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Morning Report for Tuesday 6 April 2010
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Top Stories for Tuesday 6 April 2010
6:00 AM.Fears of backlash ease after Terreblanche killing; bodies at Nelson motor camp to be removed for post-mortems; senior Catholic once again apologises for abuse scandal; employers and unions criticise… Read more Audio
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Fears mental health money is being siphoned off to other areas
6:14 AM.Health professionals say district health boards are siphoning off funds allocated to mental health care as they're forced to reduce their budgets. Audio
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Pacific news for 6 April 2010
6:19 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 6 April 2010
6:24 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Waatea news for 6 April 2010
6:28 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Easter road toll decribed as appalling by police
6:39 AM.The police and the Automobile Association say the Easter road toll is appalling. Nine people lost their lives between 4pm on Thursday and 6am today. Audio
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Business questions funding cuts to health, safety training
6:41 AM.The Government is defending cutting spending on workplace health and safety training despite criticism from both unions and employers. Audio
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Morning business for 6 April 2010
6:48 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Fears of backlash ease after Terreblanche killing
7:09 AM.A South African woman says her 15-year-old son has admitted beating extremist white South African leader Eugene Terreblanche to death with an iron rod over a wages dispute. Audio
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Bodies at Nelson motor camp to be removed for post-mortems
7:13 AM.Forensic experts will begin an examination this morning of a caravan, on the outskirts of Nelson, in which two people were found dead. Audio
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Senior Catholic once again apologises for abuse scandal
7:16 AM.The most senior member of New Zealand's Catholic Church has again said sorry to the victims of sexual abuse. Audio
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Employers, unions criticise cut to health and safety spending
7:24 AM.Employers and unions are criticising a Government move to cut spending on workplace health and safety training. Audio
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Police say Easter road toll appalling
7:28 AM.This year's Easter holiday road toll is the worst since 1994. Audio
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Tiger Woods faces media on returning to golf
7:36 AM.Tiger Woods has stepped again into the glare of the world's media in his first full media conference since his abrupt fall from grace late last year. Audio
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Sports news for 6 April 2010
7:44 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Aussies want Phar Lap back at the Melbourne Cup
7:47 AM.The Australian racing industry wants to borrow the skeleton of New Zealand-born champion thoroughbred Phar Lap as part of festivities celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Melbourne Cup. Audio
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Wife of anti-whaling activist speaks of his detention
7:51 AM.As the family of New Zealand anti-whaling activist Peter Bethune wait to hear more of his plight, his lawyer says Japanese authorities are treating his client's case as a political matter rather than… Read more Audio
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Fighter planes entertain Wanaka's Easter crowds
7:55 AM.The Wanaka skies were buzzing over Easter as the 12th Warbirds International Airshow blitzed the senses of tens of thousands of people. Audio
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Tonnes of oil spill into Great Barrier marine park
8:09 AM.Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is expected to fly over the Great Barrier Reef later this morning to inspect the damage done by a Chinese coal ship leaking oil into the ocean. Audio
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Govt asked to get involved in abuse allegations
8:13 AM.The government's being urged to get involved in investigation of sexual abuse claims within New Zealand's Catholic Church. Audio
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Police appeal for witnesses of Nelson motorcamp seige
8:21 AM.The Police in Nelson are appealing to anyone who may have seen or heard anything during an armed seige of a Nelson motorcamp yesterday afternoon. Audio
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Space Shuttle launch sets new space record
8:23 AM.After a two-week delay the space shuttle Discovery has made a successful launch from Cape Canaveral and has helped establish a new space record. Audio
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Legal experts speak out against 'three strikes' plan
8:27 AM.Law specialists are giving public lectures on the proposed three strikes and you're out regime to inform New Zealanders on what they say is an unjust and irrational policy. Audio
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Markets update for 6 April 2010
8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Sports news for 6 April 2010
8:37 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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More funding needed to stop childrens' driveway deaths
8:41 AM.Child safety campaigners say they're being hamstrung by a lack of reliable data as they try to curb the number of driveway accidents. Audio
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Teeangers returning to school sports
8:43 AM.New figures show teenagers in Otago and Wairarapa are the sportiest in the country. Audio
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Waatea news for 6 April 2010
8:49 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Kumara shrugging off label as a ghost town
8:52 AM.The West Coast town of Kumara is shrugging off its label as a ghost town with townsfolk determined to pick up on the settlement's rich history to help revitalise its fortunes. Audio
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News from Australia
8:55 AM.With our correspondent in Canberra, Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio