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 24 February 2015
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'00"
06:10
Police forces around the world are on alert
Police forces around the world are on alert after Somali extremists threatened to attack shopping centres in Britain, the US and Canada -- with a specific threat made against Oxford Street and the two Westfield malls in London.
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Duration: 2'53"
06:18
Foreign drivers over represented in southern road crashes
Ministry of Transport figures show more than a third of road crashes in Westland between 2009 and 2013 involved foreign drivers.
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Duration: 1'38"
06:20
Pacific News for 24 February 2015
The latest from the Pacific region.
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Duration: 2'26"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 24 February 2015
News from the rural and farming sectors.
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Duration: 4'12"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 24 February 2015
The country's guardians of Te Reo Maori say all government departments should abide by a proposed new Maori language law - not just Maori agencies; A kura body has given up on its bid to force the Qualification Authority to drop an exam which it says benefits English-speaking students more than Maori; Thirty Te Arawa Marae are striving to make pa popular hubs for their communities; The Northland Twin Coast Discovery route will undergo a Maori makeover as part of a regional strategy to boost the economy.
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Duration: 3'29"
06:39
United Future fears soldiers will do more than just training
The United Future leader says he is concerned New Zealand soldiers could be doing more than just training troops in Iraq to fight against Islamic State.
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Duration: 2'23"
06:48
Sky TV's 1st half net profit up, but underling profit flat
Sky Network Television has lifted its half year profit, despite a loss of subscribers and greater competition in providing shows through the Internet.
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Duration: 2'22"
06:50
Chorus argues over proposed prices
Chorus has argued that the regulator's proposed prices for access to its copper network are still too low, and don't reflect the real world cost.
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Duration: 3'19"
06:54
Kiwibank now self-funding and on track
Kiwibank is now self-funding and is on track to pay its parent, New Zealand Post, its first ever dividend in its 13 year history, after the end of the financial year.
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Duration: 2'14"
06:56
New Zealand Post hands management of Postshops to Kiwibank
New Zealand Post has handed over the management of its Postshops network to Kiwibank.
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Duration: 1'13"
06:57
Digital and online biz growth helps lift Freightways'
Rapid growth in the development of digital and online businesses is benefiting Freightways in multiple ways on both sides of the Tasman.
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Duration: 1'22"
06:59
Morning markets for 24 February 2015
The Dow Jones Index is down 52 points to 18,088.
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Duration: 33"
07:07
Sports News for 24 February 2015
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'00"
07:11
PM to lay out details of Iraq deployment in Parliament
The Prime Minister will lay out the details of New Zealand's military deployment to Iraq today, and that deployment will go beyond simply training Iraqi troops.
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Duration: 3'11"
07:14
Labour still opposed to NZ troops in iraq
There's no cross party political support for the Prime Minister's plans.
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Duration: 6'56"
07:22
Correlation between tourist drivers and accidents in Sth Island
Government figures are confirming what many already suspected - there is a correlation between road crashes and overseas drivers - in the South Island at least.
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Duration: 4'59"
07:27
Fruit fly discovery could see Pasifika festival relocated
Organisers of one of the biggest festivals in Auckland are anxiously waiting to hear if their event can take place in the heart of the fruit fly cordon.
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Duration: 5'17"
07:36
Strong performance for Christchurch and Canterbury economies
Four years on from the earthquakes, there's conflicting evidence on the state of the Christchurch and Canterbury economies.
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Duration: 2'39"
07:39
Delays rebuilding quake damaged homes four years on
About 700 people packed Christchurch's Cardboard Cathedral last night to hear from a panel of experts on why, four years after the big earthquake, they're still waiting for their homes to be rebuilt.
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Duration: 2'22"
07:42
Ateed defends hiring staff in London and San Francisco
Auckland's economic development agency Ateed is fighting back against complaints it's wasting ratepayer money on plum jobs for officials in overseas cities.
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Duration: 4'10"
07:48
Videos show officers walking around Lundy home
Two videos of police officers walking around the Lundy home not wearing protective clothing have been shown to the jury as the retrial of Mark Lundy continues into its third week.
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Duration: 3'07"
07:51
Cricket sliding in popularity in high school
While tens of thousands of people have attended Cricket World Cup matches in New Zealand over the past 10 days, the sport has been sliding in popularity in the country's high schools.
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Duration: 3'54"
07:55
Infertility more common than people realise by late thirties
An Otago University study has found that more than a quarter of women and a fifth of men experience fertility difficulties by their late thirties.
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Duration: 3'26"
08:07
Sports News for 24 February 2015
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'56"
08:11
NZ troops at risk of combat - Professor
The details of New Zealand's military deployment to Iraq will be outlined by the Prime Minister today, but John Key has already announced the country's role will go beyond simply training Iraqi troops.
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Duration: 5'19"
08:16
Hager - NZ to be involved with "very bloody" part of IS war
The Prime Minister, John Key, says New Zealand is also likely to have an intelligence gathering role in the fight against Islamic State, possibly to help direct air strikes against IS fighters.
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Duration: 4'58"
08:21
Australian govt pushes for crackdown on citizens
The Australian Prime Minister is proposing tough new measures that would remove or curb the citizenship rights of people linked to terrorist activity.
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Duration: 5'08"
08:27
Motor Industry defends tourist crash stats
Transport authorities are defending their work on educating foreign drivers, despite new figures showing more than a third of crashes in some regions involved visitors.
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Duration: 3'28"
08:31
Markets Update for 24 February 2015
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 1'08"
08:37
France confiscates passports of alleged jihadists
Across the channel France is now confiscating passports from those believed to be home grown jihadists.
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Duration: 3'17"
08:40
Ukraine ceasefire increasingly tenuous
The ceasefire agreed between pro-Russian separatists and Ukraine's government is all but in tatters as fighting continues.
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Duration: 4'12"
08:44
First Fiji seasonal workers since coups arrive in Hawkes Bay
The first Fijian seasonal workers allowed into New Zealand since the military coup in 2006 have arrived in Hawke's Bay for the apple harvest.
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Duration: 3'27"
08:49
Te Manu Korihi News for 24 February 2015
A kura body has given up on its bid to force the Qualification Authority to drop an exam which it says benefits English-speaking students more than Maori; The country's guardians of Te Reo Maori say all government departments should abide by a proposed new Maori language law - not just Maori agencies; The Northland Twin Coast Discovery route will undergo a Maori makeover as part of a regional strategy to boost the economy; Thirty Te Arawa Marae are striving to make pa popular hubs for their communities.
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Duration: 3'18"
08:52
CNN report on the Oscars.
08:55
New Zealander thrilled after Oscar win for short film
One person who is still on a high after accepting an Oscar for his short film, The Phone Call, is Christchurch raised James Lucas.
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Duration: 4'15"