Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Friday 3 February 2012

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17:00 Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 3 February 2012

New China strategy out amid land sales controversy; An urgent demolition in Christchurch; Fears 100 bodies trapped on sunken ferry; Record floods strand thousands in NSW; Man on home detention cooks up P; Good Samaritan describes losing his car; and Wellington's Rugby Sevens in full swing. (23′28″)

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17:08 New China strategy out amid land sales controversy

The Government's released a major new China economic strategy amid the controversy over Chinese corporates buying farmland here. (6′21″)

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17:14 An urgent demolition in Christchurch

An urgent demolition is being organised in Christchurch because authorities have discovered critical structural damage to an apartment complex. (3′18″)

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17:18 Fears 100 bodies trapped on sunken ferry

It's feared that one hundred bodies are trapped inside the ferry that sank off Papua New Guinea yesterday. 238 survivors of the Rabaul Queen's sinking have so far been rescued but searchers have yet to find any bodies. (2′54″)

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17:20 Evening Business for 3 February 2012

News from the business sector including a market report. (2′31″)

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17:23 Man on home detention cooks up P

The Corrections Department says it's not embarrassed that a man on home detention was able to cook up millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine without visiting probation officers noticing anything. (4′32″)

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17:27 Wellington's Rugby Sevens in full swing

The Rugby Sevens is in full swing in Wellington, and the host team is determined to defend their title and add a sixth home crown to their trophy cabinet. (2′09″)

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17:32 Sports News for 3 February 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′45″)

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17:36 Critic shoots down Govt's China strategy

The Government's released a major new China economic strategy amid the controversy over land sales to foreigners. But a critic says the strategy, which aims to boost cross investment and double bilateral trade within three years, still falls short. (3′22″)

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17:40 Judge reserves decision at Judicial Review of Crafar Farms

The sale of the Crafar farms to a Chinese conglomerate has been put on hold after a court hearing. A High Court Judge has reserved his decision on whether officials followed the correct procedures in okaying the sale of the 16 North Island dairy farms to the Shanghai Pengxin Group. (3′19″)

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17:45 $40m cost for Nelson-Tasman flood repairs

The Mayor of Nelson, Aldo Miccio, says it will cost about $40 million to fix the damage caused in Nelson and Tasman by the record flooding in December. (3′04″)

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17:49 Manu Korihi News for 3 February 2012

The chance of the Nelson City Council becoming the first unitary authority in New Zealand to have a Maori ward, is far from certain; Climate change, education, the constitution and the partial State Asset sales are among some of the topics that'll be discussed by Iwi leaders at Waitangi; The Maori Party has issued advice to iwi on the Government's draft paper on partial asset sales, before the consultation hui starts next week; The head of the Awanui Runaka in Southland, Sir Tipene O'Regan, says the Ngai Tahu Treaty Festival will be used to discuss the Constitutional review, and pollution in the Waituna Lagoon; Auckland's largest hapu won't be holding its annual Okahu Bay Waitangi Day festival. (3′39″)

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17:53 Te Papa warns it's running out of storage space

The chair of the national museum, Te Papa, says it may fall on private benefactors to ensure many of its exhibitions don't remain locked away in storage. (2′46″)

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17:56 Good Samaritan describes losing his car

An Otago man who rushed to rescue a toddler and mother from the harbour yesterday, then had to watch as his car plunged into the water. (2′05″)

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18:07 China strategy badly flawed, says Beijing banker

The Government's released a major new China economic strategy amid the controversy over foreign corporates buying farmland here. (5′53″)

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18:13 Record floods strand thousands in NSW

Thousands of people have been evacuated and thousands more are stranded as record floods ravage northern New South Wales and southern Queensland. (1′56″)

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18:18 Evidence critically endangered storm petrels are reproducing

Auckland researchers are excited to discover that critically endangered sea birds are breeding off the New Zealand coast. The New Zealand storm petrel was presumed extinct for more than 150 years until it was rediscovered by bird watchers in 2003. (3′10″)

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18:22 Evening Business for 3 February 2012

Shares in the Warehouse Group fell sharply today after the retail giant cut its profit forecast as market conditions squeeze margins. (3′46″)

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18:25 Mayor upset Capital & Coast DHB doesn't keep own records

The Mayor of one of New Zealand's poorest regions says the health of children in his area is being compromised because the District Health Board is not keeping detailed records. (3′01″)

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18:34 Sports News for 3 February 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′06″)

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18:37 Focus on Politics for 3 February 2012

The imminent sale of New Zealand land and strategic assets has lit the fire under the issue of foreign ownership at the start of the political year. (17′45″)

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18:54 Manu Korihi News for 3 February 2012

The chance of the Nelson City Council becoming the first unitary authority in New Zealand to have a Maori ward, is far from certain; Climate change, education, the constitution and the partial State Asset sales are among some of the topics that'll be discussed by Iwi leaders at Waitangi; Members of the Iwi Chairs Forum are being invited to a powhiri on Te Tii Marae at Waitangi tomorrow; The head of the Awanui Runaka in Southland, Sir Tipene O'Regan, says the Ngai Tahu Treaty Festival will be used to discuss the New Zealand Constitutional review, and the pollution in the Waituna Lagoon. (2′45″)

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