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Checkpoint for Thursday 11 June 2009
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Aussie PM's choice of language raises eyebrows
6:57 PM.A debate has broken out in Australia abut what has prompted the Prime Minister's sudden use of a number of colloquial phrases - in particular,"fair shake of the sauce bottle". Audio
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Report due out on Africa aid shortfall
6:51 PM.An agreement between the world's richest countries - the G8 - to increase the amount of money they give in aid to Africa was hailed in 2005 as a landmark deal. Audio
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Claims Sri Lankan doctors detained by troops
6:48 PM.The Australian Medical Association wants Canberra to find out what happened to three Sri Lankan doctors reportedly detained by government troops for speaking out about civilian casualties. Audio
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Waatea news
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Is the drug 'P' becoming less popular?
6:43 PM.A survey of more than 400 current drug users suggests that the drug methamphetamine, or P, is losing its appeal. Audio
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Iran prepares for presidential election
6:41 PM.Campaigning in Iran is now over, ahead of tomorrow's presidential election. Audio
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Committee recommends new waste provider for Waiheke Island
6:38 PM.Waiheke Island residents staged a rowdy protest at the Auckland City Council today against moves to give the island's waste services contract to a company on the mainland. Audio
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Norovirus outbreak at Waikato Hospital
6:36 PM.The public is being urged to stay away from Waikato Hospital, unless it's unavoidable, because of an outbreak of the highly infectious, norovirus. Audio
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Sports news
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Farmers gather at Mystery Creek
6:28 PM.Farmers from around the country have been spending the day at Mystery Creek for the second day of this year's National Agricultural Fieldays. Audio
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NZ 'poised to make millions from wood pellets'
6:24 PM.An overseas forestry consultant says New Zealand is poised to make millions from the export of environmentally-friendly heating products made from wood waste. Audio
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Evening business
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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UN to vote on expanded sanctions against North Korea
6:17 PM.The United Nations Security Council is set to vote later this week on expanded sanctions against North Korea, in response to its nuclear test at the end of May and subsequent missile launches. Audio
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Reserve Banks keeps Official Cash Rate at 2.5 percent
6:12 PM.For the first time in 12 months the Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard has NOT cut the Official Cash Rate saying there are signs the world econony is starting to recover. Audio
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Lifting of Bain suppression orders 'victory for open justice'
6:07 PM.Controversial evidence that was withheld from the jury in the retrial of David Bain has been revealed after two courts lifted suppression orders. Audio
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Grandmother may sue police over taser use
5:58 PM.A seventy-two-year-old great grandmother is threatening to sue police in the United States after an officer used an electronic stun gun on her. Audio
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Cockpit fire forces Jetstar flight to land in Guam
5:55 PM.Nearly two hundred passengers who were on a Jetstar flight from Japan to Australia are stranded in Guam after a cockpit fire forced the pilots to make an emergency landing. Audio
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Footage shown of murder accused abandoning daughter
5:48 PM.A jury's been revisiting the images of a little girl the moment she was abandoned at a Melbourne railway station by her father, the man accused of strangling her mother with a necktie. Audio
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Waatea news
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Politicians urged to scrutinise banks
5:43 PM.The Reserve Bank Governor says he won't force commercial banks to lower short term interest rates but is suggesting Parliament could interrogate the banks further. Audio
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PM's plans for Queens Wharf
5:39 PM.The Prime Minister, John Key, says he wants to see Auckland's Queens Wharf used as"party central"for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Audio
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Minister wants local authorities penalised for late consents
5:36 PM.The Environment Minister wants local authorities to be penalised for not processing resource consents on time. Audio
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Sports news
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Jury finds man guilty of murder in Marie Davis case
5:29 PM.A High Court jury has found a Christchurch man guilty of raping and murdering local schoolgirl Marie Davis. Audio
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PM attempts to put Worth saga behind him
5:25 PM.The Prime Minister says he has washed his hands of former minister Richard Worth, but it does not appear he will move to have him expelled from National's caucus. Audio
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Evening business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Reserve Bank Governor won't force banks to lower rates
5:20 PM.The Reserve Bank Governor has ruled out forcing commercial banks to lower their short term interest rates saying he's not going to engage in Muldoonist tactics. Audio
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Nurse tests positive for swine flu
5:17 PM.Nineteen Auckland City Hospital staff and five patients are in isolation after a nurse and her child tested positive for swine flu last night. Audio
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Joe Karam on David Bain's 111 phone call
5:12 PM.The long time supporter of David Bain, Joe Karam, says the suppressed parts of the 111 phone call are a joke. Audio
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Suppression orders lifted on evidence from David Bain's trial
5:06 PM.Controversial evidence that was withheld from the jury in the retrial of David Bain has been revealed after two courts lifted suppression orders. Audio