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Waitangi – CAA- Chechnya – Chile – WINZ - Smoking
WAITANGI: Dover Sammuels says the PM has still to decide whether she will attend Waitangi Day celebrations at Waitangi. Sammuels says that Titewhai Harawira’s plan to challenge the PM’s right to speak has galvanised Maori.
CAA: The Aviation Industry Association says it is confident it is working with the CAA to address concerns in a report about CAA competence.
CHECHNYA: Rebel fighters in Chechnya claim to be holding back Russian advances around Grozny. Russian Acting President Vladimir Putin says that his forces will win the war and civilians will not become victims.
CHILE: Chile is voting for the first time in a second ballot presidential run off. Lavin vs Lagos.
WINZ: The government has asked the State Services Commission for a report on a confidential out of court payment made to a staff member of WINZ sacked over the aircraft chartering row.
SMOKING: Director of ASH says she is very positive about the PM’s plans to talk about suing the tobacco industry.
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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