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 19 September 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'19"
06:11
Scotland's voters make their choice in independence referendum
Overnight, Scotland's voters began heading to the polls to cast their ballots in a landmark referendum on independence from the United Kingdom.
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Duration: 2'11"
06:13
Ebola vaccine trial begins in Oxford
The death toll in the worst outbreak of the Ebola virus in history has jumped to more than 2,600 people
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Duration: 4'21"
06:20
Pacific News for 19 September 2014
The latest from the Pacific region.
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Duration: 2'48"
06:23
Morning Rural News for 19 September 2014
News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 4'04"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 19 September 2014
The New Zealand Olympic Games Committee is mourning the death of its cultural adviser and kaumatua. The Tertiary Education Union says it's concerned that there are other motives behind the proposed closure of Victoria Univerisity's Maori Business Programme. The Ministry of Maori Development - Te Puni Kokiri wants tangata whenua to gain higher qualifications and better employment, and it's hoping scholarhips in engineering could help them do that. A long time organisation which helps to empower people to achieve heath and well-being through work, culture and leisure has appointed a Maori president, and a Maori organisation name.
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Duration: 3'36"
06:39
Key urges voters to opt for stability
Just one day to go and both the major party leaders have busy days ahead as they make their final pitch to voters before the election.
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Duration: 1'32"
06:41
Terror raids in Sydney and Brisbane cause fear and anxiety
Yesterday's early morning raids on suspected terrorists in Sydney and Brisbane have caused widespread community fear and anxiety.
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Duration: 2'59"
06:47
The government hands Solid Energy a $103 million lifeline
The Government has thrown Solid Energy a financial lifeline that allows the miner to avoid becoming technically insolvent.
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Duration: 1'32"
06:48
Morning markets for 19 September 2014
The S&P 500 and the Dow have hit fresh record highs after the United States Federal Reserve kept its commitment to keeping interest rates low.
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Duration: 1'00"
06:49
Chch airport's annual operating earnings rose nearly 12%
Christchurch International Airport's annual net profit fell nearly 15 percent to just below 16 million dollars reflecting tax adjustments.
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Duration: 2'07"
06:51
Broad-based growth points to a more sustainable economy
The broad economic growth seen in the June quarter points to more sustainable economy.
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Duration: 1'55"
06:53
Datacom buys 20% of an Australian health technology start-up
The IT firm, Datacom, has bought a 20 percent stake in an Australian health technology start-up which has the potential to both allow nurses to spend more time with their patients and save hospitals millions of dollars.
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Duration: 2'58"
06:56
Trilogy expects $860K 1st half profit: turnaround from loss
Trilogy International expects to report an 860-thousand dollar net profit for the six months ending September--a turnaround from the 269-thousand loss it reported in the same six months last year.
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Duration: 1'41"
06:57
Ngai Tahu Seafood reports reduced demand for paua
Ngai Tahu Seafood says paua continues to be its weakest performing export product.
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Duration: 1'18"
07:07
Sports News for 19 September 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'16"
07:10
David Cunliffe wraps up Labour's Vote Positive campaign
Voters head to the ballot boxes tomorrow to decide who will govern the country for the next three years.
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Duration: 5'56"
07:16
National's campaign manager on final days of campaign
National's campaign manager Steven Joyce joins us.
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Duration: 5'47"
07:22
Radio New Zealand's political editor on final days of campaign
Our Political Editor Brent Edwards is here in the studio.
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Duration: 3'19"
07:27
Trigger to Australian raids a phone call from IS leader
Australian politicians have reacted with disgust to an alleged jihadist terrorist plot aimed at beheading random members of the public.
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Duration: 4'07"
07:35
Scotland's voters make their choice in independence referendum
The talking is over and voting is well under way across Scotland on whether the country should stay in the United Kingdom or become an independent nation.
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Duration: 5'12"
07:41
Losing parties refuse to accept Fiji election result
The opposing political sides are in Fiji are in a standoff over claims of voting irregularities and systemic electoral fraud.
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Duration: 3'53"
07:45
Harawira accuses opponents of ganging up on him
Winston Peters says Hone Harawira, has sold out his people by throwing in his lot with the Internet Party and Kim Dotcom and Te Tai Tokerau voters should be backing Labour's Kelvin Davis.
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Duration: 4'57"
07:50
Battle for Maori seats will be pivotal
Voting in the Maori electorates could play a decisive role in tomorrow's elections. We're joined now by the former Mana Motuhake leader and Alliance cabinet minister Sandra Lee and the former Labour cabinet minister John Tamihere.
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Duration: 3'59"
07:54
Barometer set to swing back to winter for Election Day
There are plenty of predictions being made ahead of Election Day tomorrow, but one that's more reliable than many comes from the Met Service, which is predicting an unsettled forecast.
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Duration: 1'10"
07:57
Inquest seeks answers to what killed Hawea man Rutger Hale
A coroner will today try to end the mystery of what killed Rutger Hale while driving near Wanaka last year.
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Duration: 2'49"
08:07
Sports News for 19 September 2014
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'59"
08:11
Party leaders prepare for close of election campaign
Party leaders will today make their final efforts to convince voters they're up to the job of leading the country for the next three years.
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Duration: 3'46"
08:14
Reporters tell tales from the campaign trail
Our political reporters have been busy on the campaign trail -- almost as busy as the leaders they've been following.
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Duration: 9'36"
08:24
What the polls are saying
The final pre - election polls are out this morning, finally displaying some form of consistency.
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Duration: 4'22"
08:29
Last day to enrol to vote in the general election
Joining us is the Electoral Commission's Chief Electoral Officer, Robert Peden.
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Duration: 4'24"
08:36
Markets Update for 19 September 2014
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 1'30"
08:40
Low enrolment fuels chase for south Auckland's missing voters
A high number of unregistered voters in south Auckland's three mainly Pasifika electorates is raising the prospect of another low turnout in Labour's heartland.
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Duration: 2'42"
08:44
Experts dismiss study linking artificial sweeteners to diabetes
A study suggesting artificial sweeteners increase the risk of diabetes is making headlines around the world but a New Zealand nutritional expert says there's no cause for alarm.
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Duration: 2'36"
08:49
Te Manu Korihi News for 19 September 2014
The Tertiary Education Union says it's concerned that there are other motives behind the proposed closure of Victoria Univerisity's Maori Business Programme. The New Zealand Olympic Games Committee is mourning the death of its cultural adviser and kaumatua. A long time organisation which helps to empower people to achieve heath and well-being through work, culture and leisure has appointed a Maori president, and a Maori organisation name, Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa. The Ministry of Maori Development - Te Puni Kokiri wants tangata whenua to gain higher qualifications and gain better employment, and it's hoping scholarhips in engineering will help them to do that.
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Duration: 3'36"
08:52
Do re me fa so la te do - West End's Sound of Music on tour
Do, Ray, Me, Fa, So, La, Te, Climb Every Mountain, Edelweiss, they're all well known songs from one of the world's most popular musicals -- The Sound of Music.
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Duration: 4'13"
08:57
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh.
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Duration: 2'34"