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Morning Report for Tuesday 13 April 2010
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Iceland ex-PM blamed for 'extreme negligence'
8:56 AM.An official investigation into the financial crisis that crippled Iceland's economy has accused the former prime minister and other senior ministers of"extreme negligence"before the collapse of three… Read more Audio
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Wellington's mayors accused of secretive supercity talks
8:52 AM.Wellington's Mayoral Forum is being accused of working behind closed doors to impose a single city governance plan on residents in the capital. Audio
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Waitakere councilor says city will suffer if gun show banned
8:49 AM.The Waitakere City mayor wants to ban a long-standing gun and weapons show from the area, claiming it is in contradiction to the city's philosophy of peace. Audio
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Waatea News for 13 April 2010
8:46 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Australian teachers union rallies against national testing
8:41 AM.The Australian Education Union has announced a moratorium against recently introduced national testing. Audio
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Great Barrier coal ship is refloated
8:38 AM.The Chinese coal carrier which ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef has been successfully refloated overnight, and is being towed to a safe anchorage off central Queensland. Audio
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Sports News for 13 April 2010
8:33 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Markets Update for 13 April 2010
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Who will Invercargill entertain as mayor?
8:24 AM.Two of Invercargill's best-known identities will go head to head for the city's top job this year. Audio
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Thailand's govt may call early election to end political crisis
8:20 AM.Thailand's government could call an early election in a bid to end the bloody political crisis in its capital. Audio
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Upper North Island farmers anxious as drought worsens
8:17 AM.Farmers in the upper North Island are anxiously eyeing their browning paddocks as drought conditions get steadily worse. Audio
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Pipfruit group says apple exports to Australia long way off
8:13 AM.Pipfruit New Zealand is warning that it will be a long time before New Zealand can export apples to Australia, even if reports of a favourable World Trade Organisation decision prove correct. Audio
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Ukraine commits to get rid of its stockpile of enriched uranium
8:09 AM.The 47-nation summit on nuclear disarmament has produced its first result with a commitment from Ukraine to get rid of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium by 2012. Audio
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British PM and Labour leader unveils election programme
7:55 AM.British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has unveiled Labour's election manifesto, saying the party has a"plan for the future"and deserves to be elected to a fourth term in office. Audio
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Solicitor General considers appealing Kerikeri murder
7:50 AM.The Solicitor General is considering appealing the sentence handed down to the sixteen-year-old boy convicted of murdering the Kerikeri teenager, Liberty Templeman. Audio
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Government meddling in criminal justice system: Professor
7:46 AM.A law lecturer is criticising the government for what's he's calling a knee-jerk response to a legal issue. Audio
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Sports News for 13 April 2010
7:44 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Auckland local body staff still without job certainty
7:38 AM.Thousands of staff caught up in this country's biggest local government merger will begin learning today whether their jobs are safe or not. Audio
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Russia says Polish plane was told to go to another airfield
7:34 AM.Poland's acting president has moved to restore order to the country's leadership, after the weekend's deadly plane crash which killed dozens of the nation's political elite. Audio
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Former chief nurse spent thousands on travel
7:25 AM.The former chief nurse at the Ministry of Health spent almost 40 thousand dollars on international and domestic travel in the sixteen months leading up to his departure from the Ministry. Audio
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Local reaction to Key and Biden meeting
7:19 AM.Listening to that was the chief executive of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, Charles Finny, and the president of Federated Farmers Don Nicolson. Audio
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New Zealand apple growers now may sell in Australia
7:16 AM.Australian apple producers say they are still worried about allowing New Zealand apples into their country because of the risk of fire blight. Audio
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Prime Minister meets US Vice President Joe Biden
7:10 AM.John Key has poured cold water on the prospect of US warship visits. Audio
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Morning Business for 13 April 2010
6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Australia's objections to NZ apples based on protectionism
6:37 AM.The Labour Party leader, Phil Goff, says Australia's objection to New Zealand apples entering its market has been based on protectionism, not science. Audio
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John Key addresses US concerns over free trade in dairying
6:34 AM.New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has met Vice President Joe Biden in Washington. Audio
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Waatea News for 13 April 2010
6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 13 April 2010
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Pacific News for 13 April 2010
6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Makara residents say wind farm still too noisy
6:13 AM.Some residents near New Zealand's largest wind farm, on Wellington's south-west coast, say they are still suffering sleepless nights despite new research showing a drop in noise levels. Audio
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Top Stories for Tuesday 13 April 2010
6:00 AM.Makara residents say wind farm still too noisy, John Key addresses US concerns over free trade in dairying, Australia's objections to NZ apples based on protectionism and Poland's acting president to… Read more Audio