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Morning Report for Thursday 5 October 2017
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Top Stories for Thursday 5 October 2017
6:00 AM.National, Labour talk coalitions with Peters - analysis, US Secretary of State vague on calling Trump 'moron', Las Vegas shooter's partner returns to US Audio
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Las Vegas locals support victims of shooting
6:10 AM.As Las Vegas rallies around victims of the country's worst mass shooting, residents and businesses are donating time and resources to help out. Stephen Paddock killed 58 people, and wounded more than… Read more Audio
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Kauri dieback treatment 'not a long-term solution'
6:13 AM.Scientists are urging Northland landowners with kauri trees on their land to join a growing community action project to save them. Hundreds of Kauri are dead or dying from Waikato to the Far North, as… Read more Audio
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NZ's Pacific influence valuable in China negotiations
6:16 AM.New Zealand's links in the Pacific could be a trump card in negotiating a deal with China as part of its trillion dollar programme to build infrastructure around the world. It's been more than six… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 5 October 2017
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 5 October 2017
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Coalition courting with Peters set to start
6:39 AM.Preliminary talks to form a new government get under way today. New Zealand First will be meeting with the National Party this morning and the Labour Party this afternoon. Labour leader Jacinda Ardern… Read more Audio
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Democrats up pressure for US gun control
6:41 AM.Democrats in the United States are ramping up the pressure on Republicans to reconsider gun control measures after Monday's Las Vegas massacre. The shooting was the worst in modern US history - the… Read more Audio
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Cook Islands first 'developed' Pacific Island nation
6:45 AM.The Cook Islands is about to become a 'developed' nation. The OECD will officially declare the 15 islands a developed nation at the end of next year. It is a first Pacific island country to be deemed… Read more Audio
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Business News for 5 October 2017
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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National, Labour talk coalitions with Peters - analysis
7:09 AM.Preliminary talks to form a new government get under way today. New Zealand First, which holds the balance of power, will meet the National Party in the morning and the Labour Party in the afternoon… Read more Audio
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US Secretary of State vague on calling Trump 'moron'
7:16 AM.US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's future is in doubt after news reports he'd referred to President Donald Trump as a moron. An NBC report also said Mr Tillerson had planned to quit the job in… Read more Audio
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Las Vegas shooter's partner returns to US
7:20 AM.The FBI is still stumped over what motivated Stephen Paddock to commit the worst mass shooting in modern American history. But they're hopeful the gunman's girlfriend, Marilou Danley, who has just… Read more Audio
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Faulty fire trucks fixed, due back in action
7:27 AM.A multi-million dollar fleet of fire trucks is expected to be back on the roads by December - nearly one year after a union blacklisted them over safety fears. The Man-model trucks - worth more than… Read more Audio
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Vanuatu PM promises evacuees they will return home
7:33 AM.Vanuatu's prime minister has promised the thousands evacuated from the island of Ambae they will return home. Charlot Salwai visited two of the evacuation centres yesterday that have been set up to… Read more Audio
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Teachers brace to fight new govt for pay rises
7:41 AM.The primary teachers' union says all options, including strike action, are on the table unless there are big changes in teachers' pay rates and working conditions. Collective agreements for primary… Read more Audio
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Lack of funding stopping vital blood tests - pharmacists
7:42 AM.Pharmacists say a lack of funding is preventing them from providing vital blood tests in the community for thousands of people. About 6,800 people are having their blood-thinning medication warfarin… Read more Audio
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Disturbing videos on Danish inventor's computer - police
7:45 AM.The Danish inventor accused of murdering a Swedish journalist will be kept in custody for four more months after a court heard that 15 stab wounds had been found on Kim Wall's mutilated body. Ms… Read more Audio
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Last-ditch bid to save kauri spreads to Northland
7:51 AM.Scientists are urging Northland landowners with kauri trees on their land to join a growing community action project to save them. Hundreds of kauri are dead or dying from Waikato to the Far North, as… Read more Audio
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Theresa May's speech derailed by coughs, prankster
7:55 AM.British Prime Minister Theresa May stole the show at her ruling Conservative Party's annual conference -- but for all the wrong reasons. She coughed and spluttered through her speech and was… Read more Audio
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Former PM Jim Bolger on coalition experiences
8:10 AM.After days of speculation around Winston Peter's next moves, he will meet with both National and Labour today. The New Zealand First leader isn't talking to media but has confirmed he will talk to… Read more Audio
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Germany follows NZ in MMP coalition talks
8:20 AM.New Zealand's not the only country that can have protracted coalition discussions. In Germany in 2013, it took 86 days, and Chief political correspondent at Deutsche Welle TV Melinda Crane tells us… Read more Audio
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Las Vegas massacre 'sheer evil' - Former FBI profiler
8:22 AM.A former FBI profiler, Clint Van Zandt, says the Las Vegas concert massacre was nothing but "sheer evil". He says the FBI will be relying on Stephen Paddock's girlfriend, who is in custody, to provide… Read more Audio
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Peters to meet Pike families before coalition talks
8:25 AM.Winston Peters will meet the families of some of the Pike River Mine victims before sitting down with National and Labour today to start coalition talks. Last year, Mr Peters said re-entering Pike… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 5 October 2017
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Seafood company provides staff mental health help
8:40 AM.The country's largest iwi-owned seafood company, Moana New Zealand, has teamed up with Mike King to talk to their 480 full time staff and hundreds of contractors - including fishers and divers - about… Read more Audio
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New wildlife hospital set up in South Island
8:42 AM.The South Island will soon have its first hospital dedicated to caring for sick or injured native birds. It is being set up at the Otago Polytechnic's School of Veterinary Nursing in partnership with… Read more Audio
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Kakano Youth Arts Collective hit hard by theft
8:43 AM.A West Auckland art programme working with vulnerable youth suffered a setback last week after all their spray can supplies were stolen. Kakano Youth Arts Collective had just created the first in a… Read more Audio
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Eden Park commemorates fallen All Blacks in war
8:50 AM.A dusk ceremony at Auckland's Eden Park last night paid tribute to the All Black's first ever captain and the 491 other New Zealanders who died in the Battle of Broodseinde in Belgium a hundred years… Read more Audio
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Silver Ferns ready for Diamonds backlash
8:55 AM.The Silver Ferns are expecting an all out assault from the Australian Diamonds in the opening Constellation Cup test in Auckland. The New Zealand team trounced Australia 57-47 in Invercargill last… Read more Audio
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What does history tell us about NZ First coalitions?
8:56 AM.The negotiations to decide whether it will be National or Labour who leads the country for the next three years will finally get underway today. Winston Peters has been giving little away - but does… Read more Video, Audio