The Latest headlines from Radio New Zealand News http://www.radionz.co.nz/news Radio New Zealand 60 Two tropical cyclones moving across the South Pacific gathered strength on Sunday afternoon. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f8152720 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:04:55 +1300 6c2bac019a2243ec60d127edcad53931e61288f7 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 16:58:55 +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 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 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:57:57 +1300 c94a7c1336bdc4558ef694f9af7578cd65d45c4f 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 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:33:28 +1300 34fe47345ed79609586c84c68b77b3d7eb7a7cd3 Thousands of anti-government protesters are swelling the streets of Bangkok for what they are calling a "million-man march". http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8071663 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:33:08 +1300 eeac68dac461e2e1f60d959509f848c48f76e688 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 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 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:19:31 +1300 ed0c02ceaa1c8bf1c08b6105cd42b1d4f8dd5ac8 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 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 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:37:56 +1300 cec6cd672416e0b3ef3254666a9c19394607578f 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 A string of suicide attacks has killed at least 30 people and wounded 50 others in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, say hospital officials. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/14/1247f814442a Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:42:55 +1300 5a6b55cf426002d28535cbd051b3fd3e8d467475 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 The Government has announced a $5.5 million reconstruction package for Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, in the wake of Cyclone Pat. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/13/1247f8067432 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:05:25 +1300 7f5a49b3572e09cc733a3613c55c3a9c65b10eaa 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 Finance company Strategic Finance has been placed in receivership. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/12/1247f7f7880b Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:13:55 +1300 6d1a49ecf6a5ff099fa198c3af778b3807ac5772 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 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:13:00 +1300 69367a9f3d13c52b21b1d62f03767e6b3247cc21 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 The benchmark NZX 50 index closed down 3 points (0.1%) to 3223 on turnover of $65 million on Thursday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7b41b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:45:07 +1300 b4f7a2ec360634a15299ada6a58771b5c3b6d698 The cost of food in New Zealand fell 1.3% in February, led by cheaper fruit, vegetables and meat. It was the sixth fall in seven months. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e756f4 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:42:59 +1300 75288484e54f363e64cb1acf1a69c24ade654e3d The Health and Disability Commission says the Medical Council should have responded more quickly to its warnings about an Auckland doctor with 16 complaints against him. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d83933 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:37:02 +1300 1cb203494b07c2c8de50db88566e563f65aedfb6 Land Search and Rescue says a coroner's recommendation to change how decisions are made about launching rescues is unnecessary. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7a1af Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:36:47 +1300 435209f33091f4d7d3706ad707fecf9daecea44d An Auckland couple who say they were forced to leave Morocco because of their work at a children's orphanage have arrived in Spain. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c90883 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:36:42 +1300 5aa5593c49fc85d882e7806878e6714be24a63f0 A group of 26 little spotted kiwi are being relocated from their native home on Kapiti Island to Motuihe Island, in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6bb96 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:36:37 +1300 2a259f95f9da8d0d89200888f716222cd40febc0 Just 400 new jobs were created in Australia during February, but a small fall in the participation rate has kept unemployment roughly steady at 5.3%. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e81e88 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:28:22 +1300 83d0b4b8314ec21fed0a31b6364281a47e6e45ce The trademark owner of the globally-recognised Hollywood sign in Los Angeles has referred the planned Wellington copy to its lawyers. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d85d8a Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:26:37 +1300 db7788132ae13292e89ac5f811f897e14c97da33 Only a small number of people registered as unemployed are getting work on the National Cycle Trail project, documents reveal. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7a141 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:24:04 +1300 71c862ef1ef983e161ef3cb3cb70e0f460ac6c50 An American woman has been charged with conspiring with Islamic extremists to commit murder. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7b51a Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:58:35 +1300 ff0f47ae4f858a3d63688d5f43b62bd57005c1bd US Vice President Joe Biden has repeated his condemnation of Israel's decision to authorise new housing units for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7b524 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:58:25 +1300 3ff80b96645ab8b2292b8165eba9fbfbefefb3b3 Aid agency World Vision has suspended operations in Pakistan after an attack on its office left six staff dead. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7b529 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:58:18 +1300 fb5f16d77165dbeaf8e7ea90f81259e213916046 The Rural General Practice Network is concerned that staff shortages will get worse in the coming months, as the Health Minister signals they need to share the financial pain caused by the recession. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7a05b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:09:02 +1300 7cc8d5267dbe2e703fa379596af0dcfb9d92cd02 A United Nations report says up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors, Islamist workers and local UN workers. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e7a155 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:07:33 +1300 cfb1bca3b19db0d16079b7342e199ba0e2efe847 Britain's economic woes and ongoing political worries has seen its currency continue to depreciate. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e762a7 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:49:20 +1300 06d08e0c823d147b7e20b8e537f20e775c43c043 A secondary school student in Australia has been awarded $A290,000 compensation over bullying incidents at a school in north-west Victoria. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e752ad Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:03:54 +1300 845c15d2febe22300f92eaddff96524a4ad63c8e Health Minister asks why it took so long to cancel an Auckland doctor's practising certificate; angry 60-year-old woman stops two burglars; more than 12,000 people at first day of Ellerslie Flower Show. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e72f42 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:16:19 +1300 1d843866c7cd4f7d39d1ed5fa1e763cf94efe658 The Interislander ferry company plans to challenge the Marlborough District Council if it pushes ahead with a new harbour safety bylaw. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6f37f Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:02:59 +1300 a5c7c93f5ad5cab12317c3b3c3ea4bad1450a71e China's exports in February grew at their fastest pace for three years, in a new sign of growing global demand after last year's recession. