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 1 September 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'54"
06:10
Goff welcomes call to appear at SIS inquiry
The Labour MP Phil Goff says he hopes an inquiry into the handling of an official information request to the country's spy agency will establish whether the blogger Cameron Slater received preferential treatment.
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Duration: 3'12"
06:18
Pacific News for 1 September 2014
The latest from the Pacific region.
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Duration: 2'49"
06:23
Morning Rural News for 1 September 2014
News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 4'00"
06:28
Te Manu Korihi News for 1 September 2014
A group which opposes the Marine and Coastal Act, has been granted permission to be heard on an iwi's application for customary marine title in Ikaroa-Rawhiti. A Whanganui Maori development organisation is aiming to get 500 submissions to restrict the sale of synthetic drugs in the city. The Maori Medical Practitioners Association says it's watching very closely to see who takes over the reigns as the Associate Minister of Health after the next election. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research says the gills of juvenile snapper in Kaipara Harbour are mutating due to an increase in sediment on the sea floor and their numbers are dropping.
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Duration: 3'27"
06:40
National Party's conduct under scrutiny
Calls for a Royal Commission into the National Party's conduct are growing as more allegations emerge of intimating and underhand tactics by Ministers and their staff.
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Duration: 2'26"
06:48
S&P cuts Fonterra's credit rating from "A+" to "A"
The international ratings agency, Standard & Poor's, has cut Fonterra's credit rating from A-plus to A, saying its planned joint venture with a Chinese firm suggests a more aggressive risk appetite than it expected.
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Duration: 1'33"
06:52
KiwiRail didn't have any contingency fund to cover its ferry loss
KiwiRail has revealed it didn't have a contingency fund to cover events such as the loss of one of its ships due to propeller failure.
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Duration: 1'31"
06:53
Kiwibank loses momentum in the mortgage market
Kiwibank's mortgage book grew by well over 1.2 billion dollars in the year ended June but growth tapered off through the year.
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Duration: 2'05"
06:55
Delegat aims to lift sales by 50 percent over the next five years
Delegat Group is aiming to double its sales to Australia, Canada and the United States, over the next five years.
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Duration: 2'48"
06:56
A2 Milk is considering a listing on the Australian sharemarket
A2 Milk is considering a listing on the Australian sharemarket as it continues to roll out its plan to build brand value in key markets around the world.
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Duration: 1'27"
06:58
Investors' attention turns to politics
As the main part of the company reporting season finished, the sharemarket made further gains last week although the New Zealand dollar fell another half a percent against the greenback.
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Duration: 2'01"
07:06
Sports News for 1 September 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'07"
07:12
Labour Party wants Collins' office sealed and John Key's reaction
The Labour Party wants Judith Collins' office sealed and treated as a potential crime scene. John Key responds to this and to questions on the broader issues around the passing of information between parliamentary staff and bloggers.
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Duration: 7'15"
07:18
Labour reaction to Judith Collins resignation
Labour MP Grant Roberston joins us in the studio to discuss Judith Collins' resignation and the enquiry announced by John Key.
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Duration: 4'19"
07:23
Lawyer says inquiry into Collins will be wide-ranging
John Key expects to announce details of an inquiry into the allegations that led to Judith Collins' resignation tomorrow or Wednesday. Public law specialist, Mai Chen, joins us.
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Duration: 5'22"
07:28
Hooton says he was tipped off on Collins email last week
The political commentator and public relations executive Matthew Hooton says he was told last Wednesday that an email damaging to Judith Collins was about to be made public.
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Duration: 7'41"
07:36
RNZ's political editor discusses Collins controversy
We're joined now by Radio New Zealand's political editor, Brent Edwards.
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Duration: 2'29"
07:42
Book breaks down the rights and wrongs of Canterbury rebuild
Promising too much to the people of Christchurch has been identified as one of the biggest mistakes of the city's earthquake recovery.
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Duration: 2'28"
07:47
Nats and Internet-Mana clash at broadcasting debate
National Party MP Maggie Barry and Internet Party leader Laila Harre clashed head-on at a public meeting last night, with personal insults flying in each direction.
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Duration: 3'02"
07:49
Norman launches into the rapids
The Greens' co-leader, Russel Norman, has taken to the water to protest the sale of the Lochinver Station to foreign investors.
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Duration: 2'10"
07:54
Putin urges talks on east Ukraine
The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has - for the first time - spoken defiantly of the need for eastern Ukraine to be given "statehood".
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Duration: 3'12"
07:57
International ratings agency Standard & Poor's has cut Fonterra's credit rating
Fonterra's credit rating has taken a hit after it announced a 615-million dollar investment in China last week.
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Duration: 3'25"
08:06
Sports News for 1 September 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'00"
08:11
Dirty Politics author says Key needs to answer allegations
It now appears an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the former Justice Minister Judith Collins, a series of leaked emails, and her links to right wing bloggers, will take a relatively narrow focus, will take a relatively narrow focus, and not the Royal Commission Opposition parties are demanding.
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Duration: 7'00"
08:20
Former PM: Collins's resignation turning point in digital age
Former Prime Minister and Justice Minister, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, says the resignation of Judith Collins signals a turning point for politics in the digital age.
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Duration: 5'55"
08:24
Key determined Collins scandal won't derail campaign
Mr Key insists the controversy has not derailed National's campaign. Our parliamentary chief reporter, Jane Patterson, was on the campaign trail with him yesterday.
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Duration: 2'17"
08:27
Poverty and special needs top education sector concerns
From Novopay to national standards, education has scarcely been out of the public eye in the three years since the last election.
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Duration: 5'33"
08:33
Markets Update for 1 September 2014
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 1'17"
08:38
Iraqi forces 'reach besieged Amerli'
A combination of Iraqi Army, Shia militias and Kurdish peshmerga fighters have entered the besieged Iraqi town of Amerli where thousands have been surrounded by Islamic State militants for the past two months.
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Duration: 2'51"
08:41
Major UN conference begins in Apia
The world's 52 small island developing states are calling for climate change to be the focus of a major United Nations conference in Samoa this week.
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Duration: 2'52"
08:46
Te Manu Korihi News for 1 September 2014
A group, which opposes the Marine and Coastal Act, has been granted permission to be heard on an iwi's application for customary marine title in Ikaroa-Rawhiti. A Whanganui Maori development organisation is aiming to get 500 submissions to restrict the sale of synthetic drugs in the city. Maori Medical Practitioners Association says it's watching very closely to see who takes over the reigns as the Associate Minister of Health after the next election. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research says the gills of juvenile snapper in Kaipara Harbour are mutating due to an increase in sediment on the sea floor and their numbers are dropping.
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Duration: 3'28"
08:49
Golden campaign for New Zealand rowers
The New Zealand Rowing Team has wrapped up the world champs in Amsterdam, finishing with nine medals, including six gold.
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Duration: 3'31"
08:54
Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
Time to chat to our Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes.
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Duration: 5'09"