Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Friday 19 March 2010

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06:00 Top Stories for Friday 19 March 2010

Federated Farmers is not surprised by the apparent end of Intensive Dairying in the McKenzie Basin. What did parents learn from the first School standards reports? The Serious Fraud Office says its stretched by the number of investigations into failed Finance Companies. (29′45″)

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06:10 Government on the hunt for information leaker

Outraged by leaks across a number of portfolios, the Government is now on the hunt for those responsible. (2′11″)

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06:13 Bob Brown calling in

The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd has laid a complaint with Australian Federal Police calling for the prosecution of the captain of the Shonan Maru 2 for allegedly ramming their vessel, the Ady Gil. (3′30″)

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06:18 Pacific news for 19 March 2010

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

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06:22 Morning Rural News for 19 March 2010

News from the rural and farming sector. (5′11″)

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06:27 Waatea news for 19 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′52″)

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06:37 Plans for intensive dairy farms in Waitaki Valley shelved

Plans to start intensive dairy farms in Upper Waitaki have been abandoned, with consent costs and misinformation blamed for the decision. (3′48″)

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06:41 ASB says security tightened in wake of multi million fraud

The ASB bank has moved quickly to reassure customers it has tightened up its security practices, following the sentencing of one of its executives for stealing nearly 18 million dollars. (2′39″)

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06:47 Morning Business News for 19 March 2010

News from the business sector including a market report. (12′44″)

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07:09 Costs of consent results in shelving of intensive farms

Plans for intensive dairy farming in Upper Waitaki are being dropped, with applicants blaming the cost of consents, and what they're calling a misinformation campaign. (3′46″)

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07:13 Nick Smith responds to dairy farmers' criticism

Environment Minister Nick Smith comments. (5′36″)

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07:18 Schools start reporting against national standards

Parents with children at Hamilton East School have received the first school reports using the national standards in reading, writing and maths. (2′52″)

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07:22 Delay of SFO investigation criticised

A group of investors says a Serious Fraud Office investigation into the failed financier, Capital and Merchant Finance, is too little too late. (3′15″)

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07:25 SFO reveals how ASB executive spent the millions

He's being compared to New York's Bernie Madoff, and it was through one of his elderly victims watching a documentary on the American fraudster that Stephen Gerard Versalko's crimes came to light. (4′07″)

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07:29 Govt outraged by leaks

The Government has been outraged by leaks from within the Public Service and is now hunting for those responsible. (3′37″)

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07:37 Northland, Waikato and Canterbury among worst dairy polluters

A hard core of what's described as old and stubborn dairy farmers is being blamed for a worsening of the quality of the nation's waterways. (3′37″)

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07:41 Frontline services may have been lost in public sector job cuts

The State Services Minister has been unable to give an assurance to Parliament that no front line positions have been lost in the Government's bid to streamline the public service. (2′44″)

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07:44 Morning sports news for 19 March 2010

An update from the RNZ sports team. (3′21″)

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07:49 Australian cricket commentator on the Blackcap's chances

It's the first day of the first test between the Blackcaps and Australia at the Basin Reserve today. (3′51″)

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07:53 Nine Australians among those missing

Fiji's navy will today reach remote islands for the first time since Cyclone Tomas struck the country on Sunday night. (2′56″)

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07:56 Arts festival wraps up this weekend

It's almost over - after three weeks of music and mannequins, drama and dance, disappointments and revelations, the New Zealand International Festival of the Arts is into its last three days. (4′08″)

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08:09 Farmers to house cows in cubicles withdraw application

Plans to house nearly 18-thousand cows in cubicle stables on farms in the Upper Waitaki have been dropped for now with the companies saying the planning aplication costs are just too high. (3′49″)

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08:13 Labour MP says Jenny Shipley to be Ecan commissioner

Labour MP, Brendon Burns, says former Prime Minister, Dame Jenny Shipley is"top of the list"to be appointed commissioner to sort out the problems at the Canterbury Regional Council. (4′56″)

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08:18 SFO refuses to reveal detail of Capital Merchant investigation

The Serious Fraud Office is refusing to reveal any details about the"related parties"they are investigating in connection to failed finance company, Capital and Merchant. (5′06″)

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08:24 Gaza militants fire rocket into Israel

A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip has killed a Thai farmworker in southern Israel, the first fatality in the area for more than a year. (3′13″)

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08:27 Willis falls short of Sir Peter Snell's record

New Zealand Olympic 1500 metre silver medalist Nick Willis, has fallen short in his attempt to overhaul an 800 metre record set by Sir Peter Snell 48 years ago. (2′50″)

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08:30 Markets update for 19 March 2010

A quick update of movements in the financial sector. (44″)

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08:35 Morning sports news for 19 March 2010

An update from the RNZ sports team. (4′11″)

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08:39 Ireland hit hard by economic crisis

As the debate over closer ties with Australia surfaces again, the perils of economic integration are increasingly on display in Europe. (3′39″)

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08:43 Anderton says mental health disaster in Canterbury

The leader of the Progressive Party, Jim Anderton says a mental health disaster is looming in Canterbury after the resignation of eleven psychiatrists in just 18 months. (3′35″)

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08:47 Waatea news for 19 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′37″)

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08:50 NZ form in Australia the key to netball championship title

The third trans-tasman netball championship gets underway tomorrow when the Northern Mystics host the Adelaide Thunderbirds in Auckland. (3′29″)

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08:56 Donna Demaio with news from Australia

Now for a chat with our correspondent Donna Demaio. (4′00″)

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