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Morning Report for Wednesday 7 October 2009
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Top stories for 7 October 2009
6:00 AM.Henderson residents join search for missing girl Asiling Symes, an interview with the police operation commander; Phillip Taito Field supporters say his sentence is too long; a former Colleague of… Read more Audio
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Tolley downplays NCEA achievement figures
6:14 AM.The Minister of Education appears to be downplaying NCEA achievement figures to boost support for the government's controversial national standards. Audio
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Pacific news for 7 October 2009
6:19 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 7 October 2009
6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Waatea news for 7 October 2009
6:28 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Support arrives in American Samoa
6:38 AM.Support for emergency services and relief workers that responded to the deadly tsunami in American Samoa has begun arriving on the island. Audio
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TVNZ, TV3 resorting to racial prejudice - Maori Party
6:40 AM.The Maori Party is accusing critics of Maori Television's bid for broadcasting rights for the 2011 Rugby World Cup of appealing to racial prejudice. Audio
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Morning business for 7 October 2009
6:46 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Henderson residents join search for missing toddler
7:10 AM.Residents in the Auckland suburb of Henderson are joining in the search for missing toddler Asiling Symes. Audio
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Our reporter speaks from the search site
7:14 AM.Our reporter Belinda McCammon is in Longburn Road where Asiling disappeared from. Audio
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The latest from the police on missing toddler
7:16 AM.Waitakere Area police Commander, Inspector Gary Davey, says the search this morning will change tack slightly. Audio
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Field supporters say sentence too long
7:19 AM.The former Labour MP, Taito Phillip Field has spent his first night in prison. Audio
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Former colleague of Field's speaks of his betrayal
7:22 AM.Matt McCarten, the National Secretary of the Unite union, worked with Field as a union organiser in the 1980's. Audio
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Power cuts drag on for Hawkes Bay and Taupo
7:27 AM.150 households across rural parts of Hawke's Bay and Taupo have just endured a third night without power, as the fallout from Sunday's freak snowstorm lingers on. Audio
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Farmers have close call with David Bourke
7:30 AM.Farmers inside the search cordon have revealed how close they came to an armed David Bourke as he fled across farmland in the southern Hawkes Bay. Audio
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Chemicals causing extra hazard in American Samoa
7:37 AM.Hazardous chemicals are presenting a risk as the Tsunami clean up continues in American Samoa. Audio
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Flattened Samoan hospital gets aid
7:40 AM.Locals in the Poutasi area on the south coast of Samoa are to get some much needed help from a new aid and medical base set up in the area. Audio
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Sports news for 7 October 2009
7:45 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Dog laws
7:47 AM.The Government is calling for a sweeping review of the country's dog laws. Audio
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Education minister downplays NCEA
7:52 AM.The Minister of Education appears to be downplaying the biggest ever improvement in NCEA results to boost support for the government's controversial national standards. Audio
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Police intensify search for missing toddler
8:09 AM.The police are intensifying and widening their search for the missing west Auckland toddler Asiling Symes. Audio
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Field's former lawyer calls for inquiry into corruption test
8:12 AM.A former lawyer for Taito Phillip Field says he's been the victim of a media campaign that's set out to vilify him. Audio
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Farmers cope with storm aftermath
8:17 AM.As the aftermath of the weekend snowstorm continues, power should be restored to all affected households by the end of today. Audio
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Residents will move into motel units
8:22 AM.Housing New Zealand's moving all of its tenants out of a West Auckland complex due to safety concerns. Audio
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Britain attempts to woo New Zealand business
8:26 AM.The British High Commissioner is trying to convince New Zealanders that the UK's still a good place to do business. Audio
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Markets update for 7 October 2009
8:28 AM.A quick update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Sports news for 7 October 2009
8:33 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Ex-British Army leader says Govt not supporting troops
8:37 AM.In Britain, the Army's recently-retired former head, General Sir Richard Dannatt, has told the Sun newspaper that his government rejected military advice to raise British troop numbers in Afghanistan… Read more Audio
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Unseasonable snow fall ruins vegetable crops
8:41 AM.Unseasonable snowfall and cold weather in one of the country's main vegetable growing areas is set to leave some supermarket produce shelves bare. Audio
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Massive overhaul of rural fire fighting underway
8:44 AM.The management of rural fire fighting around the country is about to undergo a massive overhaul. Audio
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Waatea news for 7 October 2009
8:48 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Cancer gene discovery hailed as breakthrough
8:52 AM.Scientists at the University of Cambridge in England have pinpointed a gene linked to more than half of all breast cancers. Audio
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Springfield says 'Yes' to donut
8:55 AM.The Canterbury town of Springfield has voted to retain its monumental donut, after a firebomb attack last week. Audio
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Genocide suspect captured
8:56 AM.One of the most wanted suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been arrested. Audio