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 28 July 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'10"
06:11
Serco may have breached Corrections and Bill of Rights Acts
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A human rights lawyer says it's possible Serco breached both the Corrections and Bill of Rights Acts over the alleged treatment of a former inmate at Mount Eden Prison.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Corrections, Mt Eden prison, Serco
Duration: 2'33"
06:17
Pacific News for 28 July 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'32"
06:23
Morning Rural News for 28 July 2015
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News from the rural and farming sectors.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 3'42"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 28 July 2015
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The Māori caucus of the National Network for Stopping Violence says if the management at Mount Eden Prison is turning a blind eye to violence, that prevents the rehabilitation of prisoners; The organisation that supports Māori tourism is supporting the introduction of a levy on international travellers because it says it will take the burden off the taxpayer; A former Māori Affairs Minister says there need to be more stringent policies around foreign ownership in New Zealand.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'20"
06:41
DHB chair wary of mooted changes to health funding
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More leaked documents reveal the funding of DHBs could be in for a shake-up.
Topics: health, politics
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Tags: funding
Duration: 2'24"
06:48
Briscoe Group expects takeover of Kathmandu to succeed
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Briscoe Group expects its takeover offer for Kathmandu Holdings to be accepted, given the positive response it's already recieved.
Topics: business
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Tags: Briscoe Group
Duration: 2'36"
06:51
Brierley lifts stake in Kirks again
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Sir Ron Brierley has continued to lift his stake in the Wellington retailer, Kirkcaldie and Stains.
Topics: business
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Tags: Kirkcaldie and Stains
Duration: 59"
06:52
M2 in expansion mode
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The company which runs Slingshot says it is still in growth mode, despite having to drop a service giving viewers access to overseas content that would otherwise be blocked.
Topics: business
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Tags: M2 New Zealand
Duration: 2'20"
06:55
Business profile - Elitric Group
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Now to a firm that may fly under the radar. Today we look at the app development start-up, Elitric Group.
Topics: business
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Tags: Elitric Group
Duration: 3'32"
06:58
Morning markets for 28 July 2015
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Wall Street is weaker after the Chinese share market fall.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 57"
07:07
Sports News for 28 July 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'01"
07:13
Leaked documents show DHB funding could be in for a shakeup
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More leaked documents reveal the funding of District Health Boards could be in for a shake-up some say is reminiscent of changes made in the 1990s.
Topics: health, politics
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Tags: funding
Duration: 3'40"
07:15
Plans for shakeup to DHB funding labelled a 'mixed bag'
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And listening to that Professor Robin Gauld, the head of department of preventive and social medicine at Otago University.
Topics: health, politics
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Tags: funding
Duration: 5'20"
07:20
Serco may have breached Corrections and Bill of Rights Acts
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A human rights lawyer says it's possible Serco's treatment of an inmate at Mount Eden Prison breached both the Corrections and Bill of Rights Acts over.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Corrections, Mt Eden prison, Serco
Duration: 2'53"
07:24
Nats fall behind Labour-Greens for first time
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In the latest poll of polls support for the National Party has fallen behind the Labour and Green bloc for the first time since February last year.
Topics: politics
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Tags: polls
Duration: 3'22"
07:29
Avalanche that killed men likely a silent killer
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A mountaineering expert says two young Canadian tourists walking the Kepler Track probably wouldn't have even heard the avalanche that claimed their lives.
Topics: sport
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Tags: tourists, avalanche, Kepler Track
Duration: 3'13"
07:37
Librarians say teens reading fewer books
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Some school libraries are blaming social media and computer games for big drops in the number of books teens are reading.
Topics: education, books
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Tags: reading
Duration: 3'06"
07:40
Extensive series of raids targetting the Headhunters gang
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Police are this morning carrying out an extensive series of raids targetting the Headhunters gang across Auckland, Waikato, the Bay of Plenty and Northland.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Headhunters gang
Duration: 2'04"
07:42
TPP deal enters final stages in Hawaii
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A controversial trade deal between New Zealand and other Pacific Rim nations including the United States enters final negotiations in Hawaii this week.
