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1700 to 1707 NEWS
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COURT KAHUI: The defence for Chris Kahui has told the court that the police investigation was a disaster and it ignored evidence pointing to the twins' mother as the likely killer of her babies. Chris and Cru Kahui died of head injuries almost two years ago. Joy Reid is at the High Court in Auckland and joins us now.LIVE
BUDGET: The government has warned not everyone will be happy with tomorrow's Budget, saying tax cuts will be modest and future spending plans will have to be wound back.
But the Finance Minister Michael Cullen says it will be a fair Budget. Here's our political editor Brent Edwards. PKG
COURT CRUTCHLEY: The jury in the trial of a man accused of the attempted murder of his terminally ill mother has indicated it's having trouble reaching a verdict. 49 year old Ian Crutchley is accused of trying to kill 77 year old Elsie Crutchley in Taumarunui in February last year. Andrew McRae joins us now. LIVE
POLITICS US: In the United States, Barack Obama has claimed a major milestone that puts him within reach of securing the Democratic Party's nomination for President. The result in the Oregon Primary has given him a majority of pledged delegates. But Senator Obama appeared to stop just short of claiming victory in the nomination race. CUT
Speaking to supporters after her victory in Kentucky, Hillary Clinton vowed to fight on CUT
With more, here's our correspondent in Washington, Olly Barratt. PRE REC
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BUSINESS NEWS
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ELECTION EPMU: The Electoral Commission is to re-consider whether the Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union can register as a third party, giving it the right to spend up to 120-thousand dollars on electioneering, after the High Court found it was a "person" under the Electoral Finance Act. The EPMU national secretary Andrew Little joins us now. LIVE
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17.30 HEADLINES
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ELECTION CHURCHES: Six mainstream churches have decided to reject the advice of the Electoral Commission about their campaign for social justice in the run up to the election.
The group plans to publish a series of leaflets, as Matthew Farrell reports. PKG
COURT CHRISTCHURCH: Two High Court trials have drawn to a close in Christchurch.
For the past four weeks Lipene Sila has been on trial for the murder of teenage party-goers Jane Young and Hannah Rossiter. That jury has been deliberating for nearly 5 hours.
Next door, George Gwaze has been tried for the murder of his 10 year old niece Charlene Makaza and that jury has just returned its verdict of not guilty on all charges.
Christchurch reporter Monique Devereux has been in the High Court. LIVE
SCHOOLS FUNDING: School boards say schools will remain under financial pressure despite a five per cent boost in their funding. In a pre-Budget announcement today, the Minister of Education, Chris Carter, said the government would put an extra $170-million into school accounts over the next four years. Here's education correspondent, Gael Woods. PKG
POLITICS GST: The New Zealand First Party wants GST cut from 12 and a half to ten percent, and no tax on workers' first $5,200 of income. The leader Winston Peters joins us now. LIVE
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WAATEA NEWS
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TASMANIA-TIGER: The genes from the extinct Tasmanian Tiger have been brought back to life. The animal was hunted to extinction in the wild, with the last one dying in captivity at Hobart Zoo in 1936. A team of scientists say they have managed to reawaken the tiger gene by injecting it in a mouse embryo. The project's research Leader from Melbourne University, Andrew Pask, says finding Tasmanian Tiger DNA was the easy part. PREREC
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