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1700 to 1707 NEWS
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The government has imposed further sanctions on Fiji - this time in retaliation for the expulsion last month of the New Zealand High Commissioner, Michael Green. The current ban on travel to New Zealand by the military and other coup supporters is to be extended to cover all those appointed by the interim government to head government departments and agencies.The ban will also now include transit visas. The Prime Minister Helen Clark is with us now. LIVE
"I was only doing my job..." The words of the first New Zealander to be awarded the Victoria Cross since World War Two. Corporal Willy Apiata is being honoured for the 2004 rescue of a critically wounded member of his SAS unit, while coming under intense enemy fire in Afghanistan.The quietly-spoken 35-year-old today fronted up to the media following the announcement of his award. Julian Robins with this report. PKG
An Auckland gunshop has been the scene of another violent encounter with an armed man - but this time the shop owner says the offender wanted to be shot. Ray Carvell who owns the Small Arms International store in Penrose was telling a man to leave the shop this morning when he drew a knife. The police were called and had to use pepper spray and then a taser before they could arrest him. Inspector Bernie Hollewand (HOLLY-wand) describes the police response to this morning's callout. CUT
Shop owner, Ray Carvell, was in the shop with his assistant Bruce , when the man walked in and began behaving strangely. PREREC
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BUSINESS NEWS
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The numbers are finally in, and they show that around the country 70 percent of three and four years old will have access to free early childhood education. But the picture's not so bright in Auckland where only half of the eligible providers will be offering the scheme. Despite this the government is still lauding the scheme as a success. Rachel Graham filed this reports. PKG
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17.30 HEADLINES
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In Britain, a bomb squad has carried out a controlled explosion of a car at the hospital treating one of the men connected with the attack on Glasgow Airport. The Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley has been locked down as a result. Five people are under arrest and the UK's on maximum alert following three failed attacks - one in Scotland, two in London. The Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the culprits are associated with al Qaeda. Here's the ABC's Raphael Epstein. PKG
A retired New Zealand army major and his former wife are facing charges of defrauding clients of a million dollars through their investment business. A depositions hearing for George Frederick McIntyre and Jennifer Margaret McIntyre began in the Christchurch District Court today. The Serious Fraud Office says the McIntyres used their position of trust with other army officers to solicit one-and-a-half million dollars in investments, most of which were never paid back. Charlotte Graham was in court. LIVE
Stricter guidelines have been brought in to try to prevent a recurrence of the Muliaga tragedy in Auckland. Folole Muliaga died in May after the electricity was cut to her home due to an unpaid bill. That prevented her from using an Oxygen machine that was supplied to her home. And as Eric Frykberg reports, the guidelines are only voluntary - rather than rigid rules. PKG
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WAATEA NEWS
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A truck driver is in Middlemore Hospital in a serious condition after he survived a 150 metre plunge over a cliff face, and then had to wait 30 hours to be found. Alarm bells were raised when 28 year old Ross Chase didn't return home on Saturday night and failed to turn up to work the next morning. Peter Elliot was the first to locate Ross Chase and his dismantled truck at the bottom of the cliff face, he joins us now. LIVE
Princes William and Harry have described a memorial concert for their mother, Diana, the Princess of Wales, as "the most perfect way of remembering her". The Princes welcomed sixty-three thousand people to Wembley stadium for the concert that marked the life of Diana, on what would have been her 46th birthday. A decade after her death in a Paris car crash, some of her favourite musicians including Duran Duran and Elton John performed. The BBC's royal correspondent, Peter Hunt, was there PKG
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