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Morning Report is a news and current affairs programme on Radio New Zealand National. It broadcasts nationwide every weekday morning for three hours and covers major national and international stories, as well as business, sport, Pacific and Māori news. The following rundown is supplied from the broadcaster’s website (note internationally sourced news packages may not necessarily appear in the rundown):
06:06
Sports News for 29 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'27"
06:19
Pacific News for 29 May 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'53"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 29 May 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 3'51"
06:26
Te Manu Korihi News for 29 May 2015
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A Bay of Plenty Iwi has been given leave to go to the Supreme Court in its bid to stop the sale of farmland by Landcorp; The head of the Federation of Maori Authorities says the organisation's moving down a new path, after being nearly crippled financially by court action over the last year; The Minister for Women says a series of hui on preventing violence against Maori wahine has thrown up a number of helpful ways to combat the problem.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'17"
06:39
Wellington confident Fifa payments not misused
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Fifa's Under 20 World Cup gets underway in Auckland tomorrow when New Zealand play Ukraine at North Harbour stadium.
Topics: sport
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Tags: FIFA
Duration: 4'28"
06:43
English says mass enrolment in KiwiSaver back on agenda.
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The Finance Minister, Bill English, says the automatic enrolment of all workers in KiwiSaver is now back on the agenda.
Topics: business, politics
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Tags: KiwiSaver
Duration: 1'48"
06:48
Fonterra joins chorus for interest rate cuts
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Fonterra is joining the chorus for interest rate cuts after forecasting another tough season for its farmers.
Topics: business
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Tags: Fonterra
Duration: 2'42"
06:49
Co-op Bank lifts profit by 24% to $8.9m
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The Co-operative Bank has lifted its annual profit by a quarter, due to strong interest income and lower bad debts.
Topics: business
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Tags: Co-operative Bank
Duration: 1'42"
06:51
AWF name change reflects new direction for temp employer
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AWF Goup is changing its name and shifting its focus on placing people in permanent jobs
Topics: business
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Tags: AWF Goup
Duration: 1'35"
06:53
Pacific Edge share price fall after $10m loss
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Shares in the cancer diagnostics firm, Pacific Edge, have fallen 8 percent after the company reported a bigger annual loss and sought an additional 35 million dollars from investors.
Topics: business
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Tags: Pacific Edge
Duration: 1'29"
06:54
Moa hopes to make a profit
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Moa's chief executive says the craft brewer has hopes to turn a profit, but won't say when.
Topics: business
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Tags: moa
Duration: 56"
06:55
Gentrack won't issue new forecasts
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Gentrack's share price has fallen 8 percent, after warning shareholders it might miss its full year prospectus forecast, with possible delays in signing two new major contracts.
Topics: business
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Tags: Gentrack
Duration: 1'53"
06:57
Arvida exceeds prospectus forecast: integration still a focus
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Arvida says its full year profit is ahead of its prospectus forecast following the successful integration of its 17 new retirement villages driving revenue growth.
Topics: business
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Tags: Arvida
Duration: 1'27"
06:58
Morning markets for 29 May 2015
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Wall Street is in the red, after a rise in US jobless claims.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 50"
07:07
Sports News for 29 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'04"
07:11
Increasing calls for Sepp Blatter to stand aside
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Calls are growing for FIFA president Sepp Blatter to stand aside after his organisation was rocked yesterday by a major scandal.
Topics: sport
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Tags: FIFA
Duration: 6'37"
07:17
A 'bolt out of the blue' for Under-20 tournament organiser
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At a press conference yesterday in Auckland, Fifa officials in town for the start of the Under 20 World Cup faced nothing but questions about the corruption scandal enveloping the organisation's upper echelons.
Topics: sport
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Tags: FIFA
Duration: 5'49"
07:24
Govt now considering automatic Kiwisaver enrolment
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Just days after scrapping the one thousand dollar KiwiSaver kickstart payment, the Government is considering automatically enrolling all workers in the retirement savings scheme.
Topics: politics
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Tags: KiwiSaver
Duration: 2'46"
07:27
New Zealand media landscape changing for profit
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More than 180 jobs at Fairfax New Zealand could be axed in a shake-up of the country's biggest news publisher.
