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Morning Report for Wednesday 11 April 2018
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Top Stories for Wednesday 11 April 2018
6:00 AM.Stormy weather batters Auckland overnight, Stormy weather: Auckland Transport urges drivers to stay home, Taranaki storm: Twister tears through Rahotu, Storm chaos: National Park hit by winds, ice… Read more Audio
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Weather chaos: Thousands without power in Auckland
6:10 AM.Tens of thousands of people are without power in Auckland this morning as a severe storm continues to batter the city. Vector says more than 100,000 homes have had power outages overnight. MetService… Read more Audio
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Pressure mounts over rescue chopper proposal
6:13 AM.Pressure is building on the government to step in and ensure rescue helicopter bases remain in Taupo and Rotorua. The central North Island towns - and Te Anau in the South Island - have been left off… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 11 April 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 11 April 2018
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Weather chaos: Power out, trees down across Auckland
6:41 AM.A severe storm has pummelled Auckland overnight, cutting power to more than 100,000 homes. Trees have been felled, with wind gusts of up to 150km/h in some places. NIWA says the winds were equivalent… Read more Audio
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Taranaki tornado rips through houses
6:44 AM.Winds picked up and remained strong across Taranaki on Tuesday night, where earlier in the morning a tornado ripped through the rural settlement of Rahotu, wrecking several houses. Taranaki Civil… Read more Audio
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Cyclone Keni smashes Fiji's Kadavu Island
6:47 AM.Fiji's Kadavu has suffered a direct hit from Cyclone Keni with its highly destructive winds wiping out homes, uprooting trees and capsizing boats on the south side of the island. It's the second… Read more Audio
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Business News for 11 April 2018
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Stormy weather batters Auckland overnight
7:10 AM.Auckland was pummelled last night by a vicious storm with winds gusting up to 150km/h. Trees were toppled across the city and more than 100,000 homes lost power. NIWA says the gusts were the same… Read more Audio
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Stormy weather: Auckland Transport urges drivers to stay home
7:12 AM.Auckland was hit by a major storm overnight, with westerly winds gusting up to 150km/h in some places. The winds brought down trees and cut power to about 100,000 customers. RNZ reporter Rowan Quinn… Read more Audio
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Taranaki storm: Twister tears through Rahotu
7:15 AM.On Tuesday Taranaki was battered by the storm that later hit Auckland. A tornado tore through the small settlement of Rahotu near Opunake damaging eight houses, some severely. RNZ reporter Robin… Read more Audio
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Storm chaos: National Park hit by winds, ice closes Desert Rd
7:18 AM.As the wild weathe hit Taranaki, the central North Island's National Park was also battered as another tornado destroyed a home and damaged several others. RNZ reporter Andrew McRae has the latest… Read more Audio
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'Massive' fire burns overnight in Thames
7:21 AM.Firefighters in Coromandel have been battling through the night to fight a large fire in an industrial area near Kopu in Thames. About 50 fire officers are still at the scene of Smart Environmental… Read more Audio
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Julia Ratcliffe: From cow paddocks to gold medals
7:25 AM.New Zealand's Julia Ratcliffe won gold in the women's hammer throw at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games last night to claim the team's fourth athletics medal. The 24-year-old was in dominant form… Read more Audio
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Skripal poisoning: Yulia out of hospital, but faces further risks
7:28 AM.Yulia Skripal the daughter of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, has been discharged from the British hospital where the pair have been treated since they were poisoned with a nerve agent last… Read more Audio
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Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg faces Capitol Hill
7:40 AM.Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg for the past hour has been facing a congressional panel over the breach of an estimated 87 million of it's users privacy. A political consultancy company… Read more Audio
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Middlemore rot: 'I don't know what Dr Coleman knows' - Mathias
7:46 AM.Returning to an issue that RNZ has been reporting on for the last few weeks - buildings at Middlemore Hospital that are full of rot and potentially dangerous mould. There's also asbestos present and… Read more Audio
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Pregnancies safe with first-year midwives - Ministry of Health
7:55 AM.The Ministry of Health says new research shows mothers using a first-year midwife have no reason to worry about their baby's safety. It commissioned the study after controversial research by the… Read more Audio
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Auckland storm: Trees down across West Auckland
8:10 AM.Aucklanders are being told to should travel only if they need with many traffic lights out and trees across a lot of roads. At least 100,000 customers are still without electricity across the city… Read more Audio
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Wild weather: What's in store for Wednesday?
8:14 AM.NIWA weather meteorologist Chris Brandolino joins us with a review of the wild weather overnight, and a forecast for Wednesday. Audio
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Kiri Te Kanawa's art collection sells for millions
8:18 AM.The weather didn't keep bidders away from the auction of Kiri Te Kanawa's personal art collection last night. Her collection sold for millions of dollars in Auckland. About a dozen of Dame Kiri's… Read more Audio
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Toxic foam: Regional council doesn't trust NZDF tests
8:21 AM.A regional council is going to do its own tests on fire fighting foam in Manawatu because it doesn't trust those being done by the Defence Force. Horizons Regional Council that oversees firefighting… Read more Audio
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Auckland storm: Power may be out for days - Vector
8:26 AM.Hundreds of thousands of homes in the Auckland region have been affected by power cuts overnight as the city was thrashed by rain and wind gusts. The lines company Vector has crews out around the… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 11 April 2018
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Waitakere tracks closed, pigs culled to stop kauri dieback
8:30 AM.An Auckland Councillor says the decision to close more of the Waitakere Ranges is the only way to stop further spread of kauri dieback disease. From the start of May the park's forested areas will… Read more Audio
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Heroic rescuers of 2017 recongised at awards ceremony
8:42 AM.Some of last year's most heroic rescues have been recognised at an awards ceremony in Wellington. Held on the same day as the Wahine disaster commemorations, the awards also acknowledge the work of… Read more Audio
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'If I assaulted an 86yo I'd be in jail right now'
8:45 AM.A rest home worker convicted of assaulting an elderly dementia patient may face further legal action. In 2016 Sonali Ananta Deo was convicted and discharged at the Hamilton District Court of… Read more Audio
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Silver Ferns facing tough Commonwealth Games test
8:50 AM.After this week's shock loss to Malawi, the Silver Ferns will be looking to get their Commonwealth Games campaign back on track when they play England. The New Zealanders have lost to England three… Read more Audio
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More work to do on NZ gender attitudes - Women's Council
8:55 AM.One in five New Zealanders believe it's not ok for boys to play with dolls. That's one of the findings from a survey on gender attitudes commissioned by the National Council of Women last night. The… Read more Audio