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Checkpoint for Friday 20 June 2008
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Oil Producers and Consumers to Meet Over Climbing Oil Prices
6:53 PM.Oil producers and consumers are going to meet in a few days time to talk about the ever climbing price of oil. Audio
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Focus On Politics for 20 June 2008
6:45 PM.Focus On Politics for 20 June 2008. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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NZ Peace Activist Assaulted as he was Deported
6:28 PM.The New Zealand peace activist Harmeet Sooden says he was assaulted as he was deported from Israel. Audio
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Health Checks for Indigenous Australian Children Under Way
6:23 PM.Those checks were due to be completed at the end of this month, but only around 64 per cent of those children have been seen. Audio
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Chinese Authorities Still Trying to Cope
6:14 PM.Nearly six million Chinese have been affected by the region's worst flooding in decades. Audio
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Criminal Justice System Changes Set in Motion
6:11 PM.Far reaching changes to the criminal justice system have been set in motion with legislation. Audio
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Ratepayers Should Not Have to Pay For Scheme
6:07 PM.Nick Leggett says the scheme which would see gang members clearing scrub is unnecessary. Audio
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Electricity Saving
5:54 PM.There has been a two-point-five percent power saving in the past week, compared to the same week a year ago. Audio
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Financial Crisis For Tasman Rugby Union
5:49 PM.The Marlborough District Council may intervene to avert a financial crisis threatening the future of the Tasman Rugby Union. Audio
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Waatea News
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Defence Has Closed its Case of Catholic Clergyman
5:46 PM.73 year old St John of God Brother , Rodger Maloney, has been defending 23 charges of sexually abusing boys. Audio
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Police Mourning Loss of Senior Officer
5:44 PM.The Police Force is mourning the loss of one of its most senior officers, Superintendent Steve Fitzgerald. Audio
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Violence Mounting in Zimbabwe
5:43 PM.With just over a week to go until the run-off presidential election in Zimbabwe, the death toll is mounting. Audio
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Two People Dead After Boating Accident
5:36 PM.Two people are dead and three others have been injured in a boating accident in Picton's Waikawa Bay. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Foreign Minister Ruffles Feathers in the Pacific
5:29 PM.Winston Peters has ruffled the feathers of leaders from around the Pacific, by comparing Pacific men to parading peacocks. Audio
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Gang Tenions High in Invercargill
5:27 PM.Tensions are high in Invercargill after a suspicious fire gutted the Road Knights gang headquarters. Audio
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Evening Business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Boys Playing With Matches Believed to Have Sparked Fire
5:22 PM.A fatal house fire in Northland appears to have started in a child's bedroom after two boys were playing with matches. Audio
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Pacific Academic Says Bioethics Report Opens Door
5:19 PM.A Pacific academic says the Bioethics Council report on pre-birth testing opens the door for the elimination of genes. Audio
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Allegations 'Sexual'
5:16 PM.Auckland police have revealed the allegations surrounding 4 members of the England rugby team are sexual. Audio
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Three Men in Custody Over Car Park Hit and Run
5:11 PM.Joanne Wang died from head injuries inflicted as she attempted to stop a man from escaping in a vehicle with her stolen handbag. Audio
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Police and Corrections Grow Worried
5:07 PM.The return of the document was promised last night but this did not eventuate. Audio