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Checkpoint for Wednesday 28 May 2008
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'Air Apparent' Unlikely to be Salvaged
6:58 PM.Skipper Bill Heritage comments on the fate of his vessel. Audio
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British Truckie Protest
6:55 PM.In Britain, truckies have staged a big protest over the rising price of diesel. Audio
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Pro Democracy Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi
6:52 PM.It's 18 years to the day since Aung San Suu Kyi won the country's last general election. Audio
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Waatea News
6:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Beijing Correspondent
6:44 PM.Amanda Morgan reports from China on more aftershocks and thousands of people being re-located. Audio
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Nepal Republic
6:38 PM.Nepal's recent elections swept aside pro-monarchy groups and brought in the Maoist former rebels as the biggest party. Audio
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DoC Cost Cutting Announced Today
6:36 PM.Environmentalists fear a worsening of what they say are urgent environmental problems. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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New Zealand's First Transport Accord
6:28 PM.Transport Accord was signed in Christchurch today. Audio
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The Rule Against Double Jeopardy
6:28 PM.National's Simon Power and Acting Minister of Justice Rick Baker comment. Audio
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Evening Business
6:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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US Housing Values Fallen 14 Percent This First Quarter
6:10 PM.That's a rate five times faster than during the last housing downturn in the late 1990s. Audio
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Vietnam Veteran Apology - An historian's view
6:05 PM.War historian Ian Mcgibbon comments on the apology. Audio
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Twins Seperated at Birth Re-United 28 Years Later
5:58 PM.Born in the Canary Islands, they grew up in different families following a mix-up in the maternity ward. Audio
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Clayton Weatherston Trial
5:55 PM.More from Dunedin on the murder of Sophie Elliott. Audio
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The Vessel Air Apparent Found
5:53 PM.The 8-metre yacht abandoned by its crew has been found more than two months later. Audio
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Waatea News
5:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Vietnam Vet Apology
5:47 PM.Jim Delahunty was a member of the anti-war coalition, Committee on Vietnam. Audio
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Muliaga Coroner's Inquest
5:43 PM.Our reporter Lisa Thompson has been at the inquest. Audio
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Winter Deaths
5:40 PM.Otago University researchers have found 16-hundred more people die between June and September than at any other time of year. Audio
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Green Fraud - Investor Jailed
5:36 PM.A Nelson District Court Judge said Warren Russell Green had betrayed friends and the community and left many victims devastated. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Evening Business
5:28 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Man Posing As a Police Officer in Onehunga
5:28 PM.Four times in the last few weeks a man posing as a detective has arrived on the doorstep of Onehunga women. Audio
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Luxury Lodge Conference Not a"Good Look", Admits Minister
5:20 PM.The National Party has sought to further embarrass the government over the Housing New Zealand conference controversy. Audio
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Contact Energy Re-Boots Power Plant
5:15 PM.Contact Energy is re-booting part of its asbestos contaminated power station in New Plymouth. Audio
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Parliament Delivers Apology to Vietnam Veterans
5:05 PM.Helen Clark has delivered a Crown apology in Parliament to over 3000 Vietnam veterans. Audio