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6:00 Top Stories for Friday 8 March 2019 6:06 Sports News for 8 March 2019 6:15 Maori, Pasifika experience isolation, bias in health policy 6:18 Lithium battery suspected in Thames recycling plant fire 6:21 Early Business News for 8 March 2019 6:25 Morning Rural News for 8 March 2019 6:40 Labour blocking China expert from select committee, National says 6:43 Chronic pain costly, destructive, widespread - doctors 6:50 Business News for 8 March 2019 7:06 Sports News for 8 March 2019 7:10 Doctors call for action on chronic pain crisis 7:13 Firefighters want blood tested for toxic chemicals 7:16 Labour blocks China expert on foreign interference committee 7:20 Drysdale looks at rowing for Fiji in bid to get to Olympics 7:25 Tax group chair Sir Michael Cullen still being paid $1000 a day 7:27 Auckland ferry service branded a 'disgrace' 7:36 Police respond to questions over road policing commitment 7:43 Jihadi brides should be allowed to return - Helen Clark 7:51 Queenstown levy: Tourists say they'll go elsewhere 7:53 Auckland Arts Festival opens 8:06 Sports News for 8 March 2019 8:11 Huawei takes legal action against US government 8:19 Illegal cannabis growers want in on legal market 8:24 Investigation ordered in Skypath bridge row 8:31 Markets Update for 8 March 2019 8:36 Kaitaia police determined to find baby Maree killer 8:40 Samoa First Party sparks outrage with proposed Chinese ban 8:52 Can Whangarei cope with the Hundertwasser hordes? 8:56 Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
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