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Checkpoint for Wednesday 13 February 2008
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UNICEF's Humanitarian Appeal For 2008
6:58 PM.The BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva.. Audio
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The Mosquito That Stops Loitering
6:55 PM.There's a new device on the market in Britain which its claimed stops young people from loitering near shops and pubs. Audio
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London Congestion Charge
6:53 PM.Since 2003, London drivers have had to pay around 20 NZ dollars a day to drive through the city centre. Audio
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Cartoons Featuring The Prophet Mohammed
6:51 PM.Police in Denmark have arrested three men on suspicion of plotting to murder one of the cartoonists. Audio
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Waatea News
6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Kosovo Will Declare Independence From Serbia
6:47 PM.However Serbia's government intends to annul the independence proclamation tomorrow before Kosovo's declaration. Audio
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Obesity Epidemic Across The Pacific Region
6:42 PM.In parts of the Pacific up to 60 percent of the adult population are said to be obese. Audio
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Proposal To Process And Market NZ Red Meat
6:37 PM.In a radical proposal a single body could be set up to handle the processing and marketing of eighty percent of NZ red meat. Audio
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Sports News
6:34 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Katherine Rich Resignation (Part 2)
6:26 PM.Mrs Rich told our parliamentary chief reporter Jane Patterson that the decision was not easy. Audio
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Correspondence School Restructuring Again
6:20 PM.Gael Woods reports on why the Correspondence School is undergoing its fourth restructure in ten years. Audio
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Australia's Prime Minister Has Apologised (Part 3)
6:12 PM.Professor Ann McGrath is the Director of the Australian Centre for Indigenous History at the Australian National University. Audio
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Australia's Prime Minister Has Apologised (Part 2)
6:06 PM.ABC's political correspondent Louise Yaxley is at Parliament house in Canberra for what has been an historic day. Audio
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Murder Trial In Gisborne
5:57 PM.38 year old Paul Cameron from Gisborne is on trial for killing an Indian overstayer Balwinder Singh. Audio
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Blue Chip Franchise In Liquidation
5:54 PM.19 companies associated with the New Zealand franchise of the Australian company, Blue Chip have gone into liquidation. Audio
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Unworkable Building Consent Laws
5:50 PM.The mayor of the Far North District says councils are struggling with unworkable building consent laws. Audio
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Waatea News
5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Three More Decisive Victories For Barack Obama
5:45 PM.Success today for Barack Obama in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Audio
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Health And Disability Commissioner (Part 2)
5:37 PM.With Health Minister David Cunliffe. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Oldest Immigrant Arrives
5:28 PM.102 year old Eric King-Turner, rates arriving in Wellington this morning as one of the most memorable occasions of his life. Audio
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Katherine Rich Resignation
5:21 PM.Mrs Rich was elected in 1999, and until today was the party's education spokeswoman. Audio
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Health And Disability Commissioner
5:14 PM.The Health and Disability Commissioner says our hospitals are unacceptably unsafe and the health system lacks national leadership. Audio
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Australia's Prime Minister Has Apologised
5:07 PM.Zita Wallace was part of a group who helped draft today's apology and was in parliament listening to the historic speech. Audio