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Morning Report for Friday 27 September 2013
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Top Stories for Friday 27 September 2013
6:00 AM.Opposition parties call for the decision-making process around the proposed Ruataniwha Dam in Hawke's Bay to be started from scratch. Greenpeace activists including two New Zealanders are imprisoned… Read more Audio
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Woman haunted by foster child's distress re Taylor
6:10 AM.The Mormon woman who blew the whistle on an elder of her church, she believed was abusing boys, says she felt sick when she found out he'd been approved as a CYFS caregiver - and had boys in his care.
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Rotting apples the latest NZ trade scandal in China
6:14 AM.Fresh back for a trade mission to calm Chinese consumers concerned about New Zealand exports, the Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive, Michael Barnett, says there is still work to do. Audio
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Pacific News for 27 September 2013
6:17 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 27 September 2013
6:21 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 27 September 2013
6:27 AM.The annual secondary schools national Maori speech competition has announced the winners for this year's event which took place in Hamilton; The chairman of the organising committee, Taiporutu Huata… Read more Audio
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Opposition MPs demand a halt to Ruataniwha Dam process
6:37 AM.Opposition parties are calling for a halt to the decision-making process around the proposed Ruataniwha Dam in Hawke's Bay sayng it needs to start from scratch. Audio
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Worry about Al Qaeda influence over Syria
6:39 AM.Just hours before the United Nations Security Council debates the crisis in Syria, worries have been raised about the extent of influence Al Qaeda has over opposition groups in that country. Audio
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Morning Business for 27 September 2013
6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Now, questions are asked over GNS role in dam
7:08 AM.Yet another Government agency has become involved in the controversy around the Ruataniwha Dam project. Audio
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More concerns over Hawke's Bay dam
7:11 AM.Listening to that report was the Green Party co-leader Dr Russel Norman. Audio
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New Zealand activists will spend two months in Russian prison
7:16 AM.Two New Zealanders, Jonathan Beauchamp and David John Haussmann have now been officially named among the ten Greenpeace protestors ordered to spend two months in a Russian prison. Audio
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America's Cup 2013 is over, bigger plans for next time
7:21 AM.The disappointment of not winning the America's Cup is still being felt in New Zealand, but attention is already turning to the next Cup series and whether giant catamarans have a future in the… Read more Audio
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Low deposit borrowers to get raw deal , publisher
7:28 AM.Bill English said in parliament yesterday up to 8-thousand families, couples and individuals will either have to look for a cheaper property or give up buying a first home because of the new Reserve… Read more Audio
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Worries raised about Al Qaeda influence on Syria
7:38 AM.Just hours before the United Nations Security Council debates the crisis in Syria worries have been raised about the extent of influence Al Qaeda has over opposition groups in that country. Audio
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Sports News for 27 September 2013
7:43 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Climate change report due
7:46 AM.The largest and most comprehensive report on climate change will tonight warn it is 95 per cent certain that humans are the cause of the planet warming. Audio
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Interpol seeks the "white widow" after Kenya seige
7:49 AM.At the request of Kenya, the global police body, Interpol, has issued an international alert -- or Red Notice -- for a British woman, Samantha Lewthwaite also known as the white widow. Audio
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AA supports bill to cut blood alcohol limit for drivers
7:56 AM.The motor industry is putting its weight behind a proposal to cut the blood alcohol limit for drivers, saying it could save several lives a year. Audio
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Greenpeace upset at conditions for NZ protestors in Russia
8:09 AM.Greenpeace New Zealand says its outraged over conditions for the two New Zealanders among a group of protestors who've been ordered to spend two months in a Russian prison. Audio
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Marine industry call for assistance
8:12 AM.Boat builders are calling for government support in the wake of Team New Zealand's failure to lift the America's Cup. Audio
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Ian Taylor says America's Cup is vital for NZ boat industry
8:16 AM.Listening to that was the New Zealand businessman Ian Taylor, whose company, Animation Research, provides graphics for the America's Cup. Audio
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Still too many people under DHB care killing themselves
8:21 AM.The number of people who took their own lives while under the care of District Health Boards has been called alarming by a suicide prevention group. Audio
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Southern leaders furious at AgResearch plans
8:24 AM.Southern leaders are furious the crown research centre, AgResearch, looks like it is going to ignore their proposals to keep genetic research at its Dunedin facility, Invermay. Audio
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Prosecutor not concerned with verdict in seals' deaths
8:28 AM.The Crown prosecutor in the case of a Blenheim man who clubbed seal pups to death says his acquittal on animal cruelty charges was largely expected. Audio
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Markets Update for 27 September 2013
8:31 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Sports News for 27 September 2013
8:37 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Commercial fishing season sees new costs for snapper one
8:40 AM.The new fishing year is about to start for commercial operators in Bay of Plenty, Hauraki Gulf and East Northland and with it comes new rules aimed at tackling the illegal dumping of fish and wastage.
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Aquatic pest found in Tauranga's Pilot Bay
8:44 AM.The Bay of Plenty Regional Council admits it's likely to be an uphill battle eradicating an aquatic pest found in Tauranga Harbour. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 27 September 2013
8:47 AM.A Ngai Tahu environment advisor for heritage, Helen Brown, says Maori artefacts are being lost by coastal erosion of archaeological sites; The annual secondary schools national Maori speech… Read more Audio
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NZ auctioneer takes out Australasian competition
8:50 AM.New Zealander Daniel Coulson, has been crowned the best auctioneer in Australia and New Zealand for the second year running. Audio
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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