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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 3 December 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'03"
06:16
Pacific News for 3 December 2014
The latest from the Pacific region.
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Duration: 2'41"
06:20
Morning Rural News for 3 December 2014
News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 4'06"
06:28
Te Manu Korihi News for 3 December 2014
The Minister of Maori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, has spoken to the Prime Minister John Key about changing immigration laws to match Australian rules which restrict some New Zealanders from getting government support. A researcher wants to equip medical staff with specific information to help Maori and Pasifika people with heart problems. New Zealand Maori Tourism is applauding a plan to stop cars from driving to the top of Maungawhau - or Mt Eden - in Tamaki Makaurau. A Taranaki Academic is calling for greater cultural awareness among midwives to fulfil the unmet needs of pregnant Maori wahine.
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Duration: 3'13"
06:47
Dairy price index falls again
The global dairy index has fallen 1.1 percent in the latest overnight auction.
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Duration: 44"
06:47
Chorus gains $332m in value, Spark loses $174m
A few strokes of a regulator's pen led to investors adding nearly 332 million dollars to Chorus' value while wiping more than 174 million off Spark's value yesterday, even though it's just a draft decision.
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Duration: 2'30"
06:49
Spark says the decision adds much industry uncertainty
Spark's regulatory affairs general manager, John Wesley-Smith, says the commission's decision was a bolt from the blue and adds considerable uncertainty to the industry.
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Duration: 2'26"
06:52
UDC Finance lifts annual net profit 20%
UDC Finance lifted annual net profit 20 percent, reflecting strong lending growth and lower costs.
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Duration: 1'09"
06:55
Air NZ's domestic market gives it an advantage over Qantas
Air New Zealand's small domestic market is proving to give it an advantage over Australia's Qantas airline.
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Duration: 2'24"
06:56
Synlait Milk says it'sworking through volatile period
Synlait Milk says the company is working through a period of volatility as strong global growth in milk production is driving down prices, amid uncertainty around demand from Russia and China.
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Duration: 1'24"
06:58
Commodity price index fell in November
New Zealand's commodity prices fell in November for the ninth successive month, mostly off the back of weaker dairy prices.
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Duration: 1'19"
06:59
Morning markets for 3 December 2014
In the currency markets, the New Zealand dollar is trading at 77.93 US cents, down after that dairy result, 92.14 Australian, 49.77 British pence, point-6287 euro, 92.87 yen and 4.79 renminbi.
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Duration: 53"
07:06
Sports News for 3 December 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'46"
07:10
Bermuda annouced as 2017 America's Cup venue
The island of Bermuda has been chosen to host the 2017 America's Cup.
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Duration: 4'18"
07:15
Government less keen on Bermuda as America's Cup venue
The Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce speaks with Guyon Espiner.
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Duration: 3'52"
07:20
Dairy price results at global auction down 1 percent
Dairy prices have fallen one-point-one percent in the latest Global Dairy Trade auction overnight.
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Duration: 3'24"
07:23
Businesses and unions call for interest rate cut
Businesses and unions are demanding an interest rate cut when the Reserve Bank next reviews the cost of borrowing.
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Duration: 2'58"
07:26
Labour objects to possible Iraq deployments
The Labour Party says the government has failed to provide any justification for sending New Zealand soldiers to Iraq.
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Duration: 5'19"
07:34
Kidnapping suspects still thought to be in Queenstown
The family of a 21 year old Queenstown woman who's believed to be with one of the men wanted by police over a kidnapping last week are worried about her and want her to get in touch.
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Duration: 4'28"
07:39
Anti-terror bill changed but some parties still not satisfied
The two main political parties have struck a deal over the urgent anti-terror laws but parties such as New Zealand First and the Greens still aren't satisfied.
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Duration: 3'22"
07:43
Dotcom to launch Internet Party in the US
The internet entrepreneur, Kim Dotcom, has announced plans to launch an Internet Party in the United States next year.
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Duration: 4'53"
07:48
Internet users could face price hike after copper price hike
Internet users could be facing higher prices to get online after the Commerce Commission proposed new prices for wholesale phone and broadband services.
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Duration: 2'43"
07:53
UK reviewer describes The Hobbit finale as 'tremendous'
Early reaction to Peter Jackson's third and final Hobbit film has been mostly positive.
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Duration: 3'55"
07:57
Nor'westers bring anger, anxiety and unease to Canterbury
Canterbury nor'wester's been blamed for everything from grumpiness to bloody noses.
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Duration: 2'30"
08:06
Sports News for 3 December 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'09"
08:10
Correspondent previews Am Cup in Bermuda
Bermuda will host the next America's Cup, to be held in 2017. The announcement was made earlier this morning in New York, amid intense speculation about Team New Zealand's involvement.
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Duration: 5'52"
08:16
Team NZ vows to make start line for Am Cup
The Team New Zealand Managing Director Grant Dalton speaks with
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Duration: 6'35"
08:23
Dairy prices down at global auction
The price of whole milk powder dropped 7.1 percent to 2,229 US dollars a tonne in the latest overnight Global Dairy Trade auction.
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Duration: 4'13"
08:33
Military Analyst on "green on blue" attacks
The Labour Party says the weak state of the Iraqi government, and therefore its army, would make training its soldiers more dangerous for New Zealand troops.
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Duration: 5'45"
08:33
Markets Update for 3 December 2014
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 56"
08:39
Queenstown kidnapping takes further strange twist
The police in Queenstown are looking to the public to help solve what is becoming an incresingly bizarre situation - as two alleged kidnappers continue to evade capture.
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Duration: 2'23"
08:40
Fireworks at inquest into death of Otago prisoner
There have been fireworks at the inquest into the death of an inmate from a suspected drug overdose, during questioning of the Corrections inspector who looked into the case.
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Duration: 3'36"
08:45
Pollution in Christchurch rivers not deterring recreational use
The presence of wastewater and raw sewage doesn't appear to be keeping people away from Christchurch's rivers.
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Duration: 2'50"
08:48
Te Manu Korihi News for 3 December 2014
The Minister of Maori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, has spoken to the Prime Minister John Key about changing immigration laws to match Australian rules which restrict some New Zealanders from getting government support. A researcher wants to equip medical staff with specific information to help Maori and Pasifika people with heart problems. New Zealand Maori Tourism is applauding a plan to stop cars from driving to the top of Maungawhau - or Mt Eden - in Tamaki Makaurau. A Taranaki Academic is calling for greater cultural awareness among midwives to fulfil the unmet needs of pregnant Maori wahine.
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Duration: 2'57"
08:51
Otago University professor takes top NZ science prize
Amelia Langford on this year's Prime Minister's Science Prizes held in Wellington last night.
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Duration: 2'56"
08:53
Richard III was a blue eyed king
A blonde, blue-eyed King - that's how scientists studying Richard the Third's skeleton think the last Plantagenet king looked.
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Duration: 4'37"