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Morning Report for Friday 20 April 2012
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:56 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
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World's best whistlers vie for prizes in US
8:52 AM.The best whistlers in the world have gathered in Louisburg in North Carolina for the 39th International Whistling Convention. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 20 April 2012
8:49 AM.A group of iwi members protesting against the inclusion of Hauturu-Little Barrier Island in a hapu's Treaty settlement say they're demonstrating as a last resort; The co-author of the first in-depth… Read more Audio
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University trials Asian grass for heating Otago campus
8:45 AM.A university has begun growing a large Asian grass that might one day power its campus heating systems. Audio
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Auditor clears Christchurch's Marryatt
8:42 AM.The chief executive of the Christchurch City Council has been cleared of any conflict of interest in his role by the Auditor General. Audio
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Tobacco companies claim intellectual property violation
8:40 AM.Tobacco companies are vowing they will - as one puts it - take every action necessary to fight any government ban on branding on cigarette packets. Audio
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Sports News for 20 April 2012
8:36 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Markets Update for 20 April 2012
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Kiwis hope to break 13-year ANZAC Test losing streak
8:26 AM.The New Zealand rugby league team takes on Australia at Eden Park tonight - the first Anzac test to be played in New Zealand since 1998. Audio
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Contrary accounts of state of sunken Korean vessel emerge
8:22 AM.An inquest has heard contrary accounts of the state of a Korean fishing vessel which sank off the South Island in 2010. Audio
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Business leaders plead for progress on convention centre
8:19 AM.Business leaders are frustrated the debate about building an international convention centre has being derailed by talk about politics and pokies. Audio
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UN plan last hope for peace in Syria say ministers
8:14 AM.Major international powers meeting in Paris have called the United Nations backed peace plan the last hope to resolve the Syrian crisis. Audio
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Business leader says foreign investment 'nonsense'
8:09 AM.The chair of the New Zealand International Business Forum is calling for a re-examination of the rules that surround foreign investment to make sure New Zealand attracts much needed capital from… Read more Audio
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Auckland's 24th Battalion winds down
7:54 AM.Sixty-five years after it was first formed, Auckland's 24th Battalion Association will beat a final retreat tomorrow afternoon, but not without a full military ceremony to highlight a proud chapter in… Read more Audio
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New teen sensation arrive in New Zealand
7:51 AM.Thousands of teenage fans of British boy band One Direction are likely to be beside themselves this weekend when the band makes its New Zealand debut. Audio
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NZ expected to come under pressure for new IMF loans
7:47 AM.New Zealand is among countries expected to come under pressure to contribute to a massive new bailout fund which it is hoped will help stave off another global financial crisis. Audio
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Sports News for 20 April 2012
7:44 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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NZ firms cool on Hillside workshops
7:40 AM.Heavy engineering companies say they expect little or no local interest in buying KiwiRail's Hillside workshops. Audio
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Pressure on Govt to revive counter-terrorism review
7:36 AM.The Government is under pressure to revive its abandoned review of the Terrorism Suppression Act. Audio
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Breivik tells court
7:26 AM.The Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has told an Oslo court he failed in his plan to kill all seven hundred people at a summer camp on Utoeya Island last July. Audio
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Tobacco companies vow to fight plain packaging plan
7:21 AM.Tobacco companies are vowing to fight a government plan to remove branding from cigarette packets. Audio
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Prime Minister to face more questions over Sky City deal
7:16 AM.The Prime Minister faces more questions over his involvement in a deal for Sky City to build a convention centre. Audio
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Government poised to announce Crafar sale says NZ First
7:09 AM.The Government is likely to release its decision on whether to sell the Crafar farms to a Chinese company as early as today amid accusations there was never any doubt that the sale would go through. Audio
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Morning Business for 20 April 2012
6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Speculation on announcement on Crafar farms sale
6:38 AM.The decision on whether the 16 Crafar farms will be sold to the Chinese company, Shanghai Pengxin, could be released as early as today. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 20 April 2012
6:28 AM.The co-author of the first in-depth assessment of Maori health needs in Taranaki says the report identifies the extent of inequality in health services between Maori and non-Maori; A group of iwi… Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 20 April 2012
6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Pacific News for 20 April 2012
6:19 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Business frustrated at lack of progress on convention centre
6:11 AM.Business leaders are frustrated the debate over the building of an international convention centre has being derailed by talk about politics and pokies. Audio
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Top Stories for Friday 20 April 2012
6:00 AM.The Opposition says it's a done deal, a decision may come today on the Crafar farms sale. The Prime Minister returns to the country to face more questions over his dealings with Sky City and does a… Read more Audio