Topics: politics, business
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Tags: TPP
Duration: 4'38"
07:47
Human trafficking report's controversial rankings
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The United States has upgraded Malaysia and Cuba in its annual report on human trafficking.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Malaysia, human trafficking, United States
Duration: 3'34"
07:50
Update on police raids of the Headhunters gang
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Police are this morning carrying out an extensive series of raids targetting the Headhunters gang across Auckland, Waikato, the Bay of Plenty and Northland.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Headhunters gang, raids
Duration: 54"
07:52
Job-grabbing interlopers or an untapped opportunity?
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Job-creating or job-grabbing? The jury's out around New Zealand whether having more migrants in the regions will be a good or a bad thing.
Topics: politics
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Tags: migrants
Duration: 2'38"
07:54
Economist behind term 'zombie town's sceptical over policy
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Independent economist Shamubeel Eaqub is the author of the book Growing Apart that looks at regional prosperity. He's gone as far as to call some provincial centres zombie towns that need to close.
Topics: politics
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Tags: immigration
Duration: 4'32"
08:07
Sports News for 28 July 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Duration: 2'11"
08:11
Health Minister advised to bin the plan for DHB funding shakeup
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The way District Health Boards are funded could be in for a major shakeup.
Topics: health, politics
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Tags: district health boards, funding
Duration: 6'00"
08:17
Prisoner: Serco neglected health care once discharged
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A prisoner who claims he was beaten and dropped off a balcony at Mt Eden Prison says the prison operators, Serco, failed to look after him properly when he was discharged from hospital with two broken legs.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Corrections, Mt Eden prison, Serco
Duration: 2'13"
08:19
RNZ reporter has been talking with inmate's family
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Our Maori Affairs correspondent, Mihingarangi Forbes has been talking with the family of Alex Littleton.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Corrections, Mt Eden prison, Serco
Duration: 1'33"
08:21
Howard League: Lack of healthcare an ongoing issue for prisons
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The Department of Corrections declined our request for an interview on Morning Report. Jarrod Gilbert is a spokesperson on national corrections issues for the Howard League for Penal Reform.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Corrections, Mt Eden prison, Serco, Howard League
Duration: 3'43"
08:25
Labour leader Andrew Little talks TPP: foreign buyers
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The Labour Party leader, Andrew Little, says it will not support the Trans-pacific partnership deal if it stops the government restricting the sale of New Zealand land to foreign buyers.
Topics: politics
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Tags: TPP
Duration: 6'18"
08:30
Toyota Hilux with 1,200,000 km on the clock
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Yesterday on Morning Report we spoke to Turners about the Toyota Hilux ute up for sale that had travelled one-point-two million kilometres with just one owner.
Topics: transport
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Tags: Toyota Hilux
Duration: 33"
08:32
Markets Update for 28 July 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'03"
08:38
Waikato DHB's mental health inspection overdue
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The father of a patient who died under the care of the Henry Bennet Centre in Hamilton says an inspection of the Waikato District Health Board's mental health services is overdue - but doesn't go far enough.
Topics: health
Regions: Waikato
Tags: Waikato District Health Board, mental health services
Duration: 3'53"
08:42
PM not sure whether Security Council debate will do anything
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The Prime Minister is not sure whether a New Zealand-initiated debate on small island states at the United Nations Security Council this week will lead to any definitive statement on climate change.
Topics: politics, Pacific
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Tags: UN
Duration: 3'06"
08:45
More on police raids of the Headhunters gang
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More than 4 million dollars worth of expensive cars, machinery and property is being seized today as part of a police raid targeting the criminal activity of the Headhunters gang. Our reporter Gill Bonnett is outside an address on Marua road in Ellerslie.
Topics: crime
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Tags: Headhunters gang, raids
Duration: 2'26"
08:49
Te Manu Korihi News for 28 July 2015
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The organisation that supports Māori tourism is supporting the introduction of a levy on international travellers because it says it will take the burden off the taxpayer; The Māori caucus of the National Network for Stopping Violence says if Mount Eden Prison's management is turning a blind eye to violence, that prevents the rehabilitation of prisoners; A former Māori Affairs Minister says the Government's new regional immigration policy opens the door for economic colonisation.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'21"
08:54
Thirty five women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of rape and sexual assault have been photographed and interviewed by New York magazine.
08:57
Senior British politician filmed with drugs, prostitutes
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The British Labour Party peer, Lord Sewel is being urged to resign from the House of Lords.
Topics: politics
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Tags: UK, Lord Sewel
Duration: 2'45"