Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Thursday 23 May 2013

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06:09 Ruatoki community to meet to discuss IPCA report

Plans are underway to organise a special hui for the Ruatoki community to discussthe report into the 2007 Urewera raids that found police actions to be ''unlawful, unjustified and unreasonable''. (2′19″)

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06:12 Greens describe Chch school merger as experimental

The Government's plans to close four Christchurch schools and merge them into one, are being described as a experiment which could set a precedent for urbanising other schools. (2′13″)

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06:18 Pacific News for 23 May 2013

The latest from the Pacific region. (3′58″)

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06:22 Morning Rural News for 23 May 2013

News from the rural and farming sector. (5′10″)

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06:27 Te Manu Korihi News for 23 May 2013

A Tuhoe leader says a report justifying the police's move not to involve Iwi Liaison Officers in the 2007 Urewera raids shows their role is tokenistic; The Courts Minister is rejecting suggestions that allowing Judges alone to pass sentence in Marae Based Youth Court is undermining the mana of kaumatua; A Maori Studies researcher at Victoria University - who is surveying Maori migrants in Australia - says recent arrivals will be denied access to the Federal Government's new National Disability Insurance Scheme. (3′20″)

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06:37 Former police minister was not briefed on how the Urewera raids were conducted

The Minister of Police at the time of the Urewera raids says she had no idea how the operation would turn out, but now regrets what happened. (3′20″)

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06:40 A soldier in London killed in machete attack

A man believed to be a soldier has been killed and his two attackers are injured after a machete attack in Woolich in south-east London which government sources at one stage described it as a suspected terror incident. (2′12″)

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06:47 Morning Business for 23 May 2013

News from the business sector including a market report. (11′45″)

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07:09 Urewera lawyers call Police Commissioner arrogant and flippant

Lawyers acting for Tuhoe caught up in the Urewera raids say the Police Commissioner has been arrogant and flippant about the IPCA investigation into the operation which found the police broke the law. (4′07″)

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07:13 Tuhoe residents consider compensation

Russell Fairbrother, whose client Tame Iti was one of four people convicted after the raids, says the Police Commisioner Peter Marshall's concession means police are in no position to argue against compensation. (4′11″)

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07:17 Ruatoki resident says she'll never forget Urewera raid

Miria Tuhaka is one of the residents caught up in the operation, She joins us from Ruatoki. (4′26″)

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07:22 Man killed in machete attack in London

A man believed to be a soldier has been killed in a machete attack and his two assailants shot by police in Woolwich in south-east London. (6′12″)

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