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6c80c Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:53:11 +1300 8493c2763447d52501eecf3c50011ffd4e7afe9d An animal welfare group is calling on the Department of Conservation to fast-track trials of a reproductive vaccine that could do away with the annual Kaimanawa muster. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e6bb9b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:17:57 +1300 0a6180c59979bf1bc2607c970896fe2104cccbd6 The country's purchasing power with the rest of the world has jumped by the biggest amount in 35 years. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d8e31a Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:14:58 +1300 a955d8e50b96e0ba490d2e3fe1b7630c307c6209 People in the Central Otago town of Alexandra have voted overwhelmingly to continue running the annual blossom festival. Organisers had threatened to drop the event following major financial losses. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/11/1247f7e69807 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:26:20 +1300 c98684eee692c19198fb2b23ba9ceb204773c150 The Chiefs rugby franchise says former All Black and current Chiefs player Sione Lauaki has been charged with assault. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d8b2ed Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:25:10 +1300 06567c01c7353d99b9773fc421b26dfa3f7416f0 A Canterbury primary school is refusing a government directive to implement national standards, saying they do not fit with its curriculum development. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d7f469 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:26:34 +1300 369647f6835492f1044dcc70a6ca5822cc77d997 Two Christchurch men have been jailed for the killing of an Afghani taxi driver who moved his family to New Zealand for a safer life. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d8398d Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:26:29 +1300 aeb59d8bb5619e4a4d866189a5ebf4f202822d7f Some service stations are charging more than $1.80 for a litre of 91-octane petrol, for the first time in a year and a half. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c9c5c7 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:25:39 +1300 e14cc0f9b8d20cda9ecbc2e2d7b955a319157037 The Maori Party is calling for a moratorium on the use of 1080 for poisoning possums, and for a large-scale trapping programme to be run instead. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d85e1b Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:25:14 +1300 cbd5c6e56780223c76be92ae4faf028c18d877f6 The Girl Guide organisation has received complaints that this year's biscuits are dry, but says the recipe hasn't changed. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d82283 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:25:09 +1300 7eb30f4e878c35b93c4c566e83ffe1cf763e4831 Bravery of NZ soldier who saved colleagues; two more sets of medals missing from Waiouru; Wellywood sign criticised as tacky. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d79e59 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:23:24 +1300 e4bb6d09c553912931e9055fa4094d27f56a0747 At least six aid workers have been killed in an attack by militants on the offices of an American-based charity group in Pakistan. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d9a792 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:48:45 +1300 bf458f47ab6e6a1140fb8b97eda27e99fbff6e3a The hands-off approach by many KiwiSaver members has led to complacency and poor performance by fund managers, say some in the financial sector. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d99d48 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:24:35 +1300 2a362c6d675c100603b1b5ae3fa66a8f286b3941 International researchers have successfully isolated DNA from eggshells of extinct birds, including that of the moa. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d99e92 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:22:55 +1300 7c3b0022f79c7079611f1b7cde9493b62fe40e87 The Public Service Association has warned the Government that the planned merger of some state sector agencies will not lead to big savings. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d75811 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:20:12 +1300 d5d609f9b1122bea94264e6aeacb899d44ac86fb The Government is to fund tertiary institutions based on their academic success, not how many students they have enrolled. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c88f66 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:47:26 +1300 c4c221fec3159127855b8b87ba14855c7cf446a9 A car has smashed into the front doors and foyer of Hamilton central police station, narrowly missing 10 members of the public and staff. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d8b865 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:25:00 +1300 a456b5cf7b48f356783d1e9db4049e281284d7a1 The Returned and Services Association says it still has faith in security measures at Waiouru Army Museum, despite the loss of more medals. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d7eaab Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:11:43 +1300 8596603b463f6473af12a941357d905449809037 The Government has unveiled two new types of visa aimed at making it easier for foreign retirees to live in New Zealand provided they have enough funds. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d92e6b Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:38:53 +1300 d211afb8ed977d0c106476e398ddec5d0b3a9241 The Government is to scrap a guarantee extended to the banks for wholesale funding introduced during the credit crunch, following a similar move in Australia. The guarantee to retail deposit customers remains in place. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d7eab0 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:25:31 +1300 60fae89b77447ab6c7421741d6a9779cc466cde2 A whale is believed to have died after beaching itself about two hours after it was rescued on the Coromandel Peninsula. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d92820 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:11 +1300 40e48bb98462a24a5e9d2fbe7c424f97a105d800 Seven people have been arrested in the Irish Republic over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist for depicting the Prophet Muhammad, police say. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d73481 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:19:55 +1300 c4709413e1602b7ff1df1cbc91e95ddba5dd4dad Warm weather combined with the recent rain over large parts of Australia has increased the prevalence of snake attacks, experts warn. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d7ea79 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:19:45 +1300 7a9147bb31082543aa9927b3c3632f74f097a28d The New Zealand sharemarket's benchmark NZX 50 index closed up 13 points, or 0.4%, to 3226 on turnover of $64 million on Wednesday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d8701b Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:39:24 +1300 efbc748bc4b9b59768a6cd4e8105ac08d85b3f45 Christchurch Men's Prison has thwarted three attempts to smuggle in drugs this week. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d90246 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:26:32 +1300 8ab85736ba910a7e241a69272f73bac33e167455 Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has confirmed that a man said to be a mastermind of the Bali bombings has been killed in a police raid near Jakarta. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d90359 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:25:17 +1300 7fd62da3ff10f3dd2730004cc98ec8bf99b6705d The head of the Manufacturing and Exporters Association says the strong Australian economy is helping the New Zealand manufacturers that export there - but others are still feeling the effect of the downturn. