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Checkpoint for Friday 27 June 2008
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US Education Budget Cuts
6:57 PM.In California a budget deficit of over twenty billion dollars US, means reductions in public services are looming. Audio
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Waatea News
6:53 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus On Politics for 27 June 2008
6:40 PM.This week Brent Edwards looks at the new impetus in settling Treaty of Waitangi claims. Audio
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Streetlight Poles Potentially 'Live' on Kapiti Coast
6:36 PM.Kapiti coast district council says a child reportedly got a shock from a pole in Riwai Street, Paraparaumu this morning. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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New Unicef Ambassador Has Kick
6:28 PM.The actor and martial arts expert, Jackie Chan, has been visiting East Timor to meet some of the nation's youth groups. Audio
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US Credit Crunch Effects World Markets
6:24 PM.The share market mauling experienced in the past day's trading in the United States has spread to other markets. Audio
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Chistchurch Fires
6:21 PM.The police say there will extra patrols in place after a spate of car fires in Christchurch over the past two nights. Audio
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Evening Business
6:18 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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An Exclusive Economic Zone Bill
6:15 PM.Green says legislation intended to safeguard ocean ecosystems is weak and a massive back down by the Labour Government. Audio
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Zimbabwe Polling Continued
6:11 PM.As voting gets underway Robert Mugabe still says there can be no interference in his country even from the African Union. Audio
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Jamieson Case Continued
6:09 PM.The police have charged a man with the 2001 murder of Marie Jamieson and they're not ruling out further arrests. Audio
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Possible Recession Continued
6:07 PM.Statistics NZ says the gross domestic product declined 0.3 percent in the March quarter. Audio
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Possible Explanation For Lopsided Planet
5:55 PM.New research suggests a giant asteroid hit the planet Mars 4bllion years ago creating a giant crater. Audio
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Auckland Mayor John Banks
5:51 PM.The Mayor of Auckland City says his ratepayers and won't readily be contributing more towards the Rugby World Cup. Audio
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Internet Revolution
5:48 PM.New possibilities have opened up in cyberspace, with the announcement of a revolution in the management of domain names. Audio
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Waatea News
5:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Shiloh Rickard Sentenced To 17 Years
5:41 PM.Rickard murdered a Dunedin mother, attacked her sister and sparked a 36 hour manhunt last July. Audio
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Kerry Prendergast
5:37 PM.Wgtn public may be at greater risk after the council decided to give owners more time to earthquake-proof their buildings. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Zimbabwe Prepares To Vote
5:27 PM.Polling stations are opening for the run-off presidential election that's been condemned by the international community. Audio
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Evening Business
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Hastings Hikoi
5:19 PM.More than 2000 people took part in an 8km long hikoi to express their opposition to gang violence in the community. Audio
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Charges Laid Over Jamieson Case
5:15 PM.A 51 year old sickness beneficiary appeared in court today charged with murdering and raping Marie Jamieson in 2001. Audio
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Economy Inches Closer To Recession
5:05 PM.Latest figures show economic activity shrunk by point-three percent in the first three months of this year. Audio