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Morning Report for Wednesday 17 May 2017
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Top Stories for Wednesday 17 May 2017
6:00 AM.Malcolm Rewa to be retried for Susan Burdett killing, Moves to retry Malcolm Rewa welcomed by Teina Pora's team, Opposition says National missing the mark with new housing target, White House hits… Read more Audio
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US could benefit from TPP despite withdrawal
6:09 AM.As Prime Minister pushes the case for the Trans Pacific Partnership with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Trade Minister, Todd McClay, says the United States will benefit from the Trans-Pacific… Read more Audio
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Winston Peters: The Auditor General must stand down
6:12 AM.The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters thinks the Auditor General should stand down until a full scale inquiry is carried out into the fraud that occured while he was the head of the Ministry of… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 17 May 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 17 May 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Can Malcolm Rewa get a fair trial?
6:40 AM.A former criminal lawyer who's represented Malcolm Rewa, Barry Hart, says there has been massive publicity around the case and "there is no way he can get a fair trial." The Solicitor-General has… Read more Audio
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Amnesty Int calls for accountability after PNG prison break
6:45 AM.Amnesty International is calling for accountability within the Papua New Guinea security forces after 17 unarmed prisoners were shot and killed while trying to escape from Buimo Prison in Lae. Audio
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Business News for 17 May 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Malcolm Rewa to be retried for Susan Burdett killing
7:09 AM.A 25 year long murder case that's seen multiple trials, a wrongful conviction and accusations of shoddy police work could be reopened with Malcolm Rewa to be retried for Susan Burdett's killing. Read more Audio
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Moves to retry Malcolm Rewa welcomed by Teina Pora's team
7:16 AM.Tim McKinnel is a private investigator and former policeman who worked for many years to free Teina Pora and seek a conviction for the murder of Susan Burdett. He says they have more evidence they… Read more Audio
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Call for Auditor General to stand down over fraud
7:20 AM.A call has gone out for Auditor General Martin Matthews to step down while an independent investigation is held into the massive Joanne Harris fraud is investigated. Read more Audio
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Opposition says National missing the mark with new housing
7:35 AM.The vast majority of the houses the Government is promising to build and then sell in Auckland over the next decade will have a price tag of well over 650-thousand dollars and many have already been… Read more Audio
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White House hits back at Trump intel criticism
7:38 AM.The White House is fighting back against criticism Donald Trump may have compromised intelligence sources when he shared classified information with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov last week… Read more Audio
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Sexual abuse NGO pleased to see MSD investigation
7:39 AM.Wellington Sexual Abuse HELP are pleased to see an investigation in to why MSD's portal to collect sensitive client data wasn't properly managed. It's General Manager Conor Twyford, says the review… Read more Audio
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Southern DHB to release report into eye service follw-ups
7:46 AM.District health boards have told the Health Ministry they need extra money to help them make urgently needed improvements to eye services. Our Health Correspondent Karen Brown has the details. Audio
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High country muster must go on at quake-hit Muzzle Station
7:51 AM.One of the first musters at New Zealand's most isolated high country station since the Kaikoura earthquake has just taken place and Radio New Zealand was there. Our rural reporter Alexa Cook saddled… Read more Audio
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Senior lawyer says he's unsure if a stay can be lifted
8:11 AM.The President of the Criminal Bar Association Len Anderson says he's not aware of a stay on further proceedings being lifted ever before. He says there's the question of whether it can be actually… Read more Audio
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Tertiary institution shut down over plagiarism problems
8:15 AM.Students at a disgraced tertiary institution were getting away with cheating and being given doubtful pass marks for years before it was shut down.The Qualifications Authority this week deregistered… Read more Audio
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NZQA missed red flags - tertiary institution body
8:20 AM.A private tertiary institution group says there were lots of red flags the Qualifications Authority missed in letting disgraced Linguis International Institute operate as long as it did. Quality… Read more Audio
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Israel reportedly source of secret information Trump shared
8:26 AM.More revelations on Donald Trump's discussion of code-word only information with Russia. We go back to our Washington correspondent Simon Marks Audio
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Newly identified quake hazard worries Wgtns office workers
8:27 AM.Thousands of workers in Wellington shops and offices have a potential new worry over their safety in the form of poorly secured overhead pipes, ducts and other fittings. Audio
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Markets Update for 17 May 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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TPP remains firmly on agenda for NZ delegation in Japan
8:37 AM.The Prime Minister Bill English will press the case for continuing work on the Trans Pacific Partnership when he meets with Shinzo Abe in Tokyo tonight. RNZ Insight's Philippa Tolley is in Tokyo and… Read more Audio
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Joshua Waite in induced coma after kick to head
8:42 AM."No change in Josh's condition since Friday." Rob Morrison is a crime reporter with Channel Nine in Brisbane and says the family are holding out with hope. He gives us the latest. Audio
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Govt defends new Auckland building scheme
8:43 AM.The Government plans to build 34,000 houses in Auckland. Social Housing Minister Amy Adams says it won't cover all of Auckland's housing needs, but that the crown only owns about five percent of the… Read more Audio
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Insurer warns of failure risk in braided plumbing pipe
8:55 AM.New Zealand's largest insurer is keeping a close eye on a very common type of household plumbing hose after a rise in failures across the Tasman. Audio
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Tale to two children in Nazi Germany wins fiction award
8:57 AM.Catherine Chidgey has taken out the top fiction prize at the NZ book awards for her tale of two children in Nazi Germany. Audio