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1700 to 1707 NEWS
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REFERENDUM: Opponents of the controversial child discipline law have gathered enough signatures to force a referendum. The Kiwi Party originally presented a petition in February, but it was short of the required 285-thousand signatures but it was presented again in June and it passed the threshold by more 25 thousand signatures. The Justice Minister Annette King, says the referendum will be held by postal ballot in the middle of next year. CUT
Kiwi Party leader Larry Baldock joins us now. LIVE
WAITANGI-TAINUI: The Crown and Tainui have reached a 300-million dollar Treaty of Waitangi Settlement over the Waikato River. The agreement will see them jointly manage a major effort to clean it up. Rowan Quinn was at the signing at Turangawaewae marae. PKG
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BUSINESS NEWS
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OLYMPICS: The New Zealand BMX rider Sarah Walker finished fourth in today's final in Beijing. In a race punctuated by crashes Walker was well out of contention for a medal midway through the race. To telll us more is our reporter in Beijing Barry Guy. LIVE
UNDIE 500: The police are shadowing a contingent of Canterbury University students on their way to Dunedin for a weekend of hard drinking. After last year's riot the annual Undie 500 event was cancelled but a small group of students have decided to go ahead anyway. Here's Inspector Dave Campbell. PREREC
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17.30 HEADLINES
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COURTS-SECURITY: The country's top family court judge, Peter Boshier, is questioning why security is such a high priority at the gates of Parliament and at airports, but appears to be a lower priority at all types of courts. Kim Baker Wilson filed this report. PKG
THERAPY: New international research indicates that hormone replacement therapy improves quality of life for older women, by allowing them to get more sleep and enjoy a better sex life. Women abandoned HRT six years ago when two studies found it increased the risk of breast cancer, heart attacks and strokes in women in their 60s. Here's health correspondent, Karen Brown. PKG
EU-FIJI: The European Union is warning Fiji it must move quickly towards democracy if it wants to salvage a 120 million dollar assistance package for the sugar industry. The EU has reiterated the warning after the Pacific Islands Forum increased the pressure on Fiji at its summit in Nuie. Eric Frykberg reports. PKG
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WAATEA NEWS
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LANDSLIDE: The 100-thousand cubic metre slip above Queenstown's Shotover River has finally fallen. There have been efforts to dislodge the slip for the past week. Vance Boyd is the managing director of Queenstown Rafting and joins us now. LIVE
OLYMPICS: Barbara Kendall has lost her place on the International Olympic Committee Athletes' Commission after she failed to get enough votes at yesterday's election. This is the first time New Zealand hasn't been represented on the Committee. Barry Maister is secretary-general of the New Zealand Olympic Committee. PREREC
FESTIVALS: The Edinburgh fringe arts festival in Scotland comes to an end on Monday along with what has proven a very popular comic inspiration.No one has featured in more shows than the US President George W Bush. With his term in office finishing this year many of the performers are already in a kind of mourning. The BBC's David Sillito hears more. PKG