[illegible] It's beginning to sound like a broken record - yet another attack on the Children and Young Persons' Service wth yet more claims the Department is unable to keep our children safe. Mary Wilson
ACT KAREN LIVER: The dust has settled after the first ever Association of Consumers and Taxpayers party conference...that's the ACT party for short...is it a political survivor. Karen Fisher
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[illegible] The decision by the United Nations Security Council to remain engaged in [illegible] until March appearas to be largely the result of New Zealand pressure. Jonathan Schwass
[illegible] Solomon Island opposition leader Solomon Mamaloni has secured a third [illegible] as prime minister today, easily winning a parliamentary leadership vote [illegible] ending a three-week constitutional crisis. Johnson Honimae
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[illegible] RESPONSE: The Race Relations Office has defended claims its been wishy [illegible] in reacting to alleged racially provocative statements made by Māori [illegible] in the past week. Debra Harrington
[illegible] IV: Well a short time ago I spoke to Mr Clarke about some of these [illegible] and asked him whether it's time to make a stand over the latest [illegible] by Māori activists...such as encouraging actions like blowing up [illegible] John Clarke
[illegible] The Commissioner of Inland Revenue took the opportunity on the first [illegible] of commission of inquiry into the Cook Islands tax deals today to issue a Challenge from the witness box to Tauranga MP Winston Peters. Martin Gibson
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[illegible] OPTION: A Māori challenge which could result in New Zealand having to it a further eighteen months for the introduction of MMP began its hearing [illegible] the Court of Appeal today. Merle Nowland
[illegible] MOSQUE: More than seven months after an Israeli settler opened fire in [illegible] Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron, killing around thirty Palestinian worshippers, [illegible] mosque is finally ready to re-open, for a trial period. Jacky Rowlands
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