Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Monday 16 August 2010

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06:00 Top Stories for Monday 16 August 2010

Bay of Plenty clean-up begins, New Zealand's Defence force may face human rights legal action, Climate change skeptics take court against NIWA, First case of cholera in flood-stricken Pakistan and Gillard launches campaign today. (31′40″)

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06:10 UN chief visits flood ravaged Pakistan

The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has described the scale of the Pakistan disaster as greater than anything he has ever seen before. (1′31″)

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06:13 Website puts wills of celebrities of yesteryear online

A record of more than 6 million Victorian and early 20th-century wills has been made public, and they make for fascinating reading. (3′32″)

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06:17 Pacific News for 16 August 2010

The latest from the Pacific region. (3′49″)

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06:21 Morning Rural News for 16 August 2010

News from the rural and farming sector. (5′25″)

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06:27 Waatea News for 16 August 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′16″)

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06:36 Opotiki residents are continuing the clean-up effort today

A small number of Whakatane residents will find out later this morning if its safe to return to their homes. (2′39″)

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06:41 Study reveals how video games are penetrating Kiwi homes

The anti-social teenager is no longer the poster child for video gaming. (1′41″)

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06:47 Morning Business for 16 August 2010

News from the business sector including a market report. (13′59″)

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07:09 Bay of Plenty clean-up begins

A small number of Whakatane residents are still waiting for the all-clear to return home after flooding forced their evacuation. (9′39″)

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07:19 New Zealand's Defence force may face human rights legal action

New Zealand's Defence force could face human rights legal action amid claims our soldiers in Afghanistan are handing over prisoners to the secret police. (7′21″)

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07:26 Climate change skeptics take court against NIWA

New Zealand's climate change sceptics have filed court proceedings against the country's state-owned weather and atmospheric research body. (3′24″)

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07:35 First case of cholera in flood-stricken Pakistan.

The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, is urging the world to speed up assistance to flood-stricken Pakistan as the twenty million people affected by the disaster become increasingly desperate. (4′03″)

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07:39 Gillard launches campaign today.

Labor leader, Julia Gillard is due to formally launch her party's election campaign in Brisbane later today. (6′58″)

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07:47 Sports News for 16 August 2010

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

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07:50 Loophole allows offender to send a letter to juror

The Ministry of Justice is to meet with its Minister this morning after a convicted killer was given the home address of a woman juror at his trial. (3′16″)

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07:54 Households ordered to raise low lying letterboxes

New Zealand Post has begun sending letters to households, asking them to adjust the height of their letterboxes or risk not receiving their mail. (5′52″)

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08:09 Whakatane Boat Ramp closed after weekend rain

Seven Whakatane familes are likely to be able to return to their homes shortly after the Bay of Plenty Regional Council repaired a breach in a floodbank near their houses. (4′20″)

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08:13 Climate sceptics take Niwa to court over data

Agroup of climate change sceptics want the High Court to rule that the Government's data on historic temperature records is flawed. (7′21″)

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08:21 Study on video games in Kiwi homes

A study into New Zealand's video gaming culture has revealed startling results, dispelling the anti-social, nerdy and male, gamer stereotype. (3′04″)

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08:25 Some New Zealanders still keeping money under their matresses

South Aucklanders showed their opposition to the growing number of liquor stores in their area yesterday, with a protest march to Manukau Square. (3′02″)

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08:27 Some New Zealanders still keeping money under their matresses

Some New Zealanders are keeping their money in cold hard cash rather than leaving it in the bank. (3′23″)

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08:30 Markets Update for 16 August 2010

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. (48″)

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08:37 Sports News for 16 August 2010

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′47″)

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08:40 Thousands to get free access to new diabetes drug

Thousands of people with diabetes are expected to find life easier now that Pharmac has made the latest, long-acting form of insulin, available for free. (2′42″)

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08:43 Urgent need for dam safety monitoring, review finds

A report on dam safety has identified an urgent need for a monitoring regime to ensure big schemes don't put lives at risk. (3′48″)

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08:48 Waatea News for 16 August 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′42″)

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08:51 Planting programmes clock up 5 million volunteer hours

Over the past few weeks a lot of attention hascentred on water quality, especially river water quality. (4′07″)

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08:55 Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia

We cross to Melbourne now to join Phil Kafcaloudes... (3′11″)

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12:26 Midday Sports News for 16 August 2010

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (2′23″)

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