Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Thursday 21 June 2012

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06:00 Top Stories for Thursday 21 June 2012

Short window of hope for Greece: economist; Petrol price drop a welcome relief; Petrol prices reflect uncertainty in Europe; Opposition parties claim success in delaying asset sales; Friends and Family pleased they can bury missing woman; International environmental summit opens in Rio; Wife pushes murder-accused to explain arson, graffiti; Final two of Urewera Four will be sentenced today. (28′21″)

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06:11 AA predicts petrol proce to fall further

With the price of unleaded petrol falling below two dollars for the first time since last August, the Automobile Association says motorists are set to save on average 200 dollars a year if prices stay down. (2′14″)

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06:14 Former Egyptian leader fighting for life

As tensions simmer in Egypt over control of the country, the ousted president, Hosni Mubarak is believed to be fighting for his life in hospital. (1′12″)

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06:18 Pacific News for 21 June 2012

The latest from the Pacific region. (4′11″)

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06:22 Morning Rural News for 21 June 2012

News from the rural and farming sector. (5′05″)

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06:27 Manu Korihi News for 21 June 2012

Today is Mataraki - the Maori new year - but the Maori Party says it now has NO plans to push for Matariki to become a public holiday; A lawyer has been thrown out of the legal profession for stealing money from clients in the Far North; The Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, says there should be a Maori representative at all of New Zealand's international trade talks involving countries with indigenous people; A University of Otago researcher says she's looking to the past to improve farming through traditional Maori knowledge. (3′24″)

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06:39 First car to be crushed under anti-boy racer law

Three years since it was enacted, the anti-boy racer legislation is finally claiming its first victim with the crushing later this morning of a car belonging to a Wellington man. (3′24″)

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06:46 Morning Business for 21 June 2012

News from the business sector including a market report. (13′36″)

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07:10 Short window of hope for Greece: economist

After months of uncertainty and two general elections, Greece finally has a new government. (3′31″)

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07:14 Petrol price drop a welcome relief

A drop in prices at the petrol pump to below two dollars for the first time in 10 months has brought welcome relief to motorists. (2′31″)

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07:18 Petrol prices reflect uncertainty in Europe

Energy consultant Richard Hale. (4′42″)

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07:24 Opposition parties claim success in delaying asset sales

Opposition parties are claiming some success in delaying the progress of legislation to allow the Government to sell shares in four state-owned energy companies. (3′50″)

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07:28 Friends and Family pleased they can bury missing woman

Friends and family of an Auckland prostitute, missing for almost 19 years, are relieved they will finally be able to give her a proper farewell. (3′39″)

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07:38 International environmental summit opens in Rio

What's intended to be a landmark summit on sustainable development is under way in Rio de Janeiro. (4′14″)

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07:42 Wife pushes murder-accused to explain arson, graffiti

The High Court has heard Anna Macdonald recount how she pushed her murder-accused husband to explain why he attacked the property of the Feilding farmer, Scott Guy. (2′52″)

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07:45 Sports News for 21 June 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (2′52″)

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07:49 Final two of Urewera Four will be sentenced today

A judge will decide today whether the two people awaiting sentencing for firearms convictions related to the Urerewa raids will be sent to prison. (2′44″)

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07:51 Hostages freed as Toulouse siege ends

After dramatic seven hour siege, French police have arrested a man who took four people hostage in a bank in the southwestern French city of Toulouse. (2′14″)

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07:53 Analyst says New Zealand now a defacto ally of US

A leading academic says an agreement signed in Washington yesterday effectively makes New Zealand a de facto ally of the United States (3′18″)

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07:56 New Year Maori celebrations

The Maori Party says it's had its shot at making Matariki a public holiday - and has no plans to push for a law change. (3′18″)

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08:08 BP leads petrol price drop to under $2 a litre

BP leads petrol price drop to under $2 a litre (6′32″)

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08:16 Wellington school girl lays down challenge in Rio

A 17 year old Wellington school girl has opened the Rio Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro challenging leaders by asking whether they are there to save the world, or simply save face. (2′42″)

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08:19 UN criticised at Rio+20 earth summit

The Environment Minister, Amy Adams, also gave her opening address to the summit overnight. (3′01″)

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08:23 Labour accuses Government of underfunding skills training

The Labour Party has accused the Government of sitting on money set aside to provide skills training needed for the Canterbury earthquake rebuild. (6′35″)

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08:29 Retired detective say police have difficult task ahead

A former assistant police commissioner says it will be a long and difficult process to find the killer of Auckland woman Jane Furlong. (3′50″)

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08:31 Markets Update for 21 June 2012

A brief update of movements in the financial sector. (1′10″)

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08:39 Sports News for 21 June 2012

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

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08:43 Government may still want to privatise ACC

An ACC lobby group says the government's rejection of a proposal to return to the pay-as-you-go funding model shows it may still want to privatise the Accident Corporation. (4′14″)

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08:47 Principals losing confidence in special needs education

Some secondary principals say they are being forced to discriminate against children with special needs. (3′01″)

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08:50 Manu Korihi News for 21 June 2012

Today is Mataraki - the Maori new year - but the Maori Party says it now has NO plans to push for Matariki to become a public holiday; The Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, says there should be a Maori representative at all of New Zealand's international trade talks involving countries with indigenous people; A lawyer has been thrown out of the legal profession for stealing money from clients in the Far North; A University of Otago researcher says she's looking to the past to improve farming through traditional Maori knowledge. (3′19″)

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08:57 WWII vets return to London for Bomber Command memorial

Six thousand New Zealanders served with the RAF's Bomber Command in World War Two; nearly a third of them never came home. (3′39″)

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