The Latest headlines from Radio New Zealand News http://www.radionz.co.nz/news Radio New Zealand 60 A former ASB bank executive who admitted stealing nearly $18 million while working for the bank has been sentenced to six years' jail in Auckland District Court on Thursday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f853105c Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:40:04 +1300 c9a86bf7ec684ee9a93bc22380b8cb2f65511e7e The New Zealand Defence Force says it has seen much more destruction in cyclone-hit Fiji on Thursday than on its first reconaissance mission. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f85185ea Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:38:24 +1300 094f595e5fc75fe07847d86012032a250d6cf102 Wellington City Council has gone back its plan to spend $2 million saving school pools. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f852f1dc Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:36:29 +1300 cad71b8eb7e15d9465978b15e26fa724dab0edc4 Corrections Minister Judith Collins says about 20 Corrections staff may lose their jobs in the department's facilities management area. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f852f2bd Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:04:27 +1300 6cb62f2ed64e29f895dd72e678be2ac58cb3140e Prime Minister John Key says State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie, not the Government, instigated the hunt for the people who leaked Cabinet papers. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8520898 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:06:19 +1300 a1696af3f952475fe4aec2c8991be91b9199ec6e A Taranaki couple who have already lost two hearings over a marae built on their land without a building permit have asked the Court of Appeal to review their case. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f852ce50 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:46:31 +1300 05f0b7851ec3d9e45f3c658ef0606391a9f58563 Alcohol abuse is on the rise in the Pacific and New Zealand and Australian beer is a big part of the problem, a study suggests. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f852cde2 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:44:38 +1300 7c7cb12df732ee5c23bd45d2553b10a0143bacad Strong sales have boosted profits at newly listed outdoor clothing and equipment retailer Kathmandu. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8527e54 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:50:48 +1300 d58932034fff814019b8a7987f43a3decc375378 The Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries has left production levels unchanged, and warned the oil market is sill fragile. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8527e4a Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:50:38 +1300 4465ff37f3f1e7e39e5cca395ca4ca8769647c09 The world's third-biggest economy is facing more calls to let its currency, the yuan, appreciate. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8527e45 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:50:33 +1300 3a618ab6aecc79a06d857f1ff0e0e5539974e28b Port of Tauranga has bought Tapper Transport for $15 million as part of its bid to boost growth at its inland hub Metro Port, south of Auckland. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8523683 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:50:28 +1300 e1979a3036bfb5db917461efb6c1ba5f336b4708 The European Commission has criticised most European nations for failing to keep their deficits in check. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8523679 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:50:18 +1300 4e9da1df33619cebca07ea9bdfa9bd247de2e15e Businesses face a higher level of scrutiny from the tax man as the Inland Revenue Department tries to counter a decline in corporate tax revenues, a leading accounting firm warns. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8518ffb Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:50:13 +1300 e0f7c2ad8fbcee6a172c60bd28cfc06862ccfdd5 Telecom says it has installed two new radio network controllers, effectively doubling the capacity of its XT network. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f85188ef Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:50:03 +1300 112ae6cc6f65fef86e742da55fa0fb8c6adfbd87 The Serious Fraud Office has begun an investigation into collapsed finance company Capital & Merchant Finance Ltd. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f85283a0 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:42:37 +1300 3e2b38243b6b1e0c6bce1063063d6be3969b8bc4 Housing New Zealand is being criticised for spending millions of dollars on a business case for a new computer programme. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8524b1c Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:42:27 +1300 00ab1c2688c65300f18377ff3d4784d9da5668e3 Farms have shown the lowest level of compliance with effluent discharge rules so far, a report reveals. Agriculture Minister David Carter says the dairy industry must get tougher. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f85256ec Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:42:22 +1300 d16d9dcd29c2c1c84fa00aff8c268ba4a0d19c83 Television New Zealand is planning to slash $5 million from its news and current affairs budget. The state-owned broadcaster says some functions will be centralised, and jobs will be cut. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f85237e6 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:42:17 +1300 5ba4fcfc3a60fd385e74cd53c64936510d65e0a1 One of the men acquitted of an attack on the Waihopai spy base says the not guilty verdicts are an historic moment for New Zealand - but the Law Society points out no legal precedent has been set. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f851403a Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:42:12 +1300 4700882ac04a743b40035bdf69cab5b482a59d71 Armed police raids on three homes in Auckland netted stolen property worth $15,000, a gun and drugs. An anonymous tip-off via the hotline Crimestoppers prompted the raids in Papakura and Takanini. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8527f8a Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:42:07 +1300 09d170ed77c632a95178cea615b885e8f8f7e39c Hawke's Bay Regional Council has imposed a $50,000 fine on a winery for illegally taking water from the Ngaruroro River. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8524f6a Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:42:02 +1300 20cfa069847fd3d05a65fca0b070420e248346b1 The Kupe gas project in Taranaki has been officially opened. It is expected to provide about 15% of New Zealand's gas needs. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8524b08 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:41:57 +1300 771960ea4c880773c2e793bfcd5ab99c6c5013b1 Frontline staff in the public service are challenging the Government's claim that extra resources are coming their way. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8516c58 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:41:52 +1300 6343855f312561d5dd7ee142cc87626dd7842783 Details have been released of the aborted plan to hold the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, which the Government decided was too costly and its economic benefits too low. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8516c26 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:41:47 +1300 9e69b82931cda2dbecab965d4669551921bdfbbe The Maori Language Commission has told MPs that resources for promoting te reo Maori need to be shifted away from Wellington-based government departments into the community. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f852083e Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:41:22 +1300 39ceb33e729e33c4b23e4fc50a2fa43c11226be2 United States officials believe a key al Qaeda figure wanted for a deadly attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan has been killed in a US drone strike. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8527f26 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:41:07 +1300 f0562bab886c5c3796ad084d048f52cbe6eba929 The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has apologised for his role in mishandling the case of a serial child abuser. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8519122 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:40:57 +1300 9b5830630b3b6dfe41349a3e995c5eb71f6b9e42 A 21-year-old man has turned himself in to authorities investigating an armed raid on a high-stakes poker tournament in Germany. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f851accd Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:40:47 +1300 479cffdff18dda3e9a80b5415dcdf6b447b40c54 Nigeria's acting president Goodluck Jonathan has dissolved the federal cabinet barely a month after taking up the job. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f851fa84 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:40:42 +1300 1606c4e7f634b0c7ed93967a293767f2df76393a Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples is dismissing accusations that he's being sidelined in his associate ministerial roles. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8516bae Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:40:02 +1300 d3af75937e304de4c8e8641fed216f1dce8b0f6f The New Zealand sharemarket's benchmark NZX 50 index has risen 21 points to 3222 at 12.55pm, on turnover of $32 million. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8527df0 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:44:58 +1300 24cd73f1a2f5c9dbc3a7eeb58607e71631ed670c The office of the Banking Ombudsman has negotiated or recommended compensation worth more than $15 million to customers who invested in two frozen ING funds. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8527e4f Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:44:18 +1300 33d6bba5ff8790ee2f693afdc9a8cda8c5353a77 Firefighters have managed to control a big scrub fire in the Far North that cut power to thousands of residents. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f843fb66 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:39:14 +1300 7782c4895600a17c09e4cf8d91b6e89a5fe2dd6f The Port Nicholson Block Treaty Settlement Trust has banned duck shooting from two Wellington lakes citing conservation issues. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8524f4c Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:19:38 +1300 a59d8c75bd706b30b94032713e396d700d74731c A Wellington City councillor has described proposed city-wide round the clock liquor ban as a 'band aid' response to Wellington's binge drinking culture. The council is to vote on Thursday on whether to seek public consultation on the plan. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f85236ce Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:59:48 +1300 344bf1d1bd1c37ceb4db5d1be9b7b0d178c4e27c Catholics around the world are urging Pope Benedict to speak out about the widening investigation into sexual abuse involving priests. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f843ada8 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:56:29 +1300 0b8cb842390c37d0ab561a32287b477f80c9516f Anti-government protesters in Thailand have hurled plastic bags filled with their own blood at the house of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, on the fourth day of their mass rally to demand his resignation. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f832dcad Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:56:24 +1300 4f4458cdca6c49f363c31b3c0b87fdd447a8b1bf A Waikato University researcher has been awarded $340,000 from the Health Research Council to talk to Maori about death and dying. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8520802 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:37:49 +1300 31f70904367a6e8a033e32735ee5d0c688afe301 A project looking at successful Maori secondary students could lead to changes in what schools do. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8520839 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:37:39 +1300 acd68db7161dc35ef438e6526c9a38a36eda15ce A seach for a missing yachtsman was to focus on Thursday on the area to the north of the stretch of ocean searched in the past two days. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f833d194 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:36:19 +1300 c6636fbf56c36959b6471e1297f58fa562f7e013 High speed shingle shovelling and giant excavators pouring cups of tea are just some of the events planned at the Central Districts Field Days. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f851e9bd Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:04:22 +1300 11770f82d2f83dd67d995aeb7761344ccbf5e3cb The drought that is making life difficult for farmers and orchardists in Northland is delighting those in the region's wine industry, who say it has resulted in brilliant fruit quality and an excellent vintage. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f851e9c7 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:04:13 +1300 c6c63a7ab042b490757920aae11012284e74d2a9 Man stabbed after confronting two young women burglars; peace protesters acquitted in spy base attack; two police officers under investigation. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f851ea21 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:03:45 +1300 e605ef6a92b1bb474c9ca07f41b22c895979c0f4 Aucklanders are being warned they are contributing to the region's steady environmental decline. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8431745 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:50 +1300 daa75250bc3ca3c509d0f338b093521ce871a0d5 Some exporters are struggling to send goods overseas because of a backlog of containers at several ports, Export New Zealand says. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f84316dc Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:45 +1300 7abfe634959b84bb4e054872c5ff11f808e3832e Horticulture New Zealand fears growers' margins may be squeezed even further if a Government proposal to increase GST goes ahead. