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Morning Report for Monday 21 March 2022
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:57 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
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Antarctica heatwave sends temps 40C above normal
8:54 AM.Antarctica, the world's coldest continent holding 70 percent of the planet's freshwater, has just experienced a freak heatwave.
Temperatures over the eastern Antarctic sheet have soared up to 40… Read more Audio
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Green Party claims secret talks for enrolments for boarding schools for children with disabilities
8:51 AM.The Green Party has blown the whistle on secret talks aimed at boosting enrolments to the country's three boarding schools for children with disabilities.
RNZ revealed last year the schools are paid… Read more Audio
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Damning report exposes declining literacy rates
8:45 AM.Now I don't know my ABC - the perilous state of literacy in Aotearoa New Zealand.
That's the title of new report from the Education Hub think tank which examines the reasons why over a third of… Read more Audio
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DHB spending on contractors and consultants rising
8:40 AM.Big questions are being raised over whether hospitals are accurately reporting their massive spending on often highly paid contractors.
There's a warning the health reforms could make the public… Read more Audio
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Flooding affects Northland area
8:35 AM.Wild weather has lashed parts of the north of the North Island over night.
Whangarei's mayor Sheryl Mai spoke to Susie Ferguson after she was briefed on the latest flooding. Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 21 March 2022
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Covid-19: Isolated communities battle virus
8:25 AM.The small isolated communities along Tairāwhiti's East Coast say they're putting in the hard mahi as Covid-19 cases rise.
Hours away from any pharmacy and with doctors a rare commodity, they've come… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: National Party on unvaccinated NZers skipping MIQ
8:20 AM.A rule change allowing unvaccinated New Zealanders to dodge MIQ has the National Party questioning the government's other health orders.
The government quietly changed the rules on Friday.
National… Read more Audio
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Milk tanker attacked
8:13 AM.Waikato police are investigating an attack on a milk tanker at the weekend, in which the cab's windscreen was smashed with a hammer, and milk was poured across the road.
The police say it happened… Read more Audio
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'Significant rescue operation' underway off North Cape
8:11 AM.A "significant rescue operation" is underway off North Cape.
Reporter Charlotte Cook spoke to Susie Ferguson. Read more Audio
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Sports News for 21 March 2022
8:06 AM.Hamish Kerr has become the first New Zealander to win a Olympic or World Championship high jump medal after claiming bronze at the World Indoor Champs in Belgrade. Audio
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White Ferns almost out of Women's Cricket World Cup
7:57 AM.The White Ferns' have only a slim mathematical chance of reaching the Women's Cricket World Cup semi-finals after their heart-breaking loss to England.
New Zealand were on the brink of victory after… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Nurse vomited blood while sick with virus
7:52 AM.A pregnant nurse hospitalised with Covid-19 has described her fear as the virus hit - she was so sick she was vomiting blood.
She's one of several thousand people hospitalised in the Omicron… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Not time to remove vaccine passes yet - Rod Jackson
7:46 AM.Auckland University epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson says calls to remove vaccine passes now are "political nonsense", and wants them to stay for weeks longer.
Jackson said NZ is currently at the… Read more Audio
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Sustained Russian attack on Mariupol continues
7:35 AM.In Ukraine the south-eastern port city of Mariupol continues to bear the brunt of a sustained Russian bombardment.
Each day seems to brings its own fresh horror for the surrounded city, where more… Read more Audio
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NZ police kill at higher rate than in England, Wales
7:26 AM.New Zealand police kill at 11 times the rate of police in England and Wales.
Licence to Kill, an RNZ investigative series on police shootings launched today, shows New Zealand police have killed 39… Read more Audio
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Woman arrested after car hits pedestrians at Manukau mall
7:22 AM.A woman is in police custody and will appear in the Manukau District Court today after five people were hit by a car at the Westfield mall on Sunday.
One person is in a critical condition, and three… Read more Audio
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Political analysis: Jacinda Ardern and vaccine mandates
7:16 AM.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern just spoke to Susie Ferguson.
Political editor Jane Patterson had some analysis. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Jacinda Ardern on vaccine, mask mandates
7:09 AM.The Prime Minister says Covid-19 mandates and vaccine passes are no longer as necessary as they once were.
Today, Cabinet will discuss potential changes to restrictions - with announcements to come… Read more Audio
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Business News for 21 March 2022
6:54 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Severe thunderstorm warning in Northland, Auckland
6:48 AM.The Metservice has issued a Severe Thunderstorms Warning for the areas of Kaipara, Far North, Whangaeri and Rodney, with risks of localised tornadoes and flash floods.
The National Emergency… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Mandates, vaccine passes up for review
6:41 AM.Covid-19 restrictions look set to be relaxed in the coming weeks as the Omicron outbreak plateaus and the border begins to reopen.
Cabinet is meeting today to review mandates, vaccine passes and the… Read more Audio
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Early Sports News for Monday 21 March 2022
6:38 AM.A brief update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 21 March 2022
6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Early Business News for 21 March 2022
6:24 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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Covid-19: Restaurant Association on vaccine mandates
6:17 AM.Cabinet is reviewing Covid-19 mandates this afternoon and it's likely some restrictions will be relaxed soon.
This comes as daily Omicron numbers fall and the borders are set to re-open. Some in the… Read more Audio
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Aid workers blocked from beseiged Ukraine city Mariupol
6:09 AM.Ukraine's south-eastern port city of Mariupol continues to bear the brunt of a sustained Russian bombardment.
Each day seems to brings its own fresh horror for the surrounded city, where more than… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Monday 21 March 2022
6:00 AM.The Russian onslaught on Ukraine continues - we spoke to the Prime Minister about our humanitarian assitance, and asked about the future of vaccine mandates, We spoke with an eye witness after five… Read more Audio