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 13 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'11"
06:19
Pacific News for 13 August 2015
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The latest from the Pacific region.
Topics: Pacific
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Duration: 2'47"
06:22
Morning Rural News for 13 August 2015
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News from the rural and farming sector.
Topics: rural, farming
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Duration: 4'14"
06:28
Te Manu Korihi News for 13 August 2015
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Yesterday's announcement that the boarding school Turakina Māori Girls' College could face closure was met with tears from the board; Efforts by Top Energy to expand its geothermal power generation in Northland are being challenged by local iwi; Iwi and hapu in the Hawke's Bay rohe are set to have more say in council-making decisions.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'16"
06:41
MP says proposal to raise power prices in Northland "a rort"
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The Northland MP, Winston Peters, says any attempt to introduce a user-pays system for transmission prices would be a rort.
Topics: politics
Regions: Northland
Tags: power price
Duration: 2'13"
06:48
Yuan devalued again, NZ dollar hits 6-year low
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The New Zealand dollar touched six-year lows yesterday after China's central bank allowed the yuan to fall for a second straight day.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: New Zealand dollar, NZ dollar
Duration: 1'09"
06:49
ASB lifts its annual profit to $859m
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ASB Bank says its push to lend more to business and farming will continue, despite concerns about the dairy downturn and slowing economy.
Topics: business
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Tags: ASB Bank
Duration: 2'46"
06:52
SkyCity to focus on improving Adelaide business
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SkyCity Entertainment Group is focused on improving its underperforming Adelaide business, despite difficult economic conditions in Australia.
Topics: business
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Tags: SkyCity Entertainment Group
Duration: 1'51"
06:54
SkyCity shares falls
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But investors appeared disappointed, with SkyCity's share price falling 8 cents, or 2 percent, to $4.21 each.
Topics: business
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Tags: SkyCity Entertainment Group
Duration: 1'14"
06:55
Vital Healthcare profit jumps due to revaluation gains
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Vital Healthcare Property Trust will continue to broaden and deepen its presense in the hospital and healthcare property market, after a strong full year result.
Topics: business
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Tags: Vital Healthcare Property Trust
Duration: 1'49"
06:57
Auckland Council's chief economist sees affordable housing
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Auckland Council's chief economist says he's confident the city can make houses much more affordable for average income earners.
Topics: business
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Tags: Auckland Council
Duration: 1'45"
06:58
Morning markets for 13 August 2015
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On Wall Street, stocks have fallen after China's currency fell for a second day.
Topics: business, economy
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Tags: markets
Duration: 52"
07:07
Sports News for 13 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'04"
07:11
Solid Energy to go into administration
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The state coal miner Solid Energy is expected to announce it will go into voluntary administration today.
Topics: business, politics
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Tags: Solid Energy
Duration: 4'13"
07:18
Yuan devaluation hits kiwi, sparks currency war fears
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With us is Derek Rankin who is a foreign exchange advisor at Rankin Treasury Advisory.
Topics: economy
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Tags: New Zealand dollar
Duration: 3'23"
07:26
Tens of thousands of patients unable to see specialists
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Tens of thousands of New Zealanders who were referred to a specialist by their GP over the past five years were turned away.
Topics: health, politics
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Tags: specialists
Duration: 3'36"
07:36
Road safety agency's speeding "unacceptable"
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The Transport Agency has explained what it has done after finding out its employees exceeded the speed limit, in company vehicles, eight and a half thousand times over a nine month period.
Topics: transport
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Tags: Transport Agency, NZTA
Duration: 6'23"
07:40
Bars toasting bill to stay open longer during Rugby World Cup
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Many rugby fans say they're looking forward to being able to get together in a public bar at the crack of dawn to cheer on the All Blacks in next month's World Cup.
