tv3 news. 06/11/2009

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The Maori Party has released a statement saying they are on the verge of disciplining MP Hone Harawira over his decision to ditch an official trip in favour of sightseeing in Paris, and sending an expletive-ridden email to a party supporter.
Hone Harawira (Maori Party, Te Tai Tokerau); Buddy Mikaere (Former Harawira Supporter); John Key (Prime Minister);

The Royal Commission into the Tongan ferry disaster has heard that earlier Fijian surveys of the Princess Ashika were highly critical of safety.

An army psychiatrist has killed 12 people at Fort Hood, Texas. US President Barack Obama says it is difficult enough to lose soldiers' lives overseas, it is absolutely horrifying to come under fire on home soil.
Lt Gen Bob Cone (Fort Hood Base Commander); Barack Obama (US President); Carrisa Picard (Fort Hood Resident);

The Foreign Minister says hope is a distant concept in Fiji at the moment as the expelled High Commissioner arrives home in NZ.
Todd Cleaver (Former Acting High Commissioner); Murray McCully (Foreign Minister);