auckland Airport was busted.
Fourteen people have been charged with drug-related offences, which are believed… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Modeller expecting virus to spread throughout country
7:44 AM.A modeller says planned Covid-19 border changes will increase the spread of the virus around the country and it's worrying.
The Government says it's likely the country will move into a new traffic… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Minister says Aucklanders should prepare for some Auckland border traffic
7:33 AM.Aucklanders will be able to travel from mid next month.
The border will open for people who are fully vaccinated or have tested negative for Covid-19 on Wednesday 15 Decembert.
It's raised concerns… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Mixed messages for students over NCEA exams
7:28 AM.Some Auckland schools are telling their students it's up to them whether they sit their NCEA exams, because they can get an unexpected event grade instead.
But other schools are insisting their… Read more Audio
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Widow on discovery of bodies in Pike River Mine
7:20 AM.A woman whose husband was killed in the Pike River mine explosion hopes footage showing the remains of up to three men will bring them another step closer to justice.
Anna Osborne was among the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Police Commissioner on managing Auckland border after opening
7:13 AM.The Police Commissioner is warning Aucklanders leaving the city when the border opens they could be stopped anywhere, anytime, to check they're complying with the rules.
Only those who are fully… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Exodus expected from Auckland in December
7:10 AM.Aucklanders are expected to leave the city in droves in the week before Christmas, unleashed after four long months of lockdown.
The government says on Wednesday the 15 December, the border loosens… Read more Audio
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Business News for 18 november 2021
6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Cambridge Dictionary word of the year revealed
6:50 AM.The Cambridge Dictionary word of the year is "Perseverance".
The word was looked up a quarter of a million times this year on the dictionary's website - with searches peaking when Nasa's Perseverance… Read more Audio
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Pike River: Footage from inside mine cold comfort for familiies
6:43 AM.Footage showing up to three bodies inside the Pike River mine is being described as cold comfort by some of the families.
Relatives of the 29 men have been waiting for more than a decade for such… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Traffic light framework move attacked on all political sides
6:40 AM.The government's timeline to rollout a traffic light system is being attacked from all corners of Parliament.
Te Pāti Māori and the Green Party want the brakes put on, while Act and National are… Read more Audio
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Early Sports News for thursday 18 November 2021
6:37 AM.A brief update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 18 November 2021
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Early Business News for 18 November 2021
6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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Massive storm hits British Columbia
6:19 AM.A storm described by officials as a once-in-a-century event has forced thousands from their homes and cut road and rail links around Vancouver.
At least one person has been killed in a landslide and… Read more Audio
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Call for sports to team up against online abuse
6:15 AM.Stopping the racist, sexist, homophobic and other online abuse increasingly directed at professional athletes is a challenge facing all sports.
Online safety groups and leading New Zealand sports… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Restaurants rushing to work out how to manage vaccine passes
6:08 AM.Restaurateurs say they're still in the dark about how they're supposed to check vaccine passports.
The government's "My Vaccine Pass" certificates will soon become your docket to dining out when the… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Thursday 18 November 2021
6:00 AM.December 15th marks freedom day for Aucklanders - droves of are expected to leave the city, police will be doing random spot checks to making those leaving a double-vaxed or have an up to date covid… Read more Audio