TV3 NEWS. 22/05/2006

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The Government has not returned the Waikato River to Tainui as many hoped they would to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Coronation of the Maori Queen, but Tainui negotiators are hopeful a deal is just around the corner. Scott Campbell (3 News); Helen Clark (Prime Minister); Tukoroirangi Morgan (Tainui Chairman); Parekura Horomia (Minister of Maori Affairs); Shane Jones (Labour MP).

The Jury in the case of David Konia - the man charged with the murders of Feilding pensioners Ted Ferguson and Margaret Walden - is deliberating a verdict. Amanda Gillies (3 News).

Samoa has banned the screening of controversial movie The DaVinci Code.

Taranaki Farmers have staged a noisy protest against a new dog microchipping law for local Labour MP Harry Duynhoven. Harry Duynhoven (Labour MP); Voxpop; Bryan Hocken (Taranaki Federated Farmers).

It has been an embarrassing day for the British Immigration Service, with revelations that 2000 people were incorrectly labelled criminals and that some illegal immigrants had been employed to clean the Immigration Service's offices.

A hospital emergency room in Baghdad has been used to make a documentary about the harsh realities of the war in Iraq, and there is concern that playing it in American might further weaken already low support for the US Presence in Iraq. Matthew O'Neill (Co-Director); Paula Zwillinger (Parent); John Alpert (Co-Director).