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Morning Report for Thursday 19 May 2011
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Top Stories for Thursday 19 May 2011
6:00 AM.Key gambles political capital on Budget; our business editor discusses what business wants in Budget; political editor discusses Budget's political value; Carter signing hailed as 'very good business… Read more Audio
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Budget must balance fiscal restraint with attracting votes
6:11 AM.Today's budget will have to balance the need for fiscal restraint with the desire to woo voters in an election year. Audio
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Act Party board member denies Act becoming 'old'
6:14 AM.An Act Party board member is denying the party is being taken over by the National Party. Audio
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Two New Zealand short films in running in Cannes
6:16 AM.Two New Zealand directors are trying to emulate previous New Zealand winners and take the top prize for a short film at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Audio
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Pacific News for 19 May 2011
6:19 AM.The latest from the Pacific. Audio
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Morning Rural News for 19 May 2011
6:23 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
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Waatea News for 19 May 2011
6:28 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Carter losing money to remain an All Black
6:41 AM.The All Black, Dan Carter, says his decision to sign a four-year deal with the New Zealand Rugby Union was not about money. Audio
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Morning Business for 19 May 2011
6:48 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Key gambles political capital on Budget
7:09 AM.It's Budget day and the Prime Minister is gambling his political capital on a package which will include cuts to KiwiSaver, Working for Families and a freeze on spending. Audio
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Business editor discusses what business wants in Budget
7:15 AM.RNZ business editor Patrick O'Meara tells us what the business community wants from this afternoon's Budget. Audio
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Political editor discusses Budget's political value
7:18 AM.Our political editor Brent Edwards discusses the politics of the upcoming budget announcement. Audio
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Carter signing hailed as 'very good business deal'
7:23 AM.Dan Carter's decision to sign a four-year deal with the New Zealand Rugby Union is being hailed as a win against the might of the northern hemisphere. Audio
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Fiji defector's wife is released after military detention
7:26 AM.The senior military commander who's defected from Fiji says the government's strong-arm tactics are getting out of hand after the detention of his wife by the military. Audio
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Colonel Mara's Fijian speech sparks fears of racial division
7:29 AM.Reporter Philippa Tolley spoke to us from Fiji. Audio
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Another National Party stalwart jumps to Act Party
7:37 AM.Another former National Party stalwart has jumped ship to the Act Party. Audio
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West Coasters want Pike River Commission to find truth
7:41 AM.West Coasters say the Royal Commission into Pike River must find the cause of the coal mine tragedy. Audio
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Sports News for 19 May 2011
7:46 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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NZ scientists help discover 'rogue' free-floating planets
7:49 AM.New Zealand scientists have played an instrumental role in the discovery of free-floating "rogue" or "orphan" planets. Audio
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Hundreds of businesses desert Christchurch, may not return
7:53 AM.Two hundred businesses in Christchurch's shattered central city have shifted their operations to other towns. Audio
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Lives could be at risk if Queenstown council cuts gritting
7:56 AM.The Automobile Association says lives could be lost if the Queenstown Lakes District Council goes ahead with plans to cut back on its winter road gritting programme. Audio
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Public expect Budget cuts but worry how deep they will be
8:08 AM.The Government is today expected to deliver a budget with one eye on the election and another on the government's rocketing deficit. Audio
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Auckland faces loss of millions in subsidies for transport
8:12 AM.The Auckland Council fears it could lose more than a hundred million dollars of roading and public transport funding under the government's long-term transport plan. Audio
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Pressure mounts on IMF chief to quit
8:16 AM.Pressure is growing on the beleaguered head of the International Monetary Fund to step down as he awaits trial on sex charges in New York. Audio
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Al Qaeda chooses a successor to Osama bin Laden
8:19 AM.An Egyptian who helped organise attacks on United States embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in 1998 has reportedly replaced Osama bin Laden as head of Al Qaeda. Audio
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Picture book beats others to supreme children's books award
8:23 AM.It was books of a different kind being celebrated on the eve of the budget last night. Audio
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Morning Business for 19 May 2011
8:27 AM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 19 May 2011
8:33 AM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Hotel looted in red zone
8:37 AM.A Christchurch hotel owner has been dealt a double blow, not only will part of his inner-city property have to be demolished, he's discovered the premises have been ransacked by looters. Audio
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New Zealand won't allow cigarette price drop if packaging goes
8:41 AM.A threat by tobacco companies in Australia to cut prices if they're forced to sell cigarettes in plain packages has brought a warning not to try that tactic here. Audio
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Arts Trust seeks to beautify Ponsonby eyesore
8:44 AM.An Arts Trust is taking it upon itself to beautify a huge hole in the ground left in Ponsonby by developers when they went into receivership almost six years ago. Audio
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Waatea News for 19 May 2011
8:49 AM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Major new cycling event launched
8:50 AM.More than two thousand cyclists will take to the road next year in a major new cycling event, the Tour of New Zealand. Audio
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China being plagued by exploding watermelons
8:55 AM.Farmers in eastern China say as many as a hundred melons a day are blowing up in their pastures. Audio
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Workers fear Budget cuts to KiwiSaver, family support
9:38 AM.The government is today expected to deliver a budget with one eye on the election and another on the government's rocketing deficit. Audio