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d86ee4 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:40 +1300 36bddd5e37d91f42ab9f2a2ed6c7be0220debc2b Financial speculators are being blamed for worsening Greece's financial woes, and some political leaders want to muzzle their influence. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d86eb2 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:35 +1300 6e8cb5cb043c8e8e935209b02780c0c45648354e Fund manager Huljich Wealth Management is contacting its 70,000 KiwiSaver investors, advising them of their right to move to a different fund. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d758ed Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:21:30 +1300 1189347a0ec9e1dd90f1c6d39eb2fb9bb0ef593f United States Vice-President Joe Biden has condemned the Israeli government's decision to allow construction of more housing in east Jerusalem. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d7c3f4 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:29:05 +1300 e47e6d4532505e7f9c713d742d28237dc518bd69 A jury in the High Court in Auckland has found two caregivers guilty of killing an intellectually disabled woman. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d8735a Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:28:50 +1300 2594d6fea203848cfd5ed02f2454061fbd14377a Police have revealed an arrest warrant has been issued over the killing of Auckland taxi driver Hiren Mohini, but have moved to suppress the person's identity. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d86236 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:45:12 +1300 cb01b1dcff825b9da48b8bcbfbaf84011fb29772 Almost half of all New Zealanders registered with KiwiSaver wrongly believe the Government guarantees their investments, a survey suggests. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d85e52 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:45:02 +1300 417a76427cd5e623839f464d26d353dbf57ab3ef New Zealand soldier James McKie, who picked up and threw away a live grenade to save himself and two colleagues in Afghanistan, says he doesn't consider himself a hero. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca1036 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:44:57 +1300 600b87481c26df6c6c02d42df34ecb76e74088f5 Tobacco companies should be made to ask iwi for permission to sell their products in their districts, a hearing in Auckland of Parliament's Maori Affairs Select Committee has heard. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d85e48 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:44:52 +1300 804325d7de88e5970c6976300dc59d19855ffbc7 The Maori Party is worried the Government's plans to clamp down on tertiary education funding and courses will hurt Maori students hardest. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d758e8 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:44:47 +1300 291b47f40d78b9008bdaa2222b0197919722618d The Government has decided not to issue strict regulations to control the deployment of smart electricity meters in people's homes. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d79f17 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:44:42 +1300 3d514214109a8b5883cb8722d39f6ee063874a7f A man who attacked the Waihopai spy base near Blenheim in 2008 says the thought of Iraqi fathers losing their children in the war was partly what motivated the attack. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d85e39 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:44:37 +1300 72dd638765a44e4be200e2ae63d7bf9ba04efb06 Complaints about fines issued for bringing prohibited goods into New Zealand almost doubled last year. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d81074 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:44:22 +1300 b2919bcf6af545a1d33614abae8139b4832ea13a Maori are twice as negative about their current economic circumstances as the population as a whole, a survey suggests. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d85e25 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:44:17 +1300 456e245ce25c88e954f6cf09a2408987abe0ff9e Mangatapere dairy farming couple Kent and Jennifer Martin have won the sharemilking title in Northland's dairy industry awards. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d86e85 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:50:17 +1300 df6adba1905b070e20904946ea5ff173849d8210 Agriculture Minister David Carter is confident a Government review of proposed rent increases for South Island high country pastoral leases will make further legal action on the issue unnecessary. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d86e94 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:50:06 +1300 db11fcb27f5d049842f58257d3cefba449329b79 Australia's central bank says the economy is set to grow at, or above, the average rate over the next few years, raising inflation pressures. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d86eb7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:49:43 +1300 642234ce95151908cfaf44dbb88e44ba7ca7014f An outbreak of a diarrhoea-causing parasite in Christchurch is prompting the local district health board to warn anyone affected not to use swimming pools. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d85d80 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:05:13 +1300 096ceadaa1b8878c3f647ff30e7c214faa7add50 Rabbit numbers are ballooning in several regions - particularly Otago, Canterbury and Marlborough - as immunity to the calicivirus spreads. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d85e20 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:04:26 +1300 2116db593546da62d8fde7b5d908ffd01ab8cc18 One person is dead, another critical and up to four more have serious and moderate injuries after a ute rolled near Paraparaumu, north of Wellington. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d8221a Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:51:45 +1300 fc020ef678ff111e90f5c0e26c143f5292b1a9e9 Calls for help from a man injured in a hit and run and robbery in central Hamilton were ignored, police say. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d822c9 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:50:57 +1300 668a8ab16daccf53e95bd9082bea4fce442fc459 The head of Fisher Funds expects merger and acquisition activity to pick up this year, as cashed-up companies look to buy growth. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d7f3d8 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:33:00 +1300 5582ac25b415d8001503638b2851d7b9ff40ab2e Legislation that would reserve a third of all seats in India's parliament for women has cleared its first hurdle, with members of the country's upper house approving the measure. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d7c37c Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:08:57 +1300 840f4cd35ed31077e0b90aaadd666040da40f92e The Northern Ireland Assembly has passed a motion clearing the way for the full transfer of police and justice powers from London to Belfast next month. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d7c38b Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:08:46 +1300 1c5e02c1064a2349b83f2ffa222fc11b4fea5caa Cyprus police say tests have confirmed that a body discovered at a cemetery in Nicosia belongs to the former president Tasos Papadopoulos. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca7b6d Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:06:15 +1300 9df84735192171edcd71d75242be116f3268cf42 The Israeli government has authorised the building of more than 100 new homes in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c83bb0 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:06:10 +1300 c638920a1d8a74f596f0c7e70854a68275072273 A raft of economic data suggests a strong bounce back from the recession is still some way off. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d79e54 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:05:30 +1300 c00aa0a649d198c09b70dfda3fbee66fea1a0360 Top dressing pilots are being asked what the sector can do to raise its environmental standards. One of the main areas being looked at is spray drift. