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 16 October 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'04"
06:10
Labour says Treasury wrong to reject food in school proposal
The Labour Party says the Treasury should rely on common sense and support proposals to feed hungry school children.
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Duration: 2'04"
06:17
Pacific News for 16 October 2014
The latest from the Pacific region.
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Duration: 2'37"
06:19
Provinces feeling the pinch from funding freeze
The Police Association says the provinces are feeling the pinch from a frozen police budget.
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Duration: 2'39"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 16 October 2014
News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 4'00"
06:26
Te Manu Korihi News for 16 October 2014
The new funding agency for Whanau Ora services in the North Island says Te Puni Kokiri should come clean and say when and in which areas it underspent. A hui to help opposing hapu engage with the crown over the Ngapuhi settlement is being described as fruitless. Following pressure from the Maori Language Commission, MetService has added the letter 'h' to Whanganui on its weather maps. The Maori All Blacks will be wearing a new jersey that's inspired by Japanese body tattooing and traditional Maori motifs for their tour to the country next month.
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Duration: 3'21"
06:40
Second health worker tested positive for Ebola in Texas
A second health worker in Dallas, Texas involved in caring for a Liberian man who died from ebola has tested positive for the disease.
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Duration: 2'54"
06:42
UN Security Council vote in 24 hours, NZ could win seat
The United Nations is preparing to vote on which countries will join the Security Council - a vote that could see New Zealand elected in.
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Duration: 2'35"
06:47
Dairy prices rise 1.4 percent - kiwi rises sharply
The New Zealand dollar rose over a cent against the US dollar overnight, following the Global Dairy Trade auction.
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Duration: 1'01"
06:50
Xero teams with Z to try to make itself indispensible
Xero's latest milestone in trying to make itself indispensible to its small business clients is its partnership with Z Energy.
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Duration: 2'23"
06:53
Some of rural workforce can look forward to fatter pay packets
If you're a farming, forestry or fisheries worker, your employer might be planning to give you a bigger pay packet.
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Duration: 1'39"
06:53
Auckland tech company eyes China market
An Auckland technology company is now looking to expand into China, after establishing a foothold in the United States.
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Duration: 1'35"
06:55
Aspiring company director wants to keep helping startups
The head of the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund says she wants to share insights gained from being on the board of a large firm to help startups become listed companies.
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Duration: 2'11"
06:58
Morning markets for 16 October 2014
Wall Street is weaker again as weak economic data increases fears of a global economic slowdown.
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Duration: 1'09"
07:06
Sports News for 16 October 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'44"
07:11
Deadly snowstorm takes toll on Nepalese trekkers
At least 21 trekkers - including a number of foreign tourists - have died in a snowstorm and avalanches in Nepal's Himalayas.
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Duration: 3'41"
07:14
NZ's inclusion in war summit inching towards a military role
The Government remains coy on this country's role in the fight against ISIS, despite Defence Chief Tim Keating taking part in yesterday's so-called war summit in the United States.
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Duration: 3'42"
07:18
Is NZ about to join the anti-ISIS coalition?
Labour's Foreign Affairs spokesperson David Shearer speaks with Guyon Espiner.
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Duration: 5'28"
07:24
Another US healthworker infected with Ebola
A second employee at a hospital in Dallas, Texas has tested positive for ebola.
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Duration: 2'17"
07:27
NZ link to investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance?
There could be a New Zealand link in the investigation into the disappearance of schoolgirl Madeleine McCann in Portugal in 2007.
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Duration: 3'05"
07:34
RMA needs reform to ease urban development
The newly appointed Building and Housing, and Environment Minister, Nick Smith is promising a rewrite of the Resource Management Act to explicitly make more affordable housing one of its objectives.
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Duration: 6'03"
07:40
Treasury advised Govt it had doubts about food in schools
The Treasury advised the Government it had doubts a comprehensive food in schools programme would do anything to improve children's learning.
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Duration: 3'23"
07:43
PM admits Govt delays OIA requests if in best interests
The release of the official advice on child poverty which formed the basis of that report we just heard from Brent Edwards came 17 months after Radio New Zealand asked for them.
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Duration: 2'25"
07:48
Authors, writers, publishers fear for future of NZ Book Awards
Authors, writers and publishers fear for the future of the New Zealand Book Awards, now without a major sponsor and on the shelf until 2016.
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Duration: 3'10"
07:51
100th anniversary of sailing of main body of expeditionary force in WW1
The largest group of men ever to leave this country to fight overseas left from Wellington on this day, 100 years ago to take part in the First World War.
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Duration: 3'59"
07:56
Thunderbirds are Go! to be brought back for 50th anniversary
The new series, Thunderbirds are Go! - debuting 50 years after the original.
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Duration: 4'38"
08:06
Sports News for 16 October 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'34"
08:10
Deadly snowstorm kills dozens of trekkers in Nepal
More than 20 people are dead in Nepal, after a severe snow storm hit lower slopes of the Himalayas, killing foreign trekkers, sherpas and yak herders in an icy blast.
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Duration: 2'58"
08:15
What could NZ contribute to the fight against ISIS?
The government's being told there's no place for a New Zealand military contribution in the fight against Islamic State militants, as John Key still won't reveal the role this country might play.
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Duration: 4'35"
08:20
Analyst looks at NZ's chances for UN security council place
New Zealand will know tomorrow morning whether the government's been successful in winning a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council.
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Duration: 4'25"
08:25
Automobile Association - US oil falls won't affect NZ prices
Drastic falls in the American oil market are yet to make a big difference to prices at New Zealand petrol pumps.
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Duration: 3'04"
08:28
What's behind the big drop in international oil prices?
Energy consultant Richard Hale of Hale & Twomey speaks with Guyon Espiner.
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Duration: 3'28"
08:31
Markets Update for 16 October 2014
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 44"
08:37
Next year's New Zealand Book Awards cancelled
Long time sponsor New Zealand Post has announced its withdrawal, forcing the organisers to put the awards on hold.
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Duration: 2'49"
08:41
Day three of Oscar Pistorius' sentencing wraps; prosecution calls witnesses
Prosecutors have roundly rejected a probation worker's claim that Oscar Pistorius would be vulnerable in jail.
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Duration: 2'31"
08:45
Air NZ hikes Samoa fares for All Black match
Samoan rugby fans are accusing Air New Zealand of price gouging as it pushes up the cost of flights to Apia by almost four times the usual price during the All Blacks versus Samoa match there next year.
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Duration: 3'08"
08:47
Te Manu Korihi News for 16 October 2014
The new funding agency for Whanau Ora services in the North Island says Te Puni Kokiri should come clean and say when and in which areas it underspent. A hui to help opposing hapu engage with the crown over the Ngapuhi settlement is being described as fruitless. Following pressure from the Maori Language Commission, MetService has added the letter 'h' to Whanganui on its weather maps. Ngai Tahu's commercial arm has increased it's portfolio with the purchase of a Waikato dairying venture and a major bus company.
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Duration: 3'13"
08:50
South Auckland school children complain to council about liquor stores
School children in South Auckland have taken it upon themselves to officially lobby authorities to turn down plans for an off-licence near their school.
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Duration: 3'29"
08:53
Worlds finest bale of wool winner announced
New Zealand has been pipped at the post in the annual quest to find the world's finest bale of Merino wool.
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Duration: 2'40"
08:55
Animal rescue centre in United Arab Emirates
A New Zealand woman, Amirah William, helped to set up an animal rescue centre with two volunteers last year to rehome the growing number of stray dogs found in the United Arab Emirates, but she now has less than a week to move the animals.
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Duration: 3'42"