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 7 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 1'50"
06:11
Auckland group says more sites needed for new ECE services
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An Auckland group that helps improve education for disadvantaged children says the government and Auckland Council must do more to ensure there is early childhood eduation in new housing developments.
Topics: education
Regions: Auckland Region
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Duration: 3'05"
06:20
Pacific News for 7 August 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'51"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 7 August 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'05"
06:27
Te Manu Korihi News for 7 August 2015
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The Freshwater Iwi Leaders Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Local Government New Zealand which it says will make local and central government more accountable to Maori; Treaty settlements in Taranaki have been described as a potential game changer in the battle to defuse a demographic time bomb ticking in the province; A military historian says Maori soldiers played an important part in the battle for Chunuk Bair at Gallipoli 100-years ago.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'24"
06:40
Convicted rapist on the run - monitoring system is a failure
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A law expert says revelations a convicted child rapist is on the run after cutting off his electronic bracelet - on the same day as Blessie Gotingco's killer was sentenced - suggests the monitoring system is a failure.
Topics: crime
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: electronic bracelet, Daniel Livingstone
Duration: 3'30"
06:48
Kathmandu's board rejects Briscoe's takever offer
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Kathmandu has rejected a takeover offer from Briscoe Group's, calling it opportunistic.
Topics: business
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Tags: Kathmandu Holdings, Briscoes
Duration: 3'13"
06:51
Briscoe Group hits back at Kathmandu appraisal
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In response, Briscoe has questioned Kathmandu's forecasts, saying it feels high on rhetoric and low on substance.
Topics: business
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Tags: Briscoes
Duration: 31"
06:52
Jean Jones' owner in liquidation
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Meanwhile, Jean Jones is the latest clothing chain to hit trouble.
Topics: business
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Tags: Jean Jones, retail
Duration: 21"
06:52
Genesis to shut coal generators
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Genesis Energy says it'll save up to 25 million dollars a year shutting down its last two coal-burning electricity generators at the Huntly power station in three years time.
Topics: business
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Tags: Genesis Energy, coal
Duration: 1'29"
06:54
New set of corporate guidelines
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A new set of guidelines to lift corporate governance has caught listed companies by surprise.
Topics: business
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Tags: Corporate Governance Forum
Duration: 2'19"
06:56
Super fund remains heavily invested in shares
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The New Zealand Superannuation Fund will remain heavily invested in shares, saying that provides the best bet to achieve strong returns to help meet the country's future pension bill.
Topics: economy
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Tags: New Zealand Superannuation Fund
Duration: 2'24"
06:58
Morning markets for 7 August 2015
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On Wall Street, stocks have fallen due to a spate of poor earnings reports from media companies such as Walt Disney and Viacom.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 37"
07:07
Sports News for 7 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'07"
07:11
Hunt continues for notorious sex offender
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People in the Hutt Valley are on edge as police continue to search for a convicted child rapist who has been on the run for more than 24 hours.
Topics: crime
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Daniel Livingstone
Duration: 8'58"
07:20
Brace for a persistently low milk price warns ag consultant
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Dairy Farmers are bracing for more bad news later today with Fonterra set to announce a sharp fall in what it expects to pay farmers for their milk.
Topics: farming, business
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Tags: dairy prices
Duration: 3'33"
07:24
More plane wreckage now found
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More airplane debris has been found off the island of Reunion including window panes and seat cushions.
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Tags: MH370, Malaysia
Duration: 3'04"
07:27
Paul Weeks' Family angry over Malaysian media
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Many of the families of those onboard the airliner, including that of New Zealander Paul Weeks, are unhappy that once again yesterday they learned of key developments only through the media. Paul Weeks' sister Sara Weeks is on the line.
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Tags: MH370, Malaysia, Paul Weeks
Duration: 3'26"
07:35
Police have cordoned off an Onehunga home
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The body of a young child has been found after police were called to an Onehunga property early this morning. Our reporter Anusha Bradley is there.