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d79e18 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:15:16 +1300 7b29d3282b4dba17976f2df1f439584db4ba7c20 Fonterra has been able to track down all of its staff in Chile and confirm they are safe following the devastating earthquake. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d79e1d Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:15:10 +1300 ac21114b0b4e21a3d28d7d57b590a9bd1bdbb990 Credit services firm Veda Advantage has bought the business and membership base of secure registration service provider Card Alert and its sister company, EKKO Guardian. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d79e22 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:15:05 +1300 e35f150cbde9668e03344d7dbc04ed5109856882 The Takeovers Panel plans to meet with parties involved in an unsuccessful partial takeover for Horizon Energy. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d79e4f Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:15:00 +1300 d7a36a0213575cc73aaaeb8d8245c43ca985dc0b Ellerslie International Flower Show organisers say they are better prepared this year to cope with crowds at the event at Hagley Park in Christchurch. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d79e5e Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:14:36 +1300 d0fde45d778c3ad6e61979e03349b9b75670670a A study by the Ministry of Women's Affairs has found an income gap of up to 6% develops between men and women a year after they graduate from university with a bachelor's qualification. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d7582a Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:35:01 +1300 f9764a00743e6b2bc215566d6c7862a689aa7dab The Otago and Southland District Health Boards are slowing down moves to reduce home-based support for elderly people. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d758de Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:34:10 +1300 2789f23a04569de140c6c3971bd841dea2112043 Indonesian security forces say they have killed three suspected militants in two raids near the capital Jakarta. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/10/1247f7d73486 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:40:53 +1300 1efcf9b841ec043198417462df1dabf58b73c884 Commerce Minister Simon Power says the Government would be remiss if it failed to step in to prevent any problems occurring in the management of KiwiSaver funds. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c8a7a7 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:40:27 +1300 adc9f7c32aa85e7735e7a1cec01685b1058ead3d New Zealand authorities have seized millions of dollars worth of the key ingredient for the drug methamphetamine, or P, being smuggled into the country hidden inside granite slabs. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c908d3 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:40:07 +1300 94150c808ae90544308a656db779bbc47641d413 Otago Regional Council aims to get landholders focusing more attention on rabbit control, as numbers of the pest build again in parts of Central Otago. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c926cc Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:35:52 +1300 3970378ff66f2aeb8194f3751bd377d8e34eb698 The Fire Service says it has controlled an extensive grassland fire that threatened a pine plantation at McLeans Island, northwest of Christchurch. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c7f4b4 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:20:07 +1300 298bfcd19a517ba9e272f935810fcdc1d58cd146 Job advertisements in Australia rebounded in February over the previous month. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca7dd4 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:14:01 +1300 ab16816aed2b1f1b6c01a84a482527edb31aca38 An employment survey by recruitment firm Manpower shows employers' hiring intentions have softened slightly, after a notable improvement last quarter. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca5c53 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:08:25 +1300 aaf88ab20c7101e376972cc690c22338b7eea787 Restoration work in Italy has unearthed original details of 700-year-old paintings by the Italian artist, Giotto, a key figure in Western art. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca7b2c Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:05:11 +1300 163b63111e815c610d71c657ca797d423e166ac8 A visiting Australian academic says he is concerned at the way public opinion on climate change is being coloured by minor discrepancies in reports. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca7bcc Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:04:27 +1300 935fe9dcd013ea58e16d2be7f05758c0181d79b5 A study has found that prolonged wearing of jandals has long-term impacts on the body. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c92802 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:38:30 +1300 9568da3ff4c8e751cc0f4e55b984cea8706495e5 Otago and Southland residents are being encouraged to try designing a logo for the new Southern District Health Board. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca5cad Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:28:25 +1300 92317683406515e802e904ec53030e9efb39c363 A Maori tobacco researcher says the Maori Affairs Select Committee inquiry into smoking needs to ask why successive governments have done nothing to help Maori to quit. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca5cc6 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:28:07 +1300 f69691c788d5bde4521095700cefaa24eae59f7f Thousands of United States troops are starting to pull out of Haiti, where they have been helping maintain order after January's devastating earthquake. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca5d16 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:45 +1300 17a8d560ed01a82b288debaf372017bbac1cada2 One of the team developing Maori education standards says parents need to ask how they will improve things for their children. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca5d66 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:25 +1300 1764fd21c64aae303b0d905fec0910baa5a1d44d A report on the state of grandparenting identifies significant challenges for Maori, the Families Commission liaison for community engagement says. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca5d70 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:17 +1300 f4f57ce2d1f7a8b406acd761be50ee8f948984bc Civil Defence is putting together plans to use marae around the country when a disaster occurs. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca5d75 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:12 +1300 0bf362da0b2355479e793013f7067980a8cb4ad4 A healthy food campaigner is critical of a partnership between Weight Watchers and fast food giant McDonald's. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca5d7a Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:07 +1300 7f81b01cca10eb3cede84dcd3cb03c7b6c8d8cca The Health and Disability Commission says the cases of two women left blistered and scarred by a beauty treatment show it is vital that consumers be informed about the risks. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca5d89 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:26:58 +1300 b29ab4b0548b8964389f40ad681bd219745c4a85 One of Australia's largest oil and gas companies says asbestos has been found in equipment imported from New Zealand. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7ca5d8e Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:26:53 +1300 9ab2ccbbe0c0859dfd11eafec24ca73c73dc137a Two scientists who have spent 20 years developing high temperature superconductors have won the main prize in the inaugural Prime Minister's science awards. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c908ce Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:13 +1300 632d3763fd667f7ee73ba072952a04568d96bda5 A 92-year-old man reported missing after leaving his Auckland home on Monday morning for Kawakawa returned home safely that night. