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Checkpoint for Tuesday 19 May 2009
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Lobby group says better school bus signs can save lives
6:58 PM.A lobby group is pushing for flashing lights and speed limit signs on school buses - saying this may have prevented the death of a boy last week. Audio
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Myanmar's opposition leader appears in court
6:54 PM.Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has appeared in court to face charges of breaching the rules of her house arrest. Audio
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Waatea news
6:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Free trade deals face uphill battle
6:47 PM.The Obama administration has given its clearest signal yet that it backs making a start to negotiations for a free trade agreement including New Zealand. Audio
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The latest UK news
6:39 PM.We cross now to the UK and our correspondent in London, Barney Burnham. Audio
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Sports news
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Sri Lanka's president claims victory over rebels
6:28 PM.Sri Lankans have been celebrating after their president claimed victory over the Tamil Tigers. Audio
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Government providing incentives to biofuels industry
6:24 PM.The Government hopes to kickstart the biodiesel industry with a grants scheme worth 36-million dollars over the next three years. Audio
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Evening business
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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MAF manager details pig farm investigation
6:16 PM.The pig farmer at the centre of a MAF investigation says inspectors have cleared him. Audio
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Reaction to maternity funding boost
6:06 PM.The Government in its latest pre Budget announcement says it is boosting spending on maternity services by 103 million dollars over the next four years. Audio
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Booksellers confident despite Dymocks closure
5:58 PM.Employees are out of a job and regular customers taken by surprise after popular Wellington Book store Dymocks shut its doors suddenly. Audio
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Union says prison violence grossly under-reported
5:54 PM.The Corrections Association says figures showing a sharp rise in the number of non-serious prisoner on prisoner assaults go nowhere near showing the true level of violence in jails. Audio
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Focus on bloody footprints at Bain trial
5:50 PM.The defence team in the David Bain trial has put up its own expert to talk about footprints made in blood. Audio
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Waatea news
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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US and Israel start talks over middle east process
5:44 PM.United States President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have engaged in intense talks over the future of the Middle East peace process. Audio
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Kirby denies crony appointment
5:41 PM.Grant Kirby is rejecting any suggestions his appointment by Rodney Hide is because he is a mate of the minister's and will push through a particular political agenda. Audio
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Fears Aucklanders are taking over Local Government Commission
5:37 PM.Auckland's super city dramas have spilled over into the South Island, with fears the Local Government Commission has been hijacked by Aucklanders. Audio
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Sports news
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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MAF investigates animal cruelty claims at pig farm
5:29 PM.The pig farmer at the centre of animal cruelty claims has spoken to media who've been camped outside his property today. Audio
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Tongan PM says different approach may be needed towards Fiji
5:25 PM.At Parliament today, the Tongan Prime Minister has warned against the dangers of ostracising Fiji, and says maybe it's time Fiji's regional neighbours took a change of approach. Audio
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Evening business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Thousands celebrate the fall of the tamil tigers
5:18 PM.The President of Sri Lanka has made a formal declaration of total victory in the war against the Tamil Tigers. Audio
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MAF investigates animal cruelty claims at pig farm
5:14 PM.Two Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry investigators and an independent vet are currently examining the Horowhenua pig farm at the centre of animal cruelty claims. Audio
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Jury deliberates in child discipline case
5:10 PM.A jury in Christchurch is still deliberating over the case of a man charged with assaulting his pre-school aged sons, in what is seen as a test of the controversial child discipline law. Audio
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$103-million boost for maternity services
5:06 PM.The Government has announced it is to boost spending on maternity services by an extra 103 million dollars over the next four years. Audio