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Morning Report for Thursday 1 October 2009
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Are earthquakes connected?
8:57 AM.We ask Dr Bill Fry at the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, whether the three recent earthquakes in Samoa, Indonesia and Peru are all connected. Audio
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US government ready to help with regional relief efforts.
8:56 AM.The United States President Barack Obama has offered his deepest sympathies to victims of the tsunami in the Samoan islands and says his government is ready to help with regional relief efforts. Audio
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Waatea News
8:55 AM.The latest news from the Waatea team. Audio
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Ag Minister holds crisis wool meeting today
8:50 AM.The Agriculture Minister is to meet at Parliament later today with about 30 leading representatives from the wool industry over the crisis facing them. Audio
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Stress in Dairy industry taken into account in Crafar case
8:46 AM.The chair of the country's largest dairy farming operation says the current stress on the industry has to be taken into account in the case of the Crafar family's farms. Audio
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Confidence hits 10-year high, firms look towards hiring again
8:44 AM.Confidence among companies is climbing, posting its second double-digit gain in two months in September to hit a 10-year high. Audio
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Sports News for 1 October 2009
8:40 AM.The latest news from the team at Radio NZ sport. Audio
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Business Update
8:33 AM.A quick market update. Audio
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TVNZ reconsidering rights to Rugby World Cup
8:27 AM.Television New Zealand is reconsidering its bid for the rights to screen the 2011 Rugby World Cup free to air, just days after giving up on broadcasting the Commonwealth Games. Audio
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NZ policeman in Samoa says relief operation will be huge
8:27 AM.Superintendent Ross Ardern is the Pacific liaison officer for the New Zealand police and is stationed in Apia. Audio
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Typhoon Ketsana hits Cambodia
8:25 AM.Typhoon Ketsana is continuing to carve a deadly path through South East Asia, this time blowing away whole villages in Camboda. Audio
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7.6 magnitude quake hits Indonesia
8:22 AM.Between 100 and 200 people are confirmed dead and 500 houses have collapsed following a major earthquake in Indonesia. Audio
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Apia Hospital running out of blood and in need of help
8:15 AM.Dr Ben Matalavea from Apia's main hospital returned from the epicentre of the disaster on Samoa's south coast last night . Audio
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Stories of devastation come in as relief efforts begin
8:10 AM.Apia's main hospital is running out of blood and in desperate need of overseas medical aid as the injured are brought in following the earthquake-triggered tsunami yesterday. Audio
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Report on mid-air collision slates Civil Aviation for inaction
7:55 AM.An inquiry into a fatal mid air collision has found the Civil Aviation Authority identified a collision risk at Paraparaumu Airport back in 1996, but nothing official was ever done about it. Audio
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Sports News for 1st October 2009
7:45 AM.The latest news from the team at Radio NZ sport. Audio
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Communications breakdowns plague NZ tsunami response
7:40 AM.The earthquake-triggered tsunami off Samoa has again exposed cracks in the way the public is alerted by Civil Defence in New Zealand to emergencies. Audio
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Samoans in New Zealand are grief-stricken
7:36 AM.The Samoan community in New Zealand is having to come to grips with the disaster. Audio
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Hundreds dead in Indonesia
7:29 AM.Between 100 and 200 people are confirmed dead and 500 houses have collapsed with hundreds buried beneath the rubble after a magnitude 7.6 quake hit near Padang on the island of Sumatra. Audio
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American Samoa injured being evacuated to Hawaii
7:24 AM.The death toll has reached 22 in America Samoa. Audio
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Rescue efforts continue today
7:22 AM.Radio New Zealand reporter Leilani Momoisea is in Apia, she's at one of the first funerals that is being held early today for a victim of the disaster. Audio
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South coast devastated, tourist resorts battered
7:18 AM.Nynette Sass also of Samoa's Disaster Management Committee is returning to the hardest hit area, Samoa's south coast later today to help evacuate tourists and locals. Audio
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The latest from an aid worker on the ground
7:15 AM.Filomena Nelson from the disaster management office in Samoa has been up all night distributing food and blankets to the homeless. Audio
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Death toll in Samoa climbs
7:10 AM.The death toll stands at more than a hundred and is expected to climb higher, as Samoa, America Samoa and Tonga struggle in the aftermath of the devastating tsunamis and earthquake. Audio
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Morning Business for 1st October 2009
6:45 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Indonesian Earthquake
6:40 AM.More than 1,000 people may have been killed by a major earthquake in Indonesia that is confirmed to have already claimed at least 75 lives. Audio
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The local Samoan community in New Zealand is grief stricken.
6:40 AM.The Labour MP for Mangere, Su'a William Sio, says he was at a citizenship ceremony in Manukau when news of the tsunami broke. Audio
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NZ government stands ready to assist Pacific neigbour
6:35 AM.The New Zealand government says it stands ready to help out Samoa in whatever way is needed. Audio
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Waatea News for 1st October 2009
6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 1 October 2009
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Pacific news for 1st October 2009
6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Paraparumu Airport Flight Paths
6:10 AM.The Civil Aviation Authority has been taken to task for failing to take action over dangerous flight paths at Paraparumu Airport. Audio
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Top Stories for 01 October 2009
6:00 AM.Coverage of the earthquake and tsunami in the Pacific. Audio