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8431682 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:58:00 +1300 dd331c1939f3ff91e071d3ebe2c24b9ab90d1afa A $220 million overhaul of council flats in Wellington is being criticised for decreasing the number of bedsits available to residents. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f851ac1e Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:04:43 +1300 07bdc6e22cd8fb7ff5592fe41e77d02da0be5c97 Germany is pressing the 16 eurozone countries to consider harsher measures to safeguard the stability of the European single currency. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f851acd2 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:03:45 +1300 2810c3582bf91aa0ecdac8407a97331ca73bd49d The United States Senate has passed a $US17.6 billion bill aimed at boosting employment. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f851acfa Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:03:24 +1300 3de9117fe101a809b0b01994a29302d4bd8acf9f A decision on the future of the Canterbury Regional Council is only weeks away, as the Government's consultation with organisations that work with the council concludes. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8516b4f Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:39:06 +1300 37327cba373b3e172548d08e7f9e3fcab2f45cf8 Residents in the Manawatu town of Tangimoana have vowed to fight plans to cut the hours of the town's local health clinic. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8516b54 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:39:01 +1300 21632211eaa7b8c785085895a8ce97f2cb661a7e People in Blenheim are waiting to hear whether their local ACC branch will be closed. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8516b59 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:38:54 +1300 ce8b34f5841e217b84031e109c4873e7f14588be ACT Party MP Sir Roger Douglas says he's disappointed the National Party is refusing to support his attempt to reinstate youth pay rates for 16 and 17-year-olds. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8516bb3 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:38:20 +1300 31530c8844c49c89920e81b7c0a20ef96ca8fdd4 A survey suggests people are saving more, but many feel unprepared for retirement. The study found 44% of respondents were in KiwiSaver. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f8516c21 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:37:44 +1300 e53ff20ac9e4f0ee6efb89f42b38b2c48948e70a Cinema chain Hoyts is increasing its presence in Auckland by buying the Berkeley Cinema group for an undisclosed sum. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f851462a Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:43:14 +1300 9f1da9b19c51079f9d455fc6ee03f38860e5ce96 Internet advertising revenue has bucked the decline experienced across other media last year, according to figures from the Advertising Standards Authority. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f851462f Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:43:08 +1300 353b906072b0af4f17e5bf9c5946e99b7d808913 The High Court trial of a woman accused of killing a three-year-old boy has been abandoned in Auckland. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/18/1247f85146e3 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:42:18 +1300 66a81087725a83f636df1739a6de347aa52342b3 The governor of a high-security Bolivian prison has been sacked, partly because a former military ruler was allowed to turn his cell into luxury accommodation. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f844793d Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:53:37 +1300 3b85a999c076708bae056a3c58121112eabd34f2 The security situation in Pakistan has become such a concern that the country's own National Games have been postponed. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8447947 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:53:30 +1300 f0d186f02f32b01e0ebecbe7a7dcebd3df111803 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the time is not yet right to judge publicly a group of asylum-seekers named in connection with a boat explosion. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8446c9f Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:31:15 +1300 2500a05635ed3662efae6dd5b2c929d41672f9d6 The benchmark NZX 50 index closed down 5 points, or 0.2%, to 3202 on turnover of $63 million on Wednesday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8446b28 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:22:20 +1300 3f193d53452fb288f887274fe26ed6d0f64ae5bd Shares in Telecom touched new lows on Wednesday on fears that lower earnings will result in smaller dividend payments. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842f4f4 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:13:32 +1300 9706984105d08c3680b68d55a0018ff47ef46933 Three men charged over an attack on the Waihopai spy base near Blenheim in 2008 have been found not guilty. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f843b973 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:11:37 +1300 c58544d02232f7b2c00e2ce7f2a5dd4553b5986f The Labour Party has grilled the Government in Parliament about its plans to have Auckland's key assets and services run by organisations it says will be undemocratic. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f844047a Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:51:50 +1300 93c2a30483f2f797e17e927152b7a95f156452c9 The Labour Party says cuts to staff numbers at the Ministry of Health make no sense. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8435497 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:28:27 +1300 1ac9a112985ec9a9b20c7d58dfe7575c8608e242 Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee has rejected warnings that changes to the electricity industry could raise the risk of a system failure. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8430ca4 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:54:27 +1300 a4c2434cb2ff62503da966f06c4270190b756ba6 About 100 jobs are expected to be lost from General Cable's Christchurch manufacturing plant, as the company moves some of its production to factories in Asia. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842e62a Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:54:02 +1300 f54ad321f82accedbe453e7eff5419822a92c0df The former director of Auckland War Memorial Museum says the early departure of chief executive Vanda Vitali was inevitable. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8349078 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:41:59 +1300 c527cd0b5e461010a2555919998edc47009bf4b6 The Ministry for Maori Development could run the Government's proposed Whanau Ora scheme, says Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f843d3e5 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:30:41 +1300 3cf2859c546684bc4cd9ffa13154122e246f41ff Prime Minister John Key has dashed the hopes of a Taranaki iwi that it might share in the spoils of the region's oil and gas riches. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8357385 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:29:29 +1300 282691fddbb990b11906b7b5e974825b63bc9439 MPs have been told there are obstacles to getting long-term sickness and invalid beneficiaries into work, including that case managers lack the time to help. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f843a7c0 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:14:47 +1300 62544e15147f81bbfb5fd8b985420b9faa219538 Authorities are preparing to evacuate two islands off the central Queensland coast as a category 4 cyclone approaches the region. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8438f3f Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:12:53 +1300 e6587847b3371e60c189dc55d7edc34b47c16470 A Canterbury power company says it will not seek compensation from the owner of a fallen tree that caused a power surge on Banks Peninsula. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8438edb Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:54:31 +1300 2691072360c06033604a755d5a16d6eb1e0a2e21 The Red Cross and the New Zealand and Australian governments are sending aid to areas of Fiji severely damaged by Cylcone Tomas. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f84206bf Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:52:55 +1300 db93f1616ecbae31f0c26081e0ec5b2f1d2bc5de The Ministry of Civil Defence has unveiled a new emergency management system which it says will speed up its response to a big emergency. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f84387b3 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:35:44 +1300 85a3149f365b80ea5388967d227d8fd8723d09ff A proposal to screen Maori language programmes on Channel 6 and Channel 7 has drawn fire from the Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f84387cc Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:35:30 +1300 241a008235d69ce26baff2551ae0c66bacd6dc5d State Services Minister Tony Ryall has warned that there will be further job losses in the core public service. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8430d35 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:34:28 +1300 2a44439deb243cf685db62d02e1d8d634776a62e Finance Minister Bill English says the Government is assessing the possible use of private-public partnerships to build prisons and schools. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842477c Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:54:01 +1300 963df09af2390057ac62c669cb85d7366d9f5993 New Zealander Sir Ian Axford, honoured for his work on space exploration, has died, aged 77. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f84290ea Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:46:26 +1300 ff10bad6ef0bc429a4809f1b45f44198da3f6fd7 MidCentral District Health Board says it is studying all services as it struggles to cut a $10 million deficit. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f843180d Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:46:21 +1300 9f0c70a0d250a67402535739bf21127f95fbdd2c The New Zealand Superannuation Fund grew by 1.88% in Feburary, with a net gain of $296 million. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8433f19 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:46:16 +1300 d27a6c4c6558922b1e64bb3930cea40eba7b5b18 Telecommunications company TelstraClear is warning that consumers will pay the cost of a new industry levy for better rural broadband. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842482b Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:45:56 +1300 c460df5a9450e22daba208ce50fe8538d800f60f The recall of more than 410,000 Honda vehicles in the United States over braking problems doesn't affect its fleet in New Zealand, the company says. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842ccbe Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:45:41 +1300 1aec1f3b1c32c181b015fb4404048a196d26f507 The Save Radio New Zealand campaign group has held a meeting in Wellington to discuss what it calls a manufactured funding crisis, aimed at strangling the public broadcaster. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f84290db Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:45:31 +1300 a97a0f126dafae529c0fb7ec1ddcb23a3133642b An Otago University researcher wants the Government to subsidise two new nicotine replacement products. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842f5c1 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:45:26 +1300 23cc09c085fb43494fc074f7f5cee9edbf5efb09 Maori Television will tap into the experience of Canadian indigenous broadcasters to cover next year's Rugby World Cup. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f84280ff Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:45:21 +1300 682ab1da18affb7eb614aba382305e775d3aab8b Scores of people have been injured as thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in East Jerusalem in anger against Israeli plans to expand Jewish settlements in disputed areas. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8420633 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:45:16 +1300 de6ca113a45bb649eb910e081c9522199be8cec9 The estate of pop-singer Michael Jackson has signed the biggest recording deal in history. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842cc9b Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:45:06 +1300 676d152527e6b5b732736f0d5edecc608587b1b0 Tiger Woods has announced he will return to competitive golf in April at the Masters, nearly five months after revelations about a string of affairs wrecked his image as a global sports star. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f84247ea Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:45:01 +1300 e9ce2e05ae10f73865f70a00d53c9eb39fcae265 Two bomb explosions in Iraq have killed eight people and injured more than 10 others. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8421dc0 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:44:56 +1300 009a1350a31f0c42e3835b4e778d88460528bd2c Prime Minister John Key is assuring SuperGold Card users there will be no change to their travel entitlements. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f834974a Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:44:36 +1300 faee077f410f8e6ef5d53c128bf8841401555f4f Prime Minister John Key has described trade talks that started in Melbourne on Monday as marking an important milestone in New Zealand's free-trade agenda. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8239a5a Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:44:31 +1300 ac54bf431158de8b565a64540a2358115d12b66f Communications Minister Steven Joyce believes there is good industry support for the Government's rural broadband plan, aside from Telecom. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8337cd9 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:42:12 +1300 737a6436f982baeb5d66d252eab7db622629abfd North Island farmers are being advised to taken precautions to protect their stock from facial eczema, as weather and growing conditions raise the risk levels. