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Checkpoint for Monday 22 June 2009
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Police reveal fresh details of post-match assault
5:07 PM.The police in Wellington have hit out at rugby officials for failing to report an assault on a visiting French player. Audio
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Economists say increase in net migration is good news
5:12 PM.Thank goodness for the Australians - new figures show that for the first time more than a million have visited in a year, despite the global recession that's hitting tourism hard. Audio
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Tourism industry celebrates Aussie visitor numbers
5:16 PM.More than a million Australians visited over the last 12 months - a record figure and against falling visitor numbers from almost everywhere else. Audio
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Rankin absent at Vote No campaign launch
5:20 PM.The Prime Minister John Key says it would be unacceptable for Familes Commissioner Christine Rankin to become involved in a campaign to overturn the child discipline law. Audio
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Evening Business News for 22 June 2009
5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Rugby Union chief Steve Tew on rugby assault
5:26 PM.France's star centre was set upon near the team hotel in the early hours of yesterday morning, suffering a suspected fractured eye socket and requiring stitches to his cheek. Audio
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Evening sports news
5:31 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Bumpy ride on Qantas A330-300 Airbus flight
5:34 PM.Seven people have been injured in severe turbulence on a flight from Hong Kong to Perth, in the latest incident involving an A330-300 Airbus. Audio
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Wellington homeless services stretched
5:37 PM.Growing numbers of Wellingtonians are heading to the soup kitchen, and the Night Shelter is struggling to cope with its highest number of guests in 40 years. Audio
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Furniture company fined over misleading customers
5:41 PM.A furniture company has been fined for deliberately breaching the Fair Trading Act by misrepresenting the sale price of goods. Audio
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New revelations in Australia's OzCar scandal
5:43 PM.There are reports that an email at the centre of a political scandal in Australia has been found - and is a fake. Audio
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Waatea news
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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The IWC meeting opens today
5:50 PM.The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission opens today with year long negotiations over a possible compromise between anti-whaling countries and Japan at a critical stage. Audio
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Is cash going out of fashion?
5:52 PM.New Zealand is moving closer to becoming a cashless society - according to a new report from the Retirement Commission. Audio
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Five star rating proposed for Dunedin student flats
5:55 PM.The days of grotty student accommodation in Dunedin could be numbered, thanks to a new ratings system being considered by the City Council and Otago University and Polytech. Audio
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Iran accuses Western nations of interference
6:06 PM.Both Britain and the United States are denying Iran's accusations that foreign powers have been meddling in the mass protests against last weeks election results. Audio
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Our Iranian correspondent live from Tehran
6:09 PM.Iranian state radio is reporting the arrests of at least 457 people, and the deaths of at least 10 people as the violent clashes continue. Audio
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Migration levels bouncing back
6:12 PM.More New Zealanders are coming home from overseas or not going away in the first place. Audio
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Skilled migrants already vulnerable
6:15 PM.Mike Bell is the co-founder of Christchurch's Skilled Migrant Information and Resource Centre - which provides free advice to foreigners working in New Zealand. Audio
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AFFCO and ACC reach out-of-court settlement
6:20 PM.A long running battle between AFFCO and the Accident Compensation Corporation has been settled - but its sparked debate over the implications for other companies. Audio
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Mafia member arrested in Venezuela
6:23 PM.He's high on the list of Italy's most wanted criminals and he's been on the run for eight years - but his luck has finally run out. Audio
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Evening Business News for 22 June 2009
6:25 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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It's raining fish and tadpoles in Japan
6:28 PM.Meteorologists in Japan are puzzled by a recent series of downpours. Audio
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Evening sports news
6:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Sth America correspondent on illegal cattle farms and gold
6:36 PM.To South America where Brazilian authorities are investigating illegal cattle farms linked to massive deforestation and UK supermarkets. Audio
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British contract workers executed in Iraq
6:41 PM.The British Foreign Office in London says the remains of two men handed to British diplomats in Iraq on Friday are those of two bodyguards who were among five British hostages held since 2007. Audio
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UK parliament prepares to elect new speaker
6:44 PM.In Britain MPs are preparing to vote for the new Speaker of the House of Commons. Audio
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Waatea news
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Influenza hits Canterbury
6:49 PM.Health authorities in Canterbury say influenza is widespread in the region. Audio
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Zimbabwe's Prime Minister in London for financial help.
6:53 PM.Zimbabwe's prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai is in London today where he'll ask the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for financial help for his country. Audio
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Fiji slashes some pension payments
6:56 PM.Fiji's military Government has slashed pension payments to the country's National Provident Fund. Audio