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Morning Report for Thursday 1 June 2017
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Top Stories for Thursday 1 June 2017
6:00 AM.Dramatic images have emerged of an incident aboard a Malaysian Airlines plane which was forced to turn back to Melbourne airport after a passenger tried to enter the cockpit. The Sydney Morning… Read more Audio
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Cyclone Mora passes but leaves a huge trail of destruction
6:19 AM.Aid agencies in Bangladesh are warning of an acute crisis for Rohingya Muslim refugees after Cyclone Mora destroyed or damaged thousands of makeshift homes in their camps. Audio
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Early Business News for 1 June 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 1 June 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Kabul blast kills 80, injures another 360
6:39 AM.Residents of Kabul's diplomatic quarter say yesterday's deadly blast was so powerful it felt like an earthquake. A massive bomb blast in the Afghan capital has killed at least eighty people and… Read more Audio
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Community volunteer says new people become homeless every day
6:47 AM.Kriddles Roberts describes the dire circumstances for the increasing number of homeless people living in the Auckland. She started New Money, an organisation which drops food parcels to parks around… Read more Audio
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Business News for 1 June 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Bomb threat forces airliner to abort flight over Melbourne
7:10 AM.Dramatic images have emerged of an incident aboard a Malaysian Airlines plane which was forced to turn back to Melbourne airport after a passenger tried to enter the cockpit. The Sydney Morning… Read more Audio
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Massive explosion rocks Kabul, killing 80
7:14 AM.Kabul correspondent Josh Smith describes the crater left following yesterday's bomb attack and the scenes of carnage in the aftermath of the deadly attack. Audio
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Jump in homeless signals worse winter than last year for many
7:20 AM.Groups supporting the homeless are bracing for a worse winter than last year as new Social Development Ministry figures show those in urgent need of housing has doubled over the past two years. Sharon… Read more Audio
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Govt responds to house crisis figures
7:27 AM.The Minister of Social Housing, Amy Adams says there's no doubt housing pressures have increased, but she says the register also reflects an awareness-raising campaign the MSD ran and a review of the… Read more Audio
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DOC use helicopters to collect seeds from native trees
7:30 AM.Department of Conservation staff are going to extreme lengths, even dangling out of helicopters, to preserve the seeds of native trees in the case of myrtle rust spreads even further. Alan Ross is the… Read more Audio
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New bonamia parasite could be a disaster for Bluff oysters
7:36 AM.The Bluff oyster industry is worried a new bonamia parasite found in oyster farms at Stewart Island will find its way to the rest of the fishery and cause major destruction. Graeme Wright of the Bluff… Read more Audio
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Police Minister to announce security fund for dairy owner
7:41 AM.ACT leader David Seymour claims the government nicked his idea and have done a pathetic take of it so far. He says it's disappointing and a cynical, vote-buying policy which won't improve the… Read more Audio
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Maggie Barry says she's committed to saving NZ's native birds
7:49 AM.The watchdog for the environment says New Zealand is at a tipping point, at risk of losing many of the country's native birds if action isn't taken immediately. Maggie Barry is the Conservation… Read more Audio
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More defence spending on the cards when Tillerson visits?
7:50 AM.A push for New Zealand to spend more on defence could be one of the topics when America's top diplomat Rex Tillerson visits New Zealand next week. Security analyst Paul Buchanan from 36th Parallel… Read more Audio
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'Covfefe' causes global social media storm
7:56 AM.US President Donald Trump's new word - 'Covfefe' - it isn't in the dictionary - so don't look it up. With tongue firmly in her cheek, Allie Stuckey, who's a vlogger for the website Conservative… Read more Audio
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Official housing crisis figures not the full picture
8:10 AM.Emergency housing providers say figures showing a doubling of the number of people in 'severe and urgent housing need' are in fact a small percentage of the true figure. The NZ Council of Christian… Read more Audio
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RBNZ says higher mortgage rates could trigger housing downturn
8:17 AM.In its latest review of the financial system, the Reserve Bank has given the financial system a clean bill of health. However in a big but, it's worried a rise in mortgage interest rates to 7 percent… Read more Audio
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Far North council defends Chinese investor agreement
8:21 AM.Chinese company Tus Holdings wants to invest billions of dollars in Northland in ventures such as scenic retirement villages; tourism projects and resorts over the next 5 years but the plan has been… Read more Audio
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Health Minister says soldiers will accept smoking ban
8:28 AM.The Health Minister, Jonathan Coleman says soldiers are used to following orders, so he doubts they'll have trouble accepting a ban on smoking. The Defence Force intends to be the world's first… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 1 June 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Welsh hymn signals full-throated start to Lions tour
8:37 AM.The Lion's tour is officially underway, after the British and Irish team arrived to an official welcome yesterday. And as Joanna MacKenzie reports, singing is going to be very important for this Lions… Read more Audio
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Government called out of touch on mental health system
8:40 AM.Jonathan Coleman says the country's DHB's need to lift their game in the wake of an Auditor General's report into the mental health system. The report has criticised the DHBs for discharging acute… Read more Audio
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Ministry defends mental health follow-ups after report
8:46 AM.District health boards are discharging acute mental health patients to caravan parks as they struggle to cope with hospital units which are often beyond capacity. Dr John Crawshaw, the Ministry of… Read more Audio
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Govt told to improve endangered birds' genetic pools
8:51 AM.According to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, 80% of the country's native bird population is in a bad way and say are even at risk of extinction. Scientists say eliminating… Read more Audio
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Manawatu Gorge could become a cycle route
8:56 AM.Palmerston North's Mayor Grant Smith says he wants to see the Transport Agency turn Saddle Road into a state highway to resolve the ongoing problem of slips on the Manawatu Gorge Road. Mr Smith says… Read more Audio