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842056b Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:41:57 +1300 4deed61381f229d8c65c2a2fbaaefa67ca466305 Rural nurse practitioners say they're being hampered by legislative barriers that are restricting their ability to do their jobs properly. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f843167d Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:49:08 +1300 e091e89d345fc73047943aae52e63210f462fa7d Police are investigating a sexual assault on a woman in Hamilton. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842e549 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:43:51 +1300 551cf725a46ebb0015412e7bfdcf7235d2276f2c A forest fire that forced the evacuation of about 35 people from their homes in Marlborough has been brought under control. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8421e01 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:16:35 +1300 0550da5e6f0abeff3232f851be085875d22af770 Rising interest rates, petrol prices and unemployment have knocked consumer confidence, the latest survey shows. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842f4f9 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:01:26 +1300 5ffe5e5cc137f2ee9b274f4a08c74138a4906e5c One of only two remaining 39 Maori Battalion soldiers, Takamoana Delamere, died on Sunday, at the age of 88. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842f611 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:04 +1300 75f5a6d6d5ab8f8663f0c677c2bf9146c838fc9a The oil giant Royal Dutch Shell will axe a further 1000 jobs by the end of next year after admitting its been slow to respond to the global slump. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842cbe7 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:55:59 +1300 60e97942b7e9513a0578bbcd2eedf36f03e239eb In the United States, the Federal Reserve has held benchmark interest rates near zero and continued to say it will keep them exceptionally low for some time. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842cbec Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:55:53 +1300 bc833e25eec09ae59154541a34a54a569011ea5f Auckland City Council is to spend about $4 million replacing parking machines at the centre of a credit card fraud investigation. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842a151 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:52:17 +1300 88427659b43e8da6e894e6d0d918f95ee98f167a The Transport Accident Investigation Commission says a Wellington passenger train caught fire in April 2008 because Tranz Metro failed to spot a developing fault. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8429fc2 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:42:04 +1300 02aba8fc2289bc342347a9ee942a22d3f60f501a Mt Eden and Auckland Central Remand prisons are now using a single entrance where people are checked for contraband items. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8429fc7 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:41:58 +1300 0acb18fc1bc9df4f0486ef986a38b800fffae2f8 The Secondary Principals' Association says it is worrying to see a lack of Asian topics being taught in schools, but it's up to the Government to change this. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842a03a Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:41:22 +1300 113b4cce75b4b2eb84e6a1ffcb04ba1cc30d266f The Firefighters Union says its members will keep fire trucks outside stations at the end of a shift, until stations are properly equipped. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842a03f Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:41:17 +1300 cc6cf6d21d6286880fb282be3aab125d7d75dc99 Auckland's hopes of hosting the Commonwealth Games in eight years have been dashed, with the Government saying the half billion dollar cost is too high. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f833cdfe Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:40:16 +1300 303284c2fbb12e76460c868b7f2b7540c8211c6a A new approach in dealing with trauma patients launched in Hamilton is expected to save about 20 lives each year, and even more if it goes national. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f84290e0 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:40:11 +1300 236bf83ccec6d424fc2751e3bf2b444190e1c878 The drought that's been affecting the Far North has prompted moves to establish a new water supply for Kaitaia. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f84205ed Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:38:51 +1300 7e13f2ba418ad9d9adbcbc98da89dcf4d92a6b3c A nose-to-tail crash on State Highway 1 in Wellington caused southbound traffic to stretch back to Porirua on Wednesday morning, while rail travellers also experienced delays. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842808c Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:02:14 +1300 569aa18512225f03a6918f7feb197f066b8cdc2f Scores of culture groups are attending a four-day secondary school cultural festival which started in south Auckland on Wednesday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8428096 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:02:05 +1300 08b3cf360ffee33e1a68c895fc92c6a46f6a6475 A new Dunedin City Council steering group aims to encourage the restoration and re-use of hundreds of heritage buildings. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842809b Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:01:57 +1300 31798cf21a9b9d2022151c688e5b58a22896a2ab Ashburton District Council has announced its preferrred route for a new bridge to span the mid-Canterbury town's river and ease congested traffic on State Highway 1. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842521d Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:58:56 +1300 dab0b0c809484e278d4dc64a4af6b9f933803989 New Zealand's latest report on human rights has been presented to the United Nations. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8425286 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:54:50 +1300 3c156cf030bc7ec9a40bff626014ecb3f43b00e4 The makers of the Hulme CanAm supercar are seeking to raise up to $7.5 million from the public to build a limited production supercar to sell worldwide. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f84251be Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:42:39 +1300 8d94941547cb1df695cfb0226b8f9a611ba1847c Analysts say raising funds from investors for private public partnerships is likely to appeal to professionals as the sector starts to slowly develop. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8424777 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:39:14 +1300 59e37a75cd9f98c853fd4dedd7d585b2ca624fce Proposals to change the financial rules in the United States will now be fought out in America's political arena, but will have a big impact on Wall Street if passed. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f842476d Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:15:54 +1300 d6e6be1388a105bbc5eb1f6141cb1738db332b35 The chief executive of Air New Zealand says the airline could make tens of millions of dollars by licensing its skycouch to other international airlines, but he's keen to make them wait. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8424772 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:15:49 +1300 6d6798c2453bee9b027810527e09dde23ccc573c Telecom says its earnings will suffer under the Government's new rural broadband plans in a fresh blow to the company's plans to return to growth. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f833f124 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:12:08 +1300 8de558375e96686375bbf90c1ebc2b034f3c9bf2 Craigs Investment Partners and Morrison and Co are planning to raise up to $125 million in an investment fund to build schools, hospitals and housing. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f83502b6 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:11:48 +1300 380eeb11b09c48cdac4b43cf99f207d7723722d1 Japan says it has China's support in opposing a global ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f83573da Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:05:34 +1300 70c49ea846a3ba6a38770416e1e7be417bec9da2 Waikato's sharemilker of the year believes in starting young and getting on with it. Bas Nelis became a farm manager a year after joining the dairy industry at age 16. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8420566 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:49:16 +1300 def62b4361b9b668bacf4a214c63499e421c9285 A Canterbury farmer has applied a bit of Kiwi ingenuity to turn a high-tech weed sprayer into a very selective fertiliser applicator. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f8420570 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:49:05 +1300 6f6f4e27a4924af06444ddda6fb7ba851a1c4961 New Zealand prepares mercy mission to Fiji; Auckland region growing by more than 50 people a day; renowned NZ space scientist dies. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/17/1247f84205e3 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:48:26 +1300 0cee0ff9c51ac6994319022fea31cc28cc19cd67 Regulators in the United States have unveiled details of an ambitious plan designed to vault America into the ranks of world leaders in high-speed internet access in the next decade. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f83573d5 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:09:39 +1300 e0ff941feb66b3daa7b47742e968b6136764205a A champion of the Maori perspective in the conservation movement has died in a diving accident. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f83499ea Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:05:28 +1300 f8f1f146e9fe2659a9e1c28c0d369c32b4f08446 Disaster management officials in Fiji say they have received reports of several deaths in the powerful cyclone that has battered the island nation for four days. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f832dcb7 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:27:56 +1300 d5c38b7aea7259bf65897c39cd5d65c4f57a289f Rural Women New Zealand says it is pleased with a Government decision to extend the rollout of rural broadband beyond schools, to benefit the wider community. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f83536f5 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:57:32 +1300 a5d4172128595f18409f463d1277051c8ef86724 Canterbury Regional Council says it will place more warning signs on the old Waimakariri River bridge, where a 15 year old boy drowned last month. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8353772 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:56:52 +1300 08dc156f9820318fd94ebd5af078f652cc08903a The Otago University Students Association says it will not appeal against a judicial review decision, backing the university's right to discipline students for off-campus activities. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8353777 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:56:46 +1300 144eb2f8f075773e69be0ec3791f238f0592d786 An adventure tourism organisation hopes to launch what it calls New Zealand's first power-fan jump experience, down a 13 metre mine shaft in Greymouth this year. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f83537a4 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:56:39 +1300 292eb53d23183a5db6fd6feb74449e31bc2c3811 The military trial has begun for Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate, Sarath Fonseka. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f83537db Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:56:08 +1300 37f407872766e9e385216013387e55173e7f0826 The Category 4 cyclone battering Solomon Islands is moving only slowly over the southern part of the country but is maintaining its strength. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f832ed08 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:52:44 +1300 22d4835c2a3d22bdf4cdabdcbb8566365995a369 A New Zealand doctor agrees with a landmark legal challenge in the United States against a patent on two breast cancer genes. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f833cdf4 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:01:42 +1300 225cf7c36a043382848b7aedb59502ff56b2e329 Timaru-based businessman Alan Hubbard has sold a 17% stake in Salvus Strategic Investments for $2.4 million. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8351040 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:56:57 +1300 6d1be9c81353880f93d70326727262378f4b38bf Huljich Wealth Management has appointed David McEwen as an external consultant to its investment committee. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8351045 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:56:52 +1300 e39867fd13292cda525b7d2b76e1b51f12f0284b A Gisborne church badly damaged in the 2007 earthquake is back in business. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f835109a Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:56:27 +1300 530b8c0cf3697286b28fb42c99e0ae664cbf407b Kaikoura residents have rejected Canterbury District Health Board's suggestion that a new hospital could be built near the town's old landfill. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f835109f Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:56:20 +1300 7d60af7ebcd99b4d7099a2ead9331a8ec50f98ad A Christchurch geography teacher says a school essay competition run by state-owned coal company Solid Energy is misleading. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f835111c Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:55:38 +1300 2e1f73fe2e4c3de3ec21cdda13fbac1a1ebe66c3 A family doctor who had a brief sexual relationship with a patient has been faulted by the Health and Disability Commissioner, but will not face further action. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8351121 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:55:33 +1300 2e5359172dabc37c12912221857bf07764a31af5 Vodafone is apologising to Fonterra workers who were mistakenly sent a text message demanding they each pay a phone bill of more than $100,000. