04 February 2012 - 2:58 pm NZ time
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More than a hundred still missing in PNG ferry sinking; Latest on Papua New Guinea rescue effort; Strong quake shakes Vanuatu but no damage reported; Te Puni Kokiri, poverty on agenda at Waitangi Day; Navy denies reports it endangered yacht in Antarctica; More protests in Cairo after football violence; Industry cautions EQC about making insurance too pricey; Major potential seen for oil industry; Schools fear new round of school closures. (30′47″)
A large Auckland-based furniture maker has been placed in receivership, putting 180 jobs at risk. (1′33″)
The Royal New Zealand Navy is denying Norwegian media reports HMNZS Wellington ordered the yacht Berserk to leave safe anchorage in Antarctica last year. (2′35″)
The latest from the Pacific region. (4′09″)
News from the rural and farming sector. (5′17″)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry says a key issue for the government to consider in the next three years, is improving the capability of Maori interests in the primary sector; The government has been told it needs to increase the rate of Treaty settlement legislation going through Parliament; For the second year in a row the major Waitangi Day celebrations in Hawke's Bay will be split between two venues; The condition of the Waituna Lagoon, once an important food resource for Ngai Tahu people in Southland, is one of the local issues to be discussed with government ministers on Waitangi day. (3′18″)
The Prime Minister John Key says he will explain the government's thinking about changes to the SOE Act when he goes onto the Waitangi marae on Sunday. (1′06″)
Educators are backing a call from the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs for more government funding of bilingual education to lift the performance of Pacific students. (3′46″)
News from the business sector including a market report. (10′27″)
More than 100 people are still missing after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of Papua New Guinea yesterday morning. (4′11″)
Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Maritime Safety Authority in PNG, Captain Nurur Rahman. (3′10″)
An earthquake measuring magnitude 6.9 struck in the Pacific Ocean off Vanuatu early this morning. A 5.7 earthquake struck NZ off the coast of New Plymouth at 7am and was widely felt. (48″)
Asset sales - impending job losses at Te Puni Kokiri - and grinding poverty in the north are set to fuel debate and protest at Waitangi this weekend. (3′52″)
The Navy has strongly rejected speculation in the Norwegian media that HMNZS Wellington ordered the yacht Berserk to leave safe anchorage in Antarctica last year. (4′34″)
Egypt's capital, Cairo, is again the scene of major protests and violence sparked by the death of 74 people at a football match in Port Said. (4′59″)
The Insurance industry is cautioning the Earthquake Commission against making its insurance cover too expensive. (2′57″)
The Ministry of Economic Development is predicting New Zealand could produce more petroleum than it consumes within 20 years, if new oil fields are developed. (3′34″)
An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (2′54″)
It's been a tough week for the bloodstock industry, with sales at the Karaka auctions down almost 20 percent on last year. (3′37″)
School groups fear a new round of school closures after both the Treasury and the Ministry of Education recommended the government close schools to save money. (2′31″)
Despite the growing anger directed at the Christchurch City Council and the thousands of protesters who this week gathered to call for it to be dumped mid year - there are still people fighting to join it. (3′27″)
Angelo Dundee, the trainer who helped groom Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard into world champions and became one of boxing's most recognisable figures, died yesterday at the age of 90. (3′04″)
Efforts to find any remaining survivors from a sunken ferry off the coast of Papua New Guinea had to be put on hold overnight because of continuing rough weather in the area. (4′21″)
After three relatively quiet Waitangi Day celebrations, a more tempestuous affair is predicted this year. (4′37″)
The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, may have a fight on her hands, as rumors of a leadership challenge spread. (5′23″)
After a six-month battle with the Christchurch City Council, the writer Joe Bennett is the first Lyttelton resident to have the red sticker removed from his home. (5′17″)
A brief update of movements in the financial sector. (43″)
An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′56″)
The Wellington leg of the IRB Sevens World Series kicks off in the capital this afternoon with hosts New Zealand keen to defend their title and win the competition for the sixth time. (3′33″)
The Finance Minister, Bill English, says he won't accept advice from the Treasury to look at raising the entitlement age for superannuation. (4′56″)
The government has been told it needs to increase the rate of Treaty settlement legislation going through Parliament; The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry says a key issue for the government to consider in the next three years, is improving the capability of Maori interests in the primary sector; The condition of the Waituna Lagoon, once an important food resource for Ngai Tahu people in Southland, is one of the local issues to be discussed with government ministers on Waitangi day; For the second year in a row, the major Waitangi Day celebrations in Hawke's Bay, will be split between two venues. (3′28″)
Plans to build a new theatre on Auckland's waterfront could be in jeopardy if nearly twenty million dollars of funding can't be secured by mid-year. (3′06″)
A chat with our Canberra correspondent about rumours of a new leadership challenge for the Australian PM. (4′15″)
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