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News from the Waatea team. Audio

Just a week out from the opening ceremony, critics are finding voice in Canada over the hosting of the Winter Olympics. Audio

We cross to the UK now and our correspondent in London Barney Burnham. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

Male moa were hard done by according to new research from Canterbury University which shows females outnumbered males by five to one. Audio

The finance company Marac, whose chief risk officer disappeared for four days last week, is writing down 2 and half million dollars after an investigation revealed an unauthorised loan. Audio

Greenpeace says it's outraged at comments by a member of the European Parliament congratulating the French for bombing the Rainbow Warrior, in Auckland Harbour in 1985. Audio

The finger's being pointed at deer hunters or someone who has a gripe with DoC, for six suspected arsons on the West Coast of the South Island. Audio

The aid effort continues after the devastating magnitude 7.0 quake which struck in mid-January, killing more than 200,000 people. Audio

A large search and rescue operation is underway in the US state of Connecticut after a massive explosion in a power plant killed five people and injured at least 12. Audio

Sarah Palin has reminded Americans she is still a political force, with her appearance at the national gathering of the tea party activists in Nashville. Audio

The lowly ranked New Orleans Saints have won American football's Super Bowl for the first time in a dramatic final, triumphing against the Indianapolis Colts in Miami. Audio