Topics: business
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Tags: Fairfax
Duration: 3'35"
07:34
Parents: Government will have blood on its hands
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The parents of a logging worker killed on the job say the Government will have blood on its hands if it waters down changes to workplace health and safety law.
Topics: politics, law
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Tags: health and safety
Duration: 6'33"
07:41
Police report rise in 111 calls
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Police say they are considering setting up a national phone line solely for non-emergency calls.
Topics: crime
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Tags: 111 calls
Duration: 2'56"
07:45
First pieces of crown land for housing to be unveiled
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The Government will this morning unveil the first blocks of crown land to be offered to developers for housing in Auckland.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Crown land
Duration: 3'50"
07:49
Growth path warning: Auckland to gobble up Hamilton - economist
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Meanwhile there are growing calls for a new push for regional immigration and development.
Topics: politics
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Tags: immigration
Duration: 3'18"
07:52
Legal expert sums up end-of-life case
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A legal expert says the outcome of the Lecretia Seales right to die case could have wider implications than just setting a legal precedent.
Topics: law
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Tags: right to die
Duration: 4'06"
07:56
Greens leadership vote tomorrow
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The Green Party will have a new male co-leader by the end of the weekend - and the race is tight between the two leading candidates.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Green Party, leader
Duration: 2'49"
08:07
Sports News for 29 May 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'09"
08:10
Increasing calls for Sepp Blatter to stand aside
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Sepp Blatter insists he's determined to root out any wrongdoing in football.
Topics: sport
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Tags: FIFA
Duration: 4'40"
08:15
Porirua woman played dead to survive assault
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A Porirua woman played dead to survive an assault by a man who broke into her home to steal cigarettes and an iPad.
Topics: crime
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Linda McElwee
Duration: 4'17"
08:20
Analysts: Fairfax shake-up yet another blow for journalism
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Media analysts say the proposed shake-up at Fairfax New Zealand could signal the death of newspapers in this country, as companies continue to shift their focus to online news.
Topics: media
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Tags: Fairfax New Zealand
Duration: 5'22"
08:26
KiwiSaver auto enrolment likely to hit low paid
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All New Zealand workers could soon be automatically enrolled into Kiwisaver.
Topics: politics
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Tags: KiwiSaver
Duration: 4'51"
08:30
Markets Update for 29 May 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 57"
08:35
FIFA under 20 world cup kicks off in NZ
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Back now to our lead story and allegations of widespread corruption in football's world governing body won't stop the FIFA Under-20 men's World Cup kicking off as planned in Auckland tomorrow afternoon.
Topics: sport
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Tags: FIFA Under-20 men's World Cup
Duration: 3'54"
08:40
Hamilton Mayor defends money spent on Under 20 tournatment
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Hamilton is one of the cities that paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to host some of the Under 20 World Cup matches.
Topics: sport
Regions: Waikato
Tags: FIFA Under-20 men's World Cup
Duration: 3'54"
08:43
A review could result in increased car registration costs
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The Internal Affairs Minister, Peter Dunne, says the government can't afford to pay for the fire service, and it will continue to be paid for out of insurance money.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Fire Service
Duration: 3'55"
08:48
Te Manu Korihi News for 29 May 2015
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A Bay of Plenty Iwi has been given leave to go to the Supreme Court in its bid to stop the sale of farmland by Landcorp; The head of the Federation of Maori Authorities says the organisation is moving down a new path after being nearly crippled financially by court action over the last year; The Minister for Women says a series of hui on preventing violence against Maori wahine has thrown up a number of helpful ways to combat the problem.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'21"
08:51
Bar owners say new rules would force lay-offs
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Christchurch bar owners expect they will have to lay off staff if they're forced to close early as part of stricter licensing rules.
Topics: law, politics
Regions: Canterbury
Tags: bar owners
Duration: 3'13"
08:55
Downturn in venison prices countered by deer velvet boom
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The New Zealand Deer Industry says a downturn in vension prices is being countered by strong growth in the use of deer velvet in healthy food products destined for Asia.
Topics: farming
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Tags: New Zealand Deer Industry
Duration: 3'30"