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c83b06 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:22:48 +1300 bbf9888dcbdea8f5dd25cd8430b1cd5b34ae3ad9 Spending using electronic cards fell a seasonally adjusted 0.2% to $3.2 billion in February - excluding car and fuel sales. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c907b1 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:22:28 +1300 0c5d3159ace0c59f6f867220b475224660b9187c An analyst says competition from specialist retailers is making trading difficult for The Warehouse in some markets, and its half year profit won't be too dissimilar from last year's. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c83ae3 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:21:53 +1300 923ca1b63693fc6d71b87eb8953652be35e855f4 Hundreds of people, including women and children, have been killed in a revenge attack after religious clashes near the Nigerian city of Jos. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7bb3ec2 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:27:03 +1300 2d1e3a003a4f3c3ef521e395ba8a76933d1f0d14 Prime Minister John Key is defending Social Development Minister Paula Bennett's acceptance of a scholarship that will take her out of the country for six weeks. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c8cd07 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:51:45 +1300 55bb40a9972b5b834a33c89360dbef1952c2f7d7 The benchmark NZX 50 index closed down 10 points (0.3%) to 3213 on turnover of $68 million on Tuesday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c94671 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:41:51 +1300 ad1db9c7a4c482ae1c4ecbc7fe13aa8cc583f03f The Director-General of Health, Stephen McKernan, is to step down as the head of the Health Ministry, sparking widespread speculation within the sector that he has been forced out. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c91e34 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:36:05 +1300 e1bcb71c8f7fdc20626b56493a3605ecd6191c7d The Commerce Commission says one of its commissioners, Donal Curtin, is facing more court action in relation to his private role as an investment adviser. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c907ac Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:32:45 +1300 db39fca8519999e5f8f6b32dad38c9ce447a6929 Power has been restored to about 1200 customers affected by a power cut in parts of central Wellington on Tuesday afternoon. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c9df50 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:06:21 +1300 345aa297ad9fea565bdd5ddb7430f5222bd4d560 Porirua police have arrested two men in relation to a robbery at a recreation and events centre in the city, and are looking for a third man. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c8d497 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:41:43 +1300 b52154d1bc7a4ee3236c18d611dd54f0db1177a7 The High Court jury in the trial of two caregivers accused of killing an intellectually disabled woman has retired for the night. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c908c9 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:36:33 +1300 02416703bda6e69af9e579ef843d72172f1e131a Thailand's Prime Minister is considering introducing strong new security measures, ahead of a massive political rally planned in Bangkok next weekend. Abhisit Vejjajiva has postponed a visit to Australia and New Zealand because of the unrest. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c8d46f Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:35:53 +1300 44a14f156d2fd8b7bb74f6b35065812839ee71c3 The Animal Health Board says it has reduced the areas covered by herd movement restrictions after a further fall in the number of cattle and deer herds infected with bovine tuberculosis. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c9a647 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:03:12 +1300 e69f4dd4eddba654b0525f1b56610669471f7498 One of the three men accused of attacking the Waihopai spy base near Blenheim in 2008 has told a jury about his lifelong involvement in community activism. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c9b772 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:01:21 +1300 f3e6b71ddaa280400de069f913e31f59096fe19c The Department of Labour says temporary workers recruited from the Pacific Islands have lifted productivity levels across the horticultural sector. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c99cd2 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:57:54 +1300 a5b01412b55899d1b23d0303c83189bd61f8a31e Convicted murderer Phillip Smith has accepted a Parole Board ruling that it is still too early for him to be released from prison. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c99def Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:35:44 +1300 ee6645630ee59c09a47ec7ac532343b823a8e6f5 An Auckland school teacher has changed his plea at the High Court in Auckland and admitted indecent acts with a pupil. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c93173 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:34:58 +1300 00170f9ca8e469c05955765a74baab92bf0a7e1c Drought conditions are triggering problems for sewerage systems in the Far North with problems at Kaitaia, and Doubtless Bay. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c97646 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:37:19 +1300 1854ed60c4e1935bfe6ef08c4c93efb2fb935a77 People flouting restrictions on water use in Kaitaia could be fined up to $20,000 from Tuesday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c83b4c Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:33:55 +1300 81fa5c9f759cd6785d32993aee487f2e61306da4 The German justice minister has criticised the Vatican for what she calls a "wall of silence" on abuse allegations. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c88f07 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:13:40 +1300 ff44ed93dc4fe1f3d9746ad891bad9cc2da4593f The United States has eased sanctions on Iran, Sudan and Cuba in an effort to increase the use of the internet and social networking sites there, and support opposition groups. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c930f6 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:13:30 +1300 0c0b234294d160b05d7ecf680d76a864aa77b944 Prime Minister John Key says any moves to merge government departments are driven by efficiency, not ideology. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b8fbbd Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:13:20 +1300 597fc9cef656df26695c71bfcdf008e49c1d2061 Primary school rolls are declining in Dunedin, causing three schools to apply for voluntary closure in as many months. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c83bd3 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:12:35 +1300 72be3b58448a1dda0682de65c6f52919eb71ba6a Public health officials in Marlborough are warning people not to gather shellfish in Port Underwood, west of Picton, because of a toxic algae outbreak. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c88e99 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:12:30 +1300 09209a0fdc58919fdcccfb8ea92911742b028692 Desperate bid to save drowning baby; stalker was former boyfriend; Barlow denied parole; Wellywood sign to grace the Miramar Hills. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c88e8f Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:12:20 +1300 3206e31f7679982bd042642bd20bd036a5064af4 Briscoe Group has posted an 81% jump in full year profit to more than $21 million. Sales grew 7% to $417 million during the year to the end of January. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c907bb Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:12:10 +1300 3fc4fc0318f833b0a9b1fb6baa317332f17175d3 A surge in manufacturing and construction activity has sent economists scrambling to revise upwards their forecasts for economic growth. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7bab205 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:11:50 +1300 569312d9dad27a06119db812bf34564b850abe2a A global report on mergers and acquisitions shows emerging economies are on the lookout for new deals, with a KPMG partner saying New Zealand's food industry could be in their sights. