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 September 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'15"
06:19
Pacific News for 17 September 2014
The latest from the Pacific region.
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Duration: 2'43"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 17 September 2014
News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 3'51"
06:26
Te Manu Korihi News for 17 September 2014
An Auckland tribal leader is threatening legal action to stop one of the Government's new fast tracked housing developments, if the council doesn't consult with mana whenua. The United Sub-tribes of Ngapuhi says the Minister of Justice, Chris Finlayson, should be ashamed of himself for criticising the Waitangi Tribunal. The Green Party says people with new-born babies will get a flax woven sleeping pod, called a wahakura, if it's voted into Government. The Maori Party has launched its new Whanau Ora policy.
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Duration: 3'27"
06:38
Overseas land sale threatens survival of tourism company
A tourism company in Canterbury says it faces closure after being barred from running four-wheel-drive tours on a high country station by the station's new American owners.
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Duration: 1'54"
06:47
Dairy prices unchanged
Dairy prices are unchanged from two weeks ago, while benchmark whole milk powder prices rose by 0.6 percent in the international auction overnight.
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Duration: 24"
06:50
Stationery success points the way for the Red Sheds
Analysts are still sceptical about The Warehouse's recovery strategy but the boss points to his success in turning around the Blue Sheds as evidence the company's main earner will soon come right.
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Duration: 3'07"
06:51
The NZ Super Fund continues to outperform its benchmark rates
The NZ Super Fund continues to outperform its benchmark rates, beating the passive reference by just over one percent and treasury bills by almost 5-and-a-quarter percent.
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Duration: 34"
06:52
Te Tumu Paeroa teams with Mint Asset Management
Te Tumu Paeroa, the Maori Trustee, has chosen the boutique fund manager, Mint Asset Management, as its investment partner.
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Duration: 1'33"
06:53
New territories on hit-list for Esquires Coffee Houses
Cooks Global Foods says the sky's the limit for its franchised chain, Esquires Coffee Houses.
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Duration: 1'59"
06:54
Pyne Gould wants to up its EPIC stake, remove two directors
Pyne Gould says it wants to increase its shareholding in EPIC from 27 percent up to 49 percent.
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Duration: 1'38"
06:56
Andrew Ferrier, the new chair of Orion Health: no word on IPO
Former Fonterra chief executive, Andrew Ferrier, is the new chair of healthcare software company, Orion Health.
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Duration: 1'42"
06:58
Morning markets for 17 September 2014
Wall Street is up so far in the day as investors bet that the Federal Reservewon't be in a hurry to raise rates.
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Duration: 1'36"
07:06
Sports News for 17 September 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'18"
07:10
US journalist promises more spying revelations
The Pulitzer-Prize winning American journalist Glenn Greenwald says the extent to which New Zealand has spied on countries regarded as allies as well as on Pacific neighbours will be revealed within weeks.
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Duration: 3'17"
07:14
Nicky Hager explains global spying links
We'll be talking to Glenn Greenwald later on Morning Report, but joining us now is Nicky Hager.
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Duration: 5'53"
07:21
Political Reporters on the campaign trail
It's the last week of the campaign so how has the spying revelations gone down on the campaign trail.
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Duration: 5'34"
07:25
NZ jobs at risk after OIO approves farm sale to foreigners
The future of a Canterbury adventure tourism company is in doubt after it was barred from using a Canterbury high country station by the station's new American owners.
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Duration: 5'42"
07:36
Top US general open to using ground troops to combat ISIS
The top US military chief, General Martin Dempsey, says US ground forces could be deployed against Islamic State militants.
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Duration: 5'07"
07:41
Polls open in Fiji election
The polling booths have just opened in Fiji's first election since the 2006 coup.
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Duration: 2'57"
07:44
Fears restructuring could weaken Maori TV's independence
Some Maori leaders say a restructuring of Maori Television is politically motivated and will compromise the channel's independence.
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Duration: 3'26"
07:47
IT specialist discusses NSA request to have Wellington office
Joining us now is the forensic IT investigator Daniel Ayers.
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Duration: 6'04"
07:55
Has household income inequality changed in the last 20 years?
Household income inequality has been a hot topic in the lead up to this election.
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Duration: 4'19"
08:07
Sports News for 17 September 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'22"
08:12
Guardian journalist says Greenwald is New Zealand claims
Further revelations have been promised on the extent to which New Zealand has spied on other countries.
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Duration: 4'08"
08:16
National's Campaign Manager
Joining us is National's Campaign Manager, and front bench MP Steven Joyce.
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Duration: 6'05"
08:22
Business could close after being barred by foreign land owner
A company running four-wheel-drive tours says it has been barred from using a Canterbury high country station by its new American owners and may have to close as a result.
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Duration: 3'08"
08:25
Dairy prices hold steady after five successive declines
In the latest global dairy trade auction, dairy prices have held steady after five successive declines, remaining near two-year lows.
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Duration: 2'37"
08:28
Iwi threatens legal action to stop housing development
An Auckland iwi is threatening legal action to stop one of the Government's new fast tracked housing developments, if the council doesn't consult with mana whenua.
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Duration: 2'51"
08:31
Markets Update for 17 September 2014
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 1'46"
08:37
Glenn Greenwald talks what more might come out on spying
Investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald is hinting he has more up his sleeve.
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Duration: 6'44"
08:44
US extends its strike power in Iraq
United States military aircraft have targeted ISIS locations in Iraq, with a strike southwest of Baghdad the closest yet to the Iraqi capital since the campaign began.
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Duration: 3'41"
08:47
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security statment
Cheryl Gwyn, Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security has entered the debate on mass surveillance in a just released statement.
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Duration: 1'02"
08:50
Te Manu Korihi News for 17 September 2014
The United Sub-tribes of Ngapuhi says the Minister of Justice, Chris Finlayson, should be ashamed of himself for criticising the Waitangi Tribunal. An Auckland tribal leader is threatening legal action to stop one of the Government's new fast tracked housing developments. The Green Party says people with new-born babies will get a flax woven sleeping pod, called a wahakura, if it's voted into Government. The Māori Party has launched its Whanau Ora policy and says it wants to retain and expand the philosophy.
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Duration: 3'30"
08:54
Locals prepare to take protest and court action
Locals from a small Coromandel town are preparing to take protest and court action to stop a company resuming mining in the Karangahake Gorge.
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Duration: 3'44"