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 6 March 2015
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'09"
06:12
National peace vigils for Iraqi conflict
Peace vigils were held across the country last night to protest New Zealand's upcoming role in Iraq.
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Duration: 2'48"
06:19
Pacific News for 6 March 2015
The latest from the Pacific region.
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Duration: 2'47"
06:23
Morning Rural News for 6 March 2015
News from the rural and farming sector.
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Duration: 4'01"
06:28
Te Manu Korihi News for 6 March 2015
The Crown has been accused of being 'bloody minded' in its approach to settling the Ngapuhi Treaty claims; A business owned by Manipoto Iwi has shelved their annual catch entitlement for long-finned freshwater eel; Te Matatini national kapa haka festival attracted well over 20-thousand spectators on its first day and now day two will bring thousands more.
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Duration: 3'22"
06:40
PM insists GCSB acting within in the law
The Prime Minister, John Key, insists the Government's spy agency has acted within the law, but he will not say how or explain any further.
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Duration: 2'51"
06:50
Briscoe Group says plenty of opportunities to expand in NZ
Briscoe Group's managing director says his company still has plenty of opportunities to expand in New Zealand.
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Duration: 2'50"
06:53
RBNZ calls for comment on how to define mortgages to investors
The Reserve Bank is inviting comment on how to define mortgages to residential property investors, with a view to imposing greater capital requirements for such loans.
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Duration: 1'16"
06:54
Card spending by overseas visitors rose 14% in February
Paymark says card-spending by overseas visitors rose 14 percent to 251-million dollars, last month.
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Duration: 1'22"
06:55
Business overseas wrap
The European Central Bank has left interest rates on hold at record lows, while it starts a large money-printing plan aimed at lifting inflation out of negative gear.
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Duration: 25"
06:56
Chapman Tripp sees more takeovers, listings and other purchases
A law firm says the current goldilocks economy may be just right for takeovers, stock exchange listings and other acquisitions to flourish.
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Duration: 2'35"
06:58
Morning markets for 6 March 2015
The Dow Jones Index is up 35 points to 18,132.
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Duration: 52"
07:07
Sports News for 6 March 2015
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'51"
07:11
PM insists GCSB has acted within the law
The Prime Minister, John Key, insists the Government's spy agency has acted within the law, but he will not say how, or explain any further.
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Duration: 2'35"
07:13
Greens want GCSB spying investigation
As you heard there the Prime Minister remains adamant surveillance in the Pacific Islands is entirely legal.
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Duration: 5'07"
07:19
Former GCSB director unfazed by spy revelations
Government leaders from both Tonga and Samoa say they are not that concerned about the intercepting of their communications.
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Duration: 7'35"
07:28
Indonesia rejects Australian prisoner swap proposal
Australia has lodged an official complaint to the Indonesian government over photos of the Denpasar police chief posing with condemned drug smugglers Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.
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Duration: 3'03"
07:36
US and coalition forces conduct 12 air strikes against IS
As we said last half hour the United States and coalition forces have carried out 12 air strikes against Islamic State tactical units in Syria and Iraq.
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Duration: 3'40"
07:40
Vidoegames and self-belief blamed for gender differences
A new OECD report says some video-gaming is better than none when it comes to young people's academic performance -- but it depends what they are playing.
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Duration: 3'28"
07:43
Serial stalker's convictions overturned
A High Court judge has ruled that a serial stalker is allowed to write to women, despite being barred from starting new relationships.
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Duration: 3'26"
07:49
Maori and Pasifika teenagers
The director of a project aimed at getting more Maori and Pasifika people in teritary study says it's unacceptable that those groups have had the biggest drop in the University Entrance pass rate.
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Duration: 6'47"
07:56
Auckland Arts Festival review
The 2015 Auckland Arts Festival is two days old and last night, French pyrotechnics masters Groupe F premiered their new show at Auckland Domain.
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Duration: 3'39"
08:07
Sports News for 6 March 2015
An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 1'55"
08:11
Spying on Pacific Islands a grey area
The former director of the Government Communications Security Bureau has confirmed to Morning Report that there is mass collection of personal communications in the Pacific.
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Duration: 5'39"
08:17
Australia's spies working closely with GCSB in the Pacific.
So is there any problem with the Prime Minister's dismissal of any concern over the revelation of mass surveillance?
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Duration: 5'40"
08:24
NASA gets ready to launch Wanaka giant balloon
The countdown is on - as NASA gets set to launch a giant balloon into the upper atmosphere from the outskirts of Wanaka.
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Duration: 3'51"
08:27
Northland's National candidate confident of win
A snap poll of Northland voters has New Zealand First leader Winston Peters as the frontrunner in the upcoming by-election.
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Duration: 3'14"
08:32
Markets Update for 6 March 2015
A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
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Duration: 1'30"
08:38
New measures as effective as fighting AIDS with band aids
The government's plans to reduce tourist crashes on South Island roads have been criticised as being as effective as fighting an AIDS epidemic with sticking plasters.
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Duration: 2'24"
08:41
Employment law changes take effect
Employees will be able to ask for more flexible working arrangements, including the timing of their meal breaks, from today.
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Duration: 2'44"
08:44
Te Manu Korihi News for 6 March 2015
Te Matatini national kapa haka festival attracted well over 20-thousand spectators on its first day and now day two will bring thousands more; The Crown has been accused of being 'bloody minded' in its approach to settling the Ngāpuhi Treaty claims; A business owned by Manipoto Iwi has shelved their annual catch entitlement for long-finned freshwater eel.
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Duration: 3'02"
08:47
Fears increase for the safety of journalists in conflict zones.
Reporters without Borders has launched the first campaign of its kind -- to try to free American journalist Austin Tice, who was kidnapped in Syria more than two years ago.
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Duration: 3'13"
08:50
DOC doing first research in 10 yrs at Poor Knights
Scientists have begun a two-week survey of fish life at the Poor Knights Islands - and they're on the lookout for unwelcome predators brought south by climate change.
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Duration: 3'46"
08:54
Ron Sang's renowned art collection goes under the hammer
A highly regarded architect and art collector, Ron Sang, sat back and watched his prized art collection, spanning almost 50 years, go to new homes last night.
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Duration: 2'51"
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: 2'06"