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Morning Report for Tuesday 28 March 2017
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Top Stories for Tuesday 28 March 2017
6:00 AM.Tropical cyclone Debbie bears down on northern Queensland; Work begins next month on upgrading China FTA; 'One Belt, One Road' significant to New Zealand; Defence Force open to inquiry over… Read more Audio
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Hager: Defence Force is trying to confuse public
6:13 AM."If Tim Keating is confident that they have done nothing wrong, there is a simple solution, they should have that full inquiry." Nicky Hager, co author of Hit and Run, says the Defence Force has not… Read more Audio
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New house lending restrictions hit investors hard
6:17 AM.The chief forecaster at Informetrics, Gareth Kiernan, says tighter rules around lending to investors may keep a lid on the housing market for longer this time round. Audio
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Early Business News for 28 March 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 28 March 2017
6:25 AM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio
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Who will build Whangarei's new 4-lane highway to Marsden Pt?
6:39 AM.A rail campaigner says bringing in big state-owned China Rail is the only way the Government can get the 4-lane highway from Whangarei to Marsden Point built quickly. Audio
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Aid workers in South Sudan fearing for their own safety
6:45 AM.Aid workers in South Sudan are now fearing for their own safety after six were ambushed and killed over the weekend. Alex Snary from World Vision, has been in South Sudan recently where he says the… Read more Audio
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Business News for 28 March 2017
6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Tropical cyclone Debbie bears down on northern Queensland
7:12 AM.25,000 people in northern Queensland have been evacuated as Cyclone Debbie nears the coast. The tropical cyclone is expected to bring torrential rains and winds of up to 300 kilometres an hour when it… Read more Audio
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Belt & Road initiative could be huge opportunity for NZ
7:16 AM.More Chinese investment in New Zealand and booming tourism numbers were a key part of talks yesterday between the Prime Minister and China's Premier, Li Keqiang, as our political reporter Demelza… Read more Audio
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'One Belt, One Road' significant to New Zealand
7:19 AM.David Mahon, a China investment specialist and the chairman at Mahon China, says New Zealand signing up to China's 'One Belt, One Road' plan is significant. "It's a genuine first if you look at the… Read more Audio
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Defence Force open to inquiry over Afghanistan raid
7:24 AM.Lieutenant General Tim Keating has acknowledged there may have been multiple civilian casualites during Operation Burnham, which was carried out following the death of Lieutenant Tim O'Donnell who was… Read more Audio
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Corrections union disturbed by Paremoremo privacy breach
7:27 AM."It's a situation that they shouldn't be in. Unfortunately it's not the first time this has happened but we want to make sure this is the last time it happens." The Corrections Association's national… Read more Audio
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Little says Defence inquiry still warranted
7:35 AM.Labour's leader Andrew Little says there are still grounds for an inquiry into Operation Burnham. " I think the problem for the New Zealand Defence Force is that a few years ago they were denying… Read more Audio
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New Zealand First critical of Belt and Road partnership
7:42 AM.Winston Peters has a number of questions about the promises being made by the government on infrastructure projects - where is the money coming from, who will get the contracts to do the work, and… Read more Audio
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New house lending restrictions hit investors hard
7:50 AM.Reserve Bank figures show loans to landlords slumped by a third to $1.15 billion in February compared with a year ago, as our economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara reports. Audio
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Leptospirosis more common in dairy herds than thought
7:53 AM.The first nationwide survey of dairy herds has found about a quarter have cattle with the potentially lethal disease, leptospirosis. Audio
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RNZ political editor discusses Defence position on SAS
8:10 AM.Almost a week after a book made explosive claims about a New Zealand-led raid on two villages in Afghanistan, the chief of the Defence Force Lieutenant General Tim Keating fronted up to media to say… Read more Audio
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Lobby group says Belt and Road project to lead to better trade
8:17 AM.Reviving the ancient Silk Road trade route and creating a new maritime 'Silk Road' could be a huge opportunity for New Zealand, the New Zealand China Council says. China's so called "Belt and Road"… Read more Audio
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Australia prepares for intense cyclone to hit Queensland
8:22 AM.Towns along the coast are being "thrashed" as Cyclone Debbie closes in on Queensland. Hundreds of ml of rain have already fallen, there have been wind guts of up to 200km/hr, and the eye of storm is… Read more Audio
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International test of 5-year-olds raises fears
8:26 AM.The International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study will assess children's emerging literacy and numeracy, and their social and emotional skills, as our education correspondent John Gerritsen… Read more Audio
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Flavell defends Maori Land Reform bill
8:28 AM.Minister of Maori Affairs and co-leader of the Maori Party, Te Ururoa Flavell, is sticking by his Ture Whenua Maori bill which makes sweeping changes to the governance and administration of more than… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 28 March 2017
8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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New data shows investors shying away from property market
8:40 AM.The investment property market appears to be cooling with Reserve Bank figures showing investment figures have eased off compared with a year ago. The figures show new measures designed to halt… Read more Audio
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Energy report on solar self serving - solar lobbyist
8:43 AM.The chairman of the Sustainable Electricity Association, Brendan Winitana, says the report that says alternative energy is too expensive for low income families overlooks the different ways that… Read more Audio
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Fired-up Invercargill residents form ratepayers group
8:49 AM.Proposed rate rises, council conflicts of interest and a planned Chinese Garden are issues which have fired some Invercargill residents up so much, they've established a new ratepayers group, as our… Read more Audio
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Final whistle for Lancaster Park
8:53 AM.The Christchurch City Council has confirmed the demolition of the earthquake-damaged Lancaster Park sports stadium will begin this year. Lancaster Park Cricket club was one of the sports ground's… Read more Audio
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River relay breathes life into Whanganui River and marae
8:55 AM.Local Maori have taken part in a relay along the winding banks of the Whanganui River to breath life into the area, as Leigh Marama McLachlan reports. Audio