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Morning Report for Tuesday 3 October 2017
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Top Stories for Tuesday 3 October 2017
6:00 AM.Las Vegas police focus on gunman's motive, Terrified screams alert mechanic to children in Hastings fire, Mental health nurses needed in schools - coroner, Vanuatu eruption: Tensions mounting in… Read more Audio
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Las Vegas: Death toll rises, local reporter describes scene
6:11 AM.At least 58 people have been killed and more than 500 wounded in the deadliest mass shooting ever in American history. A gunman opened fire onto crowds at a country music festival in Las Vegas… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 3 October 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 3 October 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Child burned in Hastings fire dies in hospital
6:40 AM.Fire investigators will this morning to be back at the scene of yesterday's workshop fire in central Hastings. Three children aged, seven, eight and 10, were in the derelict workshop when fire broke… Read more Audio
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Business News for 3 October 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Las Vegas police focus on gunman's motive
7:20 AM.US correspondent Patrice Howard is in Las Vegas, and tells us police are now focusing on gunman Stephen Paddock's motives. She says he had no criminal history, so they are still trying to work out why… Read more Audio
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Terrified screams alert mechanic to children in Hastings fire
7:23 AM.Hastings mechanic Dave Jones tells us it was screams first alerted him to children inside a burning building near the centre of the city on Monday afternoon. Audio
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Vanuatu eruption: Tensions mounting in evacuation centres
7:28 AM.Tensions are mounting in evacuations centres in Vanuatu where thousands of people fleeing the volcano on Ambae are being crammed into make-shift evacuation camps without adequate shelter, food or… Read more Audio
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Catalonia independence vote: 'Result is irrelevant'
7:35 AM.Catalonian authorities say 90-percent of those who voted in the referendum yesterday support the region's right to independence. This comes after almost 900 voters were hurt in violent clashes with… Read more Audio
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Mental health nurses needed in schools - coroner
7:40 AM.A coroner has found a 15-year-old girl who took her own life was the victim of relentless cyber-bullying in the lead up to her death. Alatauai Sasa was a student of St Catherine's College in… Read more Audio
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Forestry's future crucial in coaltion talks - Peters
7:42 AM.New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says the future of forestry, and timber supplies for local mills, is one of the issues important to him as he enters talks to form a new government. Mr Peters… Read more Audio
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Jacinda Ardern: Special votes may bring 'comfort'
7:42 AM.More than one week after the general election, New Zealand is waiting for a government to be formed. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is waiting for the special votes, which are due on October… Read more Audio
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New Zealanders risk blindness with eyeball tattoos
7:52 AM.New Zealanders are being warned they risk losing their sight from the controversial practice of eyeball tattooing. An Auckland opthamologist has this year treated the first ever New Zealand patients… Read more Audio
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Waka taua set for Passchendaele commemorations
7:57 AM.A waka taua - Te Hono ki Aotearoa - will be part of the commemorations of the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele. The battle is considered New Zealand's worst military disaster. Within two… Read more Audio
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Las Vegas shooting: NZer describes chaos
8:10 AM.A minute's silence has been observed following last night's mass shooting in Las Vegas. At least 58 people died - and more than 500 were wounded - in what is the worst mass shooting by a lone gunman… Read more Audio
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Counsellor backs coroner urging mental health help in schools
8:19 AM.Coroner Peter Ryan is recommending mental health nurses and social workers be placed in all New Zealand schools. It comes as he releases his findings into the death of St Catherine's College student… Read more Audio
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'Eerie' empty casinos after shooting - NZer in Las Vegas
8:25 AM.At least 58 people died, and more than 500 were wounded, in what is the worst mass shooting by a lone gunman in US history. The gunman, named by police as the 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, opened fire… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 3 October 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Businesses reluctant to hire apprentices - trainer
8:34 AM.An initiative to get more Maori and Pasifika into trades is struggling to find employers willing to take on apprentices. Despite industries like construction crying out for skills, Maori and Pasifika… Read more Audio
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Las Vegas shooter's hometown in shock
8:39 AM.Desert Valley Times reporter Lucas Thomas is in the Nevada city of Mesquite, where Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock was living for around nine months. He describes the atmosphere of shock in the… Read more Audio
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Forestry owners welcome Peters' plan to save industry
8:47 AM.New Zealand First leader WInston Peters wants a new Forest Service and potential local industry quotas made a priority in any coalition negotiations this week. The MMP 'kingmaker', who's planning to… Read more Audio
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Inquest into toddler Moko's death reopens in Rotorua
8:48 AM.The second part of an inquest into the death of three-year-old Moko Rangitoheriri opens in Rotorua today. The toddler was abused and beaten to death by a couple who were meant to be looking after him… Read more Audio
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University club fight forces competition to restart
8:51 AM.A row has broken out between an anti-abortion group and a feminist group during an University of Auckland student club competition, forcing organisers to shut it down and start again. Students choose… Read more Audio
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First NZ Teachers' Games kicks off in Mt Maunganui
8:57 AM.It's all fun and games when the teacher leaves the classroom - sometimes literally. About 600 teachers from around the country headed to Mount Maunganui during the first few days of the school… Read more Audio