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Morning Report for Thursday 9 March 2017
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Top Stories for Thursday 9 March 2017
6:00 AM.Civil Defence mops up after yesterday's deluge; Hikuai man and young daughter evacuate floods in Kayak; WSJ's national security expert weighs in on CIA leak; more money being spent on hotels for… Read more Audio
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Whangamata residents cleaning up after 1-in-100 year rainfall
6:09 AM.Whangamata residents are cleaning up after 1-in-a-100 year rainfall. 77-year-old Brian Simpson and his wife Joyce were on their hands and knees for hours cleaning the mud from their ground floor flat… Read more Audio
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Horror sights of drowning sheep on flooded Clevedon farm
6:11 AM.Grant Henson rents a house on a farm just out of Clevedon where he was forced out yesterday morning when waist deep floods made it impossible to drive out. He describes the horror of seeing sheep… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 9 March 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 9 March 2017
6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Rain eases across the Coromandel
6:40 AM.A severe weather warning is in place for Northland and the Coromandel with more rain expected today. Audio
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Locals pitch in to help flooded family in Kaiaua
6:42 AM.17-year-old Charlotte Ridler from the coastal town of Kaiaua describes how everyone pitched in to help when it was cut off by floods that struck the Firth of Thames yesterday. Audio
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Upper North Island told to brace for more bad weather
6:44 AM.Northland and Coromandel are inline for another burst of rain. Weather Commentator Richard Green says100ml of rain is expected before midnight tonight and more rain expected tomorrow. He says the dry… Read more Audio
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Business News for 9 March 2017
6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 9 March 2017
7:06 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Civil Defence mops up after yesterday's deluge
7:10 AM.The rain eased overnight on the Coromandel Peninsula but more heavy falls are forecast there and in Northland today. Audio
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Hikuai man and young daughter evacuate floods in Kayak
7:17 AM."I woke up in the pitch black and the noise on the roof of where I live was deafening. I went to slide out of bed and the water was literally three or four inches below the top of my mattress". Neil… Read more Audio
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WSJ's national security expert weighs in on CIA leak
7:22 AM.America's Central Intelligence Agency is scrambling to contain the damage from Wikileaks' revelations of how the agency spies on targets by hacking their cellphones and even smart TVs. Shane Harris… Read more Audio
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More money being spent on hotels for relocated prison guards
7:23 AM.Thousands of dollars a week are being spent on hotel rooms for prison guards shifting around the country to cope with the growing population locked up. The Corrections Department has confirmed four… Read more Audio
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Officials react to floods causing havoc in the upper N Island
7:36 AM.Andrew Bayly, the MP for Hunua, says the main dam is spilling over and other dams are close to spilling over. He says farmers are struggling to contain their stock. The mayor of Thames-Coromandel… Read more Audio
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IS sends bloody message with brutal Kabul hospital attack
7:42 AM.Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a military hospital in Kabul in which gunmen dressed as doctors battled Afghan security forces for several hours. Read more Audio
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Study says parents of migrants not burden government claimed
7:45 AM.A report released to RNZ contradicts the Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse who last year said parents of migrants were going on welfare and costing the taxpayer tens of millions of dollars. Audio
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Foreign ownership in private firms reaches 15-year high
7:48 AM.Foreign ownership in New Zealand's privately owned companies has hit its highest level in nearly 15 years. Audio
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Rates of rheumatic fever more than halved in South Auckland
7:52 AM.Having nurses in schools in South Auckland is cutting the the rates of rheumatic fever by more than half. Audio
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Call for world's clearest spring to be protected from commerce
7:55 AM.Ngati Tama ki te Waipounamu want Environment Minister Nick Smith to place a Conservation Order over Waikoropupu Spring, and stop Tasman District Council from allowing an increase in the water take by… Read more Audio
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Civil Defence well prepared but bracing for more rain
8:10 AM.Civil defence controllers in areas hit by yesterday's flooding are bracing for more rain but say they're well prepared and no one is in danger. Audio
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Flood evacuee faces tough clean up
8:12 AM.Earlier we heard from Neil Lamb who, along with his five-year-old daughter, escaped the floodwater in a kayak. He discovered their Hikuai home was flooded when he slid out of bed into nearly knee-deep… Read more Audio
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School wants disabled kids exempt from zone
8:17 AM.Berhampore School is a magnet for children with special needs and it's worried it will have to turn children away if it introduces an enrolment zone so it can get more classrooms. Audio
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Migrant parents contribute to New Zealand society
8:20 AM.Last year the government shut the door to the parents of migrants because the Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse said they were going on welfare and costing the taxpayer "tens of millions of… Read more Audio
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Domestic violence leave bill passes unanimously
8:24 AM."If you want to know when the women of New Zealand will be safe, its when the men of New Zealand respect them and stop beating them". Justice Minister Amy Adams says while the Government still has… Read more Audio
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Eclectic mix on offer at Dunedin's biggest ever Fringe festival
8:26 AM.Dunedin's annual experimental arts festival - the Fringe Festival - begins today with an eclectic mix of music, theatre, comedy. It hopes to attract over ten thousand people to the two week event. Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 9 March 2017
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Surge in young Cantabrians seeking mental health help
8:35 AM.The increase began after Christchurch's 2011 earthquakes, but the District Health Board is expecting to face even more challenges following effects of the Port Hills fires and last year's earthquake… Read more Audio
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Oil, gas companies launch publicity blitz, seek industry reform
8:40 AM.For years, the oil and gas industry has been criticised by environmental activists who argue New Zealand should stop searching for new fossil fuels and wean itself off the fossil fuels that it already… Read more Audio
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Ocean project provides world with unprecedented research
8:50 AM.The world's largest ocean science project is giving New Zealand access to information that only a decade ago was completely out of reach to this country. Audio
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Fuchsia faucet flow gives Canadian town international renown
8:57 AM.Pink water has been coming out of the taps in the Canadian town of Onoway Alberta, population 1,029. Lynette Robertson took time out of the lunch time rush at Davlyn's restaurant in downtown Onoway to… Read more Audio