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8351126 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:55:28 +1300 6e815c7a89dde028a046ec291ba08660e19dee25 New Zealand skier Adam Hall has won a gold medal in the slalom at the Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8339cc2 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:19:19 +1300 6640b00a68babcd8aae39e4ba7375254f269d0dd An aftershock of measuring 6.7 has hit off the coast of quake-ravaged Chile. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f83462c3 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:36:01 +1300 04c4bea6ed0e51d066707d6d9d5b5fb4eda8b3e1 The economic recession has taken its toll on the productivity of New Zealand's workforce. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8348bf4 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:34:41 +1300 7501dad1cc1e82bcddf28e16ae6a8b3028fd2dae The Family Court has allowed Chris Kahui to live with his one year old daughter. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8343fa6 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:26:05 +1300 02698befd54a992879ada4f85b76ca111865abd2 The benchmark NZX 50 index closed down 24 points (0.7%) to 3208 on turnover of $53 million on Tuesday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8346403 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:17:49 +1300 43bc0a8cb8406aff7aad8045634498be8686a7a9 The Green Party is calling on the Government to ramp up diplomatic efforts to bring home the New Zealand anti-whaling protester arrested in Japan. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f834d927 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:11:17 +1300 a0b2f5e12488db395d9d2ed77a12538d2046b3f3 Holden New Zealand says there have been no accidents or injuries reported as a result of fuel leaks in its Cruze sedan. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8344964 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:10:05 +1300 6775e65e605179f2b7f8069dc243bed5453f01a3 The Labour Party says the Government's handling of a review of SuperGold Card transport subsidies has been a shambles. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f834916c Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:40:14 +1300 0fe5e51c83fdb5ae943e6561aba6bae6f93facd3 A Taranaki-based organic dairy co-operative has been placed in receivership just six months after its cheese-processing factory began operating. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8348be0 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:18:19 +1300 bc9382957743f2627598119e8dbf635de3b9f5ae A dose of the flu did not stop a Northland cattle farmer from winning the regional final of the national Young Farmer contest. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8348bdb Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:17:15 +1300 909a14314a6f2e907f952666dc56e242f8f2613f Sharebroker McDouall Stuart Securities says it wants to drop its right to trade shares and concentrate on being a financial adviser to clients. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f833f443 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:12:47 +1300 e72e57d99295aeae801a733d940098e54561dc26 Horticulturalists and viticulturalists want to improve the image of their industry in order to make harvesting fruit and cultivating vines more attractive as a career. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f832dca3 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:12:37 +1300 c3a5b716f1d5901895a8955a7baa0cba416317bd The Real Estate Institute expects some buyers are holding off purchasing farms until prices fall further. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f832ec4f Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:12:22 +1300 6e5830f0e50cabd9e70a4bc8ef77fdf5ea9baf96 Southland farming representatives are supporting new standards for the design of dairy effluent systems which they say may have helped to prevent the problems some farmers have had with leaking storage ponds. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f832ec4a Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:12:17 +1300 bdc26e8bca63d526756533921e2e27387fd2be8f Police investigating a serious assault on a young couple say they have not been able to find out what happened as the victims are suffering from memory loss. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f833d0bd Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:06:22 +1300 bdaaf896d56ccd15d7ef9de143f2f0b6756d7b15 Residents in the Far North have cut water consumption by nearly a third in the past week in response to urgent calls from the council. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f833f457 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:06:17 +1300 bc1ea91db973850f4ec332a658b1964ca3799b70 Auckland City's water company says there are still lingering problems with discoloured water coming into homes in two central suburbs. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f833a57f Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:06:12 +1300 dcb3b8e72048da90c64a904c5350c0cd928add72 The Mapua Residents Association says a report on the clean-up of New Zealand's most contaminated site is further evidence of the failings of the project. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8330421 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:06:02 +1300 b8e6588e85eda6e4aa582bcfb275a0d0d78b2f0b The Court of Appeal has dismissed appeals from the mother and grandfather of a six year old boy abducted in Hamilton in 2006. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8344fb7 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:58:59 +1300 a5b3414ff1be0e995253b48b5e19bd34cd81cfe5 The world's shortest man, He Pingping, who stood just under 75 centimetres, has died aged 21. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8340189 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:58:27 +1300 188f378effda3b1b5b8fb9b4fc9922e9048b3d59 Local Government New Zealand is criticising a super-city proposal which it says would give control of three-quarters of Auckland's most valuable assets to unelected powers. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f832dcb2 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:58:17 +1300 4290630e951dd7e55cd56ca20a2008969ec25c97 A prominent Zimbabwe MP believes New Zealand Cricket has not given a good reason for the decision to postpone a tour of his country. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f832dca8 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:58:02 +1300 9f0a2086b43706db65a91bde0556d73cc136f0c8 A review of maritime laws could lead to the inshore commercial fishing fleet having its outer limit for fishing increased almost ten-fold. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f832ed1c Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:57:57 +1300 4f9fd0ca0e9c273105010f30f4f81a2eeead4801 Prime Minister John Key says people should not to jump to conclusions about mining on the conservation estate. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8249081 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:57:27 +1300 a502e4ecd5739ea2b33880921cfe6eea8ebf24c1 Five people have been taken to Wellington Hospital after a collision involving a bus and a small van. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f834018e Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:58:51 +1300 6b161f3912de9160506c26b1bf8ff2c867807b3d Agriculture Minister David Carter has appointed a former banker and Treasury official to head discussions on forming a single body to represent the divided wool industry. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f825ee7d Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:24:52 +1300 1f1ab3ac24048b63282c47263324a4a2e6ca3a62 Power has been restored to 11,500 customers in Central Otago after the main transformer tripped near Cromwell. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8335ea4 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:38 +1300 392853c99a843a5b17e568a2056ef43441a932f3 Men should have faith in a blood test for prostate cancer, despite its inventor describing it as little better than a coin toss in terms of diagnosis, urologists say. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8338364 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:36:34 +1300 aadc04028d4d349211db9c62e38e18dc57f9d06e An increasing number of students do not know how to swim as high costs are forcing schools to close their pools, according to Water Safety New Zealand. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f83362f9 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:53:16 +1300 b2545d03a1e0a7156249c72ab866b40d64413643 The man convicted of murdering Lower Hutt schoolgirl Karla Cardno has again been denied an early release from prison. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8336308 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:53:06 +1300 13bf5d538946d3329216351a57d1ea7d0d24c6a2 The Children's Commissioner is to meet with prison authorities to discuss whether the price of making a phone call from jail can be reduced. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f8334f20 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:02:22 +1300 204c1df8660839958b2bdcef0040f509f5074a87 Israel's ambassador to the United States Michael Oren is reported to have described relations between the countries as facing a crisis of historic proportions. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/16/1247f832e292 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:24:18 +1300 5638c5b7016aba40c85164216f53406d3b5a70e4 The author of a ground-breaking report on Maori justice is challenging the use of marae for youth court sittings. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f825c567 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:08:00 +1300 76c9becdc3dec7446be0a08d3d9fe5f7a2dc5798 One of the world's best known footballers, English mid-field player David Beckham, has been injured while playing for his club AC Milan, almost certainly destroying his chances of playing in a fourth World Cup round. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8255035 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:07:30 +1300 1f53fd6aa8d9e3e64fc867a2fe70f85fe1fcef7a The Ministry of Health says long-term health effects for local residents are unlikely as a result of the Mapua clean-up process. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f824e552 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:06:35 +1300 244d8021c04e75239a969342ec808a01e573726e Federated Farmers national president Don Nicolson is warning levy-funded research organisations not to under-estimate the depth of farmer feeling about their lack of profitability. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8257adb Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:44:39 +1300 6ade6294c7fbeca31c75e7a0b70d8980dac686f0 The internet domain name dotcom is celebrating its 25th anniversary. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f82613ac Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:32:51 +1300 de317403ede40760838224605d0ad761cc28b6b6 Australian doctors are being urged to stop using high radiation CT scans without clinical justification after a review found the scans were being overused. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f82613d9 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:32:45 +1300 412aa9555773e7fadc7f17a13ce0c87e76e0a929 A bus has plunged into a river in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, killing at least 26 students. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f82613de Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:32:39 +1300 5998e0323dbfd4b6bfd0e751a586d93c5363d05d Fiji police say villagers have reported houses being blown away as Cyclone Tomas moves slowly over Fiji's northern island of Vanua Levu. It has already claimed one life. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8239a6e Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:31:46 +1300 74b0657686d7866791e69a86f443328ecd222eee Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has rejected an ultimatum by tens of thousands of protesters to resign, before flying out of a besieged Bangkok army barracks in a Black Hawk helicopter. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8239a05 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:56:49 +1300 843728c6b51d72e869b85c7e861bead59ec9eba1 Fisher and Paykel Appliances says it will take responsibility for Haier's, sales, marketing and customer care service in Australia, next month. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f825eed2 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:40:14 +1300 ffbf32f60dab1906388f864f31baa4319c02f200 The Black Caps cricket tour to Zimbabwe will not proceed as scheduled in June. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8252982 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:38:32 +1300 dfc5f56aca5373290dd22548efefa57cefa5cb72 Suspected drug cartel hit squads have killed three people connected to the American consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, according to a US official. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f824d00d Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:36:42 +1300 1bd41a4b6ad9996bffaeef1064a431de87193690 The Cook Islands says New Zealand's cyclone reconstruction package falls short of original estimates, but Habitat for Humanity may come to the rescue on Aitutaki. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8067432 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:36:02 +1300 7f5a49b3572e09cc733a3613c55c3a9c65b10eaa The dairy industry body, Dairy NZ, has released a proposed new set of design standards and a code of practice to guide farmers who are installing effluent management systems. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f825c445 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:32:20 +1300 d0eda047790b0a8aa9fa20fd51941abe8d1363f8 It is 150 years since the first shots were fired in the Taranaki land wars, but Puke Ariki Museum in New Plymouth is expecting heated debate about what happened and why. