Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Monday 18 May 2009

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06:00 Top Stories for 18 May 2009

Swollen Rangitata floods businesses, farms, Hide may announce members of transition agency today. (25′56″)

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06:09 Swollen Rangitata floods businesses, farms

Many people in the South Island are cleaning up today after severe weather at the weekend. (3′11″)

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06:14 Pacific career expo draws young people and families

Youth leaders on Auckland's North Shore worried about job prospects for young people in their community held a career expo. (2′58″)

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06:18 Pacific news for Monday 18 May 2009

The latest from the Pacific region. (3′19″)

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06:22 Morning Rural News for 18 May 2009

News from the rural and farming sector. (5′22″)

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06:27 Waatea news

News from the Waatea team. (2′25″)

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06:35 Hide may announce members of transition agency today

The Government is set to announce soon, possibly today, who will run Auckland for the next 18 months. (3′35″)

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06:39 Law society urges careful weighing of jury trial changes

The Justice Minister Simon Power has suggested increasing the threshold for trial by jury in an effort to reduce backlog. (3′00″)

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06:47 Morning business

News from the business sector including a market report. (11′58″)

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07:08 Rodney residents face off against MPs over supercity plan

The Government could announce today the make-up of a transition agency that will help turn Auckland into a super-city. (3′36″)

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07:12 Local Goverment minister defends supercity

After four days of filibustering by the Opposition the Local Government Bill finally passed on Saturday night. (7′43″)

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07:21 Government plans to cut 1000 jury trials a year

The Government's being accused of using intended changes to the jury system to take away New Zealanders' fundamental rights. (6′31″)

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07:25 Locals clean up from flood in Canterbury

Locals in the central South Island are cleaning up from a weekend of wild weather. (6′24″)

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07:39 Anti-Anchor butter advertisements hit UK media

Punk-rocker Johnny Rotten is trying to turn the British public's love of New Zealand butter rancid. (3′21″)

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07:41 Second thoughts on adding folic acid to bread

The government may review Labour's decision to add folic acid to bread after new research pointed to possible dangers. (3′37″)

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07:45 Sports news

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (2′49″)

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07:50 Labour, National formally launch Mt Albert campaigns

Both the Labour and National parties launched their campaigns for the Mount Albert by-election over the weekend. (2′45″)

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07:53 Tamil Tigers concede defeat in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers have conceded defeat in their long running war for a separate state. (3′56″)

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07:57 Astronauts carry out repairs on Hubble

As we speak, two astronauts are at work high above us carrying out repairs to the Hubble space telescope. (3′00″)

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08:09 Protestors vow to fight super-city plans

Already protest groups are calling the plans"undemocratic"and vowing to oppose them. (7′27″)

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08:18 Lawyers criticise plan to limit jury trials

There's concern among the legal fraternity that moves to speed up the courts could affect defendants' rights to a fair trial. (3′27″)

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08:18 Review set to urge scrapping of Foreshore and Seabed Act

The panel reviewing the Foreshore and Seabed Act looks set to tell the Government to scrap the law and start again. (4′13″)

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08:26 Storm over UK MPs expenses

Pressure is mounting on Britain's Speaker to step down as public anger at a continuing row over MPs' expenses keeps mounting. (5′09″)

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08:31 Markets update

A quick update of movements in the financial sector. (1′08″)

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08:40 Anchor butter sales threatened by punk rocker

Punk-rocker Johnny Rotten's has spent seven months singing the praises of British butter Country Life. (4′34″)

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08:45 New Zealand teams dominate Super 14 semis

New Zealand rugby's celebrating local teams taking three of four places in the Super 14 semifinals. (6′52″)

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08:48 Waatea news

News from the Waatea team. (2′04″)

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08:52 Fairytale end for Norway at Eurovision

The 2009 Eurovision song contest has provided a"fairytale"ending for Norway, as its contestant claimed the glory in Moscow. (3′04″)

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08:57 Australia correspondent

Australia correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes gives us the latest news from across the ditch. (2′45″)

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