10 February 2012 - 12:40 pm NZ time
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A jury has been told that the Kahui twins were so badly injured nothing could have been done to save them. (4′38″)
A day of rain throughout most of Waikato has farmers starting to breath a sigh of relief. (5′40″)
A Thai immigrant has told a depositions hearing that Taito Phillip Field let her stay at a safe house rent free. (2′03″)
News from the business sector including a market report. (1′57″)
The Government says its $200,000,000 Meningococcal B immunisation campaign has"kneecapped the epidemic". (4′21″)
Senator Obama is standing by his comments, although he's conceding he could have expressed them better. (4′21″)
An update from the RNZ sports team. (2′57″)
A 51 year old construction worker Murray Foreman from Haumoana is charged with killing Mr Nicholas. (4′40″)
The police investigating the disappearance of Marie Davis have begun reinterviewing the family and friends. (2′28″)
Claims that media reporting about the benefits of prostate cancer screening is biased and inaccurate. (4′05″)
News from the Waatea team. (2′51″)
A man extradited from Australia to face trial on historical sex charges has pleaded guilty. (3′40″)
The Attorney-General Robert McClellan says the government's considering introducing laws to counter cyber attacks. (3′26″)
Seven Kakapo chicks born just over a fortnight ago are being moved to a hand- rearing facility in Nelson. (2′10″)
Food prices around the World have surged by more than a third in the past year. (2′48″)
There's been a significant breakthrough in Kenya. (3′45″)
It's been more than two weeks since Zimbabwe's general election and there's still no official confirmation of results. (3′06″)
An environmental group opposing Trustpower's 200 megawatt windfarm at Lake Mahinerangi near Dunedin is vowing to fight on. (2′39″)
News from the business sector. (2′33″)
A High Court trial in Blenheim has heard how a teenager inhaling from an LPG cylinder inside a car. (2′57″)
People with very fair skin and those under eighteen are to be banned from using solariums. (2′28″)
New Zealand's first woman district court judge, Dame Augusta Wallace, has died at the age of 78. (2′24″)
An update from the RNZ sports team. (3′20″)
Many people complain that they just don't get numbers - now Auckland researchers are investigating one of the reasons why. (5′41″)
Charges of unlawful assembly are expected to be laid early this week against seventeen people in Fiji arrested at a vigil. (2′50″)
There's a call for urgent public debate about the state of science in this country. (4′26″)
News from the Waatea team. (2′41″)
Civil rights campaigners in Australia are protesting over a proposal that would allow companies to check their workers' emails. (4′06″)
Confounding most expectations the party of the former rebel Maoists in Nepal appears to be heading for electoral victory. (2′57″)
Thousands of people gathered at a train station in Berlin yesterday to see an exhibition on a vintage German steam train. (1′00″)
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