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f825c4a9 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:31:49 +1300 301c60be4f25738115432b663b1c19d680103eeb United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been in Haiti to inspect what has been described as the most challenging emergency his organisation has ever dealt with. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f825c521 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:31:12 +1300 f569b9ff9655ce27e68358e287a4bd1c76942034 A Tainui documentary maker says the Maori king enjoys overwhelming support within the iwi, despite media reports to the contrary. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f825c526 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:31:07 +1300 6c627db51dc33d8e252a9be5ca8b1c4ed75abd3c The massive firefighting operation at Mount Allan near Dunedin could become the country's most expensive, with a projected cost of more than $1 million. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f82582f7 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:03:06 +1300 e8c9971bf89e8974445ba85863c2f88a59bbf4c5 A major blackout has left most of Chile without power for hours, two weeks after a massive earthquake that killed hundreds of people and weakened infrastructure. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8259300 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:02:34 +1300 da1d14ec86c9097922dbee42c43805bdb8f9abb6 The benchmark NZX 50 index closed up 6 points to 3231 on turnover of $51 million on Monday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f824e421 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:18:55 +1300 61e6109ae8f421a2e931d7fe64976435f00417dc Failed finance firm Strategic Finance says its trustee should have let investors vote on least two bailout plans that may have seen them get all their money back. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f823bfe3 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:06:34 +1300 49b53a78b563730d576487c2b80cbc831fdcb02d The Warehouse is bulking up its presence in Auckland, saying it will build new stores in a region it is under-represented in. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f823bfd9 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:06:24 +1300 66f9e8a616e6c0ae6da879c8a13368cabd469e27 A Brazilian trade lobbyist says emerging countries will not settle for half measures to help advance stalled world trade talks. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f824bbe3 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:06:19 +1300 045e4a95f549795079e49b46175843196fb210ea Southland farming representatives will look carefully at new water charges the regional council is proposing, to make sure irrigation users in particular aren't burdened with an unfair share of the costs. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f823a8c6 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:05:59 +1300 6b29a4a88218388ccd7db7351edbd4bc96cb8071 A Feilding couple has been awarded top prize at Meat and Wool New Zealand's Golden Lamb awards, known as the Glammies. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f823c2fc Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:05:54 +1300 a0f3066130e5e9d13de6d452fd8f49144cb40224 An iwi adviser on global warming is warning of growing difficulties for New Zealand in dealing with its greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f814d6c6 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:05:49 +1300 cec6cd672416e0b3ef3254666a9c19394607578f A man has died after being run over by a rubbish truck in South Auckland. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f82559a2 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:57:31 +1300 cf1ebcd1a09d0f7c81b195ce1a78ddf35f38eb00 Weta Workshop has unveiled its design for a Wellington statue to commemorate the 2011 Rugby World Cup. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f82559ac Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:57:24 +1300 e86127c9469c3da78b0b263c53844ca63035e71d The Ministry of Health has released for the first time league table details showing which groups of doctors' practices in New Zealand are doing the best and worst at meeting community health needs. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8239efc Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:39:15 +1300 9ab172fe556018b5a9cab806742c546260a2b718 Lawyers for the Sensible Sentencing Trust say the Department of Labour was wrong not to prosecute the Government departments that handled the Graeme Burton case. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f823f3d3 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:18:27 +1300 8b2c5a5d9f10ed98e38f995e6043865a565184c3 The Labour Party is backing calls for the release of a New Zealand anti-whaling activist being held in Japan. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f8146a17 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:57:19 +1300 c94a7c1336bdc4558ef694f9af7578cd65d45c4f Local Government Minister Rodney Hide says there's not much chance Parliament will consider letting the Rodney District exclude itself from the Auckland super city. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f5d59b Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:57:04 +1300 69367a9f3d13c52b21b1d62f03767e6b3247cc21 Actor Peter Graves, who starred in the TV series Mission: Impossible, has died in his home in the United States at the age of 83. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f82525a6 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:22:16 +1300 bb89247d987d580a8cae9ac1a67db2e4acabba53 A television station in Georgia has apologised for causing panic with a fake news report about a Russian invasion. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f823f36f Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:02:40 +1300 65e917a067d12c8ce493118fc53f661f2c9f6a10 Israel's army says a leading member of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has been arrested in the West Bank. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8239a00 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:02:35 +1300 1e69a107182b8aae95d902c8326a20af8a231397 Forest and Bird says the Government has been looking at opening up 7000 hectares of high-value conservation land to mining. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8250bcb Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:59:22 +1300 ecb091c5d8c5053bf4416b0017981247e5de7c4f Strong winds from a second Pacific cyclone, Ului, have damaged houses and buildings in Rennell in Solomon Islands. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f8152720 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:56:08 +1300 6c2bac019a2243ec60d127edcad53931e61288f7 Industrial action by radiographers has now spread to 14 district health boards, but their union says patient welfare will be minimally affected. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f824abc0 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:47:56 +1300 caaaa0d40ee768a5eed386d564645889b312880a The Medical Council is defending how it handled warnings regarding a South Auckland doctor who had more than a dozen complaints against him. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f824638b Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:47:41 +1300 2c0f3a5af4e5840c8df0c5cc63c3922c1a458e67 The Institute of Professional Engineers is pouring cold water on suggestions New Zealand could have 90% of its electricity renewable by 2025. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f824acf9 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:47:31 +1300 f41cedc428334ad7d0a5997ba528ef205a32f05e Anglers are complaining they are increasingly being shut out of rivers and lakes as landowners sell access rights to guiding companies. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8239a55 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:47:21 +1300 7eec8f2313d39986358f4d039caa7b77d4e47f79 Two small Internet Service Providers have become the first to operate a government internet filter introduced to block child pornography. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8243b01 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:47:16 +1300 dc33d726b6edd2c2a3614bebef51d710adc11020 Shaun Quincey has succeeded in his bid to row across the Tasman, reaching the Northland coast on Sunday afternoon 54 days after setting off in his boat Tasman Trespasser. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f8144439 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:47:11 +1300 34fe47345ed79609586c84c68b77b3d7eb7a7cd3 A New Zealand and Australian research team says it has confirmed it is possible to study whales without killing the mammals. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f824e52f Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:56:37 +1300 981180fe1f67d36c0e38d08de06f5a51678d52bc The Catholic Church's most senior cleric in Ireland has rejected calls to resign over claims that he helped cover up sex abuse investigations in the 1970s. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f824be22 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:57:15 +1300 fea167ffbe648a5a0250363d149ce7cb2050e7ae The service sector continues to expand, albeit slowly, according to the latest BNZ Business New Zealand Performance of Services Index. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f824bbde Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:54:08 +1300 59ead1a9d27854b8320be986cffc44e6eec1f9eb Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has rejected criticism that China is keeping its currency under-valued in order to boost exports. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8245ef0 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:15:55 +1300 8b132569ae02a572fe7d0bffd2761d2550ed9ec3 Associate Health Minister Tariana Turia says a hui on Maori mental health has highlighted the need to increase the number of Maori working in the sector. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8245e15 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:11:05 +1300 3c1775609975e3bf7ec58a64fc8f1f150e6c9036 The chair of Te Putahi Paoho, the electoral college which chooses the board of Maori Television, says new spectrum allocations could expand opportunities to broadcast in the Maori language, te reo. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f8245e1a Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:11:00 +1300 29b4532f3b9dcff28ae817e6e4ddac7919856c77 The Tongan Advisory Council says Prime Minister John Key is on another planet if he thinks Maori and Pacific Islanders will not struggle to be elected to Auckland's super-city council. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f806c186 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:19:38 +1300 ed0c02ceaa1c8bf1c08b6105cd42b1d4f8dd5ac8 Prime Minister Nouri Nouri al-Maliki appears to be strengthening his lead over main rival Iyad Allawi in Iraq's parliamentary elections. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f82438a5 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:14:19 +1300 cacae8661d7e24a4f3d801a0ee0e48f1ae79649a A Northland farming leader and regional councillor says it is time to get serious about water storage in the Far North. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f823cd3e Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:41:50 +1300 bf01d14e4789171a09a81d004a6f39ce933e67d3 This year's result season is proving to be an overwhelmingly subdued event. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/15/1247f823bfde Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:08:14 +1300 0d4e9a19c10061f675a6fbb3bc09e17909dd00ad Finance company Strategic Finance has been placed in receivership. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f7880b Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:04:10 +1300 6d1a49ecf6a5ff099fa198c3af778b3807ac5772 Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters have gathered in Thailand's capital Bangkok to press the government to step down and hold new elections. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8071663 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:07:26 +1300 eeac68dac461e2e1f60d959509f848c48f76e688 A sophisticated Taliban assault on the key southern Afghan city of Kandahar has killed 35 people in a claimed revenge attack by militants, officials say. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f816c67b Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:03:50 +1300 04c1acad5145099b6f195ef1182d17563d34202e A strong, 6.6-magnitude earthquake has hit northern Japan, but the Japanese government did not issue a tsunami warning. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f816c70c Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:03:18 +1300 f56998eb7666e6d83285300a2602232c62036bad Police say at least 10 people were killed by a suicide bomber at a security checkpoint in north-west Pakistan, it comes one day after twin suicide attacks in Lahore which killed 54 people. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f814442a Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:01:30 +1300 5a6b55cf426002d28535cbd051b3fd3e8d467475 Two new polls point to an indecisive result in Britain's upcoming election, with one suggesting the ruling Labour Party would emerge as the biggest party and the other giving the edge to opposition Conservatives. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f81681ac Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:27:32 +1300 77b02b153e0b32d1e94c5af790486fca7c58ad1f The Fire Service is treating as suspicious a fire in Northland which destroyed two caravans on Sunday afternoon. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f8161909 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:17:17 +1300 9c2a21e2e1ebfc92f43ebfb7f17e46ca11cd5eb3 A motorcyclist was killed near Nelson on Sunday afternoon. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f816190e Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:01:49 +1300 c1765bc203a877ccd2ef386fde4a7f89db73cd23 The Fire Service says a large fire at a boat building factory in an industrial suburb of Hamilton has been contained. