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National Radio Midday Bulletin
Election Day - Four of the leaders of five main parties have already cast their votes and Richard Prebble is urging others to turn out and vote as are other party leaders, who made brief comments.
Election Day - An election official says polling booths have been busy despite bad weather in some areas.
Murder - A 53 year old woman has appeared in court in connection with the death of a Samo
Polio - An immunisation lobby group says a recent incident shows vaxines aren't safe. A woman contracted polio after her child was immunised.
Chechnya - Russia has carried out one of its heaviest bombardments so far on Chechnya.
Museum - Wellington has a second new museum on the waterfront. The museum looks at Wellington on land and see.
Mining Accident - The bodies of four men killed in a mining accident in New South Wales are to be recovered today.
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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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