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Morning Report for Wednesday 18 March 2009
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Top stories for Wednesday 18 March 2009
6:00 AM.Housing NZ give out staff details to Mongrel mob, Tourism NZ focuses on Oz and Public Sector cuts. Audio
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Toroa - Royal Albatross
6:01 AM.Listen to todays birdcall. Audio
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Tourism NZ pushes promotion in Australia
6:10 AM.The tourism industry's crossing its fingers an increased spend on advertising in Australia will help it through the recession. Audio
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Pacific News for Wednesday 18 March 2009
6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 18 March 2009
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Waatea News
6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Labour vows to reclaim West Coast
6:35 AM.The Labour Party winds up a three-day visit to the West Coast today, vowing to reclaim its former stronghold. Audio
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Morning Business News for 18 March 2009
6:47 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Housing NZ Mongrel Mob bungle
7:09 AM.Housing NZ has apologised for a bungle that resulted in the Mongrel Mob being given the addresses of a senior employee. Audio
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Housing NZ Chief Exeutive
7:12 AM.Dr Lesley McTurk is Housing New Zealand's chief executive. Audio
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The Govt pours funds into encouraging Australians to visit NZ
7:17 AM.Already 40 percent of tourists coming here are Australians and now the government wants to see that increased even more. Audio
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Public Service to cut operating budgets
7:25 AM.Chief executives across the public sector are on notice they are to make significant savings in their operating budgets. Audio
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Independent Police Conduct Authority on Wallace shooting
7:35 AM.The Authority found that Senior Constable Keith Abbott acted in self defence when he shot 23-year-old Steven Wallace. Audio
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Josef Fritzl trial
7:40 AM.The Guardian's Kate Connolly has been covering the trial and joins us now live from Austria. Audio
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Sports News
7:45 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Sri Lankan newspaper sued by Fonterra
7:48 AM.The newspaper, 'The Beacon' alleges the company's milk is contaminated with palm or vegetable oil. Audio
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David Bain Retrial update
7:55 AM.The 111 call David Bain made to alert emergency services to the tragedy has been played to the jury hearing his trial. Audio
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Auckland transport leaders meet to discuss road tax
7:58 AM.Our Auckland Correspondent Todd Niall has been following the story. Audio
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Australian tourists greatest hope in tough times
8:10 AM.The Government and Air NZ have announced a five million dollar plan to boost visitor numbers from Australia by 34-thousand. Audio
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Govt review of the Overseas Investment Act
8:15 AM.The Government says it wants to make New Zealand more attractive to foreign investment by simplifying the act. Audio
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Green Party's Kennedy Graham on Overseas Investment Act
8:20 AM.The Green Party's Kennedy Graham says wants to know which of the overseas investment criteria is going to be dropped. Audio
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Principals Federation message from this week's summit
8:22 AM.School principals say the government should drop its plan to send young offenders to boot camps and use the money more wisely. Audio
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Court hearing over undercover police officer's death
8:25 AM.What happened to an undercover police officer the night he was fatally shot in South Auckland is expected to be revealed today. Audio
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Calls for Internet Security watchdog
8:26 AM.There are calls for a specialist internet security watchdog to be set up in this country. Audio
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Markets Update
8:29 AM.A quick update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Sports News
8:38 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Steven Wallace's family devastated by report
8:40 AM.The family has been left devastated by a report exonerating the police officer involved in his fatal shooting. Audio
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Westland District Council stops aerial drop of 1080
8:45 AM.The Animal Health Board has decided to back down on a proposed aerial 1080 drop near Hokitika. Audio
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Waatea News
8:50 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Building boom in Queentown on the retreat
8:52 AM.The building industry in the Queenstown is fast retreating from a construction boom unlike any in its history. Audio
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Sir Ed's home goes up for auction
8:55 AM.Hillary's home in Auckland goes under the hammer this afternoon - with last ditch attempts to preserve it having failed. Audio
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Dinosaur remains found in artic Norway
8:58 AM.Espen Madsen Knutsen is a paleontologist from the University of Oslo that made the discovery. Audio