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 5 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'49"
06:12
Auckland market not slowing down.
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The Auckland housing market shows no sign of slowing down. The latest QV House Price Index shows the Auckland market has gone up by 18-point-8 per cent year on year, with the average price now about 8-hundred and 55 thousand dollars.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 2'23"
06:20
Pacific News for 5 August 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'58"
06:23
Morning Rural News for 5 August 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'30"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 August 2015
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The introduction of legislation to reform Maori land ownership has been delayed until next year; The Council of Trade Unions Maori Vice-President says Maori will be the losers if a Trans Pacific Partnership deal is eventually agreed on; A delegation of Maori organisations and business leaders is touring Asia to gain a better understanding of markets for kiwifruit and other produce; Ngati Kahungunu has announced it's giving the 2017 Te Matatini a funding boost of 350-thousand-dollars.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'38"
06:42
Goff says PM being deliberately dishonest over Saudi debacle
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A former Trade Minister is angry the Prime Minister is laying blame for the Saudi sheep trade debacle on the former Labour Government.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Saudi sheep trade
Duration: 3'26"
06:49
10th fall in dairy price index
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Global dairy prices have plunged once again.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 31"
06:50
Commodity prices fall for the fourth consecutive month
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Weaker Chinese demand appears to be spreading beyond dairy products, raising further concerns about the slowdown in the world's second biggest economy.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 1'42"
06:51
Origin Energy sale linked to coal steam gas project
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An analyst says Origin Energy has sold Contact Energy at a cheap price in order to keep its debt down
Topics: business
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Tags: Origin Energy
Duration: 2'07"
06:53
Fewer harsh storms help Suncorp
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Fewer harsh storms and Christchurch earthquake claims have boosted earnings at the New Zealand arm of the Australian insurance firm, Suncorp.
Topics: business
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Tags: Suncorp
Duration: 1'54"
06:55
Falling dollar will help build a resilient economy
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The economic forecaster, Berl, says the falling dollar will help build a resilient and sustainable economy.
Topics: business
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Tags: berl, NZ dollar
Duration: 3'27"
06:58
Morning markets for 5 August 2015
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Wall Street is lower after a mixed bag of earnings reports.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 31"
07:07
Sports News for 5 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'55"
07:11
Latest results in Global Dairy Auction
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Prices for New Zealand's single biggest export, whole milk powder, have hit a record low in the overnight global dairy trade auction.
Topics: business, farming
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Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 3'40"
07:14
Govt planned resume live sheep exports market with Middle East
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A boxload of documents made public yesterday has shed more light on the deal which led to the Government paying a Saudi businessman eleven million dollars to set up a sheep farm in order to get a free trade deal with gulf states back on track.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Saudi sheep trade, live sheep export
Duration: 4'00"
07:19
Labour says Saudi sheep deal documents are embarrassing
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Mr McCully and Mr Groser both declined to come on Morning Report to discuss the documents but Labour's trade spokesman David Parker is in in our Dunedin studio.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Saudi sheep trade
Duration: 5'24"
07:25
Scientist: Ruataniwha dam may not be needed
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A former senior GNS scientist says the Ruataniwha Dam may not be needed because there could be plenty of water in the deep aquifers of the area's plains.
Topics: environment
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Ruataniwha Dam
Duration: 3'59"
07:33
Tributes paid to WWII pilot Les Munro
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Charles Foster is a Dambuster blogger and author, and nephew of the Dambuster pilot David Maltby. He joins us from Ireland.
Topics: history
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Tags: Dambusters, Les Munro, WW2
Duration: 5'45"
07:40
New data suggests Auckland housing shortage could get worse
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New data shows Auckland's housing shortage will get worse before it gets better and could last for more than a decade and will get worse before it gets better, according to a new analysis of data.
Topics: housing
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 3'16"
07:43
A new report takes stock of the Maori economy in Auckland
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When Auckland became a "Supercity" the council adopted an "Independent Maori Statutory Board" to tell it what Maori in Tamaki Makaurau needed. It is part of its Treaty Obligation but many have critised it for being token.
Topics: te ao Maori, economy
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Independent Maori Statutory Board
Duration: 3'39"
07:50
News of Slovak man's death beginning to reach home country
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The mother of the 21-year-old Slovak man shot dead in Auckland's Myer Park on Sunday night is devastated by the tragedy.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: David Cerven
Duration: 4'26"
07:55
Police and family plead for missing teen to contact them
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LA Tukerangi's family are continuing to plead with their missing 15 year old daughter to get in touch with them.
Topics: crime
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: LA Tukerangi, kidnapping
Duration: 5'10"
08:07
Sports News for 5 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'03"
08:11
Dairy farmers are bracing themselves for bad news from Fonterra
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The price of whole milk powder has fallen to a record low at auction this morning.
Topics: business, farming
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Tags: dairy prices, Fonterra
Duration: 6'34"
08:18
Minister of Finance, Bill English
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And listening to that is the Minister of Finance, Bill English.
Topics: business, farming
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Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 5'56"
08:24
Winston Peters says the deal amounts to a massive bribe
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Winston Peters is on the line from the Cook Islands.
Topics: politics
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Tags: Saudi sheep trade
Duration: 4'22"
08:28
1,000 meat workers to strike
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One thousand meat workers will strike after yet another breakdown in collective agreement talks between the Talley's owned company Affco and the Meatworkers Union.
Topics: business
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Tags: meat workers, Meatworkers' Union, AFFCO
Duration: 2'27"
08:31
Markets Update for 5 August 2015
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A brief update of movements in the financial sector
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 1'08"
08:36
As Auckland prices rise, investors look to other NZ centres
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Red hot property prices in Auckland are forcing some investors out of the city and further south.
Topics: business
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: housing prices
Duration: 3'11"
08:39
Move by MPs to extend suspected suicides 'positive step'
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A move by parliamentarians to allow suspected suicides to be reported more openly has been described as a "positive step" by a suicide prevention advocate.
Topics: politics, law, media
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Tags: suicide, suicide prevention
Duration: 3'05"
08:42
Justice Minister launches discussion to curb domestic violence
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Justice Minister Amy Adams wants to introduce dedicated family violence charges with penalties harsher than standard assault.
Topics: politics, law
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Tags: family violence, domestic violence
Duration: 2'10"
08:47
Te Manu Korihi News for 5 August 2015
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The introduction of legislation to reform Maori land ownership has been delayed until next year; The Council of Trade Unions Maori Vice-President says Maori will be the losers if a Trans Pacific Partnership deal is eventually agreed on; A delegation of Maori organisations and business leaders is touring Asia to gain a better understanding of markets for kiwifruit and other produce; Ngati Kahungunu has announced it's giving the 2017 Te Matatini a funding boost of 350-thousand-dollars.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'39"
08:50
Opotiki District Council wants to welcome drones into the town
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Opotiki is flying in the face of new civil aviation laws by allowing all drones and model aircraft to be flown in public.
Topics: law
Regions: Bay of Plenty
Tags: drones, Opotiki
Duration: 2'27"
08:53
Rio on last lap of Olympic preparations
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Rio de Janeiro is stepping up the pace as it approaches the last lap of its Olympic preparations, but it's certainly not without its last minute problems.
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Tags: Brazil, Olympics
Duration: 3'03"
08:56
New Zealand's first comptemporary dance company turns 30
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The country's longest-running contemporary dance company is turning 30.
Topics: arts
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Tags: Footnote Dance Company, dance
Duration: 3'05"