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04 February 2012 - 3:32 pm NZ time
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Sunday, 23 August 2009: Student Housing
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Grotty flats and bitterly cold conditions - they're a fact of life for students who choose to study at Otago University in Dunedin.
But are such conditions harming young people's health and causing international students to take their dollars elsewhere?
Cold houses are known to increase the rate of asthma and hospitalisations so should landlords be taking the matter more seriously?
Emma Lancaster reports from the heart of student-land in Dunedin to ask what needs to be done to improve living conditions and whether young people can be encouraged to opt for better housing.
"Pink Flat, The Door:" One of the distinctive student flats in Dunedin on the Facebook page, "Dunedin named student flats"
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12:00 am Sunday 5 February: Bali Ophanages - BBC
Orphanages likes hotels are a growth industry in Bali.
They depend heavily on tourist donations to survive and many have become attractions in themselves.
The BBC's Ed Butler investigates reports that some orphanages are being run as commercial rackets and that children there are being exploited for the owners' benefit.
8:12 am Sunday 12 February: America-China showdown and New Zealand
As China's economic and military power grows, the United States is again focusing its attentions on the Asia-Pacific region, both militarily and in trade.
An arm wrestle between the two powers for influence in the region is underway.
Radio New Zealand’s Economics Correspondent, Nigel Stirling, asks what it means for New Zealand.
Can this country keep its historical ties with Washington without jeopardising its increasingly important economic relationship with China
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