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Morning Report for Friday 23 June 2017
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Top Stories for Friday 23 June 2017
6:00 AM.Labour accused of 'slave labour', housing interns in squalor, Barclay saga threatens to overshadow National party conference, US President admits he does NOT have tapes of Comey chats, Quiet… Read more Audio
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Nats 'moving on' from their week of hell
6:10 AM.It's the National Party's election year conference in Wellington this weekend and they want to move on from the Todd Barclay affair which has dominated news this week. Audio
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Nathan Guy says dairy herd near its limit
6:12 AM.Dairy cattle numbers have increased by 69 percent to 6.5 million cows in the last 20 years. The Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy, says he can't put a number on how many more cows New… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 23 June 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 23 June 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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EU leaders meet in Brussels
6:44 AM.The European Council president, Donald Tusk, has channelled the late Beatle John Lennon in his opening remarks at a summit in Brussels. Our correspondent in Brussels is Elena Casas-Montanez. Audio
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Business News for 23 June 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Labour accused of "slave labour", housing interns in squalor
7:10 AM.The Labour Party has come under intense criticism after international interns complained about their living conditions at an Auckland marae. Labour's general secretary, Andrew Kirton, says he has… Read more Audio
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Barclay saga threatens to overshadow National party conference
7:18 AM.As National Party members converge on Wellington for their annual conference, senior members of the party say the gathering will not be overshadowed by #DeBarclay Audio
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US President admits he does NOT have tapes of Comey chats
7:21 AM.Donald Trump is now saying he "did not make and does not have" tapes of his conversations with his then FBI director James Comey, who he subsequently fired. Our correspondent in Washington, Simon… Read more Audio
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Quiet confidence from Team NZ ahead of America's Cup finals
7:25 AM.Our America's Cup reporter Todd Niall is in Bermuda ahead of Sunday's final and says Team NZ is quiety confident. Audio
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Lions fans keen for the test series to kick off
7:28 AM."I think we're in with a shout" British and Irish Lions fans have arrived in Auckland for the first test against the All Blacks at Eden Park. Audio
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Hundreds of UK buildings have combustible cladding
7:34 AM.Theresa May has confirmed at least seven tower blocks in the UK have combustible cladding similar to the type used on Grenfell Tower. Vincent McAviney has been covering the story for LBC and says… Read more Audio
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Did the government give cladding assurances too soon?
7:40 AM.The Building Minister Nick Smith assured the public there was little if any highly flammable cladding on New Zealand high rises despite Wellington and Christchurch city councils having done NO checks… Read more Audio
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Chinese commercial fishing co fined 800k for misreporting its tuna catch
7:43 AM.A Chinese commercial fishing company caught with an illegal haul of critically-endangered tuna has been banned from all deep-sea fishing and fined more than 800 thousand dollars. Audio
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Reality sinks in for Stewart Island's oyster farmers
7:48 AM.At meetings this week, Stewart Island oyster farmers let loose at the Ministry for Primary Industries, including frustrations that top biosecurity officials had not been to see the farms for… Read more Audio
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Government signals some social service can hold on to identifiable data
7:52 AM.Following pressure from social service providers, and the Privacy Commissioner, the government has rolled back its plans to make all the community organisations it funds handover identifiable personal… Read more Audio
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Great Barrier Island becomes NZ's second dark sky sanctuary
7:55 AM.Great Barrier Island is now an International Dark Sky Sanctuary. Local board chairwoman Izzy Fordham says the status means the night sky can be protected for future generations. Read more Audio
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Awataha Marae responds to 'squalid conditions' claim
8:10 AM.The chief executive of Awataha Marae says it is being caught in political crossfire after the Labour Party used it to house more than 80 international interns. Audio
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Self-sufficiency "foreign" to Pacific community - Ministry
8:16 AM.The Ministry for Pacific Peoples has objected to National's superannuation policy in a paper - obtained under the Official Information Act. Audio
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Doubt over Govt assurances on building cladding
8:19 AM.Councils in Wellington and Christchurch say they weren't asked to check how many buildings are clad in combustible material similar to the Grenfell Tower in London until this week. But official… Read more Audio
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Full North Island dams send power south
8:22 AM.A tale of two islands - while autumn storms lashed the North Island, drenching people but filling power company bank accounts, the story in the South island has been exactly the opposite. Audio
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Close contest expected in Lions' first test
8:26 AM.The Telegraph's rugby correspondent Gavin Mairs and RNZ's Joe Porter are ready for a fierce clash when the first test of the Lions tour begins in Auckland tomorrow night. Audio
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Markets Update for 23 June 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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First round of oyster culls finishes in Stewart Island
8:38 AM.The first phase of Stewart Island's Great Oyster Cull is almost complete....already 25 tonnes of oysters have been removed from Big Glory Bay. Dick Langdon, who works on Stewart Island for Southern… Read more Audio
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Red Deer Foundation 'delighted' with High Court ruling in its favour
8:44 AM.Recreational hunters in the lower North Island are celebrating after winning a legal battle to cut back the number of helicopters hunting for deer in forest parks. The Lower North Island Red Deer… Read more Audio
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Scientist adopts Maori concepts to save penguins
8:48 AM.What role can scientists and Pakeha play in kaitiakitanga? Te Aniwa Hurihanganui from Te Manu Korihi investigates. Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio