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Checkpoint for Wednesday 12 March 2008
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Mother Desperate To Save Her Baby's Life
5:06 PM.An 18 year old mother has been told she is too young to donate part of her own liver to her ten month old baby girl. Audio
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Too Many Paper Shufflers
5:12 PM.John Key says the number of bureacrats has grown from more than 26 thousand to 36 thousand since 2000. Audio
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Missing Climber Found
5:19 PM.The body of the missing climber Alan Leslie Beck has been found on Mount Aspiring today. Audio
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Heritage Homes
5:23 PM.The Auckland City Council has been forced to put on hold plans which would have removed protection from some heritage homes. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Housing Market Stalled
5:36 PM.Murray Cleland is the Real Estate Institute's National President. Audio
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New Zealander Caught With Preserved Body
5:40 PM.Police officers found the body of Stephen David Royd's girlfriend, preserved in dry ice in his Los Angeles hotel room. Audio
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Doctor Death Arrested
5:43 PM.One of Dr Patel's former patients in Queensland is Beryl Crosby - she been outspoken on behalf of other of his victims. Audio
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Waatea News
5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Campaign for Better Transport
5:51 PM.More than ten thousand people are backing the push for a rail link from Auckland city to the airport. Audio
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Commander Quits Early
5:54 PM.The commander of United States forces in the Middle East and Afghanistan, Admiral William Fallon, has quit his post early. Audio
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ASB Polyfest
5:57 PM.9000 competitors from schools across Auckland will compete at the ASB Polyfest cultural competition in Manukau City. Audio
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Key Promises To Scrap Agricultural Research Fund
6:06 PM.John Key is sticking to his argument that only the interest earned by the fund would be spent on research. Audio
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Too Many Paper Shufflers (Part 2)
6:09 PM.The Public Service Association says National's plans to halt growth in the public sector is unworkable. Audio
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Herceptin Ultimatum
6:16 PM.Campaigners for the breast-cancer drug, Herceptin, have issued an ultimatum to the government in election year. Audio
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Whanganui District Health Board
6:23 PM.National MPs on Parliament's health select committee got their chance to grill the DHB today, and were extremely sceptical. Audio
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Jose Ramos Horta
6:27 PM.East Timor's President has spoken publicly for the first time since he was shot outside his home in Dili more than a month ago. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Mother Desperate To Save Her Baby's Life (Part 2)
6:36 PM.With Chief Medical Officer David Galler. The council, ministry officials and surgeons are in discussions now about the case. Audio
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Annual Report On Human Rights
6:40 PM.The study was compiled with the help of American embassies using information given by governments, NGOs, academics and the media. Audio
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Fiji's Human Rights Commission
6:42 PM.A United Nations report has questioned the independence of Fiji's Human Rights Commission. Audio
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Waatea News
6:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Tell The Truth Coalition
6:49 PM.An Australian anti-abortion group in Victoria is refusing to apologise for mailing out a graphic pamphlet. Audio
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Commander Quits Early (Part 2)
6:52 PM.The top U.S. military commander has quit over reports he was at odds with the Bush administration. Audio
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Doctor Death Arrested (Part 2)
6:55 PM.It's 3 years since Dr. Jayant Patel was first publicly accused of malpractice in Queensland. Audio