National Radio. 2004-04-29. 8:30-9:44

Recording begins part way through MORNING REPORT sports news with Gary Ahern, then a report by Shiu Singh from Suva of the first stage of the three-day funeral for the former Fiji prime minister and president, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara; report from Greece on preparations for the Olympic Games; survey to be done on standard of living; report on the killing of a mayor in Peru by ratepayers upset at corruption; emails read out, including a poem about the super-fleecy sheep Shrek, then John Perriam, owner of Shrek, talks about the previous night's shearing. Tk 1, 23'15" 9am news, trailer and weather, then NINE TO NOON with Linda Clark. Topics: Cultural assessments under which land owners in Northland will now have to get local iwi agreement before they can do any development - property owner Jim Mortimer and Whangarei mayor, Craig Brown. Tk 2, 12'25" Oliver Miles, the originator of an open letter endorsed by dozens of British diplomats to the PM Tony Blair, saying his Middle East policy is doomed; then Dr Sarah Redshaw of the University of Western Sydney Centre for Cultural Research on the place of car advertising in bad driving. (Ends abruptly).