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Morning Report for Wednesday 10 November 2010
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New Haast museum proposed to showcase its history
8:57 AM.A West Coast resident wants to build a museum to commemorate the mammoth engineering task needed to build a road to one of New Zealand's most remote towns. Audio
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Banks say investors are turning to term deposits
8:54 AM.Banks say investors are flocking to term deposits after being burnt by investment company failures and a stagnant property market. Audio
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Bourke verdict raises questions about provocation law
8:53 AM.Lawyers are calling on the government to re-instate the legal defence of provocation, after David Bourke successfully used the defence in his murder trial. Audio
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New ground-based poison potential alternative to 1080
8:50 AM.A research and development company wants to manufacture a new ground-based poison for killing possums which it says could act as a possible alternative to 1080. Audio
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Waatea News for 10 November 2010
8:48 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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John Key optimistic ahead of APEC meeting
8:43 AM.The Prime Minister, John Key, is leaving for the Asia Pacific Economic Co-Operation meeting in Japan, with President Obama among the world leaders he expects to talk to. Audio
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Barack Obama returns to his childhood home
8:38 AM.The US president, Barack Obama, has returned to his childhood home of Indonesia. Audio
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Sports News for 10 November 2010
8:36 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Markets Update for 10 November 2010
8:28 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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KiwiRail to bid for rail wagons tender
8:26 AM.KiwiRail has announced it will submit a tender to build 300 of its own new freight wagons. Audio
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New Auckland Council doesn't know how many employees it has
8:23 AM.Ten days after the creation of the country's largest local body, the Auckland Council says it doesn't know how many staff are on its payroll. Audio
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Finance Minister wanted more liberal foreign investment regime
8:20 AM.New papers show the Minister of Finance, Bill English, tried to make Cabinet remove rules protecting sensitive land from foreign ownership, before the Government was forced to make an embarrassing… Read more Audio
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Police in Taipa to remove protesters
8:14 AM.The police have moved in to remove a group of Maori protesters occupying a council reserve in the Far North. Audio
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Zespri to possibly identify disease infested orchards
8:10 AM.Zespri says it'll decide this afternoon whether to name the three Bay of Plenty orchards placed under quarantine, because of concerns over the potentially devastating disease, PSA. Audio
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Memoirs of George W Bush hit the shelves
7:56 AM.The memoirs of the former US president, George W Bush, will begin hitting shelves across America from today as the man behind the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan defends his controversial Presidency.
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Sports News for 10 November 2010
7:47 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Dunedin waiting for verdict on neurosurgery
7:42 AM.People living in the lower South Island will find out later this morning if Dunedin will keep its struggling neurosurgery services. Audio
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Pansy Wong accused of misusing ministerial title
7:37 AM.The Prime Minister, John Key, has been forced to defend the actions of one his ministers on the same day he flies off to rub shoulders with President Obama and other world leaders at the Asia Pacific… Read more Audio
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Fonterra responds to claims it hasn't done enough
7:28 AM.Geoff asked the Fonterra chief executive, Andrew Ferrier whether the company accepted it had a moral obligation to pay more to the melamine victims. Audio
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Melamine death toll likely to be in hundreds, says specialist
7:24 AM.Two years after China's melamine tainted baby formula scandal, new research suggests the number of children affected is likely to be much higher than official government figures. Audio
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Ministry - New Plymouth high birth defect rates due to chance
7:20 AM.A new study has found birth defects were up to three times more common in New Plymouth than the rest of the country when dioxin contamination from the city's Dow chemical plant was at its peak in the… Read more Audio
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NZ could learn from Italy's kiwifruit devastation
7:15 AM.The PSA bacteria has ruined the kiwifruit industry in Italy, where a third of the gold fruit crop has been lost. Audio
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MAF says science will guide kiwifruit disease reponse
7:09 AM.The United States and Australia have banned imports of New Zealand kiwifruit plants and cuttings following the outbreak of the potentially devastating PSA disease in Bay of Plenty. Audio
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Morning Business for 10 November 2010
6:48 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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PMs office insists no breach had occurred
6:42 AM.The Prime Minister's office is insisting Pansy Wong has not breached Cabinet rules, after describing herself as a government minister when witnessing a business deal for her husband in China. Audio
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MAF says eradicating kiwifruit disease may not be possible
6:39 AM.The Ministry of Agriculture has admitted it may not be possible to eradicate the kiwifruit vine disease, PSA, which is spreading in Bay of Plenty. Audio
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Waatea News for 10 November 2010
6:28 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 10 November 2010
6:24 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Pacific News for 10 November 2010
6:20 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Young people will be isolated by proposed law change
6:16 AM.MPs have heard that young people in rural communities may be left isolated if a bill changing the driving age is passed. Audio