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Checkpoint for Wednesday 28 January 2009
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John Updike dies
6:58 PM.The American author John Updike has died at the age of 76 of lung cancer. Audio
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Ak road tolls
6:56 PM.Motorists who have tried to pay cash for the use of the Northern Gateway toll road are saying it's more trouble than it's worth. Audio
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UN food aid
6:53 PM.The United Nations Secretary General has called on rich countries to do more to help the world's hungry. Audio
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Cholera in Zimbabwe
6:50 PM.The ABC's Africa correspondent Andrew Geoghan reports. Audio
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Waatea news
6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Obama economy stimulus
6:44 PM.The U.S. President Barack Obama has been meeting opposition lawmakers in Washington. Audio
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Sri-Lankan conflict
6:41 PM.The Red Cross says a quarter of a million people in north-eastern Sri Lanka are trapped in a small combat zone. Audio
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Fiji election date demand
6:38 PM.A demand for Fiji to set an election date has been met with both relief and sceptism by the Fiji community in this country. Audio
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Sports News
6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Economic Hui
6:27 PM.Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples joins us to discuss the Hui. Audio
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Truancy
6:24 PM.The Education Minister Anne Tolley says she wants to make tackling truancy in schools a priority. Audio
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Evening Business
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Charities funding not secure
6:17 PM.Figures out today have put charities on alert that the funding they were once guaranteed from pokie machines, may not be secure. Audio
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Fonterra slash payout
6:07 PM.Fonterra's Shareholders' Council Chairman Blue Read and our economics correspondent Nigel Stirling discuss the cut. Audio
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Austalian Open tennis
5:56 PM.Joining us now from Melbourne Park is our correspondent, Dave Luddy. Audio
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S.I.S. files mundane
5:52 PM.New Zealanders accessing personal files held by the SIS have been surprised by the amount of mundane personal detail. Audio
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Gaza attacks
5:51 PM.Israel has carried out air attacks on the Gaza Strip and sent tanks and bulldozers across the border. Audio
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Waatea News
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Ongonga homicide arrest
5:44 PM.The police in Hastings have arrested a gang associate in relation to the death of a Hawke's Bay contractor. Audio
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Motorway shooter had accomplice
5:40 PM.Police have revealed that the man arrested after last Friday's Auckland motorway shooting had an accomplice. Audio
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Fonterra under pressure
5:37 PM.Fonterra is under pressure to release documents it says will prove it told Sanlu no level of melamine in milk was acceptable. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Fiji elections
5:28 PM.Fiji's ousted politicians say it is time the international community got serious with the interim government. Audio
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Evening Business
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Economy Hui
5:20 PM.A hui called to respond to the economic crisis has called on Maori economic organisations to co-operate more closely together. Audio
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Police locate hit and run vehicle
5:17 PM.The police have located the vehicle they say was used to fatally injure a teenager in a hit and run in the Bay of Plenty. Audio
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Fonterra slash payout
5:06 PM.Fonterra today slashed its milk payout forecast for the current season from six dollars per kg of milk solids to $5 .10. Audio