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Checkpoint for Friday 15 August 2008
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Zany Gadgets
6:58 PM.A self-pouring teapot and a moustache protector are among dozens of odd gadgets that've gone on display at the British Library. Audio
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Waatea News
6:55 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus On Politics for 15 August
6:42 PM.This week, Chris Bramwell takes a look at political marketing aimed at the voting public. Audio
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Residents Out Of Loop
6:26 PM.Residents of aging Wellington City Council owned flats say they're being left in the dark over a planned refurbishment project. Audio
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Israeli Group Continues Manufacturing Weapons
6:24 PM.Israeli Group the Popular Resistance Committees continues to build rockets despite truce with Hamas. Audio
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Evening Business Update
6:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Russia Remains In Georgia
6:17 PM.Our correspondent, Paul Rimple, is in Tblisi, and describes the situation there. Audio
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Calls For Housing Affordability
6:06 PM.A Select Committee has recommended the Government take steps to make housing more affordable. Audio
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Bungy Record Broken
5:59 PM.An Auckland man has just broken the world record for the most bungy jumps in 24 hours. Audio
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Montenegro's Games Debut
5:55 PM.Montenegro is competing as an Olympic nation for the first time since becoming a sovereign state two years ago. Audio
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China Terror Attacks
5:53 PM.There have been three terror attacks this month in China's ethnically divided province of Xinjiang. Audio
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Bring On The Whitebait
5:50 PM.Our Taranaki reporter Craig Ashworth checked out how went the first day of whitebaiting season. Audio
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Candidate Clinton
5:48 PM.Hillary Clinton will be symbolically put forward as a presidential candidate at the Democratic convention later this month. Audio
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Waatea News
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Rice To Visit Georgia
5:39 PM.Condoleezza Rice will arrive in Georgia overnight to secure Tbilisi's signature to a French-brokered peace deal with Moscow. Audio
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Police Confident Of Arrest
5:35 PM.The police investigating the killing of a South Auckland teenager say they're confident of an arrest soon. Audio
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Sports News
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Olympic Update
5:27 PM.With all the action from Beijing is our correspondent Stephen Hewson. Audio
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More Weather Woes
5:23 PM.The Metservice forecasts a severe front to pass over the North Island tonight, bringing heavy rain, snow and gale-force winds. Audio
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Evening Business
5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Households Tightens Belts
5:16 PM.In a futher sign of recession households have driven down the volume of retail sales for a second successive quarter. Audio
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Tramping Guide Tribute
5:12 PM.The Prime Minister has given an account of how her skiing party tried to save the life of her friend, Gottlieb Braun-Elwert. Audio
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Further Signs of Recession
5:12 PM.Infometrics economist Mathew Nolan discusses slowing retail figures. Audio
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Rescue Efforts Hampered By Weather
5:06 PM.Atrocious weather and extreme avalanche risk is hampering efforts to find six Australian trampers in the Mt Cook area. Audio