Summer Report for Thursday 3 January 2019
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Summer festival drugs 'designed to baffle tests'
8:10 AM.You'll have heard in the past few days, stories of drugs made with pesticides at Rhythm and Vines. A drug-testing organisation Know Your Stuff, managing director Wendy Allison tells us what the… Read more Audio
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Volunteer firefighter starts holiday with water rescue
8:16 AM.Aaron Richardson, a firefighter from Paekakariki on the Kapiti Coast had an unexpected start to his holiday, when he was called to a late night harbour rescue in Northland. Audio
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KiwiRail warned of high risk of train crash near Wellington
8:19 AM.A risk report, produced by independent engineers for KiwiRail and obtained under the Official Information Act, largely focuses on a busy stretch approaching the station where multiple tracks converge.
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Uber drivers accused of cleaning fee scam
8:22 AM.Some Uber users have been left feeling like they've been taken for a ride, after being charged up to $150 for spilling water on their seats. Audio
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The music of 2018: Part two
8:26 AM.Music 101's producer Yadana Saw discusses the resurgence of hiphop. Audio
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Summer kiwaha: Food and Eating
8:30 AM.RNZ's Shannon Haunui-Thompson teaches us some summer phrases in te reo Maori. Audio
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Newly-enacted TPP 'most important new agreement in the world'
8:41 AM.The Trade Minister is praising the newly-enacted Trans Pacific Partnership as the most important new trade deal in the world, with its influence tipped to rise further later this year. The revised… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 3 January 2019
8:06 AM.It's nearly a year since Martin Guptill last turned out for the New Zealand cricket side, but the Auckland batsmen will finally make a return to the crease today after a 2018 blighted by injury. Audio
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Campaign to make leopard seals Kiwi citizens
8:44 AM.A New Zealand scientist has embarked on a plan to make leopard seals New Zealand citizens. Owha, the female leopard seal who's relocated herself away from the Antarctic to the warmer waters of… Read more Audio
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Why we make New Year's resolutions - and why they fail
8:45 AM.A 2007 study found that 88% of people who make an annual pledge fail. Victoria University Psychology Professor, Marc Wilson, explains why people make resolutions in the first place. Audio
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Silver Ferns head coach hopes to make netball great again
8:50 AM.After the Silver Ferns experienced it's most disappointing international result at the beginning of 2018, the long-awaited appointment of Silver Ferns head coach Noeline Taurua gave signs of hope… Read more Audio
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Beer tasting: Fugazi
8:55 AM.RNZ Summer Report presenters Chris Bramwell and Craig McCulloch sample a different beer every day with Steph Coutts from Craft Beer College in Wellington. Today's tipple: Fugazi, by Garage Project. Audio
