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1700 to 1707 NEWS
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TONGA RIOT: First to Tonga where six people are dead and the government has declared a state of emergency following the mass burning and looting of the capital yesterday. Armed police and security officers are guarding the capital's central area and the goverment has given sweeping powers to the country's security forces. This morning police discovered six bodies in the wreckage of an office building. New Zealanders are currently unable to leave Tonga - flights have been cancelled because of the security situation at the Nuku'alofa airport. For the latest on the crisis and the security forces new powers here's our correspondent in Tonga Mateni Tapueluelu. PREREC
New Zealand's High Commissioner in Tonga is Michael McBryde. PREREC
BRASH EMAILS: National's leader Don Brash has obtained a High Court order preventing the publication or distribution of any emails stolen from his computer. A number of emails, including correspondence between Dr Brash and the Business Roundtable, and American political lobbyists, have already been made public. Dr Brash says as he's unaware of who is in possesion of any other emails, the interim injunction is in the name of 'Jane and John Doe'. He says he's acted because of a rumour going around Parliament that a 'book' of his personal emails would be published before Christmas. PREREC
STADIUM AUCKLAND: The time frame for the Rugby World Cup stadium has been finalised with the announcement today that the Tourmanent will take place in September-October 2011. This comes as the Rugby World Cup Minister stepped up his waterfront venue charm-offensive - by meeting Opposition MPs in Auckland. Sally Wenley reports on the latest developments. PKGE
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1720 BUSINESS NEWS WITH SEAN KENNEDY
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1730 HEADLINES
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SPORTS NEWS WITH DAVID REID
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TONGA RIOT (2): Back to the Tongan crisis now, which has been raised at the APEC leaders conference in Hanoi. Our political editor Brent Edwards is there, he's with us now. LIVE
WEATHER WET: It's set to be a soggy start to the weekend in many parts of the country, with civil defence teams around Wellington on standby for heavy rain. The Met Service says up to 100 milimetres of rain could fall in the upper South Island, Wellington and Tararua ranges tonight. And in an already wet Wellington region, emergency management crews are keeping a close eye on river levels.
Our reporter Kate Williamson has the latest, and she joins us now. LIVE
POKIE THEFT: An Auckland brothel owner convicted of stealing thousands of dollars worth of pokie machine profits has been sentenced to 20 months jail in the Auckland District Court this morning. 63 year old Donald Russell Jones was a joint owner of Sophie's Massage Parlour in central Auckland, where Scottwood Trust operated several gaming machines. In the first case of its kind under the Gambling Act 2003, he was found guilty of failing to bank 140-thousand-dollars worth of profits from the machines in June. The Director of Gambling Compliance Mike Hill joins us now. LIVE
TONGA RIOT (3) With the latest now on Tonga we join our correspondent Mateni Tapueluelu. LIVE
POLICE ROBBERY: Wellington police are seeking the public's help in finding a man who drove madly through the central city this morning, sometimes driving down streets the wrong way, after robbing a central city New Zealand Post branch. Detective Sergeant Warwick McKee says the man threatened staff at the Marion Street Postshop with a pistol, which may have been an imitation, demanding cash. He was then seen making his getaway in a dark green Subaru stolen from the suburb of Newtown yesterday. Detective Sergeant Warwick McKee joins us now. LIVE
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WAATEA NEWS WITH ERU REREKURA
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FRIEDMAN OBIT: The man who coined the phrase, "there's no such thing as a free lunch" has died. The Nobel prize-winning US economist Milton Friedman passed away in San Francisco aged 94. Known as the high priest of monetarism, his ideas gained popularity in the 1980s when they influenced the policies of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. He was born in New York to immigrant parents and went on to become one of the world' s most influential economic thinkers. Here's the ABC's Kim Landers: PKGE
Closer to home, Dr Friedman was a fan of New Zealand's 1989 Reserve Bank Act which gave the institution more independence from the government, and removed politicians from day to day involvement in setting interest rates. The Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard says Dr Friedman was one of the last of the "rock-star" economists. PREREC
HUTT BOOZING: Upper Hutt schools that are sick of cleaning up after teenage boozefests are dealing with the problem head-on. 21 principals have signed a pact with police, which means if people are seen with alcohol on site - officers can immediately remove them under the Trespass Act. But the teachers' tipple is safe. Natalie Mankelow, went to Silverstream school - and filed this report. PKGE
PLAY STATION: Sony's latest offering to gamers: the Playstation three is about to go on sale in the United States. But there are concerns there won't be enough to go around after shortages developed during the console's first outing in Japan. But that hasn't stopped huge interest. Jeremy Cook visited one growing queue of dedicated shoppers in New York, and sent this report: PKGE
US IRAQ RAPE: An American soldier has been sentenced to life in jail for his part in what's been described as one of the worst in a series of alleged attacks on Iraqi civilians by American soldiers. The incident involved the rape of a teenaged girl and her killing, along with the rest of her family, in an Iraqi village earlier this year. The American soldier avoided the death penalty by agreeing to testify against other soldiers, who have also been accused of being involved. More from James Westhead in Washington. PKGE
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1800 to 1807 NEWS
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TONGA RIOT (4): The Tongan government has declared a state of emergency and damage from yesterday's looting and burning is likely to run into millions of dollars. The power is out on the main island Tongatapu and armed soldiers and police are enforcing a curfew in the capital. The government has given sweeping powers to the country's security forces and this morning police discovered six bodies in the wreckage of an office building. The crisis in Tonga highlights the struggle many Pacific people have faced in their fight for democracy. To get a broader perspective on why so many Pacific countries have found this such a difficult transition we're joined by Dr Robert Ayson, Director of the Australian National University's Strategic Studies Centre. LIVE
AUSTRALIA PATERNITY: The Australian Prime Minister has backed a push to consider a law change giving fathers the automatic right to test their children to establish paternity. The move follows a high profile case last week involving Liam McGill, who separated from his wife in 1992, and paid child support for three children for eight years until DNA tests revealed that only one of the children was his. The court ruled that Mr McGill was not entitled to a damages award to cover pain and suffering. The ABC's Sabra Lane has the details. PKGE
FRANCE SOCIALISTS: Will France witness a Royal revolution and vote in its first woman president - Segolene Royal? Today, the 53-year-old became the Socialists' candidate for when Parisians go to the polls next April. Nina Robinson has been taking the political temperature in a Paris suburb, which has been the scene of riots - and filed this report. PKGE
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1820 BUSINESS NEWS WITH SEAN KENNEDY
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1830 HEADLINES
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SPORTS NEWS WITH STEPHEN HEWSON
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FOCUS ON POLITICS: Julian Robins looks at whether it's time to reform Auckland's local body arrangements as local leaders fail to agree on the site of a World Cup stadium - Eden Park or the waterfront. The staduim issue has exposed once and for all just how fragmented the Auckland region's local government structure is - as mayor after mayor and councillor after councillor, waded into the debate. PKGE
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WAATEA NEWS
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