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Morning Report for Friday 23 March 2018
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Top Stories for Friday 23 March 2018
6:00 AM.Trump slaps $60b of tariffs on Chinese imports, Middlemore leaky buildings: Health Ministers Clark, Coleman in dark, Ex-Waikato DHB chair blamed for Murray fiasco, Obama fans crowd streets to spot… Read more Audio
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Trump announces $60b of tariffs on Chinese imports
6:10 AM.US President Donald Trump has unveiled plans for $60 billion-worth of tariffs on Chinese imports. His announcement a few minutes ago has heightened fears of a trade war and sent US stocks lower… Read more Audio
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Theresa May joins EU leaders to talk trade
6:12 AM.US President Donald Trump has announced $50 billion in tariffs on imported products, just as European leaders are meeting in Brussels. Trade is one of the key items on the agenda. However other global… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 23 March 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Middlemore rot: David Clark, Jonathan Coleman not briefed
6:40 AM.Both the current and former Health Ministers say they weren't briefed about the extent of decay in buildings at Middlemore Hospital. The Health Minister David Clark has signed off an extra $11.5… Read more Audio
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Reference check could have prevented Nigel Murray saga - MP
6:43 AM.A former Labour List MP who worked closely with others to expose a spending scandal around the Waikato DHB's former chief executive, Nigel Murray, says the whole debacle could have been prevented if a… Read more Audio
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Crown closes case against murder-accused Turiarangi Tai
6:46 AM.The Crown has closed its case against an Auckland man on trial for the murder of his girlfriend. Turiarangi Tai is accused of murdering Chozyn Koroheke at her Pakuranga home last April. Audio
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Business News for 23 March 2018
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Trump slaps $60b of tariffs on Chinese imports
7:10 AM.Donald Trump has signed off on $60 billion-worth of tariffs on imports from China, deepening fears of a trade war and triggering a slide in US stocks. A short time ago, before signing a section 301… Read more Audio
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Middlemore leaky buildings: Health Ministers in dark
7:18 AM.Both the current and former Health Ministers say they were kept in the dark about the extent of the leaky and buildings at Middlemore Hospital. Health Minister David Clark says he's had some frank… Read more Audio
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Ex-Waikato DHB chair blamed for Murray fiasco
7:20 AM.An outspoken Waikato District Health Board member, Dave Macpherson, says the disgraced former DHB chief executive Nigel Murray and the board's former chair Bob Simcock should not try to deflect blame… Read more Audio
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Obama fans, invitees make most of public leg of NZ visit
7:27 AM.The 44th president of the United States was the main event at an invite-only dinner for 800 guests in Auckland last night. But, on the streets of Auckland, outside the dinner venue, and outside… Read more Audio
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Black Caps scuttle England for 58 in 20 overs
7:36 AM.It was a swing bowling master class by Trent Bout in the first test against England yesterday. Boult took 6 for 32 with Tim Southee chipping in with 4 for 25. The Black Caps used just the two bowlers… Read more Audio
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Landlords, not tenants, should pay letting fees - Twyford
7:42 AM.Housing Minister Phil Twyford is confident banning letting fees will save renters money. Landlords can charge tenants a fee - usually a week's rent - to cover what they have paid letting agents. Mr… Read more Audio
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'No choice' but to double bunk at Arohata prison - Corrections
7:47 AM.Corrections is insisting it has no choice but to double bunk women in tiny cells at Arohata's overflow prison at Rimutaka despite scathing criticism from the Chief Ombudsman. The Department says a… Read more Audio
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Sage accused of interference on EPA chief scientist concerns
7:51 AM.A Green Party Minister has been accused of ministerial interference and sticking her nose into staff matters at an independent authority. Eugenie Sage, who is the associate Environment Minister… Read more Audio
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Auckland Arts Festival verdict: 'A job well done'
7:55 AM.RNZ's Justin Gregory reviews the 2018 Auckland Arts Festival as it draws to a close. Audio
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Trade Minister David Parker reacts to Trump's China tariffs
8:10 AM.Amid fears of a global trade war Donald Trump has trained his guns firmly at China, announcing US$50-60 billion-worth of new tariffs on mainly high tech imports from that country. But while he was… Read more Audio
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Middlemore mould: 'Most staff knew' - ex-chair Lee Mathias
8:15 AM.The former Counties Manukau District Health Board chair, Lee Mathias, says it was common knowlege there was mould within the walls of Middlemore Hospital buildings when she headed the board. But… Read more Audio
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Middlemore rot: Infection control working with contractors
8:21 AM.What is the risk from the mouldy damp leaky buildings at Middlemore Hospital and Manukau superclinic? Dr David Holland, clinical director of infection services at Counties-Manukau DHB, talks to Todd… Read more Audio
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Toxic foam: Defence Force didn't tell council of water risks
8:25 AM.New information shows the Defence Force asked a local council three times about water supplies on properties around a contaminated airbase, without once mentioning the foam problem. Audio
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'I'm leaving politics': Coleman refuses to discuss hospital mould
8:28 AM.Labour's pointing the finger at National, saying the problem at Middlemore should have been addressed by the previous government. Health Minister David Clark declined to appear on the programme but on… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 23 March 2018
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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High expectations on Hartley as he hits the track
8:38 AM.There's a lot of pressure on Palmerston North driver Brendon Hartley to perform as the Formula One season gets under way in Melbourne. The 28-year-old is the first New Zealander to secure a full time… Read more Audio
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Waikato DHB confident expenses rules now up to scratch
8:42 AM.Acting chair of Waikato District Health Board, Sally Webb, is confident the rules over expenses at the DHB are now up to scratch. Yesterday the State Services Commission found more than half of the… Read more Audio
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Immigration names, shames poor-performing education agents
8:48 AM.Immigration New Zealand staff turned down more than half the study visa applications from some agents in India, Viet Nam and the Philippines. One Indian agent succeeded with just nine percent of their… Read more Audio
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Insight: New tech won't cause mass job losses in NZ - study
8:52 AM.Automation and artifical intelligence may not cause the mass unemployment that is often predicted, according to new research shared with RNZ Insight. The study by the AI Forum says many workers will… Read more Video, 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