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c83af7 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:11:45 +1300 c829f6014ef617753bffd6e8b50e4dc99b29f5d9 New data suggests some regions are climbing out of the economic downturn by attracting more tourists. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c83af2 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:11:40 +1300 68af9e6564a961180908e0f47bb91d59548a7393 The European Commission is considering a rescue fund for debt-hit countries to bolster the eurozone's financial stability, prompted by the near-collapse of Greece's finances. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c90793 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:11:35 +1300 9d53e9fed122d09863171e95a8f2f4dfe684aa02 An infrastructure specialist says the global financial crisis has changed the way public private partnerships (PPP) are delivered in Australia. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c83ae8 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:11:30 +1300 46a2a56f2935513681a40b9944dfc332967b06c7 US-based AIG is selling an overseas insurance business to rival MetLife for $US15.5 billion, as it continues to raise funds to pay off a federal bail-out. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c84793 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:11:20 +1300 0478876b4bdef85570d2e275de216512e6c3fb95 Stock prices were mixed on Wall Street on Monday as AIG's sale of a unit and McDonald's upbeat sales were offset by falling healthcare shares after criticism from US President Barack Obama. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c90757 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:11:10 +1300 38824aafc4263b721c325a83937cedd379cad8e4 Research is underway at Massey University, looking at the impact of a devastating potato disease on indigenous crops. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c9269f Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:10:55 +1300 4f7c458a8762eab33d9020a7b226955f199171e8 Rural fire authorities are urging landowners to be extra vigilant as tinder dry conditions in parts of the country increase the risk of accidental fires starting. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c84784 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:10:50 +1300 12ab73d89ae6ca4d8567d250ebe3cedc73d5722b State-owned farming enterprise Landcorp has moved cows from its Northland dairy farms as far away as the South Island's West Coast, as the drought tightens its grip in the north. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c8477f Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:10:45 +1300 a452df494eebd8fd0f2be4aeeb772660c803e6c2 A group set up to eradicate pest trees in Southland hopes a Government proposal to allow landowners to clear the weeds without penalising them under emissions trading laws will help attract funding to carry out clearance work. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c8477a Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:10:40 +1300 263592893cb9cc5ec7da05771daf315a2daef93e A Hawke's Bay coastal protection group says something needs to be done quickly to protect houses from big sea swells at Haumoana. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c7f4c3 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:14:25 +1300 2da14e73e89bde1233f17f0e7107c80055f549da United States researchers estimate an 18% tax on pizza and soft drinks could push down the calorie intake of adult Americans enough to lower their average weight by 2kg a year. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c930fb Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:58:42 +1300 f08567b1766b9f80cf454b662dc6d3b563b98ac9 Listed retailer, Postie Plus Group, has narrowed its half year loss to $1.1 million, thanks to a boost in sales and cost cutting. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c907b6 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:55:37 +1300 c1ef48af6cfa839d0bd9e6ff13027bd78ae44305 A jury has acquitted a man of the murder of a 26-year-old Auckland man killed in what the Crown said was an execution-style shooting. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c908c4 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:54:17 +1300 fb532b70562b097af686c752532419c76e4522e8 A 16-year-old boy has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries after an accident involving a bus in central Wellington. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c8d4c4 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:20:34 +1300 f3b99f2ee3cc777ec9be86a69d762fe385dcbe66 The United States president has praised Iraqis for having the courage to turn out to vote in the country's elections, despite insurgent attacks that killed at least 38 people. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7aaea5f Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:18:49 +1300 853760ec8e66ad059897e894831a8eeebb0b52fd Residents living near a park in west Auckland where it's believed a young couple were brutally assaulted say they now fear for their own safety. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c7f4f0 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:42:41 +1300 5a10725728f27942f54614e2bda18757462e65e9 Convicted murderer John Barlow has been denied parole for a third time because the Parole Board says he poses an undue risk to public safety. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7bb2091 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:42:31 +1300 28e21b7d6e7e790718e387b72fd8738293a40429 The Food and Grocery Council says banning some common cough and cold remedies from supermarket shelves would be absurd, and costly for consumers. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c83bc4 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:42:21 +1300 3fe9d2f732c478acddf260c022078c849740d01f The Fire Service says it may not be able to put out house fires if the severe water shortage continues in the Far North. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9bfd9 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:40:06 +1300 14a12b93bd64d5b114741c89e1864d59189e2d26 The chief executive of Air New Zealand, Rob Fyfe, has joined the board of Australasian home fragrance and body product company Ecoya. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c8478e Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:03:39 +1300 f44ffd9775de9fca5e80f7b6801dfe38054da227 New Zealand's first public biodiesel refueling facility has opened in Queenstown, and is supplying fuel to more than 50 tourism operators and businesses. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/09/1247f7c83b42 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:30:31 +1300 714d23821feb4dc06c9f824b1214c1020caa7ac0 A strong earthquake has killed 57 people in eastern Turkey, with rescuers working to free survivors trapped under the rubble. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7ba540b Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:28:11 +1300 68880ba376971df066ba0d8c9faff3b18c09a3b0 The central Otago town of Ranfurly is counting the cost after a spectacular fire on Monday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7bb3e5e Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:27:11 +1300 72fda534472d2b006ffc38e6334246127da7f10b Special effects company Weta Digital has picked up another Academy Award, one of two New Zealand successes at the Oscars' ceremony in Los Angeles. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7ba3d67 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:45:59 +1300 dfe95dd78f5ade4738e081e2522eb2e67575953e Wellington City Council was to inspect an adventure ride in the city centre on Monday after the Fire Service had to rescue three people because of a fault. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7a9bf80 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:38:00 +1300 60db51488d473e961df20ea282a70391d09a15de A Bluff oyster seller is struggling to keep up with demand for this season's harvest due to bad weather. