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Morning Report for Friday 9 July 2010
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:55 AM.We cross to Canberra to join our correspondent, Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio
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Footballing octopus spreads tentacles around the world
8:50 AM.Paul, Germany's oracle octopus, is going global, with three countries planning live coverage of his next picks for the football World Cup. Audio
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Waatea News for 9 July 2010
8:46 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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New Zealand firm to turn deadly gas into fuel in China deal
8:43 AM.From next year, a New Zealand company will be starting to turn the toxic gas emissions of China's biggest steel producer into fuel. Audio
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Southland fans ready for first Shield defence since 1959
8:39 AM.A rugby match between North Otago and Southland doesn't usually spark a fiesta in Invercargill. Audio
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Morning Sports News for 9 July 2010
8:35 AM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Markets Update 9 July 2010
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Girl Guides aim for record-breaking 'bra-chain'
8:26 AM.If you strung two hundred thousand bras together, how far would they stretch? Audio
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Trans-Tasman netball clash predicted to be nail biter
8:21 AM.The Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic netball team is heading to Australia today for their big trans-Tasman clash against the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship grand final. Audio
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Conservation uncertainity after Auckland's supercity reforms
8:17 AM.The future of water conservation programmes is uncertain with the supercity reforms in Auckland creating a single regionwide water company. Audio
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Auckland tourism chief speaks on options for party central
8:13 AM.So what are the options now for a venue for Party Central? Joining us is the chief executive of Tourism Auckland, Graeme Osborne. Audio
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Viaduct bar owners question why party central needed
8:09 AM.Waterfront bar owners are questioning why a party central is needed at all. Audio
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New Zealand's rider in the Tour de France
7:58 AM.Julian Dean was just pipped for stage honours yesterday by the Italian veteran Alessandro Petacchi. Audio
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Russians in spy case to plead guilty as part of swap
7:55 AM.Most of the ten suspects in a Russian spy ring are expected to plead guilty at court in New York today, as part of a reported spy swap between Russia and the United States. Audio
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Antarctic expert says whaling is ignored by Antarctic Treaty
7:51 AM.A visiting Australian expert on the Antarctic says it's amazing the Antarctic Treaty that regulates the southern continent has been able to ignore the issue of whaling for as long as it has. Audio
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BP sets new spill target ahead of Obama, Cameron meeting
7:47 AM.BP says it hopes to fix its Gulf of Mexico oil well by July 27, to show it has capped its costs and demonstrate progress ahead of British Prime Minister David Cameron's visit to the White House. Audio
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Morning Sports News for 9 July 2010
7:44 AM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Three held in Norway 'al-Qaeda bomb plot'
7:38 AM.Norwegian police have arrested three people on suspicion of"preparing acts of terrorism."The men - an Uighur from China, an Iraqi and an Uzbek - are said to have ties to al-Qaeda and to be linked to… Read more Audio
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Doubling trade with China could come at a cost
7:35 AM.It might not just be goods that are heading offshore if the Prime Minister John Key's goal of doubling trade with China comes to fruition. Audio
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All Blacks start campaign to regain Tri Nations title
7:28 AM.The rugby season's about to get really serious for the All Blacks who'll start trying to regain the Tri Nations championship from South Africa in Auckland tomorrow night. Audio
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First swine flu death reported in Tauranga
7:21 AM.Swine flu has claimed its first life of the winter with the death of a person in the Bay of Plenty. Audio
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Prison guards union starts legal action over office search
7:17 AM.The major prison guards union has begun legal action to discover why its office was searched last week by people understood to be Corrections Department staff. Audio
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Campaigner - Supercity mayoral win impossible on small budget
7:13 AM.A experienced election campaigner says the spending limit placed on Supercity mayoral candidates doesn't come close to the real cost of a successful campaign. Audio
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Auckland region can't get its act together: World Cup Minister
7:09 AM.The Rugby World Cup Minister, Murray MCully, says Auckland has the dubious distinction of being the only region in New Zealand that can't get its act together for next year's World Cup. Audio
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Morning Business for 9 July 2010
6:45 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Auckland region can't get its act together: World Cup Minister
6:37 AM.The Rugby World Cup Minister, Murray MCully, says Auckland is the only region in the country that's not working constructively towards getting ready for next year. Audio
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Waatea News for 9 July 2010
6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 9 July 2010
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Pacific News for 9 July 2010
6:17 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Fears Barcelona's Sagrada Familia could collapse
6:14 AM.There are fears Barcelona's most beautiful building, Gaudi's 'Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Familia' could collapse, as the Spanish government continues to build a railway tunnel underneath the… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Monday 9 July 2010
6:00 AM.Murray McCully launches a Broadside at Auckland over Party Central and Queens Wharf. The first confirmed New Zealand death from Swine Flu this winter and why were police searching the Offices of the… Read more Audio