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1700 to 1707 NEWS
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Department of Corrections chief executive Barry Matthews has kept his job after a State Services investigation into who was accountable for the mismanagement of offenders on parole. But despite that report, the Minister of Corrections Judith Collins again refused today to say she had confidence in Mr Matthews.Here's our political reporter Clare Pasley. PKG
The State Services Commissioner Iain Rennie is with us in the studio now: LIVE
The High Court in Christchurch has been shown graphic images of the crime scene where five members of David Bain's family were murdered in 1994. It's the first day of evidence in the retrial of Mr Bain, who denies killing his parents and three siblings. He served 12 years of a life sentence before his conviction was quashed by the Privy Council, and a retrial recommended. Matthew Peddie has been at the High Court and joins us now. LIVE
The ACC Minister has sacked the chair of the ACC board, Ross Wilson, and says further changes are likely. Nick Smith says he's not satisfied the current board has the right skills to get ACC out of financial trouble. The former chief executive of Ernst and Young, John Judge, has been appointed as chairperson. Here's the prime Minister John Key. CLIP
The ACC Minister, Nick Smith, joins us now. LIVE
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BUSINESS NEWS
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17.30 HEADLINES
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The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal is holding a hearing into the case of a Northland midwife Monique Kapua, who is charged with professional misconduct after she let a pregnancy continue for 43-weeks resulting in the death of the baby. Joy Reid has been at the hearing and joins us now...LIVE
A 13-year-old boy has been clocked doing nearly 140 kilometres an hour while his father was asleep in the car's passenger seat.The police stopped the car on Friday night near Taupiri.I asked Waikato's road policing manager, Leo Tooman, what happened. PRE-REC
There's a call to make the honours system more Kiwi, as the government turns back the clock to reinstate the titles Sir and Dame.The titles were dumped by Labour in 2000. Rowan Quinn reports. PKG
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WAATEA NEWS
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The retrial of a former Wellington taxi driver accused of raping a passenger has begun in the District Court. 56-year-old Abdirazak Mussa is facing two charges of rape and one of abduction. Our Court reporter Ann Marie May was at today's hearing and joins us now. LIVE
There are fears the murder of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland over the weekend signals the resurgence of an old Republican terrorist organisation, the Real IRA. It's the first fatal attack on soldiers in Northern Ireland in more than a decade.The ABC's Stephanie Kennedy reports : PKG
A New Zealand researcher says he is ready to start trialling gene therapy on humans in a bid to control obesity. So far, the clinical trials have all been done on obese mice. Auckland University Professor Matthew During, who is based in Ohio, is the neuroscientist leading the team. He says he'd like to start human trials in about 12 months time. PRE-REC
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