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7a97099 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:37:50 +1300 57217d674ed09280876619eb7927ce554c965577 Twenty years after the Internet was invented, an international survey has found a majority of people now regard access to the World Wide Web as a fundamental human right. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7bb435e Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:31:03 +1300 adf32963a24af193c623845201cab49346a35604 A former curator of Maori taonga at the Auckland War Memorial Museum says treating the Oldman Collection as a single unit may help people identify where individual items came from. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7bb3ed1 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:19:07 +1300 1889222e990bce0bb933641cdc6ed71861a6d662 Civil Defence officials are warning people to stay away from Hawke's Bay beaches for a few days, after heavy swells pounded beachfront homes. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9baf4 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:18:19 +1300 8eba196dffdcdfa886eaf18ec273f22a388cb825 Officials in Pakistan say at least 11 people have been killed and more than 60 injured in a car bomb attack on a government building in the city of Lahore. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7baadd9 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:16:44 +1300 46780510548296a21f6ee37adb756278e3b19749 The High Court in Auckland has heard how a teacher allegedly groomed and manipulated a young boy into performing sexual acts. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7bb2046 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:39:40 +1300 db4c4e87756a62ac124a0052df2c570f41f4a1c2 The Australian government has reversed an earlier decision to allow beef imports from countries previously affected by mad cow disease. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7bb204b Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:39:34 +1300 6aff00c93fbdf8a81352a8555b690d83e9cac66d New Zealand has been criticised for altering its position on whaling, which could result in a temporary return to commercial whaling. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b8b446 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:38:25 +1300 57deb0f0aac5476e0a67b5f83ae4e66a2c12cdd3 Former National Party leader Don Brash accepts there is nothing more police can do about finding those responsible for the theft of hundreds of his emails. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9686c Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:37:05 +1300 e0316b7b8a02b37564064d58eca909073d408d8d A Catholic priest has told a jury that he attacked a dome at the Waihopai spy base near Blenheim to protect others from serious injuries. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7ba7e87 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:52:43 +1300 b333cb026c48156ba88d7ace03e05b9c6df1405c A painting of convicted murderer Clayton Weatherston has been disqualified and withdrawn from an art competition. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7bafca7 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:48:13 +1300 d063ad144388459a38225a66205f51954a9a98cf Marine advocates say a documentary about the international impact of overfishing should serve as a wake up call for New Zealand's growing bluefin tuna fishing interests. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7bafcb1 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:48:01 +1300 178e6141083f57c855e4e9af0667c90989d65e7d Maori health groups attending a select committee hearing in Rotorua have called for an increase in the tax on tobacco, and an eventual ban on tobacco sales. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9dc1b Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:30:19 +1300 9837cc87050191f01c5c95f1d418e26e655c24d4 Builders are welcoming signs that the residential construction sector may be coming out of recession. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9ebfc Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:13:43 +1300 dd929dcab1742a433e903d3b270f72374c7c49aa Police in West Auckland say it may take some time for a young couple to recall details of an assault that left both horrifically injured. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9e266 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:08:22 +1300 21fa73877b42af3c95ddaa7069dc6d601b65f881 A sexual offender who has been in prison for 10 years has been denied parole, after accepting he would pose a risk to community safety. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7bad98e Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:58:16 +1300 537adb69729f4ad1def87ef1dd939c3248f58f14 Bancorp Corporate Finance says firms need to renegotiate their funding facilities sooner rather than later. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b8fa5a Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:43:42 +1300 6f04e27f12fb15e42d0954e86bca06c909d37b0d The benchmark NZX 50 index closed up 8 points, or 0.25%, to 3223 on turnover of $32.9 million on Monday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9ded2 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:43:37 +1300 2bbc7c58c4f09b9f203100cf5ec86c27502b7347 The Phoenix game on Sunday night generated millions of dollars for the capital, says Positively Wellington Tourism. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7aa5ec1 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:23:38 +1300 76cec19ef82cf2ba790f6a300f69ac1b316068e7 Twenty-five veterans from the 28th Maori Battalion held a memorial service in Auckland on Sunday, as part of their annual reunion. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7aa2583 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:23:33 +1300 d93756e771ca3f8749132b213d7ad68a8f5d7546 Two more boats of asylum seekers have been intercepted off the north west coast of Australia in the past two days. Twenty boats have arrived so far this year. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7a994d4 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:22:58 +1300 508b7a85379ccaa8687b7b8e61b1a4840a528a62 Government planners and international experts are racing to produce a blueprint for reconstruction of Haiti's economy after the earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people and devastated its infrastructure. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b979fd Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:22:53 +1300 3f5adf861e9a6290c417449e96ca89919060b83a Waikato Regional Council says all consent applications for the use of 1080 poison are processed according to Resource Management Act (RMA) rules. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7ba343b Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:39:05 +1300 b3e7e88b0cf598ef0beaef9ea2161c8e84001b79 A shearer competing in his first Golden Shears final has taken the top prize at the 50th anniversary event in Masterton. Cam Ferguson won the open shearing title by 10 seconds. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/06/1247f79c0188 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:32:03 +1300 63a4fe97cc49acee409cb523c3b4624b04758e9f Maritime New Zealand says its investigation into a collision that resulted in an anti-whaling boat sinking is proving complicated, because it involves a diplomatic element. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7a994de Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:22:29 +1300 a849382f9b545a85780f9e023edb0ab0c529c692 A big power surge has caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage to electrical appliances in houses on Banks Peninsula. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7ba0e00 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:05:25 +1300 59c59ab622a6041c5a21b94fc37b123fdebcd8e1 Federated Farmers says real estate agents need to conduct better background checks on purchasers, after last week's collapse of a multi-million-dollar deal to buy 28 Southland farms. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b920d4 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:00:50 +1300 4b188cbf1b79d4d7ec4449355afef3fa9d0d19fc Police in Auckland say it is possible someone is caring for - but not reporting - a missing rest home patient. