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Morning Report for Tuesday 5 May 2009
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North Korea allows entry to New Zealand birders
8:58 AM.Three New Zealanders have just returned from monitoring shorebirds including The Godwit in North Korea. Audio
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Ex-inmate says private prisons will increase reoffending
8:54 AM.A former prison inmate, Australian Brett Collins says privatising New Zealand's prisons will increase reoffending. Audio
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Amnesty faults New Zealand's human rights stance
8:50 AM.New Zealand lines up for its human rights health check at the United Nations in Geneva on Thursday. Audio
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Waatea news
8:48 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Fiat in talks to become world's second biggest car maker
8:42 AM.The Italian company is in talks with General Motors to buy their European businesses. Audio
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Two new confirmed swine flu cases
8:40 AM.Health officials say it is still too early to say the swine flu outbreak has peaked despite the slowdown in new suspected cases. Audio
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Sports news
8:36 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Markets update
8:29 AM.A quick update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Crown case in David Bain trail likely to wind up today
8:13 AM.David Bain has been on trial in Christchurch for the past nine weeks, in which over 100 witness have given evidence. Audio
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Lawyer says electoral law failed to deliver
8:09 AM.Last year's campaign was the first held under the Electoral Finance Act and was also the last. Audio
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Energy firms pay $13m in resource consent agreements
7:56 AM.Energy companies have paid 13 million dollars over the past two decades in agreements to obtain resource consents. Audio
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Sports news
7:45 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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First witnesses in Maori exorcism trial give evidence
7:45 AM.Janet Moses died in October 2007 and nine people, whose names are suppressed, are before the High Court. Audio
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Swine flu worries for southern hemisphere
7:40 AM.The World Health Organisation says it's worried the swine flu virus will spread within southern hemisphere countries. Audio
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National's Lee confirmed as Mt Albert candidate
7:36 AM.The others are list MPs, the Greens Russel Norman and Act's John Boscawen. Audio
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UN ambassadors in soccer game
7:28 AM.Ambassadors at the United Nations have traded their suits for soccer uniforms in an effort to boost world peace. Audio
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New Zealand backs Australia's ETS delay
7:27 AM.Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the delay to 2011 despite earlier saying it would be reckless to put it off. Audio
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Report suggests abusive homes harm kids' development
7:25 AM.A new report suggests children raised in violent homes fail to develop empathy and can't control their emotions. Audio
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Lee gets nod for National in Mt Albert
7:22 AM.Ms Lee becomes the third sitting MP vying to replace the former Prime Minister, Helen Clark as the MP for Mt Albert. Audio
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Jobs statistics doubly grim
7:20 AM.Figures out yesterday show the number of paid hours worked suffered its biggest fall since the early 1990s. Audio
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Call from neutral outsiders to help with Fiji
7:18 AM.A wealthy expatriate businessman says Fiji needs help from neutral outsiders to prevent further decline. Audio
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Tauranga police reveal detail of armed hospital standoff
7:15 AM.Its alleged the man pulled a gun on a doctor at Tauranga Hospital's mental health unit, prompting police to evacuate. Audio
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Corporate donors abandon political parties
7:09 AM.Corporate donations to political parties plummeted in the run up to last year's general elections. Audio
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Morning business
6:48 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Older men prominent in drowning statistics
6:43 AM.Water Safety officials say a worrying trend is developing in drowning statistics. Audio
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Australia to delay carbon emissions scheme
6:40 AM.Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the changes are necessary because of the worsening global economic conditions. Audio
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Political parties blame electoral law for drop in donations
6:35 AM.Under the disclosure rules in the Act political parties had to declare donations over 10-thousand dollars. Audio
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Waatea news
6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 5 May 2009
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Pacific news for 5 May 2009
6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Pakistan accuses Taleban of using civilians as human shields
6:15 AM.The Pakistani military wants to clear the militants from Pir Baba, an important religious shrine in Buner district. Audio
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Mexico to bring home quarantined citizens from China
6:12 AM.The Mexican government plans to send a plane to China to bring home seventy citizens quarantined there. Audio
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Swine flu may head to southern hemisphere, says WHO
6:09 AM.The number of reported cases of swine flu is now at one thousand and twenty five, spread across twenty countries. Audio
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Top stories for 5 May 2009
6:01 AM.Political donations down, armed stand off in Tauranga, grim job statistics, Australia delays ETS. Audio