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Morning Report for Monday 20 November 2017
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Top Stories for Monday 20 November 2017
6:00 AM.A Wellington taxi driver describes fleeing for his life after being shot by a passenger on Saturday night, Police call for help to identify who attacked and knocked out a policewoman in South… Read more Audio
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Police defend call on Australia deportees committing crimes
6:15 AM.The police are defending their forecast that deportees from Australia to New Zealand would commit high rates of crime once they got here. They told the Government last year the reoffending rate would… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 20 November 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Wellington cabbies shocked by taxi driver shooting
6:38 AM.Wellington taxi drivers have spoken of their horror and surprise at Saturday night's attack when one of their colleagues was shot. A taxi driver fled for his life after being shot in the shoulder in… Read more Audio
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Mugabe sacked, expected to stand down as Zimbabwe leader
6:41 AM.After ruling over Zimbabwe for almost four decades, Robert Mugabe has been sacked as the leader of his own party. The 93-year-old has been given until 11pm (NZ time) to stand down as president or face… Read more Audio
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Goff's America's Cup wharf option focus for officials
6:45 AM.A list of five possible options for America's Cup bases in Auckland has now been shortlisted to three preferred options and mayor Phil Goff is now working with Government officials to work out how to… Read more Audio
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Business News for 20 November 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Wellington taxi driver escapes shooting with wounded shoulder
7:10 AM.A Wellington taxi driver has described how he fled for his life after a passenger shot him on Saturday night. The driver, who is from Ethiopia, is recovering in hospital with a wounded shoulder and… Read more Audio
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Zimbabwe waits as Mugabe told to quit presidency
7:15 AM.Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party has sacked him, after almost four decades at the helm. The 93-year-old has been replaced by an interim leader Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was himself… Read more Audio
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Police officer knocked unconscious in south Auckland
7:20 AM.Police say they want to speak to anybody who can help identify who attacked a policewoman from behind, knocking her unconscious, in South Auckland on Saturday night. Counties Manukau Area Commander… Read more Audio
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Goff narrows down America's Cup venue options
7:25 AM.Auckland Mayor Phil Goff spent the weekend meeting with community groups and Team New Zealand management to try and narrow down hosting options for the 2021 America's Cup. Two of the original five… Read more Audio
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Goff narrows down America's Cup venue options
7:25 AM.Auckland Mayor Phil Goff spent the weekend meeting with community groups and Team New Zealand management to try and narrow down hosting options for the 2021 America's Cup. Two of the original five… Read more Audio
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Ardern weighs Australia relationship with refugees stance
7:29 AM.Global pressure is mounting on Australia to address the plight of 400 refugees detained on Manus Island. Asylum seekers are going without food, clean water, power or medical care after refusing to… Read more Audio
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What went wrong for Kiwis in RLWC2017?
7:40 AM.New Zealand rugby league is in crisis after the Kiwis were beaten by Fiji in the Rugby League World Cup quarter-finals. It's a humiliating Rugby League World Cup exit for the team who were beaten by… Read more Audio
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Clutha struggles with P, demands more addiction help
7:48 AM.There's a call for more addiction support services in the sleepy Otago area of Clutha District as authorities there struggle to deal with increasing methamphetamine issues. One district councillor… Read more Audio
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NZ yachtie rescued in destructive waves in Pacific
7:53 AM.A New Zealand yachtsman has been rescued in 40-knot winds and six to seven metre swells about 90 nautical miles from Norfolk Island. Phil van der Mespel, 56, was on his way from Vanuatu to New Zealand… Read more Audio
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Queenstown launches cheap bus fares
7:55 AM.One of the richest places in New Zealand now has some of the cheapest buses. RNZ News Otago-Southland reporter Ian Telfer is among the first to ride Queenstown's two dollar buses. Video, Audio
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Andrew Little to show Pike re-entry options to Cabinet
8:11 AM.Fresh from a ceremony with families of the victims yesterday, Pike River Minister Andrew Little will present options for re-entering the mine's drift to Cabinet later on Monday. Mr Little spent… Read more Audio
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English schools fear loss of work visas for students
8:16 AM.English language schools are worried as-yet-announced Government rules on foreign students' work rights could amount to a crackdown on their eligibility to work, which could badly damage enrolments… Read more Audio
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Julie Anne Genter calls crisis meeting as road toll rises
8:20 AM.The Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter is calling for a crisis meeting over the road toll. This year's toll is now 329 - one higher than the total number of deaths for the whole of last… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 20 November 2017
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Argentina searches for missing submarine
8:31 AM.Argentina's Navy says it's detected signals which may be from its missing submarine the San Juan. The last confirmed location of the German-built sub was just over 400km west of Argentina - that was… Read more Audio
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Massive building blaze in Auckland CBD
8:31 AM.A building near Queen St in central Auckland has caught fire, and RNZ's Jessie Chang is there. She describes the scene to Guyon Espiner. Audio
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Andrew Little persists with Ngapuhi talks
8:46 AM.The new Minister for Treaty Negotiations visits Ngapuhi on the weekend to face tough questions and some unfriendliness over the tasks which face him. At the heart of the stalled Ngapuhi settlement… Read more Audio
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AC/DC's Malcolm Young dies aged 64
8:49 AM.While his younger brother Angus's guitar pyrotechnics and scholastic stage presence meant he was the bigger star, AC/DC's rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young was always the band's driving force. His spare… Read more Audio
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New Hamilton peforming arts theatre plans underway
8:55 AM.Planning is well underway for a new performing arts theatre in Hamilton, which the backers say will revitalise both the CBD and the city's creative arts community. If all goes to plan, the new theatre… Read more Audio