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9dbfd Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:13:09 +1300 9f0082e347ff3158f12f755e471ccac3a9dd9f94 A New Zealand rower attempting to cross the Tasman Sea is likely to land in the Far North because of strong winds pushing him off course. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9dced Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:11:50 +1300 fde554324b9dab54dd9b191b12c5e49b56c0072b The manager of Tuwharetoa's biggest forestry businesses says Maori need to understand the needs of the global timber customer so they can work out where to invest most effectively. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9b946 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:26:16 +1300 2a9710cc5e27b51178ef154954e134a146b4cedb The Labour Party believes the Government's plan to raise the level of GST has given Labour the chance to put a dent in the National Party's popularity. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9ba09 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:25:21 +1300 59465268fc5ce4acb89cdd3618869d8b9a97561a An Indian man who lived in the Melbourne house from where three-year-old Gurshan Singh disappeared last week has been charged over his death. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9ba81 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:24:42 +1300 6902c93d395ec710cc7051305caf599a58573006 A senior Taliban commander is thought to have been killed by an air strike in northwest Pakistan. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7a97094 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:21:51 +1300 8d2f00f3632cf6063a7a0378bad7b2e9476e9d6e A big scrub fire that closed State Highway 1 north of Auckland, causing major disruption to motorists, is thought to have been caused by a cigarette butt. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b97a6b Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:59:08 +1300 be15c006a9784048365e9c1c6fb5dd21a38754ea Wild weather in Victoria has eased, after heavy rains battered the state for a second day in a row. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7aa8631 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:57:35 +1300 98f567dfed77d0a20361d694c2800136b9b14f94 Creative New Zealand can't guarantee that arts groups that currently receive its funding on a regular basis will continue to do so. Some have been funded by the agency for more than three decades. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7a970d5 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:22:56 +1300 f54123445da5c1c7bd3f895d770debd5408c9c66 A number of NZ Government agencies have been involved with Interpol in an international operation targeting illegal trade in traditional medicines containing wildlife products. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7a970d0 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:22:46 +1300 f8a43678a0b4204e16eb3ae1465bdb11d5a65bdd An invisible algae known as the "destroyer of plants" is the focus of a meeting that has attracted scientists from around the world to New Zealand. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b94f23 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:53:50 +1300 73ad40d1574c274a27197d5488f2920433614cc2 Radio spectrum used by wireless microphone users cannot be protected unless it is paid for, says Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b8d4bd Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:42:54 +1300 ae85e72ff6055927ef9bd047ab51b177c2531b8f Voters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to introduce a system of state-funded lawyers to represent animals in court. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b8ca9c Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:33:36 +1300 5d2cd1ea5e64b115f03f210684720c06e4c112a8 British Conservative leader David Cameron has attacked Labour's record in office at his party's Welsh conference in Llandudno, saying the country cannot afford another five years of Gordon Brown. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7a9bf71 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:09:24 +1300 b135356db415d95458485d5155789b07c138ed11 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has visited British troops in Afghanistan amid a growing row over his evidence to the Iraq war inquiry. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7a9708f Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:09:09 +1300 c5be54b33820029dfa057df09674f2761e3082ea The body of a veteran rower has been recovered from a central Otago lake the day after he went missing.The body of a veteran rower has been recovered from a central Otago lake the day after he went missing. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7aa54b2 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:08:24 +1300 af64827f3f57f67018c4aae79df1817ff075965a Vodafone is apologising to customers who experienced a drop in the quality of mobile phone service in parts of the North Island on Saturday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7aa3766 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:08:14 +1300 b304a5ae2e9956ccc771bc7dc84f784ed3a6ceae Watties started processing golden queen peaches this week. The company says it will process 4200 tonnes. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/06/1247f79a6e49 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:06:54 +1300 ad60930cb343a73c78f920be45b57703974eedb3 New Zealand's military is in line for an overhaul of its operations as the Government seeks to make savings of at least $50 million a year. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b9296f Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:54:41 +1300 26af5c93f99a7ebe2adc8015c08dcb13ce2a8c7c A global forestry expert thinks China may provide some relief for New Zealand's battered sawmilling industry. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b8fa28 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:36:30 +1300 d090c202484b57188acf891cddfdd5d11a9bf980 Economists are expecting the Reserve Bank to repeat that benchmark interest rates will not start rising until about mid-year, when it reviews the cost of borrowing on Thursday. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b8fa55 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:36:00 +1300 fa7166c0658b9fa824f30c848ec7e21c7c3af3fc The New Zealand Herald leads with concerns that those making decisions about Auckland's super-city will not be answerable to the public if proposed government organisations are put in place. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b8fb59 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:34:53 +1300 e789130e00f0f531c94aa994b19a55795961a55e Property values have risen by more than 5% in the year to February, but appear to be levelling off, says property information organisation Quotable Value. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/08/1247f7b8b43c Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:08:13 +1300 db3153362fced698ce582c3606878305a8df3751 The number of people on the unemployment benefit has fallen more strongly than it has done since the beginning of the recession dropping by about 6% in February. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7ab33d0 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:04:41 +1300 19dc19687fc941e3970b8764743010b3cbd8cd53 Firefighters have contained a scrub fire in Dome Valley north of Warkworth, allowing traffic along State Highway One again. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/07/1247f7aaea50 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:56:40 +1300 cfea0ef13e8165a22c892175756f4fc3df7db7f7 Kaipara District Council is considering drafting a local bill to try and amend part of the Auckland super-city legislation. It wants the northern boundary of the Rodney district included in Kaipara. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/03/06/1247f79a43c9 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:33:35 +1300 442b59dd71a6f4ae217fe86d5cadcbd62ca106c5