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Checkpoint for Thursday 9 October 2008
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Civil Defence Warning System
6:56 PM.The Wellington City Council's admitting the new tsunami and civil defence warning system needs improvements. Audio
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The Shear Blacks
6:54 PM.The Shear Blacks took out four of the six titles at the World Championships - including the Golden Shears. Audio
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Best Golf Course In The World
6:52 PM.A Hawke's Bay golf course has been judged the best in the world. Audio
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Credit Reporting Survey
6:49 PM.Young New Zealanders and those on middle incomes are already being warned to curb their Christmas spending. Audio
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Waatea News
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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US Presidency Verbal Attacks
6:41 PM.The attacks are becoming more personal in the Barack Obama versus John McCain race for presidency. Audio
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Milford Sound Aircraft Numbers
6:37 PM.More than 40 airline operators have vowed to fight the Department of Conservation's plan to limit aircraft numbers into Milford Sound. Audio
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Russian Army Has Left Georgian Territory
6:35 PM.The BBC's James Rogers was in the buffer zone near South Ossetia today observing the pullout. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Redback Spiders
6:26 PM.Redback spiders look set to invade much of the country as climate change creates perfect environments for the poisonous insects. Audio
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Defence Industry Wants Free Trade
6:23 PM.The local defence industry's renewing calls for a free trade agreement with the United States. Audio
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Evening Business
6:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Auckland City Council Rugby World Cup Spend
6:17 PM.There's anger that the Auckland City Council has given initial approval to spending more than 30-million dollars on the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Audio
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Maternity Services Review (Part 2)
6:13 PM.With Dr Pat Touhy, the chief advisor of child health at the Ministry of Health. Audio
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Reserve Bank Rules Out Early Interest Rate Cut (Part 3)
6:07 PM.A senior economist at Goldman Sachs JB Were, Shamubeel Eaqub is highly critical of the Reserve Banks current strategy. Audio
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Liam Reid Trial
5:54 PM.The jury in the high court trial of Liam Reid has heard he tried to get on a boat to Australia, two days after Emma Agnew was murdered. Audio
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Waatea News
5:51 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Leaky Homes Resolution Service
5:46 PM.In the past six years, only 6 per cent of claims have been resolved by the Government's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service. Audio
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Labour Promises Worker Compensation
5:42 PM.Labour is promising to ensure that workers who are laid off receive compensation from their employers. Audio
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Winston Peters Heckled
5:38 PM.A Grey Power member in Kapiti was nearly thrown out of a meeting with Mr Peters today for persistently challenging his views. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Fiji's Military Coup Legitimised
5:30 PM.Our correspondent in Suva, Vijay Narayan, comments. Audio
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Evening Business
5:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Evers-Swindell Retire
5:20 PM.It's the end of a golden era for the Olympic rowing champions Georgina and Caroline Evers-Swindell. Audio
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Maternity Services Review
5:15 PM.A hard-hitting review into maternity services in Wellington is calling for major changes nationwide. Audio
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Reserve Bank Rules Out Early Interest Rate Cut (Part2)
5:10 PM.With our economics correspondent Nigel Stirling. Audio
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Reserve Bank Rules Out Early Interest Rate Cut
5:07 PM.National Party leader John Key today increased the pressure on the Bank saying it should cut rates sooner rather than later. Audio