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Checkpoint for Wednesday 10 September 2008
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Large Hadron Collider (Part 2)
6:55 PM.The proposed experiment has resulted in a court case to stop it and even death threats to some of those involved. Audio
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Opera and Orchestra Life-Line
6:51 PM.The New Zealand Opera and the Auckland Philharmonia have been thrown a one-hundred an eighty-thousand dollar life-line. Audio
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Waatea News
6:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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APRA Silver Scroll Awards
6:46 PM.Radio New Zealand's Music 101 presenter Kirsten Johnstone is at the ceremony. Audio
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Floods Across West Africa
6:44 PM.From the Ghanaian capital Accra the BBC's West Africa correspondent Will Ross reports. Audio
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Russia and United States Tit-for-Tat
6:41 PM.The Bush administration cancelled a much vaunted nuclear co-operation deal with Russia because of its actions in Georgia. Audio
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National's Housing Policy
6:38 PM.There's criticism from the Pacific community that National's housing policy to fails to address the issue of affordability. Audio
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Tourism Industry Wish List
6:35 PM.Rugby World Cup 2011 is the top priority in an election wish list presented to the government by the tourism industry today. Audio
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Sports News
6:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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China
6:24 PM.For the latest news from China, we are joined by our correspondent in Shanghai, Quentin Sommerville. Audio
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Evening Business
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Skin Shortage
6:17 PM.American skin is being imported to graft on to New Zealand burns victims because of a shortage here. Audio
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Australia's Defence Policy
6:12 PM.Professor Hugh White says there seems to be some confusion in the government's ranks on the issue. Audio
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Labour Party President Mike Williams
6:07 PM.Mike Williams is sticking to his story on the NZ First donations row despite being called a liar by Owen Glenn. Audio
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Race on for Japan's PM
5:58 PM.In Japan the race to succeed the Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda who resigned last week is now underway. Audio
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Contamination of Waikato Waterways
5:53 PM.Dr Peter Singleton is from Environment Waikato. Audio
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Emissions Trading Scheme
5:50 PM.Parliament has just gone into urgency this evening, to pass a number of bills including the Emissions Trading Scheme. Audio
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Waatea News
5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Terms of Trade
5:44 PM.Falling dairy prices are being blamed for the fall in the country's second quarter terms of trade. Audio
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North Korean Leader
5:40 PM.Conflicting reports are emerging about the state of health of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-IL. Audio
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Inland Revenue Investigation
5:36 PM.Inland Revenue is looking into all the cases handled by a junior investigator who today pleaded guilty to corruption. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Large Hadron Collider
5:28 PM.Later this evening, the world's most powerful physics experiment will fire up after three decades of preparation. Audio
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Labour Releases National Party Policy
5:25 PM.It's the 4th National policy to be released by the Government which says its being drip-fed the party's confidential documents. Audio
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Evening Business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Dominion Finance in Receivership
5:16 PM.Dominion Finance has been placed into receivership after more than 50 years in business. Audio
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Owen Glenn Launches Attack (Part 2)
5:10 PM.With our Political Editor Brent Edwards. Audio
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Owen Glenn Launches Attack
5:07 PM.Owen Glenn launched a vitriolic attack on the Prime Minister, the Labour Party and its President today. Audio