Topics: sport, politics
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Tags: rugby, bars
Duration: 3'15"
07:43
Council denies tougher rates stance following forced home sale
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Auckland Council says the forced sale of a woman's six hundred thousand dollar home over a twelve thousand dollar rates arrears does not mark a new heavy handed approach.
Topics: housing, politics
Regions: Auckland Region
Tags: Auckland Council
Duration: 4'24"
07:48
Labour claims subterfuge over Saudi sheep deal may be illegal
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Labour says Foreign Minister Murray McCully appears to have broken the law around public spending with a $4 million payment to the businesman at the centre of the Saudi sheep farm affair.
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Tags: live sheep export, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 5'26"
07:54
Abducted Egyptian journalist claimed to have been beheaded
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Croatia says it fears the worst after reports that Islamic state militants have killed a Croatian national working in Egypt.
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Tags: Egypt, Tomislaw Salopek
Duration: 2'15"
07:57
NZ intern at the UN in Geneva calls a tent home
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New Zealanders hold a number of prominent positions at the United Nations but a new recruit from Christchurch is hogging the international headlines this week
Topics: politics
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Tags: UN, United Nations
Duration: 2'45"
08:07
Sports News for 13 August 2015
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An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
Topics: sport
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Duration: 2'17"
08:11
Solid Energy set to announce voluntary administration
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Staff of the struggling state coal miner Solid Energy are expected to be told today the company is placing itself in voluntary administration.
Topics: business
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Tags: Solid Energy
Duration: 3'40"
08:16
Local MP concerned way Solid Energy has been managed
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As we've been discussing this morning, Solid Energy is expected to announce today it will go into voluntary administration for two-and-a-half years.
Topics: business
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Tags: Solid Energy
Duration: 3'36"
08:18
Kaikohe says geothermal project could save the town
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Kaikohe business people are pinning their hopes on a geothermal power project, to pull their town out of the economic doldrums.
Topics: business
Regions: Northland
Tags: geothermal power, Kaikohe
Duration: 3'37"
08:22
New Zealanders healthcare needs not being met
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Many thousands of New Zealanders are being denied the care their GPs think they need as referrals to specialists go unseen.
Topics: health, politics
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Tags: specialists
Duration: 4'19"
08:28
Bill to keep bars open for rugby games passes first step
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A members' bill allowing bars to stay open during Rugby World Cup games has passed its first reading in Parliament after a change of heart by the Green Party.
Topics: politics, sport
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Tags: Rugby World Cup
Duration: 3'04"
08:32
Markets Update for 13 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: 1'00"
08:38
MP says proposal to up power prices in his path "a rort"
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The Northland MP, Winston Peters, says any attempt to introduce a user-pays system for transmission prices would be a rort.
Topics: business, politics
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Tags: transmission prices, electricity
Duration: 2'44"
08:40
Former president Jimmy Carter ill
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Former president Jimmy Carter has cancer.
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Tags: US, politics, Jimmy Carter
Duration: 32"
08:41
Left-wing surprise Jeremy Corbyn leading race for leadership
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The four-way battle for Labour leadership in the UK is turning out to be a one horse race.
Topics: politics
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Tags: UK
Duration: 4'02"
08:45
IOC praise Rio's preparations for next year's Olympics
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The International Olympic Committee has praised the organisers of next year's games in Rio and said Rio will deliver outstanding games.
Topics: sport
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Tags: Olympics
Duration: 3'41"
08:50
Te Manu Korihi News for 13 August 2015
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Yesterday's announcement that the boarding school Turakina Māori Girls' College could face closure was met with tears from the board; Efforts by Top Energy to expand its geothermal power generation in Northland are being challenged by local iwi; Iwi and hapu in the Hawke's Bay rohe are set to have more say in council-making decisions.
Topics: te ao Maori
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Duration: 3'24"
08:53
Fiji plans to reward people who dob in litterbugs
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Fiji is looking at rewarding citizens who dob in people who drop rubbish.
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Tags: Fiji, litter
Duration: 3'03"