Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Wednesday 13 May 2009

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06:00 Top Stories for 13 May 2009

Residents of Waterview, Christine Rankin's appointment, more CYF jobs and Napier farewells Len Snee. (21′03″)

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06:10 Chinese community remembers Sichuan quake deaths

More than eighty-five thousand people, five thousand of them schoolchildren lost their lives on May 12 last year. (1′57″)

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06:17 Pacific News

The latest from the Pacific region. (4′27″)

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06:22 Morning Rural News for 13 May 2009

The latest from the farming and rural communities. (5′00″)

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06:27 Waatea News

The latest news from the Waatea team. (2′16″)

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06:36 Minister admits mishandling Rankin announcement

The appointment of Christine Rankin as a Families Commissioner has ruffled feathers amongst the government's support partners. (1′37″)

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06:38 Labour says government being inconsistent over jobs

Labour says the Government's being inconsistent by cutting public service jobs with one hand but putting on a job summit tasked with saving jobs with the other. (2′34″)

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06:41 Young Pacific Islanders oppose Auckland super-city

Young Pacific Island leaders are urging their community to get behind a hikoi to protest Auckland supercity plans. (2′40″)

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06:47 Morning Business News for 13 May 2009

News from the business sector including a market report. (12′35″)

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07:09 Residents to learn fate of Waterview homes

Residents in Mt Albert and Waterview say they're being forced to relive fears their homes will be bulldozed. (2′53″)

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07:12 Labour says tunnel rejection 'kick in guts' for Mt Albert

With Labour candidate for the Mt Albert electorate, David Shearer. (4′13″)

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07:16 Rankin appointments put govt support parties' noses out of joint

Christine Rankin's appointment as a Families Commissioner has put noses out of joint among the government's support partners. (3′16″)

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07:20 Social workers welcome promise of more CYF jobs

Executive officer of the Association of Social Workers, Dominic Chilvars, joins us. (6′06″)

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07:26 Napier prepares to farewell slain police officer

Napier is today preparing to farewell police officer, Len Snee. (4′24″)

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07:38 Homicide enquiry launched after North Shore stabbing

The head of the enquiry, Detective Senior Sergeant Kim Libby joins us. (2′51″)

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07:42 Sports News

An update from the RNZ sports team. (2′47″)

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07:45 Demjanjuk faces Nazi war crimes charges in Germany

Germany is preparing to stage what could be the last Nazi war crime trial. (4′00″)

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07:50 Right to Life vow to continue legal fight to ban abortion

The legal battle over abortion looks set to continue despite the Court of Appeal refusing to hear the issue yesterday. (5′59″)

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07:56 Arise Sir Colin - Meads to accept knighthood

We'll have to get used to knowing Colin Meads as more than just "Colin Meads". It will be Sir Colin, at least officially. (4′09″)

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08:09 Auckland residents face anxious wait over new road

Some Aucklanders are promising to lie down in front of bulldozers to stop the work. (8′04″)

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08:17 Christine Rankin garners support from family groups

Leader of the United Future party Peter Dunne and Bruce Pilbrow from the group Parents Inc. speak with Geoff Robinson. (7′34″)

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08:25 Australia in the red by 57 billion Australian dollars

The Political Editor of Melbourne's "The Age" newspaper, Michelle Grattan joins us live from Canberra. (4′22″)

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08:30 Markets Update

A quick market update. (51″)

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08:35 Sports News

An update from the RNZ sports team. (4′15″)

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08:40 Gun control rules 'too out of date' for online sales

Buying guns over the Internet may be banned under a review of firearms law ordered by the Government. (3′01″)

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08:43 David Bain was outgoing, father an abuser, court told

Witnesses for David Bain's defence have told the High Court in Christchurch that the man they knew was far from the nerdy introvert portrayed in the media. (3′24″)

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08:50 Waatea News

The latest news from the Waatea team. (2′13″)

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08:52 Train problems raise Wellington commuters' tempers

Commuters in Wellington are becoming increasingly irritated by mechanical faults ruining their travel on the city's dilapidated train network. (3′37″)

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08:56 Irish student demonstrates the pitfalls of Wikipedia

It's hailed as the great democratic encyclopaedia, though academic critics are still to be convinced. (3′31″)

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