The government has finally ended the suspense and has announced it is to sell the Forestry Corporation to a consortium led by Fletcher Challenge for just over two billion dollars.x Stephen Parker
To look at this sale is our Economics Correspondent, Bronwen Evans. Liver
the Communications Manager for Fletchers, Barry Akers. Liver
A mis-trial has been declared in Christchurch in the case of a man charged with murder after a fatal car crash, x sophia wenborne
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Last month, Checkpoint visited Wellington's Rongotai College to talk to teachers about the dispute - today Clare Pasley went back for their reaction to the proposed settlement.
The Electoral Commission wants Parliament to change the system for sorting out [illegible] much tax payer money political parties get for television and radio advertising during election campaigns, x bryan crump
Researchers at Auckland Medical School are undertaking a world first. They intend to study the causes of road accidents so that it will be possible to identify within a percentage range the factors that have resulted in accidents. Dr Ashley Bloomfield from the Road Traffic Injury Prevention Unit at the Medical School. LIVER
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Returning to our coverage of the government's sale of the Forestry Corporation to a Fletchers-Brierleys-Chinese consortium. there was a snap debate in Parliament this afternoon, x kathryn street
a worker at Forestry Corp's Waipa Mill near Rotorua which is in doubt because of the sale, is extremely concerned about the new owners intentions.x carol styles
[illegible] MP Max Bradford has just held a news conference in Rotorua LIVER
The latest television polls have thrown up a confusing picture. Colin james live
Its been revealed at the Winebox Inquiry today that the head of European Pacific, the company which designed the Cook Islands tax deals, has paid legal bills of a key witness. Maria Slade Live
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