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f815f252 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:00:18 +1300 fb3157293b9bac93d92028d8dbca781d2a177e30 A section of Auckland's southern motorway in Manukau has reopened after a crash which killed one person and hospitalised seven. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f815b612 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:58:32 +1300 8dbac2dc7a7676a495cd5f73b4042345858e92b1 A strong earth quake has struck in waters off Indonesia. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f815b60d Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:04:47 +1300 4b829c01428a3ad42b94a85a714bda3d4651086a Thirteen people have been killed in an outbreak of drug-related violence in the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco say officials. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f815a123 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:51:32 +1300 cfd9b4920d30795f1838da6d1b53bd42dc1bb8f0 The Catholic Education Office and a Victoria University academic are joining calls for educators to focus on the study of religion in primary schools. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f81491a2 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:50:49 +1300 201eb170967a244710b89ad9125375a264ddc26d A senior police officer has been accused of abusing his power by taking another officer to task for stopping his friend at a police checkpoint. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f8154fdf Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:19:41 +1300 f9450ac72c533a79b24ae4e46b8f511aa3f1f3ee Ninety-nine passengers stranded in Auckland after their Sydney-to-Wellington flight was diverted because of possible defects are being booked on flights to Wellington on Sunday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f81458ff Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:55:17 +1300 60eaaf3e2826b747356d33a48b5ba5c5bc9df0be More than 1000 applications have been received for the most senior jobs in Auckland's super-city council. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f8154fda Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:30:59 +1300 93e731b128e84bf224c2533e6e1db6b8d6d0c5ca Nurses are calling on the Government to remove legislative barriers that prevent them from getting urgent help for rural patients. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f814ccd8 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:10:51 +1300 b150675bc23129e6ba59c1daaa6999299c3e1078 Police in Dunedin want the on-licence held by the well-known student haunt, the Captain Cook Tavern, suspended or cancelled. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f814b32c Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:45:30 +1300 567894254e6c5a61cfe048da6729496f202d057b A $27,000 public artwork in the Auckland suburb of Glen Innes has been permanently removed after pieces of it kept falling off. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f814b331 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:45:24 +1300 b351404e27c241e89da022d517d9b82001b22f83 Wellington City Council is pushing for a new, more expensive option for the proposed War Memorial Park in central Wellington. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f806274d Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:41:25 +1300 bf5dee345a57b14dba87a6a770f3465fa26d3068 Two small internet service providers have become the first to operate a Department of Internal Affairs internet filter introduced to block child pornography. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f805baa7 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:55:49 +1300 9c645dcf0db7af74769729c971094915e63405c7 A dub and reggae concert in a cave at Dunedin's Long Beach has been granted resource consent by Dunedin City Council despite concerns from some locals. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f80601d2 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:32:48 +1300 ab5d4a19f70fe6aa22359f3e6643848ddb4f7ab1 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has agreed to let two foreigners join a panel monitoring forthcoming parliamentary elections, reversing an earlier decision. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f8145eb6 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:27:11 +1300 277d5c777098be2f3891ed8f1ef7bbd0756300d7 The Tongan Advisory Council says Prime Minister John Key is on another planet if he thinks the Auckland super-city will allow more Maori and Pacific Islanders to be elected on to its council. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f8145f0b Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:26:48 +1300 6f4b00fc0ac63003c1ac1aeba904be27520162f8 Partial results from Iraq's election show Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki's coalition is ahead in Baghdad, which accounts for 20% of parliament's seats. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f8144434 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:57:50 +1300 ff7342947098ff8901706102b80f70561b9b426f New Zealand beat Australia by 51 runs in the one-day cricket international in Wellington on Saturday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f80673fb Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:44:50 +1300 2395c13ab78aad1de1ec05f0a4849ea8a2482043 Australian Greens leader, Bob Brown, says he is backing an international campaign to free a New Zealand anti-whaling activist arrested in Japan. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8056223 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:56:41 +1300 d50c8abfee50e1adc4ee17bff774bbcf8f20d93c A suicide bomber targeting security forces in Pakistan's Swat Valley has killed at least 10 people. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8054636 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:46:04 +1300 abad174f33c1d80a57f8f5bc9ef81db163644b21 Prosecutors in California are suing the world's largest carmaker, Toyota, over allegations that it knowingly sold hundreds of thousands of defective vehicles. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8073ef6 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:29:11 +1300 8a173595eb2870c8b7c359d221ea6174655af8a4 The support crew of a trans-Tasman rower, Shaun Quincey, say they are now sure he will make it to New Zealand. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f806281f Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:02:18 +1300 c5edcc68d2176006f1c9e2cbb64c5b14bf3732e2 Police in Nelson say Saturday's motorbike rally, threatened with violence by a group calling themselves the Southern Skinheads, has passed off without incident. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f80602ae Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:42:35 +1300 19ccb3f039b30a979c11a6bb9b02d83e6698ff10 One of the men charged over an attack on the Waihopai spy base in 2008 has told a jury he also joined in protest action at the Pine Gap spy base in Australia in 2006. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f85055 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:19:30 +1300 6ce5246eeb74f1e9cc0f38a1b3635f0ad0f25b69 The Minister of Broadcasting says the cabinet is looking at making Television New Zealand's channel 7, and possibly channel 6, public service broadcasting entities. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f806c14f Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:58:59 +1300 f69c2ba65eca915db7b16d65c49dd142e569f815 Up to 14,000 people attended the 21st Wild Foods Festival on the South Island's West Coast on Saturday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f806c7bd Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:23:05 +1300 df2d556df0972d137d13e45ee0d3d54589c24086 Just hours after a severe storm lashed Wellington, a fresh bout of strong winds is forecast for the south of the South Island. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f80546c2 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:44:13 +1300 70a3514b16d1c1b44b415cb88e5624b506b71865 About 40 volunteers, including divers, came together at Wellington's Evans Bay on Saturday to clean up the capital's harbour. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8063b39 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:03:47 +1300 2a9f392267743bb3a315d703cb41631dddf9d80f A group of British scientists say they have developed a computer programme that can read people's memories by looking at their brain activity. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8064b42 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:03:12 +1300 bb9507d67fe5945e465ef9f1bfd24e605fdf1916 The Council of Social Services' fourth-quarter Vulnerability Report shows the recession continuing to hit Maori hard. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f805e1cf Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:01:39 +1300 463da0c31396b90bca74f2019e83a7948d7dceed The second man to walk on the moon, Buzz Aldrin, says commercial space flights are key to the future of space exploration and the push to reach Mars. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8063621 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:47:13 +1300 25e5ffe4d19bed55cdcf833e77d2939ec3281627 Former government minister Roger McClay has appeared in court accused of fraudulently claiming mileage expenses from charities while getting air travel subsidies from the public purse for the same trips. He denies the charges. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f69442 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:45:45 +1300 ce611566452d82bf82b9b1ea85579aecd4fabd53 Russia has announced plans to build 16 nuclear reactors in India. The announcement came during a visit to Delhi by the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8062feb Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:32:43 +1300 7383cebd424260118f7da51aac1c91db888863f5 The preferred route for Auckland's proposed billion-dollar central city underground railway system has been released. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f647a8 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:08:09 +1300 8e2a4402e6325f03377e83842d425971b45d0404 A senior adviser to former American president George Bush says he's proud of the harsh interrogation techniques such as waterboarding that were used to get information from suspected terrorists. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f80608e0 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:32:37 +1300 b54e850520358ccdbbaee67c17238671671dca83 The Mental Health Foundation says young people will miss out on help if a free youth health centre in Christchurch closes. The 198 centre is facing bankruptcy and may have to close at the end of April. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8056587 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:31:35 +1300 d8a4846c3919b6203443de599dc389e55e3974c0 After a meeting with Pope Benedict, the head of Germany's Catholics, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, has apologised to victims of sexual abuse by priests. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8059ede Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:30:15 +1300 e6b94c9b20a6b9e0c1919064a3c635553ae295b4 A series of aftershocks has hit Chile as the country's new president Sebastian Pinera was sworn in. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e8b9fc Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:29:55 +1300 461271f9d439427f31f9e6d831a5f1cdf38317d1 The American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has sharply criticised Israel's decision to build new settlements in occupied east Jerusalem. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f80602ea Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:15:26 +1300 dd29d7642ba39a0a913d527c595730b11fe2032d US President Barack Obama has warned of a second disaster in Haiti, saying people should be under no illusion that the crisis there is over. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7a1f0 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:13:09 +1300 254d91fe7adf619cdd455cf2a00f632d6d98528d As the fourth Kororareka Festival gets under way, the people of Russell are remembering the 1845 battle that levelled their Bay of Islands township. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f805e0f8 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:12:29 +1300 840bdc26af4770054a6e51a6dfc65b352f39890c The Green Party is criticising a Westpac bid to change a bill aimed at protecting people with life insurance and boosting confidence in the insurance sector. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f84fa6 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:12:54 +1300 5c49482689012ea6049f7d04f15c7ce0d17d6b4c Southland Regional Council plans to implement a user-pays system to charge for water and wants ratepayers' feedback on the idea. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f5dd62 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:12:14 +1300 e19c233678d084f42ec58c038c573129d6d9b4ca Northland Regional Council says it cannot allow the dumping of treated effluent into Kaitaia's drought-stricken Awanui River. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f5dd5d Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:12:09 +1300 c1802a72a3c2d03c928e0e3f486bf4e86a1d6fea A British expert says a major review is needed of how countries handle the importation of plant materials, to protect forests from devastating diseases. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6ee23 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:11:29 +1300 364f96ddc5c5176918e987230ff05cc30ac73b9a The United States hopes negotiations for a trans-Pacific trade deal involving New Zealand will eventually lead to a much wider regional agreement. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6c4b4 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:57:58 +1300 5b9d1af202d4f091caf918dfc9af55d779da7112 The man who died in a light plane crash in Northland on Friday has been named as Stacy Jarrod Hopper. The crash happened shortly after takeoff at Marsden Cove Marina south of Whangarei. