Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Wednesday 28 July 2010

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06:00 Top Stories for Wednesday 28 July 2010

Passenger tells of horror Pacific Blue flight, Assurance of safety at Queenstown airport sought, BP records the biggest quarterly loss of any British company, Govt accused of foreign investment U-turn, Radio New Zealand's political editor discusses investment, Northern Maori says minerals are not government's to sell, Police officer beaten about face with his own radio, Police search for assaulted baby's mother's boyfriend. (31′23″)

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06:10 Rally for liquor reform to be held in South Auckland

The South Auckland community is to hold a rally to try to convince the government to adopt all of the Law Commission's recommendations on liquor reform. (2′56″)

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06:13 Former UN weapons inspector appears before Iraq inquiry

The former UN weapons inspector, Hans Blix, has compared current efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions, to the attempts to deal with Iraq's supposed weapons of mass destruction in 2002. (3′57″)

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06:18 Pacific News for 28 July 2010

The latest from the Pacific region. (3′58″)

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06:22 Morning Rural News for 28 July 2010

News from the rural and farming sector. (4′47″)

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06:27 Waatea News for 28 July 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′34″)

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06:35 Tourism head says reported aviation breach won't affect tourism

The head of Queenstown's tourism organisation says he's confident the town's image won't be tarnished by a reported breach of aviation rules. (1′52″)

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06:37 Opposition parties say government about to do a u-turn

Opposition parties are accusing the government of preparing for a backdown over foreign investment rules. (2′57″)

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06:41 Federated Farmers warns over foreign investmnet

Federated Farmers warns over foreign investmnet (3′31″)

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06:47 Morning Business for 28 July 2010

News from the business sector including a market report. (11′16″)

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07:09 Passenger tells of horror Pacific Blue flight

A passenger on-board the Pacific Blue flight at the centre of an Civil Aviation Authority investigation says he feared for his life throughout a turbulent and extremely low-take off from Queenstown airport. (5′56″)

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07:15 Assurance of safety at Queenstown airport sought

The Transport Minister has sought an assurance about safety at Queenstown Airport, following the reported breach of aviation rules. (3′31″)

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07:18 BP records the biggest quarterly loss of any British company

The gulf oil spill has resulted in the company announcing a 17 billion US dollar loss for the three months to the end of June, having set aside 32 billion dollars to cover the cost of compensation and cleaning up the spill. (5′03″)

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07:23 Govt accused of foreign investment U-turn

The Government may be preparing to make an about-face on another issue - its third significant change of heart in as many weeks. (4′22″)

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07:27 Radio New Zealand's political editor discusses investment

Our political editor, Brent Edwards joins us. (2′26″)

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07:35 Northern Maori says minerals are not government's to sell

The Government is facing a new fight over its mining plan - this time from prominent Northland Maori. (4′21″)

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07:40 Police officer beaten about face with his own radio

A police officier has been viciously attacked while on patrol. (2′58″)

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07:43 Police search for assaulted baby's mother's boyfriend

The police in south-Auckland want to speak to a 30-year-old man about the severe head injuries sustained by a baby. (2′28″)

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07:45 Sports News for 28 July 2010

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (2′31″)

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07:48 Teachers say government's wage claim offer insulting

One of the country's largest unions, representing 18-thousand secondary school teachers, is furious with the government's response to its pay claim and has walked away from the bargaining table. (3′27″)

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07:52 Electricity switching times to be slashed

The amount of time it takes for customers to change power companies is set to be slashed by the government. (3′07″)

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07:56 Prayer has helped Te Reo Māori survive

Continuing our series marking Māori Language Week. (4′09″)

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07:56 Prayer has helped Te Reo Māori survive (Māori version)

Continuing our series marking Māori Language Week. (4′52″)

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08:09 Civil Aviation Authority says Pacific Blue did breach rules

An aviation commentator says Queenstown airport is one of the most extreme in the world and is questioning why a Pacific Blue flight took off from there last month in approaching darkness. (4′43″)

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08:15 Australian pilots union goes to court to fight for NZ pilots

Australian pilots are claiming Qantas's JetConnect operation in New Zealand is a sham company set up to avoid having to pay Australian pay rates. (3′37″)

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08:18 Man found in relation to injured baby

The police in Counties Manukau have found a man they were looking for in relation to the life-threatening injuries suffered by a baby boy. (1′48″)

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08:20 Soldier is focus of Wikileaks investigation

The State Department says it's studying the computer hard drives used by an Army intelligence analyst in Iraq, as it tries to find out who leaked tens of thousands of classified diplomatic documents to a whistle-blower website. (3′37″)

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08:24 Adviser says NZ farms' output, not land, lure for foreigners

A leading financial adviser says foreign buyers are only interested in what New Zealand farms produce, and not the land they sit on. (3′46″)

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08:28 Northland Maori say "hands off our minerals"

Northland Maori say the government is wasting its time by surveying the area's mineral resources - because the minerals belong to Maori, not the crown. (3′47″)

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08:32 Markets Update for 28 July 2010

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

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08:35 Sports News for 28 July 2010

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′43″)

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08:39 Hospitality industry declares 'war' on proposed alcohol laws

Bar and restaurant owners are banding together to fight planned changes to alcohol laws - saying they'll only make the binge drinking culture worse. (5′11″)

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08:45 Polytechnics prepare for funding cut

Polytechnics are changing their courses, restructuring and looking for foreign students, as they prepare for a drop in funding next year. (2′47″)

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08:49 Waatea News for 28 July 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′37″)

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08:53 Publisher says "cheerio" to some old-fashioned language

Enid Blyton's publisher is saying farewell to some of her books' old-fashioned language. (3′43″)

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08:56 Baker takes out supreme pie award for record fourth time

A Tauranga baker has cemented his reputation as the best pie maker in New Zealand. (3′22″)

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