Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Thursday 11 March 2010

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17:07 Extra, wards, boards and politicians for Supercity

The disgruntled Rodney District Council is making a last ditch bid not to become part of Auckland's new Supercity. (3′15″)

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17:10 Rodney District fights for exclusion from Super City

We're joined by the Rodney District Mayor, Penny Webster. (2′23″)

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17:12 British American Tobacco company grilled

The country's largest tobacco company has been grilled by MPs over its responsibility for the high number of Maori smokers and smoking related deaths. (3′05″)

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17:16 Reserve Bank keeps OCR on hold

The country's record low official cash rate will start climbing again later this year with the Reserve Bank saying there'll be enough economic growth by then to start pushing up inflation. (4′42″)

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17:21 Pacific Fibre vows to connect NZ

A group of New Zealand businessmen have joined forces with a plan to break the digital divide between New Zealand and the rest of the world. (5′07″)

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17:26 Evening Business News for 11 March 2010

News from the business sector including a market report. (2′08″)

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17:28 Grandmother takes on burglars and wins

Two burglars got more than they bargained for when they broke into the home of a West Auckland grandmother. (3′39″)

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17:35 Evening sports news for 11 March 2010

An update from the RNZ sports team. (2′53″)

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17:38 Food prices down in February

Food prices have fallen for the sixth time in just seven months. (2′10″)

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17:40 Interest rates set to rise later in the year

Interest rates are set to rise later this year, but the Reserve Bank has signalled the increases will be more gradual than in the past. (3′20″)

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17:43 Hell's Angels dismiss threats to motorcycle rally

The Hell's Angels motorcycle gang, is dismissing claims, that a rival gang is threatening its motorcycle rally, through Nelson tomorrow. (3′02″)

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17:47 Fiji: growing fears surround high profile politican

A Fiji pro-democracy group says there are growing fears about the fate of a high profile politican who was seized by soliders last Friday and who hasn't been seen since. (4′08″)

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17:50 Waatea news for 11 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′27″)

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17:53 Surburban woman linked to al-Qaeda murder plot

An American woman who called herself Jihad Jane has been linked to an assassination plot against a controversial Swedish cartoonist. (3′55″)

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17:57 Charity jetski ride from London to Auckland planned

A group of New Zealanders are preparing to brave treacherous seas, sharks and pirates as they attempt to jetski from London to Auckland (2′43″)

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18:08 Supercity criticism from Rodney District and Greens

With the ink barely dry on the new political map for Auckland's Supercity, the Rodney District Council has voted to make a new attempt to break away from the amalgamation. (4′21″)

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18:12 Hide says HRC advocating separatism

The Local Government Minister and leader of the Act party, Rodney Hide, says the Human Rights Commission is advocating separatism in its criticisms of the structure of the new Auckland supercity. (2′37″)

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18:15 Waihopai Base trial update

A Catholic priest who attacked the Waihopai spy base in 2008 has told a jury he is not anti-American. (3′00″)

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18:18 No Gardasil at Westland High School

Westland High School in Hokitika is refusing to let the Gardasil cancer vaccine be given to its students at school. (3′51″)

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18:23 Evening Business News for 11 March 2010

News from the business sector. (3′12″)

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18:26 Maori Affairs Select Committee sits in Auckland

An inquiry into the tobacco industry's affect on Maori has heard that Maori babies are dying at a disproportionate rate with more than half of them not being properly protected from the dangers of smoking. (4′19″)

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18:33 Evening sports news for 11 March 2010

An update from the RNZ sports team. (3′36″)

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18:37 Aboriginal death in custody 'a running sore'

In Australia there are growing calls for a full coronial inquiry into the death of a young Aboriginal remand prisoner who it's claimed was left lying in his cell and allowed to die. (3′50″)

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18:40 Labour wants a cap on loan shark interest rates

Labour is pushing for a crack-down on loan sharks with a members bill that calls for a cap on how much interest lenders can charge. (4′00″)

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18:44 Afghanistan's leader has talks with Iran and Pakistan

Afghanistan's President, Hamid Kharzai, is on a visit to Islamabad where Pakistan's role in any negotiations with the Taleban is being discussed. (2′11″)

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18:46 Waatea news for 11 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′40″)

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18:50 Female prison population growing at twice the rate of men

The Corrections Department is being urged to set up better rehabilitation programmes for women inmates, or risk the prison population ballooning further. (2′33″)

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18:53 Aung San Suu Kyi banned from elections

Myanmar has introduced a new law which will bar pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, from taking part in planned elections. (3′49″)

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18:56 Senior official in China calls climate change deniers"extreme"

As a major polluter, China has been relatively quiet in making statements about the world's climate problems. (2′30″)

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18:58 Sharing trait in ape species may help understand sharing

Scientists say that one of our closest living relatives in the animal world has retained the very human ability to share food voluntarily. (1′06″)

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