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Morning Report for Thursday 6 July 2017
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Top Stories for Thursday 6 July 2017
6:00 AM.Secure units for intellectually disabled in crisis; foreign trust numbers plummet after introduction of new rules; more than half Akl's fast track housing areas disestablished; Wairarapa couple win… Read more Audio
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Parents delighted to win two year battle to get children back
6:14 AM.The Justice Ministry has apologised for not telling a Wairarapa couple for five weeks they could finally get their children back. The father spoke to our reporter Phil Pennington last night. Audio
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Christchurch told not treating water creates a high risk
6:18 AM.Christchurch City Council has decided not to treat its drinking water despite a recommendation that all councils treat their water in the wake of the Havelock North water contamination scare. The… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 6 July 2017
6:22 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 6 July 2017
6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Disclosure rules lead to sharp fall in foreign trust numbers
6:41 AM.Three quarters of New Zealand's foreign trusts have vanished into thin air after new rules were brought in this month, introducing greater transparency. Labour and the Greens are claiming that as… Read more Audio
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Netherlands announces plans to prosecute MH17 suspects
6:44 AM.Suspects in the shooting down of the MH17 passenger jet will be prosecuted in a Dutch court. Our correspondent in the Netherlands, Anna Holligan, with the latest. Audio
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Business News for 6 July 2017
6:52 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Secure units for intellectually disabled in crisis
7:10 AM.Secure units, which house intellectually disabled people who have committed crimes are in crisis, with senior psychiatrists saying both patients and staff are at risk of violence. Audio
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Foreign trust numbers plummet after introduction of new rules
7:17 AM.The number of foreign trusts registered in New Zealand has plummeted since the introduction of tougher rules at the beginning of the month. Law Professor Michael Littlewood from the University of… Read more Audio
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More than half Akl's fast track housing areas disestablished
7:22 AM.Thousands of cheap homes may not be built in Auckland because more than half its fast track Special Housing Areas have been disestablished. Audio
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Wairarapa couple win two year fight to get children back
7:26 AM.A Wairarapa mother and father have won a two-year fight to get their children back - but weren't told for five weeks because the courts lost the judge's ruling. The Justice Ministry has apologised for… Read more Audio
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Bring a raincoat for the America's Cup parade in Auckland
7:29 AM.Central Auckland is expected to come to a standstill at lunchtime as the victorious America's Cup team are welcomed home. Charmaine Ngaurimu is one of the organisers. Audio
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Jordie Barrett and Ngani Laumape make deciding Lions test
7:36 AM.Steve Hanson has named Jordie Barrett as fullback in the deciding test against the Lions on Saturday. Our rugby reporter Joe Porter has been covering the Lions tour. Audio
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Victims of abuse in state care descend on Parliament
7:39 AM.Today many survivors of state abuse are traveling to parliament to deliver two petitions which have gathered 16,000 signatures calling for an inquiry into the abuse they suffered. Metiria Turei will… Read more Audio
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Race Relations Commissioner backs petitions call for an Inquiry
7:44 AM.The Race Relations Commissioner, Dame Susan Devoy, says the extent of the problem needs to be understood. Audio
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President Trump heading to Poland before weekend's G20
7:46 AM.The United States and its allies are threatening a sharp response to North Korea's latest missile test in an escalating crisis which is set to dominate this weekend's G20 summit. Our correspondent in… Read more Audio
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Meeting in Cairo to decide future of Qatar
7:51 AM.A New Zealander working for Al Jazeera, Kamahl Santamaria, thinks a third party maybe needed to break the stalemate Qatar find itself in. Audio
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Cost of visits getting the blame for slow uptake of dental care
7:55 AM.In the latest instalment of RNZ's election year series, 'Is this the Brighter Future?' we evaluate the Ministry of Health's latest figures of dental care. According to those figures, fewer than half… Read more Audio
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Gay men to get apology for past convictions
8:10 AM.Justice Minister Amy Adams will formally apologise to gay men who were convicted for consensual sexual activity in the past. Wiremu Demchick organised the Campaign to Pardon Gays in Aotearoa, and says… Read more Audio
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Businesses want more time to enact anti-money laundering
8:17 AM.About $1.35 billion of dirty money is estimated to be laundered in New Zealand each year. In a bid to reduce this, real estate agents, lawyers, accountants, conveyancers, and those who deal in high… Read more Audio
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Should schools control all of their funding?
8:19 AM.Should schools control all of their funding? The New Zealand Initiative and the PPTA debate the question. Audio
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Works starts on phase one of inland port project
8:27 AM.Andrew McRae heads to Ruakura to check out Waikato-Tainui's latest venture - a $3 billion project - and large inland port that will eventually include a logistics freight hub, along with industrial… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 6 July 2017
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Casualties rise as Iraqi Military closes in on Mosul
8:37 AM.Jonathan Henry from Medecins Sans Frantieres says they're seeing blast injuries, gunshots and broken bones from buildings that have collapsed, but he's worried they're only seeing a fraction of the… Read more Audio
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NZ scientists calculate where Earth's mantle is melting
8:44 AM.New Zealand scientists have been using GPS sensors to find where in the central North Island the Earth's mantle is melting. Audio