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 17 July 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'42"
06:18
Pacific News for 17 July 2014
The latest from the Pacific region.
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Duration: 2'41"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 17 July 2014
News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 4'07"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 17 July 2014
Police leadership is getting a shake-up, with plans to appoint a dozen new Maori inspectors. The senior officers will work alongside district commanders to ensure they meet targets to cut prosecution rates for Maori. Members of a Palmerston North tribe are demanding to see the results of how people voted over the setting up of a body that would handle an urban authority's Treaty settlement. A Maori development academic says New Zealand has entered an extraordinary time with more and more politicians campaigning about Te Reo Rangatira. An upcoming hui for Te Tai Tokerau iwi chairs hopes to explore, which Marae in their rohe could be used as civil defence hubs in the future.
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Duration: 3'26"
06:49
Weaker inflation, dairy prices raise questions about rate hikes
Most economists still expect the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates again later this month but it's no longer the absolute certainty it was.
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Duration: 3'40"
06:52
Speculators will have to pay a high price to exit the NZ dollar
Speculators will have to pay a high price to move on from the New Zealand dollar.
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Duration: 2'12"
06:55
Maersk moves its Southern Star service back to Tauranga
The Maersk shipping line is moving its Southern Star service back to the Port of Tauranga just a year after moving it to Ports of Auckland.
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Duration: 1'33"
06:58
Productivity Commission recommends changes to regulations
The Productivity Commission has released a report recommending a number of changes aimed at improving the performance of New Zealand's large and complex regulatory system.
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Duration: 2'47"
07:06
Sports News for 17 July 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'09"
07:10
Crown lawyers spend more than 20 thousand hours on Kim Dotcom
The bill for America's bid to extradite Kim Dotcom has run into the millions of dollars, with lawyers working for the Crown clocking up more than 20-thousand hours of work on the case.
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Duration: 4'02"
07:15
Swedish court to rule on lifting Julian Assange arrest warrant
A Swedish court has decided to uphold the arrest warrant issued against the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on charges of sexual assault.
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Duration: 2'53"
07:17
Dutch liable over Srebrenica deaths
The Dutch government has been found liable for the deaths of more than 300 Bosnian Muslims, who were expelled from a United Nations compound in Srebrenica during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia in 1995.
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Duration: 4'19"
07:22
Soldier was highly experienced in alpine activities
The Australian Defence Force says its Special Forces soldier who died yesterday on Aoraki Mount Cook was highly qualified and experienced in alpine, mountain and altitude activities.
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Duration: 2'48"
07:25
Search to resume for missing truckie
Police are to use an infra red camera this morning when they resume their search the driver of a freight truck which crashed yesterday morning.
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Duration: 1'52"
07:29
Hamas says its attacks on Israel will continue
Four children playing on a beach in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli strike, as the death toll from nine days of conflict passes 200.
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Duration: 6'49"
07:39
Councils search through records for Anthony Major connections
Councils in Southland and Otago are searching through hundreds of building consents in their districts to determine what buildings the strutural engineer, Anthony Major, was involved in.
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Duration: 6'04"
07:45
NZDF member could be charged over Niue damage
A member of the New Zealand Defence Force who reportedly caused 50 thousand dollars worth of damage to a Niue hotel may be charged over the incident.
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Duration: 3'59"
07:51
Government accused of downplaying power prices
The Labour Party says the Energy Minister can't keep downplaying increasing power prices.
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Duration: 3'13"
07:55
DOC joins residents to fight pests
The part-time residents of one of New Zealand's most isolated settlements are to join with the Department of Conservation to help protect wildlife in the area.
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Duration: 3'01"
07:57
Nasa scientists believe in extraterrestrial life
If you believe in aliens, you're not alone, some of Nasa's top scientists and former astronauts believe it too.
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Duration: 2'51"
08:07
Sports News for 17 July 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'57"
08:10
IPCA to release report into police handling of Dotcom
A report on how the police handled complaints about illegal spying by the Government Communications Security Bureau will be made public this morning.
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Duration: 7'03"
08:20
Inflation steady but some prices up
The latest inflation figures show the prices of consumer goods and services held steady in the second quarter of the year.
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Duration: 6'39"
08:28
New Plymouth crowd hears kayaker's trans-Tasman experience
For almost three months, Scott Donaldson battled with the elements in an attempt to be the first person to kayak solo across the Tasman.
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Duration: 3'23"
08:32
Markets Update for 17 July 2014
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 1'33"
08:38
Philippines typhoon not as bad as expected but dozens dead
At least 10 people are dead in the Philippines after a category 2 typhoon hit.
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Duration: 3'09"
08:43
Nelson's shopping heart may be at risk from online competition
A number of high profile businesses have shut up shop in Nelson's cbd.
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Duration: 3'09"
08:48
Te Manu Korihi News for 17 July 2014
Police leadership is getting a shake-up, with plans to appoint a dozen new Maori inspectors. An upcoming hui for Te Tai Tokerau iwi chairs hopes to explore, which Marae in their rohe could be used as civil defence hubs in the future. The Ministry of Education says there are about twenty five percent of Maori Medium kura which are connected to free internet as part of a project to have fast broadband in schools across the country. A Maori development academic says New Zealand has entered an extraordinary time with more and more politicians campaigning about Te Reo Rangatira.
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Duration: 3'10"
08:52
Government criticised for mining exploration in Maui's area
An independent marine mammal scientist says it's foolhardy to grant exploration permits in protected reserves where the severely endangered Maui's dolphins have been spotted.
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Duration: 3'23"
08:55
Statistics NZ detail grocery list changes in last 100 years
Tapioca, tripe, treacle and sago are unlikely to be must have's on your grocery list, but Statistics New Zealand says a hundred years ago they were just that.
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Duration: 4'14"