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Checkpoint for Tuesday 13 May 2008
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Earthquake Southwestern China
5:10 PM.An earthquake measuring 7.8 in the Sichuan province of southwestern China has killed close to 10,000 people. Audio
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Closure Proposed for Oringi Meatworks
5:15 PM.450 jobs at the Oringi sheep meat plant near Dannevirke will be lost due to the closer. Audio
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Immigration Service Chief Resigns
5:20 PM.Mary Anne Thompson, has resigned following an inquiry into residency applications by three of her relatives from Kiribati. Audio
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Evening Business
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Transpower Settles With Commerce Commission
5:28 PM.Transpower has settled a long-running battle with the Commerce Commission over electricity transmission prices. Audio
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Latest Food Price Index Numbers
5:29 PM.The latest Food Price Index numbers are out, confirming the struggle to buy basic groceries. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Taxpayers May Have Subsidised Prescriptions for Tourists
5:35 PM.Consumer NZ believes taxpayers may have been subsidising pharmacy prescriptions for tourists and international students. Audio
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Kahui Murder Trial Update
5:40 PM.Revelations have been heard in court today about how the Kahui twin's mother went partying the night of her babies' tangi. Audio
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Myanmar - An International Red Cross Report
5:43 PM.New Zealander Craig Strathern is working with the International Red Cross committee in Yangon. Audio
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Waatea News
5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Marlborough Breakthrough - Turning Wastewater into Crude Oil
5:50 PM.NZ company Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation is refining its breakthrough in Marlborough of turning wastewater into crude oil. Audio
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Antarctic Ice Shelf Found to Have Melted Previously
5:56 PM.New Zealand scientists have confirmed a large part of Antarctica's ice sheet disappeared in the past. Audio
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Chinese Earthquake - NZ Embassy in Beijing
6:08 PM.The acting ambassador, Deborah Geels at the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing comments on the disaster. Audio
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Closure Proposed for Oringi Meatworks - Part 2
6:10 PM.Meat company PPCS's chief executive Keith Cooper and Tararua District Mayor Maureen Reynolds comment. Audio
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Evening Business
6:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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National Party Accuse Govt of Lying Over Rail Purchase
6:20 PM.after the Finance Minister Michael Cullen objected National's leader John Key was forced to withdraw allegation and apologise. Audio
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Pacific Peoples Pushed into Poverty From Surge in Food Prices
6:25 PM.That's the prediction from the Asian Development Bank which says Pacific countries are already feeling the rise in oil prices. Audio
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Myanmar Humanitarian Crisis
6:25 PM.The UNs Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has described Myanmar's slow response to the humanitarian crisis as 'unacceptable'. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Earthquake in China - Devastation Becoming Apparent
6:36 PM.Thousands of people now known to have died in Sichuan province. Audio
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Queen Street Rally Held to Mark Death of Student
6:43 PM.Up to 100 people have marched through downtown Auckland to remember a Takapuna Grammar student who died suddenly at Easter. Audio
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Commonwealth Keeps Fiji Suspended
6:45 PM.The Commonwealth has decided to keep Fiji suspended from the organisation. Audio
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Waatea News
6:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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More Fighting in Lebanese City of Tripoli
6:52 PM.The last week has seen the worst sectarian clashes in Lebanon since the end of the long civil war in 1990. Audio
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Israel's PM Ehud Olmert Under Investigation
6:55 PM.Will the prime minister Ehud Olmert at last be forced from office as a result of a criminal investigation? Audio
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US Supreme Court and Apartheid Claims
6:58 PM.Many victims of apartheid are seeking damages said to be worth four hundred billion dollars U.S. Audio
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Mount Ruapehu Still Uneasy
6:58 PM.Mount Ruapehu is continuing to show signs of unrest, after last September's eruption. Audio