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Morning Report for Friday 19 March 2010
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Donna Demaio with news from Australia
8:56 AM.Now for a chat with our correspondent Donna Demaio. Audio
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NZ form in Australia the key to netball championship title
8:50 AM.The third trans-tasman netball championship gets underway tomorrow when the Northern Mystics host the Adelaide Thunderbirds in Auckland. Audio
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Waatea news for 19 March 2010
8:47 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Anderton says mental health disaster in Canterbury
8:43 AM.The leader of the Progressive Party, Jim Anderton says a mental health disaster is looming in Canterbury after the resignation of eleven psychiatrists in just 18 months. Audio
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Ireland hit hard by economic crisis
8:39 AM.As the debate over closer ties with Australia surfaces again, the perils of economic integration are increasingly on display in Europe. Audio
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Morning sports news for 19 March 2010
8:35 AM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Markets update for 19 March 2010
8:30 AM.A quick update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Willis falls short of Sir Peter Snell's record
8:27 AM.New Zealand Olympic 1500 metre silver medalist Nick Willis, has fallen short in his attempt to overhaul an 800 metre record set by Sir Peter Snell 48 years ago. Audio
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Gaza militants fire rocket into Israel
8:24 AM.A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip has killed a Thai farmworker in southern Israel, the first fatality in the area for more than a year. Audio
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SFO refuses to reveal detail of Capital Merchant investigation
8:18 AM.The Serious Fraud Office is refusing to reveal any details about the"related parties"they are investigating in connection to failed finance company, Capital and Merchant. Audio
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Labour MP says Jenny Shipley to be Ecan commissioner
8:13 AM.Labour MP, Brendon Burns, says former Prime Minister, Dame Jenny Shipley is"top of the list"to be appointed commissioner to sort out the problems at the Canterbury Regional Council. Audio
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Farmers to house cows in cubicles withdraw application
8:09 AM.Plans to house nearly 18-thousand cows in cubicle stables on farms in the Upper Waitaki have been dropped for now with the companies saying the planning aplication costs are just too high. Audio
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Arts festival wraps up this weekend
7:56 AM.It's almost over - after three weeks of music and mannequins, drama and dance, disappointments and revelations, the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts is into its last three days. Audio
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Nine Australians among those missing
7:53 AM.Fiji's navy will today reach remote islands for the first time since Cyclone Tomas struck the country on Sunday night. Audio
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Australian cricket commentator on the Blackcap's chances
7:49 AM.It's the first day of the first test between the Blackcaps and Australia at the Basin Reserve today. Audio
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Morning sports news for 19 March 2010
7:44 AM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Frontline services may have been lost in public sector job cuts
7:41 AM.The State Services Minister has been unable to give an assurance to Parliament that no front line positions have been lost in the Government's bid to streamline the public service. Audio
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Northland, Waikato and Canterbury among worst dairy polluters
7:37 AM.A hard core of what's described as old and stubborn dairy farmers is being blamed for a worsening of the quality of the nation's waterways. Audio
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Govt outraged by leaks
7:29 AM.The Government has been outraged by leaks from within the Public Service and is now hunting for those responsible. Audio
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SFO reveals how ASB executive spent the millions
7:25 AM.He's being compared to New York's Bernie Madoff, and it was through one of his elderly victims watching a documentary on the American fraudster that Stephen Gerard Versalko's crimes came to light. Audio
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Delay of SFO investigation criticised
7:22 AM.A group of investors says a Serious Fraud Office investigation into the failed financier, Capital and Merchant Finance, is too little too late. Audio
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Schools start reporting against national standards
7:18 AM.Parents with children at Hamilton East School have received the first school reports using the national standards in reading, writing and maths. Audio
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Nick Smith responds to dairy farmers' criticism
7:13 AM.Environment Minister Nick Smith comments. Audio
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Costs of consent results in shelving of intensive farms
7:09 AM.Plans for intensive dairy farming in Upper Waitaki are being dropped, with applicants blaming the cost of consents, and what they're calling a misinformation campaign. Audio
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Morning Business News for 19 March 2010
6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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ASB says security tightened in wake of multi million fraud
6:41 AM.The ASB bank has moved quickly to reassure customers it has tightened up its security practices, following the sentencing of one of its executives for stealing nearly 18 million dollars. Audio
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Plans for intensive dairy farms in Waitaki Valley shelved
6:37 AM.Plans to start intensive dairy farms in Upper Waitaki have been abandoned, with consent costs and misinformation blamed for the decision. Audio
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Waatea news for 19 March 2010
6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 19 March 2010
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Pacific news for 19 March 2010
6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Bob Brown calling in
6:13 AM.The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has laid a complaint with Australian Federal Police calling for the prosecution of the captain of the Shonan Maru 2 for allegedly ramming their vessel, the Ady Gil.
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Government on the hunt for information leaker
6:10 AM.Outraged by leaks across a number of portfolios, the Government is now on the hunt for those responsible. Audio
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Top Stories for Friday 19 March 2010
6:00 AM.Federated Farmers is not surprised by the apparent end of Intensive Dairying in the McKenzie Basin. What did parents learn from the first School standards reports? The Serious Fraud Office says its… Read more Audio