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Morning Report for Monday 17 August 2009
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Middle East correspondent - Anita McNaught
9:50 AM.Anita McNaught is in Turkey but has just came from Bangladesh where a proposed dam is making waves. Audio
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Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
8:56 AM.It's been windy in Victoria. Roof off the house windy. Believe it or not Aussies like to swear. Even Kevin Rudd. Audio
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Poet Alistair Campbell dies aged 84
8:52 AM.The poet, playwright, and novelist Alistair Te Ariki Campbell has died at the age of 84 after a short illness. Audio
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Waatea news
8:50 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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A new press for The Press
8:44 AM.The printing press at the Christchurch Press site in the centre of town switched off for the last time in the early hours of Saturday morning, after completing its last run. Audio
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New whitebait season gets underway
8:42 AM.The whitebait season got underway in the North Island and on the East Coast of the South Island on Saturday. Audio
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Sports news
8:35 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Markets update
8:29 AM.A quick update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Lobbyists warn of no tree planting if carbon cap goes aheader
8:29 AM.A forestry lobby group is warning that a cap on the price of carbon credits will effectively stop any future development of forestry plantations. Audio
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Northland mayor wants more provincial rugby games in towns
8:25 AM.It was a big weekend in the far north town of Kerikeri where 7000 people attended the area's first ever NPC rugby match. Audio
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Pro-democracy supporter slams Tongan King's absence
8:22 AM.There are rumblings of insurrection in Tonga, as the King comes under renewed attack for leaving the country only hours after the Princess Ashika ferry disaster. Audio
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Valerie Vili wins gold at world athletics championships
8:17 AM.New Zealand shot putter Valier Vili has successfully defended her world title at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. Audio
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Doctors say government will be breaking election promise
8:09 AM.Senior doctors say the government will be breaking election promises if it following the recommendations of a new health report. The report also recommends moving some services out of the hospitals… Read more Audio
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Olympic champion Peter Snell honoured in Wanganui
7:57 AM.The night Peter Snell catapulted himself and Wanganui into the international spotlight by breaking the world record for the mile has been forever immortalised in bronze. Audio
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201 British troops killed serving in Afghanistan
7:50 AM.Just days after news New Zealand SAS troops are to be redeployed in Afghanistan, the British government's coming under renewed criticism for its involvement there. Audio
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Sports news
7:48 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Auckland principals blame other students for rugby brawl
7:39 AM.Two Auckland principals are blaming each others students for starting a brawl during a rugby match. Audio
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MP says five escape imprisonment because they're Maori
7:34 AM.A senior Labour MP says it's wrong for five people convicted of manslaughter over their involvement in a botched exorcism to escape imprisonment because they are Maori. Audio
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US citizen deported from Myanmar
7:27 AM.The American who swam to the home of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has been released by Myanmar. Audio
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NZ Navy hopes to identify wreck as that of Princess Ashika
7:22 AM.Navy divers from New Zealand hope to confirm later today that a wreck found by sonar on the ocean floor in Tonga, is that of the sunken ferry Princess Ashika. Audio
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Forestry industry fears carbon price cap
7:17 AM.Forest owners fear a cap on the price of carbon as part of the Government's changes to the emissions trading scheme could shut down private investment in new forest planting. Audio
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Health Minister adresses criticism of health sector report
7:14 AM.Health Minister adresses criticism of health sector report. Audio
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Senior doctors say report proposes major upheaval in health
7:09 AM.The Health Minister Tony Ryall denies changes to the public system proposed in a new report will lead to a major shake-up of the sector. Audio
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Morning business
6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Auckland schools point fingers at each other over brawl
6:40 AM.Two Auckland high schools, Kelston Boys and Auckland Grammar, are pointing the finger at each other for a nasty schoolboy rugby fight on the weekend. Audio
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Opposition say parts of health report 'chilling'
6:36 AM.Opposition parties say some of the sentiments expressed in a new health report are 'chilling' and 'deeply disturbing' and signal a desire to ration out health services. Audio
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Waatea news
6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 17 August 2009
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Pacific news for 17 August 2009
6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Top Stories for 17 August 2009
6:00 AM.Senior doctors say report proposes major upheaval in health, Health Minister adresses criticism of health sector report, Forestry industry fears carbon price cap, NZ Navy hopes to identify wreck as… Read more Audio