National Radio. 2003-12-04. 22:00-23:00.

A one-hour recording of the 10pm 15-minute news roundup, read by Sue Scott, followed by Late Edition.
Main items: the controversial Smokefree Environments Amendment Act is passed; more court action on behalf of refugee status bid by Ahmed Zaoui.
Tk 1, 17'50 Late Edition with Nicola Wright. Interviews and reports repeated from Morning Report, Nine to Noon, and Checkpoint. They are:delays in scheduling court cases frustrate crime victims; legislation introduced to take decisions on paying teachers during strikes out of the hands of school boards of trustees; Tk 2, President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe criticises some Commonwealth countries - comment from a Zimbabwean living in NZ; flash floods in Melbourne; a Bay of Plenty surgeon found guilty of misconduct - relatives of patients tell further stories of events; Russia & US attitude to Kyoto protocol on greenhouse gas emissions; Fiji rugby coach criticises NZ, Australia and the International Rugby Board over their treatment of smaller nations.