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Morning Report for Wednesday 22 August 2012
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Collection of rare Maori letters being put online
8:57 AM.A collection of rare Maori letters written before and during the New Zealand wars is to be put online. Taranaki iwi have been working with the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington to understand… Read more Audio
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Urewera Four appeal gets underway in Wellington
8:53 AM.The Urewera Four's fight against their convictions and sentences gets underway in the Court of Appeal at Wellington. Audio
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Syria's violence spills over to Lebanon
8:49 AM.At least four people have been killed and 60 injured in clashes in the Lebanese city of Tripoli between opponents and supporters of Syria's president. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 22 August 2012
8:47 AM.The pressure felt by schools to employ staff who know the Maori language and culture is being linked to a sex offender getting a job as a teacher; The Maori King's sixth coronation wrapped up… Read more Audio
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NZ and Aus unions work to stop jobs going across the ditch
8:43 AM.Food sector unions say employers are using the threat of cheaper labour costs in New Zealand as a bargaining weapon when negotiating with workers in Australia. Audio
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Waikato kiwifruit growers to meet on PSA spread
8:36 AM.Kiwifruit growers will meet in Cambridge to discuss ways to control the vine disease PSA. Audio
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Sports News for 22 August 2012
8:35 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Markets Update for 22 August 2012
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Anger, frustration and tears at Sumner residents meeting
8:27 AM.Sumner residents whose properties have been condemned have vented their frustrations at a meeting with the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority. Audio
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School principals discuss report into sex offender teacher
8:14 AM.A raft of recommendations to improve the way school teachers are vetted have been applauded by some in the education sector, but others say they should go further. Audio
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Labour says there's evidence asset sales shouldn't go ahead
8:08 AM.Labour says the poor economic health of the energy company, Solid Energy, is evidence that the Government's asset sales programme should be called off. Audio
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Deadline looms for Republican Todd Akin
7:53 AM.In the United States, Republican party officials are fighting against time as they try to force a disgraced sentate candidate out of the race. Audio
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Prime Minister is dismissing latest migration stats
7:49 AM.The Prime Minister, John Key, is dismissing the latest flood of people to Australia as nothing unusual. Audio
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Wilkinson adamant law will help even though paper disagrees
7:44 AM.The Labour Minister is adamant proposed law changes, which include removing the right of new workers to be hired under the terms of a collective contract, will help boost workers' wages even though… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 22 August 2012
7:43 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Taleban attack top US military officer's plane
7:39 AM.Just hours before the soldier's bodies left the Bagram airforce base, a Taleban attack on the runway damaged the plane of the top US general. Audio
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Cabinet asks for reassurance over Baghlan patrols
7:35 AM.As the bodies of three New Zealand soldiers killed in Afghanistan begin their journey home, the Cabinet is seeking an assurance from the Defence Force that extending New Zealand patrols into southern… Read more Audio
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Len Brown taunted at rates meeting
7:26 AM.Residents of some of Auckland's wealthiest suburbs have heckled and taunted the Auckland Mayor at a public meeting about the city's rates rises. Audio
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Granity school mourns loss of youngster
7:23 AM.An investigation has begun into the death of a five year old boy, hit by a school bus in the small West Coast community of Hector. The youngster had just got off the bus in his hometown, north of… Read more Audio
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Cities on shortlist for Wilson's release would reject him
7:12 AM.The mayors of two cities reportedly shortlisted to host Stewart Murray Wilson say they too would reject the serial sex offender. Audio
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New spanner in the works for partial sales programme
7:09 AM.The Finance Minister says the Government may have to re-evaluate how much of its asset sales programme it'll be able to complete this term, in light of what the opposition says is yet another spanner… Read more Audio
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Morning Business for 22 August 2012
6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Teachers welcome mandatory photo IDS
6:40 AM.The Primary Teachers' Union says cost should not be a barrier to introducing biometric photographing of all teachers. Audio
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Labour says asset sales plan should be scrapped
6:37 AM.The Labour Party says the poor economic health of the energy company, Solid Energy, is evidence that the Government's asset sales programme should be scrapped. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 22 August 2012
6:27 AM.The Maori King's sixth coronation wrapped up yesterday, ending with King Tuheitia Paki delivering his annual speech - peppered with a couple of political messages; The pressure felt by schools to… Read more Audio
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Morning Rural News for 22 August 2012
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Principals says recommendations should go further
6:19 AM.School principals say a raft of recommendations to improve the way teachers are vetted should go further - but teachers are urging caution. Audio
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Pacific News for 22 August 2012
6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Kaipara Mayor hopes to resolve debt crisis
6:12 AM.The Mayor of the beleaguered Kaipara District, Neil Tiller, says he's sad his council's being sidelined - after a gruelling effort to get on top of its debt and rating problems. Audio
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Top Stories for Wednesday 22 August 2012
6:00 AM.New spanner in the works for partial sales programme; Cities on shortlist for Wilson's release would reject him; Labour says there's evidence asset sales shouldn't go ahead; School principals discuss… Read more Audio