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Morning Report for Tuesday 26 September 2017
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Top Stories for Tuesday 26 September 2017
6:00 AM.Fonterra boss' pay shows 'increasing income inequality'; National, Labour gather negotiators to win over Peters; Epsom's National supporters disappointed with election result; far-right rise in German… Read more Audio
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Vanuatu volcano: Evacuations continue
6:09 AM.About half of the population on the Vanuatu island of Ambae is being evacuated because of a continuing volcanic eruption. The volcano in the centre of the island at the island's centre has been… Read more Audio
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Havelock North gastro outbreak: 37 apply for compensation
6:16 AM.Thirty seven people have applied for compensation from a fund set up to help those with long-term illnesses arising from last year's campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North. The Hastings District… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 26 September 2017
6:26 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Fonterra chairman defends huge executive earnings
6:40 AM.Fonterra's chairman says he's expecting the earnings of company executives to come in for public scrutiny after revealing the chief executive, Theo Spiering was paid $8.3 million for the past year… Read more Audio
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Farmer shocked by Manawatu Gorge upgrade plans
6:42 AM.Thirteen possible options for a new route to replace the Manawatu Gorge have been outlined by the Transport Agency, ranging from a viaduct built on the river bed, tunnels and new roads. Some of the… Read more Audio
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Business News for 26 September 2017
6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Fonterra boss' pay shows 'increasing income inequality'
7:11 AM.Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings is now New Zealand's highest paid worker, earning $8.3 million in the past year. The figure was revealed in Fonterra's annual report yesterday. The accounts… Read more Audio
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National, Labour gather negotiators to win over Peters
7:19 AM.Both Labour and National are lining up their crack teams of negotiators, each vying to win over Winston Peters in their efforts to take power. Senior MPs from both sides are meeting today and… Read more Audio
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Epsom's National supporters disappointed with election result
7:22 AM.National supporters who backed ACT party leader David Seymour in the Epsom electorate say their vote wasn't wasted despite him being ruled out of government. It's well known centre-right voters in… Read more Audio
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'Germany isn't immune' to far-right nationalism
7:24 AM.Germany's far-right nationalist AfD party has vowed to fight "an invasion of foreigners" after winning its first parliamentary seats. Read more Audio
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Election 2017: Ardern plans negotiations with Peters
7:35 AM.Jacinda Ardern will sit down with senior MPs and the Labour Party leadership today to work out who will negotiate with Winston Peters' New Zealand First. She joins Susie Ferguson to discuss the plans.
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What will Peters demand for Northland?
7:42 AM.Although he lost the Northland seat on election night, Winston Peters is expected to demand wins for the region as he negotiates with National and Labour in the coming weeks. During the election… Read more Audio
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Vanuatu volcano: Thousands evacuated as ash spreads
7:48 AM.The state of emergency continues this morning on the Vanuatu island of Ambae, which is under threat from the island's Monaro volcano. About half of the population - at least 5,000 peope - are being… Read more Audio
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NFL players protest grows after Trump's comment
7:54 AM.More and more NFL players are kneeling during the American national anthem. Over the weekend President Donald Trump said NFL players who don't stand for the country's anthem which plays ahead of all… Read more Audio
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New MPs settle in at Parliament
8:10 AM.Yesterday 32 new MPs arrived in Wellington for their first day of their new job. Hamish Walker, Kiritapu Allan, Denise Lee and Paul Eagle join us to describe their post-election changes. Audio
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'No independent Māori voice in Parliament' - Dame Tariana
8:17 AM.How will the Māori Party make its way back into Parliament in 2020 after Labour swept all seven of the Māori seats? The party was ousted from Parliament after Te Ururoa Flavell lost the Waiariki seat… Read more Audio
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Manawatu Gorge upgrade: Locals 'not impressed'
8:23 AM.Manawatu locals have let the NZ Transport Agency know they're not impressed by some of the options for a new route through the Manawatu Gorge. Audio
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Manawatu Gorge options discussed in fiery meeting
8:27 AM.Manawatu locals have let the NZ Transport Agency know they're not impressed by some of the options for a new route through the Manawatu Gorge. Tararua mayor Tracey Collis joins us before tonight's… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 26 September 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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North Korea, US leaders 'emotionally entangled' in tensions
8:37 AM.An expert on US and North Korea relations says the countries' respective leaders are becoming 'emotionally entangled' in their ongoing back-and-forth. It comes after a top North Korean official this… Read more Audio
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Merkel wants to win back far-right voters
8:44 AM.German chancellor Angela Merkel has said she wants to win back the voters who have left her party for the far-right. The anti-immigration AfD party has emerged as the the third biggest group in… Read more Audio
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Pacific calls for global climate action at UN
8:50 AM.The Pacific has presented a united front at the UN General Assembly in New York in calling for global action on climate change. Leaders from the smallest to the largest countries in the region called… Read more Audio
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Secular education campaigners criticise religion in schools
8:53 AM.The Secular Education Network says parents would be horrified if they knew what their children are being taught in Religious instruction classes. The network is launching a national campaign… Read more Audio