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Morning Report for Thursday 29 March 2018
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Top Stories for Thursday 29 March 2018
6:00 AM.New prisons not the answer - report; National: 'NZ no mates' over spies?; 'What is Peters' interest in Russia?' - Todd McClay; Australia cricket bans Warner, Smith for year after tampering; six foot… Read more Audio
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Cook Islands tourism reviews sexual harassment policies
6:40 AM.Cook Islands tourism authorities say they're reviewing policies to deal with sexual harassment in the tourism industry. This follows a study showing workers experienced sexual harassment regularly… Read more Audio
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Bowel cancer screening saves lives in Hutt, Wairarapa
6:17 AM.The lives of eight people have been saved in the first eight months of bowel screening in Hutt Valley and Wairarapa. Bowel cancer kills 1200 people a year in New Zealand - one of the highest rates in… Read more Audio
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Just Water workers strike over long hours, poor pay
6:19 AM.Workers at a bottled water company are on strike today demanding better pay and conditions. Ten Auckland delivery workers at Just Water International are off the job - and to meet orders, the… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 29 March 2018
6:21 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 29 March 2018
6:27 AM.The latest news from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Business News for 29 March 2018
6:50 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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New prisons not the answer - report
7:11 AM.A report from the Prime Minister's chief science adviser has slammed the prison system - saying it's been driven by "tough on crime" dogma rather than data. And it says building new prisons is not the… Read more Audio
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'NZ no mates' over spies - Simon Bridges
7:13 AM.The government is now considering slapping travel bans on some Russians. It comes after the Government was mocked for failing to follow the country's traditional allies in expelling Russian spies. New… Read more Audio
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'What is Peters' interest in Russia?' - Todd McClay
7:16 AM.The government is considering slapping travel bans on some Russians. It comes after the government was mocked for failing to follow the country's traditional allies in expelling Russian spies. New… Read more Audio
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Australia cricket bans Warner, Smith for year after tampering
7:25 AM.Cricket Australia has revealed tampering cheat Cameron Bancroft used sandpaper, and not yellow tape as he claimed, to damage the ball in the recent test against South Africa. It also says the… Read more Audio
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Parker ready for Joshua fight in Cardiff
7:34 AM.He's 6'3" and full of muscle and come Sunday, 26-year-old heavyweight boxing champion Joseph Parker will step into the ring in Cardiff for the biggest fight of his career. Our reporter Clay Wilson is… Read more Audio
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Middlemore staff urge transparency over air quality
7:39 AM.Nurses at Middlemore Hospital want answers on whether the air they're breathing at work is safe. Air monitoring for asbestos is taking place twice a week in the Galbraith building's basement and once… Read more Audio
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Is broadcast rights loss last nail in coffin for SKY?
7:44 AM.The future of SKY TV in New Zealand is looking increasingly uncertain, after it was told it is not the preferred bidder for the broadcasting rights for next year's Rugby World Cup. That's thought to… Read more Audio
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First bowel screening results show at least 8 lives saved
7:50 AM.The lives of eight people have been saved in the first eight months of bowel screening in Hutt Valley and Wairarapa. These are the first results from the first areas to begin screening under a… Read more Audio
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Kaikoura's SH1 back in business full-time
7:55 AM.Kaikoura Mayor Winston Gray says the opening of State Highway 1 to traffic both day and night from next month is the best news the tourist town has had in a long time. The road has been open only… Read more Audio
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When is a diplomat really just a spy?
8:10 AM.The government's handling of Russian spies in New Zealand is being described as a "fiasco". It's now considering slapping travel bans on some Russians, but won't join the more than 20 countries that… Read more Audio
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NZ using firefighting foam banned in Australia
8:18 AM.New Zealand firefighters are using foams that most of Australia ditched years ago over environmental and health fears. This country is also using an old way of testing the foams that misses some nasty… Read more Audio
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New antibiotic test gives hope for future
8:21 AM.A new family of antibiotics could help fight the superbug MRSA that's resistant to most current antibiotics.
University of Auckland microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles, says that's good news for New… Read more Audio
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Sir Bob Jones weighs in on Joseph Parker's odds
8:27 AM.New Zealand boxer Joseph Parker says it would just take one clean hit to get his opponent Anthony Joshua out of the ring. In three days the heavyweights will face off in front of 80,000 people in… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 29 March 2018
8:32 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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The robots are coming for the rodents: AI in NZ
8:38 AM.Artificial intelligence has often been portrayed as a dangerous threat in sci-fi films, but a two-day event in Auckland is stepping away from fantasy and investigating the real life uses for this… Read more Audio
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Mycoplasma Bovis: Imported bull semen most likely cause
8:44 AM.Investigators appear to be closing in on how the cattle disease mycoplasma bovis got in to the country. Three properties have been raided by the Ministry for Primary Industries which says that the… Read more Audio
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MPI facing tougher battle with cow disease
8:48 AM.The Ministry for Primary Industries' investigation of how cow disease mycoplasma bovis arrived in New Zealand focused on three properties on Wednesday, which were raided by ministry officials. But as… Read more Audio
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Insight: NZ Wars heritage trail planned - Nanaia Mahuta
8:54 AM.A heritage trail of the New Zealand Wars battle sites around the country is in the pipeline.
The Minister of Māori Development, Nanaia Mahuta, says it would be a way to help educate New Zealanders… Read more Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:56 AM.We cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio