Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Tuesday 2 February 2010

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06:00 Top stories for Tuesday 2 February 2010

PM seeks to soothe Maori Party over national standards; new national standards to be introduced today; President Obama's $3.8 trillion budget; Hundreds visit family of taxi driver killed in Auckland; police consider increasing number of officers; Iraqi female bomber kills dozens of Shia pilgrims; and Israel reprimands top officers for attack on UN compound. (25′04″)

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06:15 Widow demands answers from govt about lost benefit

A Te Puke woman has spoken of years of poverty and despair, after she was ruled ineligible for a benefit because she accepted an ACC lump-sum payment. (3′26″)

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06:19 Pacific news for 2 February 2010

The latest from the Pacific region. (3′55″)

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06:24 Morning Rural News for 2 February 2010

News from the rural and farming sector. (5′01″)

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06:29 Waatea news for 2 February 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′32″)

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06:38 Labour says Sharples right to question national standards

The Labour Party says the Maori Party is right to raise concerns about how the new national standards for numeracy and literacy will affect students, particularly Maori. (3′11″)

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06:48 Morning business for 2 February 2010

News from the business sector including a market report. (11′36″)

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07:09 PM seeks to soothe Maori Party over national standards

The Prime Minister has had to step in to soothe the Associate Education Minister and co-leader of the Maori Party, Pita Sharples, after he made public his concerns about the introduction of national standards in numeracy and literacy. (3′00″)

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07:12 New national standards to be introduced today

Education Minister Anne Tolley is in charge of introducing the government's new National Standards from today. (7′50″)

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07:20 President Obama's $3.8 trillion budget

The United States will axe its ambitious plan to send astronauts back to the Moon as its budget deficit balloons to record levels. (4′38″)

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07:26 Hundreds visit family of taxi driver killed in Auckland

Hundreds of family and friends have been visiting the grief-stricken family of an Auckland taxi driver killed in what is been described as a frenzied, brutal and horrific attack. (2′53″)

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07:30 Police consider increasing number of officers

Police are considering increasing the number of officers investigating the death of an Auckland taxi driver as they continue the search for the suspect. (3′17″)

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07:37 Iraqi female bomber kills dozens of Shia pilgrims

A woman wearing a vest packed with explosives has blown herself up in Baghdad, killing more than forty people and wounding more than one hundred. (3′11″)

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07:39 Israel reprimands top officers for attack on UN compound

Two senior Israeli army officers, including the head of Israeli military action in Gaza last year, have been disciplined over the use of white phosphorus in an attack which hit the United Nations headquarters and two schools. (2′59″)

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07:44 Sports news for 2 February 2010

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (2′51″)

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07:47 Dunedin council accused of financial mismanagement

Dunedin residents' groups are accusing the city council of financial mismanagement. (4′18″)

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07:52 Youth offender pilot scrapped

The Government is scrapping a pilot programme for young offenders after calculating the cost as $600,000 per successful graduate. (3′05″)

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07:54 Community sees off work centre in middle of Flaxmere

The community of the impoverished Hastings suburb of Flaxmere has seen off a plan to put a probation centre in the middle of their shopping centre. (2′25″)

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07:58 Wanted: new caretaker for island in Marlborough Sounds

The Department of Conservation are searching for a caretaker and hut warden for D'Urville Island in the Marlborough Sounds. (2′50″)

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08:09 Primary schools nervous about national standards

Many primary schools start back today. The children will not only face a new curriculum but also new assessment with the introduction of national standards. (3′34″)

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08:13 Otago, Southland DHBs edge closer to merger

The chief executive of both the Otago and Southland DHBs is urging the two health boards to go ahead with a merger, and to have it in place by July. (4′50″)

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08:18 Te Puke woman challenges rules around ACC payouts

A Te Puke woman has challenged the Social Development Minister, Paula Bennett, to explain why she's been rejected for a welfare benefit, despite years of illness and poverty. (3′53″)

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08:22 Accomodation rates spiking for football world cup

As interest builds in football's world cup finals in South Africa this year, so to it seems does the cost of accomodation in the Republic. (3′40″)

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08:25 14-year-old bests shark

A 14-year-old Invercargill girl has managed to fight off a 1.5 metre long shark after it wrapped its jaws around her at Oreti Beach. (5′03″)

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08:30 Markets update for 2 February 2010

A quick update of movements in the financial sector. (41″)

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08:41 Developments in Haiti

Ten Americans are expected to appear in court in Haiti today, after being prevented from taking a bus full of children out of the country. (2′30″)

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08:43 Indian Grammys

Most of the attention from yesterday's Grammy Awards has been on the multi-award winning Beyonce. But in India most of the attention has been on yet another award for the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire. (1′40″)

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08:44 Mother campaigns for reduced speed limits around rural schools

A Canterbury mother is campaigning for the speed limit to be reduced outside rural schools. (3′14″)

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08:49 Waatea news for 2 February 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′43″)

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08:52 Triennial Pinot Noir festival underway in Wellington

Around 300 wine writers and buyers from around the world are in Wellington this week for one of the most important events in the vintner's calendar. (3′15″)

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08:57 Waikato Anniversary Day on the cards

Westland, Southland, the Chatham Islands and Marlborough all have their own Anniversary day. So does Nelson and Wellington. Aucklanders celebrated their Anniversary on Monday... and people in the Waikato celebrated it with them. Now the MP for Taupo Louise Upston thinks it may be time for the Waikato to step out of Auckland's shadow and celebrate their own day. (3′00″)

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