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f80546bd Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:57:43 +1300 52cfe4ae93433bcf36b7391a5697b191c211e635 Pyne Gould's finance arm Marac Finance has been approved under the extended retail deposit guarantee scheme. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f64681 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:26:25 +1300 e2c36a95adecac0e57573a0633d4c6847f9d41e1 The International Air Transport Association has halved its forecast losses for the beleaguered industry this year. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6a352 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:26:20 +1300 4513f6fbaca05e9b068d8d25333b0e58cb6d87a2 US President Barack Obama has urged China to change its currency strategy to help re-balance the global economy. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6a325 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:26:15 +1300 ef442191c3bf3abaca7d10a99f0cc29bbe9e0164 Lincoln University and Telford Rural Polytechnic based in South Otago are considering the case for a merger, which could take effect next year. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6e8ee Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:25:50 +1300 33db9b5944bac6cd71948e91edb0c61a32ae06ff The organisers of ID Dunedin Fashion Week are optimistic about its future, despite difficulties attracting a long-term principal sponsor. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8059e3e Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:02:10 +1300 5c4a053ba7548e296f9c3374cf6d3c480349ff81 New research published in the British medical journal the Lancet suggests that people with fluctuating blood pressure may be more at risk of stroke than people with consistently high readings. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8059eb1 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:01:31 +1300 221e33a2fdaedcfb18c2b7508d49242f3b62e4a2 The Maori Affairs Select Committee inquiry into the impact of smoking on Maori has been told the tobacco industry deliberately targets Maori. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f87689 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:59:22 +1300 53ee8f4233107cc1500c3b57b8c7c71ad4bfee6e British band Pink Floyd has won a legal battle against its record label, EMI, over royalties paid for internet downloads. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6a320 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:27 +1300 3009e67da56029739d9b6cb0a4a4788e43e39286 New Zealander Graeme Hart has retained his place as Australasia's richest man in the Forbes magazine billionaires list, though he dropped to 144th place. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f65b78 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:17 +1300 8155ad52202dad32f124b968560d40a4730019e5 The owner of shoe stores Hannahs and No 1 Shoes hopes to raise cash from shareholders later this year to fund expansion plans. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6467c Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:56:12 +1300 4dcdb94cd8f6bc4683cdf5ecba0c986143f9858d A report on the collapse of the American investment bank Lehman Brothers criticises senior executives and the auditor Ernst and Young for serious lapses that led to the firm's downfall. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f805779c Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:01:48 +1300 8540560fd0cc391f2d0954ecbf9a9379c3db9f81 Rugby World Cup organisers say $55 million worth of hotel bookings have so far been taken for next year's tournament. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8057800 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:01:15 +1300 2de28ef0db8d727f4d131cf312b4fbb9f10322f7 The Race Relations Commissioner is calling for more public discussion about how the use of offensive language can be dealt with. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f80587d7 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:01:06 +1300 7ac1d2e6fdb0cf5e7536e08ee3e69cf24fc1aa49 A new report from the Department of Corrections suggests that the number of criminals in New Zealand is not on the rise. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f80587eb Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:00:53 +1300 306389266d05e48fb5081681edeacd7aa685a2f6 The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint from one of New Zealand's supermarket chains about its rival. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f5de2f Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:59:12 +1300 58f4633c890fb05fa05b2704ff1b5d3a0601ad78 DB Breweries and Lion Nathan are to raise the price of beer sold in cans and glass bottles, blaming the cost of raw materials. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f5b841 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:59:07 +1300 37cde1950698e01db3e8a92612c9acb2b41e347b Employment organisations say a change to funding tertiary institutions partly on student performance will result in a better qualified workforce. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e69811 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:59:02 +1300 746408e3d8c79ec0e3ae5d6aec2d1d64f9771a58 Toyota says a recall of cars in Japan built by its Daihatsu subsidiary does not affect new vehicles in New Zealand but may be a problem for used imports. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f80546b3 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:34:20 +1300 aa923851dd696bad390b116667602cef7fbe6f47 The International Energy Agency says China's demand for oil jumped by what it calls an astonishing 28% in January, compared with the same month a year earlier. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f80546b8 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:34:09 +1300 429b1a4b25edc72d6cb6935c3927384164985e6e Compensation has been agreed for the thousands of people caught up in the aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York in September 2001. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f87639 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:37:53 +1300 6ca47b06e58c726a1575c455d5868b17cc90c45d New figures show overnight stays in hotels and motels reached a record high in January. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f84f29 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:41:04 +1300 bfe37183aed3c128e4a840dddcf4878f74395aff The Fire Service has rolled out its first new command vehicle, which will be one of 17 in operation nationwide by the end of next year. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f85041 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:39:36 +1300 e479e21a51bc64d56165b46eaa7d6b4c92815b74 Police Minister Judith Collins says a stunt staged by the Sunday Star Times newspaper, involving people masquerading as terrorists at Super 14 rugby games, was incredibly stupid. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f695c9 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:38:54 +1300 3db411531def21544ee64aa84388ffebe2d1aebb A Pacific Island Health strategy launched on Friday is to be promoted by churches. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f5ff61 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:37:49 +1300 75fbebfe6983c647a14c6489de8752e9776bfc33 The Government is considering tougher penalties for knife possession. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f5ff7a Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:37:04 +1300 42799fda7a306c569d33606c96e7d05659ef9dd8 A light plane crashed into a car soon after take off, killing the pilot and slightly injuring three people in the vehicle, in Northland on Friday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f7644c Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:36:14 +1300 ef8c85eae02509238de944a2116b2a9ed85d7847 The latest house sale figures suggest investors are sitting out the property market while they wait to see the effect of proposed tax changes. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f81e6a Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:15:48 +1300 ea51076a243573c7f1405459a361af4350541d60 Retail sales rose a seasonally-adjusted 0.8% in January, Statistics New Zealand says. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6ee87 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:10:45 +1300 0d5560bf105cebf137205146bc8540f7800a6c3b New Zealand's largest listed retailer, The Warehouse, has made a $57.4 million profit in the six months to the end of January. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f65ca9 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:39:22 +1300 41f38607ad294f2835aa81e5fadd372997d34683 After a 12-year break, Auckland Hauraki sharemilkers of the year Dave and Lisa Ritchie have made a successful return to dairy farming by winning one of the region's dairy industry awards. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6ee50 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:38:22 +1300 7c15dfa1893844ff0066c49021495057925ecedb Kiwifruit marketer Zespri is expecting growers to produce similar volumes to last year, although it anticipates none of the problems with selling the fruit given the brighter economic situation in its key international markets. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6ee1e Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:38:12 +1300 0ee37e85e548ea61f9c90beba2416de1850ad5df A stronger dollar helped to pull down prices at this week's North and South Island wool sales. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f65b37 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:37:57 +1300 55b1f02e7ab69c5531096fff5617ffebe4861140 The benchmark NZX 50 index was up 2 points to 3225 at the close of trading on Friday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6ee55 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:33:00 +1300 d78e2a7dcd36bb47e953fd7f80de58aacc8ae548 Health Minister Tony Ryall has told a rural GPs' conference in Christchurch he expects more patients will be treated by primary health providers, as demand for healthcare increases. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6ef95 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:46:45 +1300 2642f2f5c89c44ae3da932f1c34ee9122e0fab63 The Main Trunk Line near Palmerston North has reopened after being closed for nearly 24 hours by a train which derailed, spilling wine from four wagons. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f769d0 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:17:11 +1300 abcadafa877135a452c59a25b51f663e3c3f3471 Two men are facing court charges from both the SPCA and police over what was labelled a mass slaughter of dogs north of Auckland. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6bf18 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:30:03 +1300 00946e617d81010bb35d03242e6933861300d81b Police have upgraded their investigation into how a man fell from the balcony of a flat in Auckland to a homicide inquiry following his death in hospital. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f679ed Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:19:40 +1300 beb5c4967ea426a7ec2330287b0e8e880d0d3477 Early results from the Iraqi parliamentary election on Sunday suggest a tight contest is developing between incumbent Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki and his main challenger, Ayad Allawi. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6ef31 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:25:48 +1300 57b9e08da293bb96cac7d32cddca0037758b5534 Finance Minister Bill English says the Government is following a plan it laid out 12 months ago to control spending growth. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f5b85f Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:25:33 +1300 da382786477f5093f087160d05ed7bd2cb976a51 Education Minister Anne Tolley has been holding public meetings around the country in a bid to allay fears about the new national standards. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f5b85a Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:25:28 +1300 4e2adc7161063a33b9bfcc2f9e9e4e596f4dc407 Waikato District Health Board has confirmed that the origin of a computer virus that crashed its system for three days, causing major disruption, was a USB stick. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f69ac1 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:47:36 +1300 2df3544d56821632b1a68ace1d79d8dbcd4b456d The country's main agricultural research provider AgResearch is proposing to cut more than 40 jobs, mainly in meat and wool research. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6efae Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:47:31 +1300 a5d873fc6ed46045791053f05844768fedf1f78a Latest figures suggest momentum in the housing market is starting to fade. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6a42e Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:47:11 +1300 397aa1d2252e54499816a7ca0cedaca0662c2cc3 Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman says audits will ensure money invested by wealthy foreign retirees under two new immigration visas stays in the country. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f5b846 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:47:06 +1300 7dcd7d40e8d07fa56b08d8daf73f460a9b221e37 Turkey has withdrawn its ambassador to Sweden after the Swedish parliament voted narrowly to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in World War I. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6ef36 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:37:21 +1300 072e691be6b9db7a1a0c1449c552646c694b8d12 The Rural General Practice Network is hosting the launch of a special trust fund to encourage a new generation of healthcare workers into rural areas. