Morning Report is a news and current affairs programme on Radio New Zealand National. It broadcasts nationwide every weekday morning for three hours and covers major national and international stories, as well as business, sport, Pacific and Māori news. The following rundown is supplied from the broadcaster’s website (note internationally sourced news packages may not necessarily appear in the rundown):
06:06
Sports News for 3 June 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'45"
06:16
Pacific News for 3 June 2014
The latest from the Pacific region.
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Duration: 2'50"
06:21
Morning Rural News for 3 June 2014
News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 4'03"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 3 June 2014
The central North Island tribe, Tuwharetoa, says it's owed 1 point 75 billion dollars by power firms which have failed to pay for the use of Lake Taupo; A Te Rarawa man acknowledged on the Queen's birthday honours list says his award is not really about him, but rather an accolade to his tupuna who nurtured him to carry on their work; Iwi leaders have been challenged to pay more attention to getting their people up to speed on money matters; Maori politicians have been assured that sub-tribes of the Northland iwi Ngapuhi won't be locked out of discussions on their specific interests.
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Duration: 6'31"
06:39
Transport Agency researching solution to tourist road crashes
Five people have been killed on the roads over Queen's birthday weekend, the deaths of four of those killed are being linked to foreign drivers.
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Duration: 2'56"
06:47
Kiwibank, Westpac win in mortgage market
Overall mortgage lending by registered banks shrank to a little over 2.1 billion dollars in the three months ended March compared with 2.75 billion in the three months ended December last year.
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Duration: 1'34"
06:50
Another organisation opposes Abano's dissident shareholders
Yet another organisation has come out against moves by two major shareholders to unseat Abano Healthcare's chairman, Trevor Janes.
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Duration: 4'10"
06:50
Australian proposals over consumer protections meet opposition
A backlash is growing against proposals to weaken consumer protections against compromised financial advice.
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Duration: 2'38"
07:06
Sports News for 3 June 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'12"
07:10
Call for more tourist driving training after weekend deaths
A Dutch man was charged with careless driving causing death after three people died near Rakaia on Saturday and another person died in a crash on Coromandel Peninsula that also involved a foreign driver.
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Duration: 3'32"
07:12
Police disappointed at number of road toll deaths over weekend
The assistant commissioner of road policing, Dave Cliff, says all serious and fatal crashes are tragedies.
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Duration: 4'20"
07:13
Police disappointed at number of road toll deaths over weekend
The assistant commissioner of road policing, Dave Cliff, says all serious and fatal crashes are tragedies. But he says a lot is already being done to educate foreign drivers and fatal crashes involving overseas drivers make up only a small percentage of road deaths.
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Duration: 16'15"
07:13
Police disappointed at number of road toll deaths over weekend
The assistant commissioner of road policing, Dave Cliff, says all serious and fatal crashes are tragedies. But he says a lot is already being done to educate foreign drivers and fatal crashes involving overseas drivers make up only a small percentage of road deaths.
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Duration: 16'49"
07:18
Motorcycling New Zealand to told inquiry over teenager's death
Motorcycling New Zealand is holding an inquiry into the death of a teenager in North Canterbury over the weekend.
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Duration: 3'24"
07:21
Row erupts over a US/Taliban hostage exchange
The fallout from a dramatic deal with the United State's government and the Taliban that lead to the release of an American soldier is growing.
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Duration: 6'58"
07:28
Russel Norman defends carbon tax policy
A policy that will slash New Zealanders' standards of living, and penalise efficient farmers. They're just a couple of the criticisms being levelled at the Greens plan to scrap the emissions trading scheme and replace it with a tax on carbon.
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Duration: 4'00"
07:35
Labour finally chooses candidate for Tamaki Makaurau
The Labour Party has finally chosen a candidate for the Tamaki Makaurau seat after a drawn-out and messy selection process.
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Duration: 5'46"
07:42
Samoa makes the case for AB match
The Samoan Prime Minister used some of his time with John Key during his Pacific Mission to push the case for the All Blacks to play a test match in Samoa, before next year's Rugby World Cup.
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Duration: 3'20"
07:45
CTU calls for ban on importation of all asbestos products
The Council of Trade Unions wants all imports of asbestos banned as soon as possible.
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Duration: 5'27"
07:54
Calls grow for 2022 World Cup re-vote
The fate of the 2022 football World Cup could be decided within weeks after an announcement by the man leading the probe into how Qatar won the right to host it , he will complete his investigation next week.
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Duration: 4'19"
08:05
Sports News for 3 June 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'19"
08:10
Should the Government revisit testing for foreign drivers?
Five people have died on the roads over Queen's Birthday weekend.
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Duration: 7'27"
08:15
Government says Greens' carbon tax unrealistic
The Government says the national standard of living would be under threat if the Greens imposed a carbon tax.
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Duration: 5'31"
08:25
Tauranga council wants special legislation
The Tauranga City Council wants the government to take action to stop housing in Tauranga becoming as unaffordable as real estate in Auckland.
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Duration: 3'17"
08:27
Public transport to Auckland airport to expand slowly
Subsidised public transport services to Auckland airport are expected to improve only gradually over the next years despite the growth in air travel.
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Duration: 1'53"
08:28
Public transport to Auckland airport to expand slowly
Subsidised public transport services to Auckland airport are expected to improve only gradually over the next years despite the growth in air travel.
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Duration: 4'08"
08:29
Markets Update for 3 June 2014
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 1'05"
08:37
Mangrove choppers caught going overboard
A Northland community group's been pulled up for chopping down mangroves it had no right to touch.
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Duration: 3'41"
08:41
New Plymouth pensioner's lucky escape from fur seal
A man attacked by a fur seal on Saturday morning in New Plymouth is likely to need more surgery this week.
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Duration: 2'31"
08:50
King Juan Carlos of Spain abdicates
After nearly forty years on the throne King Juan Carlos of Spain has announced he is abdicating.
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Duration: 2'45"
08:52
Christchurch's container mall to shut for 10 days to move
Retailers in Christchurch's so-called container mall have shut up shop for the next 10 days while the containers are shifted to another spot to allow redevelopment to begin in the quake damaged Cashel Street mall.
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Duration: 3'03"
08:54
Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes.
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Duration: 3'48"
08:59
Geoff Robinson receives honour for services to broadcasting
Geoff Robinson has become an Officer of the Order of Merit for his services to public broadcasting. And another veteran Radio New Zealand broadcaster, Jim Sullivan, a historian and presenter of Sounds Historical, has been recognised with a Queen's Service Medal.
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Duration: 24"