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Morning Report for Monday 14 March 2011
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Civil Defence questions removal of tsunami warning
9:53 AM.After the earthquake on Friday night large parts of the Pacific were on alert to tsunami's radiating out from Japan. Audio
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Phil Kafcaloudes with news from Australia
8:57 AM.Melbourne correspondent Phil Kafcaloudes. Audio
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An anxious wait for many Japanese New Zealanders
8:50 AM.Many Japanese people in New Zealand are still waiting anxiously, desperate to get news of family and friends back home. Audio
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Waatea News for 14 March 2011
8:45 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Act pushes controversial polices on race and mining
8:41 AM.Act has set the stage for a fiery election campaign later this year, with the party pushing two controversial policies -- one law for all, and mining on conservation land. Audio
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Charity cricket match raises $500,000 for Christchurch
8:38 AM.A star-studded charity cricket match in Wellington has raised half a million dollars for the Prime Minister's appeal for the Canterbury earthquake. Audio
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Sports News for 14 March 2011
8:35 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Markets Update for 14 March 2011
8:30 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Relatives of missing foreigners in Christchurch frustrated
8:28 AM.Some friends and relatives of missing foreign nationals in Christchurch are growing frustrated at how long it's taking to identify bodies. Audio
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Japan earthquake throws Earth off its axis
8:26 AM.Japan's earthquake has now been upgraded to magnitude nine - making it the fourth most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Audio
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New Zealand embassy in Japan striving to make contact
8:25 AM.New Zealand's ambassador to Japan, Ian Kennedy, says consular staff are working hard to make contact with all the New Zealanders who may have been affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Audio
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BBC correspondent reports from devastated Sendai
8:17 AM.The BBC's Nick Ravenscroft, is in the port of Sendai, which is the biggest city to be affected by the Tsunami. Audio
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Two quake-stricken atomic power plants fear meltdowns
8:14 AM.Japan's top government spokesman Yukio Edano says so far experts have only picked up radiation traces on a handful of people nearby and there is no immediate threat to human life. Audio
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Japan struggles to contain potential nuclear meltdown
8:10 AM.Japan is struggling to contain a potential nuclear meltdown at reactors in the northeast as it copes with the mammoth search and rescue operation spawned by Friday's huge earthquake. Audio
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NZ cricketers beat Canada to go to top of World Cup table
7:57 AM.New Zealand's 97-run win against Canada in last night's cricket World Cup match has put the Black Caps at the top of Group A with one pool game to play, and already guaranteed of a quarter finals… Read more Audio
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Solid Energy says it alone should mine Pike River
7:53 AM.The state-owned coal mining company, Solid Energy, says it wants to buy the Pike River mine. Audio
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Sports News
7:51 AM.The latest news from the team at Radio NZ sport. Audio
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Japanese government says nuclear threat under control
7:45 AM.The Japanese government is saying the nuclear threat is under control despite admitting the possibility there has already a partial meltdown of fuel rods. Audio
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Top Stories for 14 March 2011
7:44 AM.Japan earthquake, Chinese Government calls for compensation. Audio
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New Zealand embassy trying to contact all New Zealanders
7:40 AM.New Zealand's embassy in Japan is working hard to make contact with all the New Zealanders who may have been affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Audio
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Government responds to compensation concerns
7:30 AM.Tertiary Education Minister, Stephen Joyce, responds to the compensation concerns. Audio
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China asking NZ Government for quake compensation
7:25 AM.The Chinese Government is calling on New Zealand to give special compensation to the families of Chinese people killed in the Christchurch earthquake. Audio
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New Zealander talks from close to Fukushima nuclear plant
7:16 AM.New Zealander Graham Chave lives in Fukushima city just 50 kilometres away from the Fukushima plant. Audio
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New Zealanders among thousands being evacuated
7:14 AM.Some New Zealanders are among the more than two-hundred thousand people being evacuated from areas surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants. Audio
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Japan faces worst crisis since Second World War
7:10 AM.A growing nuclear crisis is emerging in Japan following the devastating earthquake and tsunami which hit the northeast of the country on Friday night. Audio
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Morning Business for 14 March 2011
6:45 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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New Zealand family relieved after daugher escapes tsunami
6:42 AM.The family of a New Zealand woman teaching in Japan say they had the longest wait of their lives before hearing she was alive after a tsunami flattened half her village. Audio
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New Zealand search and rescue heading to Japan
6:40 AM.A small advance party has already left with the bulk of the team leaving from Auckland shortly. Audio
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New Zealander unsure if safe in nuclear plant's shadow
6:35 AM.In developing news this morning concerns about a third nuclear power plant in Japan is adding to the nuclear crisis in the country. Audio
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Waatea News for 14 March 2011
6:27 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 14 March 2011
6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Pacific News for 14 March 2011
6:18 AM.The latest from the Pacific region. Audio
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Latest from BBC's correspondent in Tokyo
6:18 AM.Japanese national broacaster NHK says the total number of confirmed deaths now stands at 1,351, but the toll is expected to be many times this number. Audio
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New Zealanders in Japan move further from nuclear power plant
6:10 AM.Nick Williams is one of several New Zealanders who has left the city of Koriyama. Audio