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1700 to 1707 NEWS
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TAGGING DEATH: A 50-year-old man is to stand trial for murdering a teenager who was caught tagging his South Auckland property.15-year-old Pihema Cameron tagged Bruce Emery's fence in January, and a preliminary hearing at the Manukau District Court ended today. Our reporter Joy Reid joins us now. LIVE
ETS: The future of the Emissions Trading legislation hangs in the balance, as the government works behind the scenes to shore up support. Parliament's Finance and Expenditure committee has heard submissions on the bill and produced its report. Our parliamentary chief reporter, Jane Patterson, joins us now..LIVE
FUEL INQUIRY: Motoring organisations are not holding their breath in the hope of a big cut in the price of fuel, despite the announcement of an inquiry into the issue. The Government has commissioned a 6 week study into petrol pricing. Eric Frykberg reports. PKG
UN-OIL: The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon is visiting London after a 24-hour visit to Saudi Arabia to discuss rising oil and food prices. The BBC's Economics Correspondent, Andrew Walker reports. PKG
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BUSINESS NEWS
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ASSAULT: A post mortem has been conducted on an Auckland woman, 80-year-old Yin Ping Yang, who died after being attacked in her Manurewa home. The attacker is described as a 30 to 40 year old Māori or Polynesian. Detective Inspector Mark Gutry joins us now. LIVE
RICE-ISRAEL: The United States secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, is delivering a firm message to the Israeli leadership that their plan to build more homes in east Jerusalem could harm peace negotiations. CNN's Atika Shubert in Jerusalem reports. PKG
BUSH-UK: President Bush has given an interview with Sky News on the first day of his visit to Britain. The BBC's correspondent Sarah Morris listened to Mr Bush's interview. PKG
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17.30 HEADLINES
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MANUREWA-SHOPS: South Auckland police leaders met with MPs and Manukau city councillors today to address disatisfaction they're not doing enough to keep Manurewa safe.The meeting follows the fatal shooting of bottle shop owner Navtej Singh last week.Rowan Quinn reports PKG
CATHOLIC-ABUSE: A former pupil of a special needs school has told a jury he was sexually abused by the Catholic clergyman in charge in the school's church. 73 year old Rodger Moloney is charged with assaulting 11 boys while he was in charge of Marylands School in the 1970s. Reporter Shanna Crispin has been following the High Court trial in Christchurch. LIVE
US-FLOODING: At least 24-thousand people have been forced from their homes in Iowa by flooding which has also severely damaged crops in America's main corn-producing state. The
BBC's David Campinalli reports. PKG
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WAATEA NEWS
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SUICIDE: The issue of how to report on suicide is in the spotlight after a Wellington School published in its newsletter the name of a student who had killed herself .But the law says that media may not report that someone has committed suicide until after a coroner has released findings into the death. Katy Gosset filed this report. PKG
TRAVEL-FOG: Fog threw the travel plans of several hundred passengers into disarray across the country this morning. Earlier today, we spoke to some of those stranded at Wellington Airport: VOXPOP
Today's fog was one of the strongest ever seen by Wellington Airport's air traffic services manager Peter Drake: CUT
Neither Wellington nor Christchurch have the same fog-fighting mechanisms as Auckland. An Airways Corporation spokesperson Ken Mitchell, says a system which helps auto-land aircraft in fog has been in use in Auckland since last November. PREREC
ENERGY-WASTE: Todd Energy has launched a mini power station using waste gas from its McKee field in North Taranaki. But it says similar ventures may be constrained by Government restrictions aimed at cutting carbon emissions.Here's our reporter Craig Ashworth. PKG
AUSTRALIA-POLITICS: The Australian federal opposition is using poll results out today, to demand the government's fuel watch bill be dumped and the opposition plan for cutting fuel excise to be adopted. From Canberra, here's the ABC's Sabra Lane. PKG