Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Thursday, 18 March 2010

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17:08 Jail for ASB fraudster

An ASB investment banker who stole nearly $18 million dollars, spending it on property, prostitutes and wine, has been jailed for at least four years. (duration: 4′34″)

17:13 Inquiry into Cabinet documents leak

The State Services Commissioner says the Government asked him to investigate who leaked secret information from cabinet documents but he would have done his own inquiry anyway. (duration: 5′58″)

17:19 Forest and Bird - Government leaks 'an embarassment'

Listening to Iain Rennie was Kevin Hackwell from Forest and Bird. (duration: 3′06″)

17:22 Money available for income tax cuts shrinking.

The money available for income tax cuts is shrinking as the Treasury revises forecasts of how much heavier taxes on property will earn. (duration: 2′45″)

17:25 Evening business news for 18 March 2010

News from the business sector including a market report. (duration: 2′16″)

17:27 Willis focused on 800m win

Olympic silver medalist Nick Willis will take to the track in Christchurch tonight with revenge and a record time for the 800 metres in his sights. (duration: 3′07″)

17:33 Evening sports news for 18 March 2010

An update from the RNZ sports team. (duration: 3′09″)

17:36 Fiji damage reports slowly trickling in

Damage reports are slowly trickling in from the Cylcone battered northern islands and the Lau Group in Fiji - but the death toll remains unclear. (duration: 4′31″)

17:41 Swindling investment banker jailed for 6 years

A former ASB bank executive who stole nearly 18 million dollars, spending it on property, prostitutes and wine, has been sentenced to six years in jail. (duration: 4′40″)

17:46 Auditor General queries Whangarei Council about stadium

The office of the Auditor General is looking into the Whangarei District Council's dealings involving the city's controversial new stadium. (duration: 2′53″)

17:49 Waatea news for 18 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (duration: 2′50″)

17:52 Fonterra talks tough on dirty dairying

The dairy co-operative, Fonterra, is stepping up it's checks on dairy farmers as many have failed to meet targets to reduce pollution of rivers and streams. (duration: 4′28″)

17:57 TVNZ staff facing weeks of uncertainty over job cuts

Television New Zealand staff are facing weeks of uncertainty as they wait for their employer to decide exactly how many jobs it will cut. (duration: 2′37″)

17:59 223 million escape slum life

Nearly a quarter of a billion people have escaped from the world's slums -- according to a report released by the United Nations. (duration: 1′41″)

18:07 PM insists Commissioner instigated probe into leak

The Prime Minister John Key is insisting it was the State Services Commissioner who instigated a hunt for the leak of cabinet secrets, and not the Government. (duration: 3′47″)

18:11 Kupe gas project officially opened in Taranaki

A booster shot for the country's gas supply arrived today with the opening of the Kupe gas project in Taranaki. (duration: 2′53″)

18:14 Winery $50,000 poorer after breaching water ban

Morton Estate Winery has been hit with the biggest ever fine dished out in the Hawkes Bay for illegally taking water for irrigation. (duration: 3′16″)

18:17 HNZ under fire over costly computer revamp

A Labour Party MP is accusing Housing New Zealand of spending as least $20-million on a business case for a new computer system that Labour says isn't needed. (duration: 4′22″)

18:22 Evening business news for 18 March 2010

News from the business sector. (duration: 3′18″)

18:25 Fears Productivity Commission will be too narrowly focused

The government is setting up a new commission to find out how to lift this country's poor productivity record. (duration: 2′33″)

18:28 Ban has duck shooters crying foul

The decision by a Maori Trust to ban duck shooters from two Wellington lakes has hunters scratching their heads. (duration: 2′38″)

18:33 Evening sports news for 18 March 2010

An update from the RNZ sports team. (duration: 3′08″)

18:36 Pope asks Irish Catholics for forgiveness

Both the Pope and the leader of the Catholic church in Ireland have asked for forgiveness over a sexual abuse scandal which began in the 1970s. (duration: 2′53″)

18:39 Haiti children reunited with families

Most of the Haitian children taken out of the earthquake struck country by American missionaries in late January have been reunited with their families. (duration: 2′55″)

18:42 Trial date set for Rio Tinto executives

The trial date's been set for Rio Tinto executives in China. (duration: 2′07″)

18:44 Nigeria's acting president sacks the cabinet

Nigeria's acting president Goodluck Jonathan has dissolved the country's cabinet. (duration: 1′55″)

18:46 Waatea news for 18 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (duration: 2′43″)

18:49 Hutt City Council to discharge untreated sewage

The Hutt City Council is being allowed to discharge wastewater overflow into the heavily polluted Waiwhetu Stream for another fifteen years. (duration: 2′00″)

18:51 Controversial French game show shocks audience

French televison has embarked on a shocking new reality TV show. (duration: 3′02″)

18:54 EU report has United Kingdom in firing line

The European Union has criticised the United Kingdom over uncertainty about its plans to cut its budget deficit. (duration: 3′21″)

18:57 American born cleric urges jihad against US

In Yemen an extremist American-born cleric is urging Muslims to rise up and wage jihad against the United States. (duration: 2′03″)