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Checkpoint for Friday 4 April 2008
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More Centres to Cope With Baby Boom
6:57 PM.Urgent need for more centres to cope with children from the baby boom in Manukau City. Audio
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Waatea News
6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 4 April 2008
6:38 PM.This week, Danya Levy, looks at the personal toll politics takes on MPs and their families. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Land Central to Israeli-Palestinian conflict
6:28 PM.Most are on settlements, regarded as illegal under international law. Audio
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Serious Challenge for Mayor of London
6:25 PM.For the first time in 8 years there's a serious challenge to the rule of the mayor of London Ken Livingstone. Audio
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Wind Farm May be Built at Scott Base
6:21 PM.A wind farm to help power Scott Base in Antarctica is closer to becoming a reality. Audio
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Biodiesel Producers to Build up Local Production
6:16 PM.A select committee is considering a law that would see all fuels required to contain some biofuel from July. Audio
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Estate Agency's Slowest March in a Decade
6:12 PM.Barfoot and Thompson says house sales last month fell by more than half compared with the same month last year. Audio
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Tense Wait for Zimbabwe
6:07 PM.The tense wait continues for Zimbabwe, where leaders of the ruling Zanu PF party are due to hold a crisis meeting later today. Audio
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Medsafe Warn Clinics About Lipodissolve
5:56 PM.Medsafe is warning cosmetic surgery clinics to stop advertising a fat-busting injection . Audio
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Birthday Cake Ban
5:54 PM.Oteha Valley School is introducing the ban under the National Administration Guidelines, which will take effect in June. Audio
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Waatea News
5:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Vladimir Putin to Attend Nato Summit
5:46 PM.The outgoing leader is attending his first meeting of the NATO-Russia council. Audio
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Sir Geoffrey Cox Dies
5:43 PM.A NZer who was praised for bringing about a revolution in British television journalism has died. Audio
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NZ Super Fund to Divest From Cluster Bomb Firms
5:39 PM.The Government's working on an internationally binding treaty on the weapons. Audio
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Equine Influenza Scare
5:28 PM.Clive Gower-Collins from MAF Biosecurity talks with Julian Robins. Audio
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Evening Business
5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Six St Pauls College Students Suspended
5:21 PM.Six students at an Auckland high school have been suspended for fighting, after a video was posted on the YouTube. Audio
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Zimbabwe's Zanu PF Party to Hold Crisis Meeting
5:16 PM.The leadership of Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu PF party is due to hold a crisis meeting later today. Audio
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Iwi Present Settlement Proposal to Crown
5:12 PM.Little change out of half a billion dollars Minister Michael Cullen says. Audio
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House Sales Slump
5:07 PM.Auckland's biggest real estate agency Barfoot and Thompson says sales volumes last month were the lowest in a decade. Audio