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f67952 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:37:56 +1300 19050741b29eb373c7f7ab93bda105e79c1fd07e Government reviews over-65s travel subsidy; new high-speed internet link planned between NZ and Australia; knife crime report greeted with scepticism. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f679b1 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:37:30 +1300 68a001e01b89ca3dbcadc8bd06146f3312e4b574 The farmer-funded industry good body, Meat and Wool New Zealand, has two new women directors on its board. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6f30c Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:55:28 +1300 581152ea97672e3085d16d14b7a8a0468f795acc A Manukau-based fruit and vegetable processor says a Government initiative to help smaller businesses develop and test new food products will boost its exports from New Zealand. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f6462c Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:07:50 +1300 d21eaae9155792007613b563ff10caad3d504d1e ANZ bank has taken out the country's least sought after business accolade - the 2009 Roger Award for New Zealand's worst transnational company. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f64677 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:07:32 +1300 83e7639509954ba2de69a2f77a723ce7807750a5 Australia has won the fourth one day match in Auckland with six wickets and 17 balls to spare, holding on to the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f5b84b Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:21:08 +1300 fa8edf98ea21d76c41912361ab3ee261b270718b The Auckland super city is to have more politicians and local boards in response to community calls for better representation. However, Rodney District Council will seek a law change allowing it to break away. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e68e57 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:38:15 +1300 96702ebb39803c1ffe75f9fa0f9893c9dfc9b9af An environmental group has been granted an interim High Court injuction while it challenges an Auckland City Council decision about a pohutukawa tree. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e751e0 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:32:50 +1300 aefb4670b72d9357b2ae60114249599def4b90d5 Two men have been charged with assault after a man was seriously injured in a fall from an Auckland balcony. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d9a733 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:32:40 +1300 6963baa7ad9df6588e53a0f7f170e9e6294c2043 A Department of Labour report into a rock fall that injured three people and closed closed State Highway 36 in the Bay of Plenty last year, has found all practical safety steps were taken. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e762ca Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:32:35 +1300 1a6d10649d58e117418c021e403923b173dd9037 Kiwibank is seeking to raise up to $150 million from the public in order to reduce its reliance on Government funding. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6bb14 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:32:30 +1300 657b9937b7f256bc6bc5e13a45ac1775af18524a Activity in the manufacturing sector continued to gain momentum in February, but some businesses are still struggling. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7a0c9 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:32:25 +1300 b7282d289d2322844f85734ca6b9ec34838adecb The Securities Commission will issue guidance to all KiwiSaver fund managers this week, reminding them of their ethical and behavioural duties to the public. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6bb0f Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:32:15 +1300 b0cdcff421b52ec6bb55bd7712e391643d782291 Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman says looser immigration rules are attracting more wealthy foreigners to consider living and investing in New Zealand http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6c816 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:32:05 +1300 dd40a5dc42b516d8a1fc79f439199021b60e3d5d The Telecommunications Users Association is making one last attempt to convince the Government to regulate the cost of switching between mobile phone networks. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6c811 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:32:00 +1300 286134e1e5f0cf3474321c9bb365466734f6ae88 The world's second largest re-insurer, Swiss Re, estimates the earthquake in Chile may cost the global insurance industry as much as $US7 billion. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e75177 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:31:55 +1300 633f588492139301402f12496c0bb123312f94d9 One of the country's worst pasture pests, the clover root weevil, has been confirmed at several sites in the Gore area. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6f311 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:31:35 +1300 89408de30889f8952899e1f87b1a22bd45783996 Fruit and vegetable processor Watties is celebrating its diamond anniversary of processing golden queen peaches in Hawke's Bay. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6f307 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:31:25 +1300 e34cfbbb7854828eef74f41827eb70e0073eda6a Bay of Plenty kiwifruit and avocado co-operative Satara says strong cost control and disciplined spending has has allowed it to increase returns to grower shareholders for the 2009 season. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e72eca Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:31:20 +1300 a7ca303a052e50175c0d9be289b82c469d4a0669 A book documenting the history of New Zealand's shearing industry from the 1850s to present-day world record holders has been launched. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7b3f8 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:31:10 +1300 85e2f57700f62b8cc050cad0f09dabc2ddaee4a7 Authorities in Britain have apologised for failing to help two women repeatedly raped by their father over a period of 24 years. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e905c7 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:20:44 +1300 95e191cff4cf0df55803f85acd4dd3a121fd80ad The Government will spend up to $21 million over the next five years on an initiative to boost the development of new food products for export. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e8e58f Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:20:00 +1300 a9d487c3d93c135c0e8524afba3e346943a469b7 A Labour Party MP is trying to build support for her bill to crack down on loan sharks and set maximum interest rates on lending. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e8e58a Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:19:55 +1300 10451d2dc6c527108ec5a8c14222342d5ffd8326 Education Ministry chief executive Karen Sewell says there will be redundancies as it tries to slash millions in spending, but admits the exact number will not be known for some time. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d822dd Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:19:45 +1300 584c7fe7a1f6b30ba86f7d9e5fca42797ec338de Cabinet has turned down a request by some businesses to extend the nine-day fortnight scheme. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d7580c Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:19:30 +1300 ff60fa1750b5010b1dcf5aadeff68d8429126837 The Labour Party says the Government needs to give police in South Auckland more cars so they can do their job properly. The Police Minister says 43 extra cars have been provided for. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d75807 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:19:25 +1300 6e44841da60818e30f5ae1b4c819d984b7e53ab3 The Reserve Bank has left the benchmark interest on hold at 2.5% and reiterated it expects to start hiking the cost of borrowing from the middle of the year. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e69816 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:19:23 +1300 f46c82717a906222a9ff3f367626d0207e636d6a The country's largest tobacco company says if tobacco is banned in New Zealand it will only help grow an already established black market. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7a1fa Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:19:13 +1300 bf23062db5df349aa466257348a46817609d6138 The principal of Westland High School says its board changed its mind about allowing anti-cervical cancer immunisation to be given on school premises, saying it doesn't want to be seen to endorse the vaccine. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e84622 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:19:03 +1300 e027ba3749533561e8a4eb34802ea2f6e8d34539 A 27-year-old woman has pleaded guilty in Christchurch District Court to disposing of the body of a baby boy with intent to conceal his birth. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e752bc Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:18:43 +1300 09f1c7ca59ef6dfa57646a8bbac51b77c38dc903 Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres is warning the current imprisonment rate for Maori is putting New Zealand in a bad light internationally. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e8e684 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:18:33 +1300 dcd2bd505f64b66459cf2968e9b8c35e50b20d7d A national programme to boost the number of Maori working in the health sector has been launched in Auckland. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e8e657 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:18:28 +1300 200a9987853b1f337315bb5f102102a364deabe2 The Ministry of Justice is recommending that the laws surrounding self defence not be changed. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6bbe6 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:18:23 +1300 62326ef26534be907c9aefdca7571cb3200af188 The launch of youth court sittings on West Auckland's Hoani Waititi Marae was the realisation of a dream for a champion of marae-based courts. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e8e64d Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:18:18 +1300 0a96efbc802fb7374cf5f46d15675c598e4b575a Public and transport services have halted in Greece for the second time in a month as thousands of state and private workers hold a general strike, in protest at the government's austerity measures. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e8b9ca Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:17:38 +1300 fadecfdc0b3cc341b7149641617e82edecb23a04 Nearly two-thirds of the world's new billionaires come from Asia, according to the annual list of the world's richest people by the American business magazine Forbes. However, Mexican telecoms billionaire Carlos Slim tops the latest list. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e83bed Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:17:28 +1300 1f478582d53d9261499d9d3b909b1b5a73937206 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the world's science academies to review work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6c8bb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:17:18 +1300 20b373d09becec7215c6003674f0517be3b95826 International pressure is mounting on the Nigerian government over recent mass killings near the city of Jos. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6c8c0 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:17:13 +1300 c46a02c0a11f3d1168f6d25858a0f10b6482dd7d A Chinese company has denied it exploited workers in making the mascot for the 2010 World Football Cup in South Africa. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6e9a2 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:58 +1300 4e7ad1071507c9939f93ba83c0a5c8c5233579ae The Vanuatu Coroner says the Government needs to rein in the police paramilitary unit, the Vanuatu Mobile Force, following the death of a prisoner in its custody. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7b52e Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:53 +1300 83fd507986128beb2f54756d9b6d66dd10901d97 Actor Corey Haim, who starred in the movie The Lost Boys, has died aged 38. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6bb7d Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:38 +1300 95023cef458b7adb248fb0af80fd93bf2e0eefc0 A senior vet at Sydney's Taronga Zoo says experts were stumped by the survival of an elephant calf after earlier announcing that it had died in the womb. Keepers have nicknamed him Mr Shuffles. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7b515 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:16:33 +1300 348d9fdce3f4eb788e811f2f5bc7d6390ec4d9a8 The Corrections Department says a rise in the female prison population is both surprising and alarming. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e8e698 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:38:17 +1300 1ec08b3569350129b3fdd3b7577bd30064c2e9dd Households and businesses could get unlimited, low-cost broadband with plans for a new undersea fibre-optic cable linking New Zealand to the wider world. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e83c65 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:24:05 +1300 134f63c710384ab00502baec72a7ecf4378cef57 A Catholic priest who attacked the Waihopai spy base in Marlborough in 2008 has told a jury he is not anti-American in outlook. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7f8c7 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:23:45 +1300 2e01e5d4138b2a2754f2941381e1741c853d420f Stock market operator NZX says it will consider the inclusion of Allied Farmers in its top 50 index when it next reviews the list in June. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e75190 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:20:15 +1300 d504f9c550bc93d3858231e2550e37f61bb3010a The actions of a West Auckland grandmother have contributed to arrest of two burglars who had broken into her home. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e8675a Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:23:37 +1300 ebf4b2ab483e2133520cb388a4dbe45ade584fe2