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Morning Report for Friday 24 December 2010
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Top Stories for Friday 24 December 2010
6:00 AM.The Remuneration Authority's Christmas present for MPs and Judges. Fires still burning in Canterbury as the Norwesters continue to fan them and a specialist in international relations says that… Read more Audio
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Badgers attacking an ancient graveyard
6:16 AM.Strange things happen in cemeteries in the dead of night. Audio
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Pacific News for 24 December 2010
6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 24 December 2010
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Waatea News for 24 December 2010
6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Greens say MPs have no cause to complain over pay
6:36 AM.The Green Party says when compared with many New Zealand families, MPs have no cause to complain about the level of their pay. Audio
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Likely most Pike River mine contractors will still miss out
6:38 AM.It's likely most contractors owed money by Pike River Coal will not get all the money they are owed. Audio
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Winston Churchill ordered UFO cover-up
6:41 AM.British Ministry of Defence files, declassified this year, show that Winston Churchill ordered the cover-up of a UFO encounter - all in order to prevent mass panic in Britain. Audio
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Morning Business News for 24 December 2010
6:45 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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MPs given wage increase and reimbursement for travel subsidy
7:09 AM.The Remuneration Authority has given MPs a one and and half percent pay rise just before Christmas - as well as reimbursement for their international travel rebate, which hasn't actually been scrapped… Read more Audio
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Judge's lavish salaries dwarf court staff's wages - PSA
7:13 AM.The union that represents workers in the public sector, says the rises are lavish, and dwarf those of court staff who fought for a year to get a two per cent pay increase. Audio
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Parcel bombs rock Rome Embassies
7:17 AM.Parcel bombs have exploded at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome - injuring two people. Audio
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Mine contractors say Pike River deal doesn't go far enough
7:20 AM.Mine contractors left out of pocket by the Pike River disaster say a deal with the company's receivers doesn't go far enough. Audio
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Grey mayor says families will visit mine on Christmas Day
7:24 AM.Obviously it's going to be a challenging Christmas for the families of the men who lost their lives in the mine. Audio
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Christmas message from John Key
7:28 AM.This morning we'll be hearing Christmas greetings from some of the familiar voices we have had on the programme this year. Audio
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Christmas message from Phil Goff
7:29 AM.And from the other side of the house the Labour Party leader Phil Goff. Audio
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Academic says Wikileaks good for democracy
7:29 AM.A specialist in international relations says that despite the anger among many senior United States politicians, the unfolding Wikileaks revelations are a positive force for democracy. Audio
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Two fires continue to burn in Canterbury
7:38 AM.Canterbury's firefighters say they are stretched to the limit, with two major fires burning and more threatening to ignite. Audio
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PEDA misses out on public funding it was promised
7:41 AM.There will be no public money after all for a little known organisation that secured nearly five million dollars in the May Budget, contrary to officials' advice. Audio
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Morning Sports News for 24 December 2010
7:47 AM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Should we fear a double dip recession?
7:50 AM.The Government is brushing off concerns the country is headed for another recession, after new figures showing the economy has contracted for the first time in almost two years. Audio
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Christmas message from Tariana Turia
7:56 AM.Let's hear from more of our political leaders with their Christmas message. Audio
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Christmas message from Jim Anderton
7:56 AM.Here's the leader of the Progressives, Jim Anderton. Audio
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The year of jargon
7:57 AM.It was a year of synergising downward outflow while change agents made connections for success - in an employment context. It was another year of jargon. Audio
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Pre-Christmas pay boost for MPs falls foul with voters
8:09 AM.The decision to boost MPs' pay just before Christmas is not finding favour from voters. Audio
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Two PSA strain confirmed in kiwifruit orchards
8:13 AM.Tests have confirmed two strains of the kiwifruit vine-eating disease, PSA, are present in New Zealand. Audio
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Labour MP brushes off Wikileaks claim
8:16 AM.A Labour MP who organised a screening of the controversial film, Fahrenheit 9/11, is brushing off claims that the event upset US diplomats. Audio
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Wellington's new trains make first run
8:20 AM.The first of the trains built by the Matangi company in Korea ran its first commercial service yesterday on the Hutt line. Audio
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Dunedin home to tallest christmas tree
8:23 AM.Dunedin residents have the chance to place their gifts under the tallest tree in the country. Audio
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Christmas message from Metiria Turei
8:26 AM.The Greens co-leader, Metiria Turei. Audio
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Christmas message from Rodney Hide
8:26 AM.The Act leader, Rodney Hide. Audio
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Melbourne man lives with spiders in charity bid
8:27 AM.A 67 year old Australian, Nick Le Souef, spent three-weeks in a sit-in with hundreds of spiders including venomous redbacks, tarantulas and black house spiders. Audio
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British government grants prisoners the right to vote
8:28 AM.We also liked this example of how things don't always go to plan here on Morning Report. Audio
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Markets Update for 24 December 2010
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Morning Sports News for 24 December 2010
8:35 AM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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It's shark season
8:39 AM.A shark scare closed the beach at Mount Maunganui yesterday after a snorker reportedly told lifeguards a shark had lunged at him. Audio
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Buskers flood city streets singing for their supper
8:41 AM.Life is a song for the many buskers who descend on the country's city streets every summer with their unique brand of musical entertainment. Audio
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Christmas message from Peter Dunne
8:45 AM.Here's our last political greeting, this from the leader of United Future, Peter Dunne. Audio
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Waatea News for 24 December 2010
8:48 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:53 AM.Let's have a chat to our Canberra correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio