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Security expert on Iran president's demand for foreign forces to leave region
16 Jan 2020Iran's president has warned all foreign forces should leave the Middle East, or they "may be in danger".
Tensions are high following a series of events in the region, beginning with the death of… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 16 January 2020
16 Jan 2020Former world discus champion Beatrice Faumuina says she wants to give something back after being appointed to the board of Sport New Zealand. Faumuina represented New Zealand at four Olympic and five… Read more Audio
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A protest of epic proportions: a tandem ride to Parliament
16 Jan 2020A couple on a tandem bike towing a coffin from Invercargill to Wellington are about halfway on their journey to protest the drug-buying agency Pharmac's budget.
Julian and Camilla Cox, on behalf of… Read more Audio
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Students loving wananga set up to protect Ngapuhi dialect
16 Jan 2020A week-long wananga aiming to protect the unique Ngapuhi mita or dialect will come to an end today. Te Taumata Wananga reo, which began on Sunday, has seen some of Te Tai Tokerau's most reknown te reo… Read more Audio
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The deal is done: US/China tit for tat reaches a truce
16 Jan 2020Part one of a deal aimed at de-escalating the tit for tat tariff war between China and the US has been signed in Washington.
The countries have been locked in a bitter trade battle for about 18… Read more Audio
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Gender scales tipped to female majority with Beatrice Faumuinā's appointment
16 Jan 2020New Zealand's former champion discus-thrower, Beatrice Faumuina, has been appointed to the Sport New Zealand Board. Faumuina's appointment to the role tips the gender scales creating a 5- 4 female… Read more Audio
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Russia's PM resigns, Putin announces changes to stay in power
16 Jan 2020Russia's government has resigned and President Vladimir Putin has proposed sweeping constitutional changes that could prolong his stay in power in a series of unexpected moves in Moscow overnight.
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US House Speaker names prosecutors in Trump's Impeachment
16 Jan 2020A vote to send the impeachment charges against the US President, Donald Trump, to the Senate has passed.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named the seven Democrats who will act as prosecutors in… Read more Audio
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US report shows 2019 second-warmest year on record
16 Jan 2020Last year was the world's second-warmest in 140 years of record-keeping, according to a newly-published government report out of the United States.
The figures have also confirmed the last decade is… Read more Audio
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New figures show Maori babies are five times more likely to be taken into state care
16 Jan 2020Newborn Māori babies are five times more likely to be taken into state care than non-Māori babies - and they are more likely to be taken using urgent court orders.
The Children's Commissioner has… Read more Audio
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Case files show state knew of 1960s rape allegations
16 Jan 2020A Masterton woman who says she was beaten and raped in state care has been shocked to discover that social services knew about her abusive situation at the time.
Jan Lowe, who is now 70, was sent to… Read more Audio
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Latest on Middle East unrest
16 Jan 2020The Iranian president has hit back against Britain, France and Germany after they triggered an unprecedented bid to curb Iran's nuclear programme, by warning European soldiers "may be in danger" if… Read more Audio
