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TELECOM: Just over 2 hours ago, Telecom announced details about its share launch, here in NZ
Report by Bronwen Evans
Rob Cameron, Fay Ritchwhite
STOCK EXCHANGE: It's not going to be a big bang, rather just a major bleep on the computer screens of NZ's brokerage houses... when in just over a week, the stock exchange floors in Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch close and are replaced by automatic trading.
Report by Martin Gibson
Bill Foster, Managing Director, NZ Stock Exchange
ART: With art galleries closing around the country, and purchases by public galleries and the corporate sector declining over the past year... it seems that the only way to sell contemporary NZ art is to sell them as part of new car deals.
Report by Sue Rhodes
Jenny Harper, Dir. National Gallery
Tony Arthur, Academy of Fine Arts
Peter McLeavy, Gallery owner
NORTH KOREA: Something of a quiet diplomatic breakthrough is taking place in Wellington this week.
Report by Jonathan Schwass
Han Bong Ha, Ambassador to Indonesia