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Morning Report for Thursday 13 March 2008
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Top Stories for 13 March 2008
6:00 AM.Auckland Airport bid, National says it will scrap research fund, NY Govenor resigns, Liver transplant OK'd by Ministry. Audio
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Birds Moonlit Waters - The NZ morepork on Kawau Island
6:01 AM.Listen to today's birdcall. Audio
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Real Estate Institute New Figures
6:11 AM.Housing inflation has almost stalled according to the latest Real Estate Institute figures. Audio
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Pacific News
6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Waatea News
6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Airport Bidder Confident Despite Council Vote
6:35 AM.Auckland Mayor John Banks says the council believes the offer would devalue the council's stake in the airport. Audio
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Scrap Research Fund and Cut Public Servants Says National
6:40 AM.John Key says National will scrap the new 700 million dollar research fund. Audio
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Auckland International Airport Bid
7:10 AM.The Canadian Pension Fund bid to own 40 percent of Auckland International Airport is down to the wire. Audio
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National Vows to Scrap Ag Research Fund
7:18 AM.National leader John Key has dismissed it as a gimmick and has vowed to scrap it if his party wins the next election. Audio
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New York Governor Resigns
7:20 AM.Eliot Spitzer has resigned over allegations he paid for sex from a high-end prostitute agency. Audio
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Suspected Murderer Stephen Royds New Port Beach Hotel
7:25 AM.Michelle Heston is the spokesperson for the Fairmont hotel chain in Southern California. Audio
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Online Report - Your Digital Shadow
7:29 AM.A new study has highlighted just how much data is being held electronically. Audio
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Mt Albert's State House Troublesome Family
7:38 AM.A family accused of intimidating neighbours is still in its Mt Albert state house. Audio
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Ministry Allows Teen Mum to Donate Liver to Baby
7:41 AM.The Ministry of Health's principal medical adviser David Galler comments. Audio
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Sports News
7:45 AM.The latest from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Cook Strait Power Link Restored for Emergency Use
7:50 AM.Fears remain of winter power shortages despite Transpower to restore a part of the Cook Strait power link. Audio
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Rotorua Bath House
7:55 AM.A hundred years after its opening, work is underway to develop the Bath House to its original proposed design. Audio
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Canadian Bid for Auckland International Airport
8:10 AM.The Canadian Pension Plan's head of infrastructure Graeme Bevans comments on the issue. Audio
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Real Estate Institute Criticised for Talking Up Market
8:14 AM.The Institue described the housing market as being at 'a tipping point'. Audio
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Balmoral Homes Facing Liquidation
8:17 AM.The slowdown in the housing market has claimed the scalp of a high profile house building company. Audio
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Tukituki River
8:21 AM.The Hawke's Bay Regional Council is under fire for its management of the Tukituki River. Audio
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Concorde Crash Inquiry Raises Charges
8:24 AM.A French prosecutor is demanding charges be laid against Continental airlines. Audio
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Sports News
8:35 AM.Sports update from the RNZ team. Audio
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Hydrates As An Energy Resource
8:40 AM.The technology to extract methane for industry from gigantic bubbles deep under the ocean is just a few years away. Audio
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Kayakers Sydney Weed Complaint
8:44 AM.The NZ kayaking team is considering taking legal action over the water weed in the Sydney Regatta course. Audio
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Waatea News
8:48 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Beijing Olympics Gets More Political
8:51 AM.Foreign minister Yang Jiechi has strongly criticised what he calls anti Beijing foreign forces out to politicise the Games. Audio
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China Restricting Expeditions on Tibetan Everest
8:56 AM.In order to prevent protests during its Olympic Torch Relay. Audio