Topics: crime
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Onehunga
Duration: 1'53"
07:37
Battle for the Bledisloe starts in Sydney
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With just two tests left before the Rugby World Cup, the All Blacks' game against the Wallabies in Sydney tomorrow will take on extra significance.
Topics: sport
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Tags: All Blacks, wallabies
Duration: 3'24"
07:40
100th Anniversary of Chunuk Bair being commemorated
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Chunuk Bair - the name conjures up great heroism, success and ultimate defeat on the battlefield that was Gallipoli.
Topics: history
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Tags: Chunuk Bair, WW1
Duration: 4'27"
07:45
Continued rise in flu cases keeps doctors, hospitals busy
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If you think that flu is hitting harder this winter than last, you'd be right. The latest statistics on the flu this year shows flu this season is far worse than for the past two winters. And Canterbury and south Canterbury are particularly bad. Here to tell us more is our Health Correspondent, Karen Brown.
Topics: health
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Tags: flu
Duration: 3'20"
07:52
More sites needed for new ECE services
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Education groups are predicting shortages of early childhood spaces in Auckland's new housing developments.
Topics: education, housing
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: early childhood
Duration: 3'09"
07:56
Stuart Broad devastating against Australian batting order
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England dismissed Australia for just 60 runs on the opening day of the fourth Ashes cricket test in Nottingham last night.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Ashes, cricket
Duration: 3'58"
08:07
Sports News for 7 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'11"
08:12
Questions being asked of Police and Corrections
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Serious questions are being raised around the security of GPS ankle braclets as Wellington police continue to hunt for the dangerous sex offender Daniel Livingstone.
Topics: crime
Regions: Wellington Region
Tags: Daniel Livingstone
Duration: 6'33"
08:18
Dairy farmers await latest decision on Fonterra milk payout
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Dairy farmers are anxiously waiting to find out how much Fonterra expects to pay them for their milk.
Topics: farming, business
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Tags: Fonterra, dairy prices
Duration: 4'15"
08:23
Six hundred turn out for public meeting on Ruataniwha dam
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More than six hundred people showed up for a meeting on the Ruataniwha Dam in Napier last night to hear people from both sides of the debate present their arguments.
Topics: environment, politics
Regions: Hawkes Bay
Tags: Ruataniwha Dam
Duration: 2'50"
08:26
Netball World Cup gets underway in Sydney today
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The Netball World Cup gets underway in Sydney today.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Netball World Cup
Duration: 3'02"
08:29
Markets Update for 7 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: 58"
08:35
Queer rights advocates say battle far from over
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Many gay and transgender people say they are still facing huge barriers and discrimination, nearly two years on from the first same-sex weddings.
Topics: identity
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Tags: discrimination, gay, transgender, sexuality
Duration: 2'48"
08:38
Firearms instructors up and arms about programme changes
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Hundreds of volunteer firearm instructors are reeling at the sudden shake up of the country's main gun safety programme - with some already quitting their roles.
Topics: education, rural
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Tags: gun safety, firearm instructors, guns
Duration: 3'29"
08:41
Te Manu Korihi News for 7 August 2015
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The Freshwater Iwi Leaders Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Local Government New Zealand which it says will make local and central government more accountable to Maori; Treaty settlements in Taranaki have been described as a potential game changer in the battle to defuse a demographic time bomb ticking in the province; A military historian says Maori soldiers played an important part in the battle for Chunuk Bair at Gallipoli 100-years ago.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'30"
08:45
The world's busiest shipping canal gets an extension
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An 8.5 billion dollar expansion of the world's busiest shipping canal, the Suez, has been officially opened in Egypt.
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Tags: Egypt, Suez Canal
Duration: 1'34"
08:47
Canterbury Uni student beats thousands of others
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That was Canterbury University engineering student Brad Meredith with his speech about the New Zealand five dollar note.
Topics: education
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Tags: speech competition, Chinese Bridge
Duration: 3'25"
08:50
Language class fights for Cooks reo
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It's Cook Islands Language week this week in New Zealand
Topics: language
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Tags: Cook Islands Language week
Duration: 3'24"
08:55
Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
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Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh.
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Tags: Australia
Duration: 4'02"