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Morning Report for Tuesday 7 March 2017
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Top Stories for Tuesday 7 March 2017
6:00 AM.Joyce says people will get used to superannuation change, Our Political Editor Jane Patterson is in the studio, Trump's revised travel ban exempts Iraq, Police release more information on Riverhead… Read more Audio
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Immigrants OK with super change but critique timetable
6:15 AM.Immigrant groups are backing the government's plan to oblige migrants to live in New Zealand for 20 years before receiving superannuation but want its introduction delayed. Audio
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Early Business News for Tuesday 7 March 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for Tuesday 7 March 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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National without friends in Parliament on superannuation
6:42 AM.The National Government's plan to raise the pension age is drawing criticism from across the political spectrum, including from two of its support parties. Audio
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Social workers concerned by "messy" CYF legislation
6:45 AM.The head of the social workers union, Lucy Sanford Reed says the proposed Child Youth and Family legislation is messy and will not deliver the desired outcomes. Audio
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Business News for Tuesday 7 March 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Joyce says people will get used to superannuation change
7:10 AM.The National Party has failed to find cross party support for raising the age of superannuation from 65 to 67. The Finance Minister Steven Joyce says New Zealanders need time to adjust and prepare for… Read more Audio
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New broom PM sweeps away Key's promise not to raise age
7:20 AM.Our Political Editor Jane Patterson says four years ago Steven Joyce was arguing that Superannuation was affordable and Labour was saying that any responsible government should be taking urgent action… Read more Audio
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Trump's new travel ban excludes Iraq
7:20 AM.Donald Trump has signed an order banning travellers from six mostly Muslim countries - this time Iraq has been left off the list. Our Washington correspondent Nina-Maria Potts says Mr Trump can't… Read more Audio
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Police release more information on Riverhead quarry assault
7:35 AM.Detective Senior Sergeant Kim Libby says the police are tracking back and are still trying to locate the car. They hope a glove found near where a woman was assaulted in an Auckland quarry could help… Read more Audio
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Labour says National's superannuation policy doesn't stack up
7:40 AM.Labour leader Andrew Little says any law changes won't come in until after the general election and they won't take effect until 2041 "This looks like a highly flexible, bendable, negotiable policy to… Read more Audio
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Some Auckland subdivisions delayed by timetable change
7:44 AM.Auckland Council changes the timetable for turning rural land into housing Audio
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Government departments at odds over social housing numbers
7:47 AM.Opposition parties say discrepancies between two departments' tally of social houses is symptomatic of the Government's disarray over housing. Read more Audio
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Lawyers reject wording of draft child welfare bill
7:51 AM.Lawyers have attacked a draft bill outlining radical changes to child welfare services saying it's badly written and should be scrapped. Audio
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Toheroa making a comeback, but what's the real threat?
7:53 AM.Des Subritzky has been trying to regenerate the toheroa for over 50 years and says that the fisheries have been badly managed in the past and if they aren't closed "there will be nothing left." Audio
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American immigration law expert on Trump's latest order
8:11 AM.Immigration law specialist Zach Norris says the new Trump travel ban will put New Zealanders under greater scrutiny if they have dual citizenship with one of the six countries on the banned list. Audio
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NZ 'well behind' other developed countries on retirement age
8:15 AM.Demography expert Professor Paul Spoonley says the debate over NZ Super has been delayed far too long. Audio
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Under 45s discuss pros and cons of raising pension age
8:19 AM.Morning Report assembled a panel of under 45s to talk about National's new policy to increase the age of entitlement for the pension. 25 year old Maori political commentator Morgan Godfery, 33 year… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for Tuesday 7 March 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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"No different to the red ball": Firebirds coach on pink ball
8:36 AM.Play got underway in the Plunket Shield yesterday. Wellington Firebirds Bruce Edgar says the controversial pink ball performed well: "so far so good" Audio
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'Gem-like' Northland lake being used as car wash
8:40 AM.A Northland iwi is appealing to people to stop using a tiny lake as a car wash. Lake Waiporohita on the Karikari Peninsula is one of just 12 rare dune lakes in the north with outstanding ecological… Read more Audio
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Thousands of anti-seabed mining submissions ignored
8:44 AM.Opponents of a proposed seabed mining operation off Taranaki say thousands of submissions against the project are being ignored. Read more Audio
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Electricity authority used 'flawed data' in billion dollar bill
8:50 AM.The Electricity Authority is being accused of using flawed data in the way it is reforming the national electricity grid. Audio
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Finalists for Ockham New Zealand Book Awards revealed
8:53 AM.Nicola Legat, the chair of the New Zealand Book Awards Trust, takes us through some of the finalists for the New Zealand Book Awards. Audio
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Young Scots embrace lowering of voting age
8:56 AM.The Children's Commissioner's calling for a discussion on lowering the voting age to 16. Scotland's 16 and 17 year olds can vote in Scottish Parliamentary and local elections. A political commentator… Read more Audio