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Morning Report for Friday 17 December 2010
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:56 AM.The Christmas Island disaster, and why is Australia obsessed with Shane Warne's sex life? Audio
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Historic rail cabins found near roading development
8:53 AM.What appeared to be two dilapidated sheds in Christchurch have turned out to be a slice of New Zealand rail history. Two rail cabins have been found during the construction of the new Christchurch… Read more Audio
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Deep sea drilling voyages head in and out of Auckland
8:49 AM.A deep-sea research vessel is preparing to set sail from Auckland to study a chain of extinct volcanoes deep beneath the ocean, north-east of New Zealand. Audio
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Waatea News for 17 December 2010
8:48 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Report shows snowfalls on skifields could halve by 2090
8:46 AM.A new climate change report has skifield operators worried. The report says natural snowfalls on the country's skifields could be halved by 2090. Audio
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NZ business group floats APEC currency idea
8:40 AM.The idea of a Asia-Pacific regional currency is being floated by New Zealand businesses. They've suggested the 21 APEC economies could overcome the volatility of the world's existing reserve currency… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 17 December 2010
8:36 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Markets Update for 17 December 2010
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Social campaigner Tom Newnham dies
8:25 AM.The social activist once described by the Truth newspaper as the country's most hated man, Tom Newnham, has died in Auckland, aged 84. His campaigning for racial equality and human rights through the… Read more Audio
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Half of earthquake appeal money given out
8:23 AM.Over half of the $21 million donated to the Red Cross in the wake of September's Canterbury earthquake has been paid out. More than ten thousand grant applications have been received to date… Read more Audio
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Aid agencies says new funding regime is a fiasco
8:17 AM.A group of well-established charities are crying foul after the Government rejected more than half their applications for international aid projects costing millions of dollars. Last year the… Read more Audio
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More job losses huge blow to Greymouth
8:14 AM.West Coast community leaders say further job losses just before Christmas are another huge blow to the area. The Inland Revenue Department has announced job losses in several smaller centres… Read more Audio
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Another government department may take over Pike River
8:09 AM.The commander of the recovery operation at Pike River says the mine will not now be handed to receivers when the police role ends. Instead, Superintendent Gary Knowles says another government… Read more Audio
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Cemetary opens new area for bigger caskets
7:56 AM.A South Auckland cemetery plans to cope with the growing obesity epidemic by opening up an area with larger plots. The Manukau Memorial Gardens, near Auckland International Airport, says it's… Read more Audio
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More flights and cheaper fares if alliance goes ahead
7:49 AM.An aviation analyst says travellers may benefit from more frequent flights across the Tasman if an alliance between two airlines is approved. Australia's competition watchdog has supported a proposed… Read more Audio
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Christmas Island shipwreck toll rises to thirty
7:46 AM.The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has defended the time it took for authorities to respond to the fatal Christmas Island shipwreck on Wednesday. The death toll has risen to 30 overnight… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 17 December 2010
7:43 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Suggestion of another hike in GST widely panned
7:38 AM.A new proposal for a further hike in the Goods and Services Tax is being widely criticised. Increasing GST is just one of the ideas floated in the interim report of the Savings Working Group, set up… Read more Audio
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National says Labour leader needs to explain flat situation
7:35 AM.The Labour Party leader, Phil Goff is defending the continued ownership of his Wellington flat, while he continues to pocket a taxpayer allowance to live in another Wellington home. Audio
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Assange's release on bail upheld in London High Court
7:25 AM.The founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, is a free man, after the High Court in London upheld a decision to grant him bail. Audio
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Stand-off over control of Pike River Coal
7:21 AM.The receivers of Pike River Coal say they don't want to take over control of the recovery effort for the 29 miners killed in the mine. Audio
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Aid agencies cry foul over funding rejections
7:16 AM.Aid agencies are criticising the government after more than half of their international projects were rejected for funding. Earlier this year the Government altered the way it delivers international… Read more Audio
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Revenue Minister defends IRD job cuts
7:10 AM.The West Coast has been dealt another blow with the Inland Revenue Department making redundant half its staff based in Greymouth. The department has axed eight jobs, just days after more than a… Read more Audio
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Morning Business for 17 December 2010
6:49 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Ireland could be forced to make changes to abortion law
6:44 AM.The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against Ireland in a case that could force the country to amend its near-total ban on abortion. The court had been considering the policy after three Irish… Read more Audio
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Another 80 jobs go in the wood processing industry
6:41 AM.The National Distribution Union is warning the wood processing industry is in crisis, following another eighty jobs going at a central North Island sawmill. Audio
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Waatea News for 17 December 2010
6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 17 December 2010
6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Pacific News for 17 December 2010
6:19 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Greymouth IRD job cuts disgraceful - Labour
6:19 AM.The Labour Party says it is disgraceful that the Inland Revenue Department is sacking half of its staff in Greymouth, just as the community picks up the pieces from the Pike River mine tragedy. Audio
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Government needs to take another look at new Aid fund
6:14 AM.Aid agencies are criticising a new Government grants scheme, after more than half of their applications were rejected. The first decisions of the Sustainable Development Fund have just been notified… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Friday 17 December 2010
6:00 AM.Another government department may take over Pike River, More job losses huge blow to Greymouth, Aid agencies cry foul over funding rejections, Christmas Island shipwreck toll rises to thirty, Half of… Read more Audio