Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Wednesday 17 March 2010

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06:00 Top Stories for Wednesday 17 March 2010

Former deputy prime minister says Fiji needs outside help, Fiji sends assessment teams to survey damage, NZ pledges aid to cyclone struck Fiji, Changes mooted for Commonwealth Games model, Waitakere mayor says Auckland Museum board should quit, Consumers may ultimately pay for rural broadband levy, Treaty talks signing marks 150 years since Taranaki Wars, Blood pours at Bangkok. (31′04″)

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06:08 Search on for new museum head after director quits suddenly

The search is on for a new director of Auckland War Memorial Museum after the sudden resignation of its controversial head yesterday. (2′23″)

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06:18 Pacific news for 17 March 2010

The latest from the Pacific region. (3′59″)

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06:22 Morning Rural News for 17 March 2010

News from the rural and farming sector. (5′12″)

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06:27 Waatea news for 17 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′38″)

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06:35 Red Cross set to deliver aid to remote Fiji islands today

13 thousand people in Fiji's northern group of Islands are still in cyclone shelters this morning as details slowly emerge about the damage caused by Cyclone Tomas. (1′48″)

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06:40 Marlborough residents evacuated as fire threatens homes

Several residents in rural Marlborough were evacuated from their homes last night because of a large fire. (2′52″)

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06:47 Morning business for 17 March 2010

News from the business sector including a market report. (11′13″)

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07:09 Former deputy prime minister says Fiji needs outside help

The confirmed death toll from Fiji's Cyclone Tomas continues to stand at one, but officials are warning it could be days before the full extent of its destruction is known. (3′41″)

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07:13 Fiji sends assessment teams to survey damage

Fiji's disaster management team spokesman Laisania Tui says the relief effort will recommence at first light today. (2′50″)

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07:16 NZ pledges aid to cyclone struck Fiji

The Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully joins us. (2′29″)

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07:18 Changes mooted for Commonwealth Games model

The head of the New Zealand Olympic Committee believes this country could have won the rights to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, had a bid gone ahead. (4′42″)

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07:23 Waitakere mayor says Auckland Museum board should quit

The mayor of Waitakere City says the board of the Auckland War Memorial Museum should quit over its treatment of Museum director, Vanda Vitali. (4′21″)

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07:28 Consumers may ultimately pay for rural broadband levy

Telstra Clear warns consumers will ultimately pay the cost of a new industry levy to fund better rural broadband. (4′01″)

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07:36 Treaty talks signing marks 150 years since Taranaki Wars

It's 150 years today since war began between settlers and Maori in Taranaki. (4′37″)

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07:42 Blood pours at Bangkok

Anti-government protesters in Thailand have poured their own blood onto the ground outside the prime minister's office after their demands for elections were rejected. (4′03″)

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07:45 Sports news for 17 March 2010

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

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07:50 New water supply source being considered for Kaitaia

The drought that's plaguing the Far North this summer has galvanised councils into action on a new water supply for Kaitaia. (3′22″)

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07:53 US envoy delays Mideast trip

US Envoy postponed a visit to Israel amid growing tension over Israel's announcement of plans to build one-thousand-600 new settler homes in East Jerusalem. (3′21″)

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07:57 Hamilton V8 race under threat

Organisers of Hamilton's V8 motorsport race have been forced to personally bail out the event as the global recession hits its revenue. (2′55″)

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08:09 Typhoid may spread quickly in cramped conditions

Typhoid is now a major concern for the thousands of people forced into evacuation centres after Fiji's Cyclone Tomas. (4′29″)

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08:13 Regional trauma system seen as national template

A new approach in dealing with trauma patients launched in Hamilton last night is expected to save about 20 lives each year and even more if it goes national. (3′43″)

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08:17 Victoria bans sale of alcohol on Anzac Day morning

The Australian state of Victoria has brought in a new law restricting the sale of alcohol on Anzac Day morning, to prevent drunken revellers disturbing Dawn services. (3′48″)

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08:21 Irish Cardinal says he won't resign over abuse row

The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has denied accusations that he helped cover up a sex abuse scandal over thirty years ago. (4′28″)

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08:26 Save Radio New Zealand says broadcaster is being strangled

The Save Radio New Zealand group met in Wellington last night to discuss what it's calling a manufactured funding crisis, designed to strangle the public broadcaster. (3′26″)

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08:29 Markets update for 17 March 2010

A quick update of movements in the financial sector. (53″)

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08:35 Sports news for 17 March 2010

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′59″)

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08:39 Dunedin's heritage buildings are the focus of new committee

Dunedin's commercial heritage building owners want more flexible planning processes to assist them to redevelop their properties. (3′04″)

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08:42 Stoush brewing over plans for second bridge in Ashburton

Discontent is brewing in the mid Canterbury town of Ashburton where plans for a second road bridge to cross the Ashburton river have just been announced. (3′53″)

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08:48 Waatea news for 17 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′49″)

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08:52 Fire trucks being kept outside as extraction fans awaited

Fire trucks around the country are being kept outside fire stations as firefighters take on their employer over its failure to provide diesel extraction fans. (5′33″)

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08:57 Kidnapped boy released in Pakistan

A British boy who was kidnapped in Pakistan has been released by his abductors. (2′26″)

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