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 12 August 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
People:
Duration: 1'52"
06:18
Pacific News for 12 August 2014
The latest from the Pacific region.
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Duration: 2'56"
06:24
Morning Rural News for 12 August 2014
News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 3'59"
06:28
Te Manu Korihi News for 12 August 2014
A Glen Innes community leader has told the Labour Party there is huge fear and panic for Maori over the Government's Tamaki Redevelopment housing project. A Maori Party candidate says it makes sense for Marae to put up political billboards, because it is the ideal location to discuss election issues. Europeans are more likely to drink alcohol than Maori and Pasifika people, who are over 64 years old. A new Maori web series aims to create more risqué comedy to appeal to a younger audience.
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Duration: 3'39"
06:40
Opposition claims Helensville meeting was stacked
Opposition politicians are complaining last night's candidates' meeting in the Prime Minister's electorate of Helensville was stacked against them.
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Duration: 2'50"
06:50
Vista looks to the Hollywood film market for expansion opportunites
The global cinema software developer, Vista Group International, will use some of the funds it raised in its float to broaden the range of software it offers.
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Duration: 1'44"
06:52
NZX expects a steady flow of new listings despite short-term snags
NZX says rising geo-political risks and the uncertainties of New Zealand's general election, and the forming of the next government, may temporarily depress the number of companies deciding to list.
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Duration: 3'01"
06:55
Augusta sees all growth linked to funds management, syndication
The head of Augusta Capital says its future growth will come from funds management and property syndication.
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Duration: 2'16"
06:57
Morning markets for 12 August 2014
The New Zealand dollar is currently trading at 84.57 US cents, 91.3 Australian cents, 50.88 British pence, point-6317 euro, 86.4 yen and 5.2 renminbi.
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Duration: 1'17"
07:06
Sports News for 12 August 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'18"
07:10
Labour candidate denies deliberate anti-Semitic slur
Labour leader David Cunliffe has put his party's Rangitata candidate Steven Gibson on notice for calling John Key a Shylock.
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Duration: 2'40"
07:13
Cunliffe places Labour candidate on final warning
Labour leader David Cunliffe says he's placed Steven Gibson on a final warning.
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Duration: 3'28"
07:16
Hundreds turn out to Helensville meeting but rules stymie debate
John Key's one and only debate in his Helensville electorate was held last night and it attracted hundreds hoping for a fiery electorate debate.
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Duration: 2'15"
07:18
Radio New Zealand political editor discusses Helensville meeting
Our political editor Brent Edwards was at the Helensville meeting last night and joins us.
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Duration: 3'42"
07:24
Police continuing to search for evidence in Queensland death
A man who's been questioned by police about the death of a Lower Hutt woman in Queensland has emerged online to deny he caused her death.
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Duration: 3'02"
07:26
Iraq faces new political crisis
Iraq is facing a new political crisis with potentially violent consequences.
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Duration: 6'17"
07:37
Beneficiary advocates label plan to extend pre-paid cards 'degrading'
A plan to extend controls on how young people on benefits spend their money is being labeled degrading by some of those who work with beneficiaries.
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Duration: 2'17"
07:39
Mangawhai ratepayers want to fight on
Mangawhai ratepayers have voted to fight on through the courts over paying rates to cover loans they never knew about.
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Duration: 3'30"
07:44
Israel, Hamas truce appears to be holding
A new 72-hour truce between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding as negotiators for the two sides returned to talks mediated by Egyptians in Cairo.
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Duration: 6'25"
07:50
South Canterbury Finance trial draws to a close
The country's longest running and most expensive criminal fraud trial will draw to a close this week as the defence lawyers for three former South Canterbury Finance directors begin summing up at the High Court in Timaru today.
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Duration: 3'48"
07:59
Flurry of listings boosts profits for NZX
A flurry of listings on the stock exchange has boosted the profits of the stock market operator NZX.
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Duration: 4'21"
08:06
Sports News for 12 August 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
People:
Duration: 1'59"
08:10
Election campaign mud-slinging underway
The election campaign is barely underway and its already getting dirty.
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Duration: 2'59"
08:12
Seymour accuses Labour of dirty tactics in Epsom
The ACT Party's David Seymour is accusing the Labour Party of trying to undermine his campaign with dirty tactics.
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Duration: 3'06"
08:17
Labour leader says GP visit policy is good news for elderly
The Labour leader David Cunliffe is rejecting suggestions that his party's health policy targets the wrong group, with its offer of free doctor visits for the over 65s.
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Duration: 3'36"
08:22
Thosuands displaced by ISIS advance in Iraq
The Iraqi air force and Kurdish peshmerga fighters have carried out a rescue mission, taking supplies to the many thousands of people who have fled to the Sinjar mountains.
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Duration: 4'21"
08:27
Third ever colossal squid to be found donated to Te Papa
For just the third time ever, a whole colossal squid has been fished from the sea - and scientists at Te Papa will get the chance to examine it.
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Duration: 3'39"
08:29
Markets Update for 12 August 2014
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 1'09"
08:36
Local Government meets Central Government
We've been reporting this morning about the sometimes ugly side of the election campaign, but not so at a Local Government debate last night.
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Duration: 3'07"
08:38
Fish farms under the DNA microscope to check environmental impact
New Zealand scientists have come up with a new way of checking if fish farms are harming the environment.
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Duration: 2'15"
08:42
Te Manu Korihi News for 12 August 2014
A Glen Innes community leader has told the Labour Party there is huge fear and panic for Maori over the Government's Tamaki Redevelopment housing project. A Maori Party candidate says it makes sense for Marae to put up political billboards, because it is the ideal location to discuss election issues. Europeans are more likely to drink alcohol than Maori and Pasifika people, who are over 64 years old. A new Maori web series aims to create more risqué comedy to appeal to a younger audience.
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Duration: 3'35"
08:45
Launch of expedition to cross four major ice caps
An ambitious expedition to conquer the world's four largest ice caps in three years gets underway this weekend.
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Duration: 2'58"
08:48
Nepal hikes insurance for Sherpas after avalanche
Nepal's government has hiked the insurance foreign mountaineers have to pay for their Sherpa guides.
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Duration: 2'51"
08:52
New Zealand acts receive glowing reviews at Edinburgh festival
Four-star reviews, sell-out shows, and an American producer flying over to check out an act.
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Duration: 4'01"
08:56
Palau sets sights on more tourists after Pacific leaders' summit
A lake full of jellyfish that have lost their sting and a sanctuary for sharks.
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Duration: 2'59"