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 30 July 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'12"
06:16
Pacific News for 30 July 2014
The latest from the Pacific region.
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Duration: 2'32"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 30 July 2014
News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 4'00"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 30 July 2014
Ngati Hine claimants are about to bump two people off the authority set up to negotiate the Ngapuhi treaty settlement; Moerewa's community trust says if people know of whanau who still need help after the big Northland storm they should let it know; The actor Cliff Curtis is dismissing claims that he publicly supports the Mana Party; An academic specialising in mental health research says he expects kaupapa Maori services in the sector to keep growing.
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Duration: 3'29"
06:38
Maori Party reject Jamie Whyte's claims about race-based laws
The Maori Party says the Act Party's stance on what it calls race-based law has no place in New Zealand politics.
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Duration: 1'50"
06:48
Fonterra slashes its milk payout by a dollar to 6 dollars
Fonterra has cut its forecast payout for the milk season which began last month by a dollar to 6 dollars a kilo of milk solids.
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Duration: 3'13"
06:52
Utilities aren't doing enough to stop cyber attacks
A new survey indicates the majority of New Zealand and Australian organisations, responsible for providing critical infrastructure, aren't doing enough to prevent serious cyber attacks.
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Duration: 2'08"
06:54
Economic activity in Canterbury reaches a post-quake peak
Economic activity in Canterbury reached its fastest pace in July since the 2010/2011 earthquakes.
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Duration: 1'52"
06:56
BNZ is the lead bank funding the Transmission Gully PPP project
The Bank of New Zealand is leading the banking consortium which will fund the one billion dollar Transmission Gully public-private partnership project near Wellington.
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Duration: 48"
06:57
Green Cross Health looking for opportunities to expand
The chair of Green Cross Health says the company is looking for opportunities to expand its primary healthcare business.
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Duration: 1'47"
06:58
Morning Markets for 30 July 2014
Wall Street is flat.
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Duration: 45"
07:06
Sports News for 30 July 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'19"
07:09
Act Party calls against race-based laws
The Act Party has stepped up its rhetoric against what it calls race-based law, claiming that Maori are legally privileged in New Zealand today.
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Duration: 8'50"
07:20
NZFirst will not take part in race-based politics
Staying with this emerging pre-election race debate, and the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is ruling out any post-election deal in September involving either the Maori Party or Mana.
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Duration: 6'06"
07:27
Renewed attention on dairying and water quality
Fish and Game says it has yet to receive an assurance from the Conservation Minister, Nick Smith that it is not going to be stripped of its statutory role to speak up in defence of water quality.
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Duration: 2'43"
07:29
Fish and Game says ball still in minister's court
The chief executive of Fish and Game, Bryce Johnson who has joined us in our Wellington studio.
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Duration: 3'58"
07:41
Laila Harre to stand in John Key's Helensville electorate
The Internet Party Leader Laila Harré is to stand in John Key's Helensville electorate this election.
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Duration: 6'07"
07:48
Australians fighting for ISIS flaunt gruesome beheading pictures
Australia is reeling after the revelation that two Australians fighting for ISIS in Iraq have posed in gruesome beheading photos and posted the photos on twitter.
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Duration: 4'18"
07:48
Gold and silver for NZ in men's mountain bike
New Zealand swimmer, Lauren Boyle, has won gold in the 400-metres freestyle at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in a record time.
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Duration: 3'44"
07:56
Pacific Island leaders to discuss changes to fishing rules
Changes to rules for foreign vessels to fish in Pacific waters are on the agenda at an island leaders summit in Palau today.
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Duration: 2'49"
08:06
Sports News for 30 July 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'30"
08:09
Maori Party says Act's claims have no place in NZ politics
The Maori Party says Act's stance on what it calls race-based law has no place in New Zealand politics.
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Duration: 6'22"
08:18
Federated Farmers says 20% of farmers will make a loss
Federated Farmers says a predicted drop in milk payouts will leave 20 percent of dairy farmers unable to make a profit.
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Duration: 2'33"
08:20
First time home buyers are finding its easier to get a loan
The latest figures show 6 point 7 percent, or 297 million dollars, of new lending went to those with less than a 20 percent deposit in June.
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Duration: 2'38"
08:23
CAA failed to take action over balloon pilot complaints
An inquest has been told several complaints had been made to the Civil Aviation Authority about the pilot of a hot-air balloon which crashed in Wairarapa in 2012 killing all 11 people on board.
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Duration: 3'11"
08:27
Train drivers more likely to be in fatal accidents than not
Train drivers in the South Island are demanding more is done to prevent fatal crashes with motorists at level crossings as more drivers are being involved in fatalities than ever before.
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Duration: 4'06"
08:36
NZ company hopes to launch rocket next year
New Zealand-based aerospace company Rocket Lab has entered the space race saying it can launch satellites into orbit at a fraction of what overseas companies charge.
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Duration: 4'07"
08:40
Mountain bike gold winner
New Zealand's won three golds in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this morning.
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Duration: 2'59"
08:46
Te Manu Korihi News for 30 July 2014
The actor Cliff Curtis is dismissing claims that he publicly supports the Mana Party; Whanau heading for Waitangi Tribunal hearings in Tai Tokerau next week will have a long detour around roads still blocked after the recent big storm; The chief executive of Ngati Porou Hauora, says the cost of its Maori health service is becoming hard to sustain; Moerewa's community trust says if people know of whanau who still need help after the big Northland storm they should let it know.
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Duration: 3'31"
08:48
New Zealand Independent Coalition political party launched
The Independent MP Brendan Horan is confident he will get his new party into parliament despite still being the focus of a police investigation.
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Duration: 3'06"
08:51
NZer representing Norfolk Island at Games competes at 56
Four a half thousand athletes are in Glasgow to take on the best the Commonwealth can offer, but one New Zealander there is battling, and seemingly beating, the toughest competitor of all: Time.
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Duration: 2'42"
08:54
New website aims to do away with red tape with a mouse click
Have you ever been frustrated searching for information on government websites and not being able to find it?
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Duration: 2'21"
08:56
Mutton and Mash pie the ultimate winner at Pie Awards
Lamb and kumara mash encased in pastry was the winning combination at this year's Supreme Pie Awards.
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Duration: 2'38"