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Morning Report for Thursday 26 April 2018
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Top Stories for Thursday 26 April 2018
6:00 AM.Toronto van attack: Driver in controversial Reddit group, Submarine murder: Inventor Peter Madson gets life in prison, Emergency housing braces for another tough winter, Anzac Day: Crowds turn out for… Read more Audio
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Govt overhaul of welfare system 'imminent'
6:09 AM.The Government's overhaul of the welfare system - promised as part of Labour's confidence and supply agreement with the Greens - is imminent. The Social Development Minister, Carmel Sepuloni, says… Read more Audio
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Students moving schools are falling behind - Treasury report
6:12 AM.A Treasury report shows some children are moving schools five times or more between the ages of 8 and 14 and it's hurting their academic achievement. The working paper on student mobility says 57… Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 26 April 2018
6:20 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 26 April 2018
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Welfare overhaul needs balance - Upston
6:40 AM.Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni says an announcement on the promised overhaul of the welfare system can be expected in the next three to four weeks. Questions have been raised again about… Read more Audio
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Business News for 26 April 2018
6:49 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Toronto van attack: Driver linked to controversial online group
7:10 AM.Alek Minassian, the van driver accused of killing 10 people in Toronto has been linked to a misogynistic online group called Incel. Incel is short for "involuntarily celibate" and in particular refers… Read more Audio
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Submarine murder: Inventor Peter Madson gets life in prison
7:18 AM.Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been sentenced to life in prison. Madsen was convicted of murdering and mutilating the body of freelance journalist Kim Wall (Vahl) after she boarded his home-made… Read more Audio
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Emergency housing braces for another tough winter
7:22 AM.The Housing Minister, Phil Twyford, says the government is doing everything it can to mobilise extra resources ahead of another gruelling winter for the country's homeless. Emergency housing providers… Read more Audio
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Anzac Day: Crowds turn out for 103rd commemoration
7:26 AM.People across the country turned out in droves for Anzac Day services commemorating the men and women who've served New Zealand. Yesterday marked the hundred and third anniversary of the Gallipoli… Read more Audio
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Gallipoli bus fire: Passports, belongings lost
7:28 AM.A New Zealand woman who escaped from a bus that went up in flames while travelling to Gallipoli says a lot of people lost all their belongings. The bus carrying Australians and a group of fifteen New… Read more Audio
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Major Auckland transport projects announced
7:38 AM.A new 10-year funding package for Auckland transport will be released on Thursday by Transport Minister Phil Twyford and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff. Minister of Transport Phil Twyford discusses the… Read more Audio
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Green Party to stand in Northcote by-election
7:41 AM.The Green Party has decided to stand a candidate in the upcoming Northcote by-election. That will be held in June and was triggered by the resignation of National's Jonathan Coleman, who won the seat… Read more Audio
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Work & Income overhaul: Families in need 'can't wait'
7:45 AM.Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni says an announcement on the promised overhaul of the welfare system can be expected in the next three to four weeks.
Questions have been raised again about… Read more Audio
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PSA 'disappointed' in Jones' bureacracy comments
7:50 AM.New Zealand First Cabinet Minister Shane Jones says politicians need more control over the state sector. By law, state sector workers must be politically neutral. But Mr Jones says the government… Read more Audio
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Veteran remembers the Māori Battalion
7:55 AM.One of the last three living soldiers of the 28th Māori Battalion attended the dawn service in his hometown of Masterton yesterday. Ninety-six-year-old Epineha Ratapu served in the battalion's C… Read more Audio
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Govt bureaucracy needs 'political laxative' - Shane Jones
8:10 AM.The New Zealand First cabinet minister, Shane Jones, says he wants to "soften the line" between governance and bureaucracy. In an interview with Stuff, Mr Jones describes the bureaucratic system as… Read more Audio
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Emmanuel Macron in US - analysis
8:17 AM.French President Emmanuel Macron has wrapped up a three-day state visit to the United States with a speech to congress in Washington. In it he said he hoped Mr Trump would reconsider joining the Paris… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 26 April 2018
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Dominion Museum urges govt for funding
8:34 AM.The owners of an historic building that houses Sir Peter Jackson's Great War exhibition say they want it back, and are urging the Governmment to end uncertainty about its future. For the past four… Read more Audio
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Notorious 'Golden State Killer' arrested
8:40 AM.A 72-year-old former police officer has been arrested in the decades-old "Golden State Killer" case in California. Joseph James DeAngelo was arrested without a struggle in Citrus Heights in Sacramento… Read more Audio
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'Jumping through hoops' pushing up building costs
8:40 AM.A group of fire engineers say illegal demands from councils are pushing their design fees up by thousands of dollars without improving safety. They have now obtained a legal opinion that says councils… Read more Audio
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Auckland building owners seek second opinions on quake checks
8:45 AM.More than 150 Auckland building owners have opted to shell out thousands of dollars in a bid to reconsider their earthquake prone status. After earthquake assessment legislation was passed last year… Read more Audio
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Treasury report shows scale of transient student problem
8:50 AM.Treasury research shows NCEA pass rates plummet and truancy rises if children move schools a lot. It says schools need to share information about transient students quickly and effectively, but a… Read more Audio
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Black cockatoo flees Auckland Zoo for North Shore
8:55 AM.A cockatoo that escaped during a flight training at Auckland Zoo has been returned safely to the keepers, after a night out. Mabo the red-tail cocktatoo was on his second free-flight training session… Read more Audio