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Checkpoint for Tuesday 3 February 2009
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Heavy snowfalls across United Kingdom
6:57 PM.London has been hit particularly hard, recording its heaviest snowfalls in 18 years. Audio
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Chinese Prime Minister
6:54 PM.A protester has thrown a shoe at the Chinese Prime Minister as he was speaking at Britain's Cambridge University. Audio
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Waitangi celebrations
6:52 PM.Record numbers are expected at Waitangi this year for the annual treaty celebrations. 50-thousand visitors are expected. Audio
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Gardasil vaccine roll-out
6:49 PM.The roll-out of the Ministry of Health's anti-cervical cancer vaccination programme has begun this week for girls aged 12 to 18. Audio
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Waatea News
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Sir Edmund Hilary Collegiate School
6:43 PM.The Commissioner appointed to replace the board of trustees at Sir Edmund Hilary Collegiate School has spent her first day at the troubled south Auckland school. Audio
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US economic stimulus plan
6:40 PM.In the United States, the Senate has begun to debate President Barack Obama's 900 billion dollar economic stimulus plan. Audio
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Fire near Nelson
6:38 PM.A scrub fire near Nelson has spread quickly, across 10 hectares of gorse and grass. Audio
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Sports News
6:35 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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International Whaling Commission
6:29 PM.The head of the International Whaling Commission wants to know by the middle of this year whether countries are prepared to do a deal with Japan. Audio
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Toxic fumigant
6:26 PM.The Port of Marlborough is deciding whether a local log exporter can resume using the toxic fumigant methyl bromide to fumigate logs at Shakespeare Bay. Audio
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Evening Business
6:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Tony Bierre (Part 2)
6:21 PM.Dr Tony Bierre had been pursuing a defamation action against Helen Clark over a radio interview two years ago. Audio
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Convicted terrorist leader jailed
6:18 PM.Australia's first convicted terrorist leader has been jailed for 15 years. Audio
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Changes to Resource Management Act (Part 2)
6:12 PM.Andrew McRae has been speaking with sector groups affected by the RMA. Audio
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Power cut in Auckland (Part 3)
6:07 PM.Cameron Brewer, the head of the Newmarket Business Association, says the power cut could not have come at a worse time. Audio
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Halberg Awards
5:54 PM.New Zealand's sporting glitterati are gathering for tonight's Halberg Awards in Auckland. Audio
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Mahia fire
5:52 PM.Kaiwaitau Road homeowner Dora Kamau says locals are counting themselves lucky the damage wasn't worse. Audio
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April 1 tax relief
5:48 PM.John Key is promising small and medium sized businesses hundreds of millions of dollars of tax relief from April the 1st. Audio
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Waatea News
5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Escaped pregnant teenager
5:45 PM.Police in Whangarei are appealing for sightings of a pregnant teenager who escaped from the custody of Child Youth and Family. Audio
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Tony Bierre
5:41 PM.A former Auckland District Health Board member who was villified during debate about hospital contracts says he has been vindicated by a letter, received from the former Prime Minister Helen Clark. Audio
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Arrested couple in court
5:37 PM.The two people arrested after an armed offenders' squad callout in Palmerston yesterday are facing eight joint charges. Audio
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Sports News
5:34 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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New Zealand dollar falls
5:29 PM.The Kiwi has rallied since its overnight fall, and, a short time ago was hovering at about 50 point 9 US cents. Audio
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Australia's 'Nation Building' programme
5:25 PM.The Australian government has announced a 42 billion dollar programme to keep the economy afloat and create thousands of jobs. Audio
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Evening Business
5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Changes to Resource Management Act
5:17 PM.The government is proposing sweeping changes to the Resource Management Act. Audio
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Power cut in Auckland (Part 2)
5:12 PM.The CEO of Transpower, Patrick Strange. Audio
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Power cut in Auckland
5:08 PM.At least 74-thousand homes and business lost electricity just after one o'clock today. Audio