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Checkpoint for Thursday 25 June 2009
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Recycling scheme proves popular in recession
6:57 PM.You've heard the phrase"one man's junk is another man's treasure". Audio
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US military accused of abusing foreign detainees
6:52 PM.Fresh allegations have surfaced that US military personnel have been abusing foreign detainees. Audio
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Christchurch City Council buys Ruapuna land
6:49 PM.The Christchurch City Council has agreed to spend 5.3 million dollars on a buy-out of seven homes affected by a noisy motor racing track. Audio
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Waatea news
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Reports of teargas used to break up protests in Iran
6:41 PM.Eyewitnesses in Iran say the security forces there have used batons and teargas to breakup the latest protest by about 200 people in the capital, Tehran. Audio
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Key ETS deadline 'unachievable'
6:39 PM.The Minister for Climate Change has been sitting on advice for six months that a key deadline for the Emmissions Trading Scheme will be missed. Audio
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Corrections promotes benefits of container cells
6:36 PM.The Corrections Department is working hard to promote its idea of using converted shipping containers as cells - saying they're in better condition than some existing prisoner accommodation. Audio
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Sports news
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Economists say deficit still too high
6:28 PM.Economists say New Zealand still has a huge overseas debt problem despite a narrowing in the gap between what the country earns and what it pays out to foreigners. Audio
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EPMU details fears over telecommunications jobs
6:25 PM.A battle is shaping up between 900 workers who repair and maintain broadband and phone lines and an Australian company which has just won a ten year billion dollar maintenance contract with Telecom. Audio
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Evening business
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Lotteries Commission offers advise to big winners
6:18 PM.The Lotteries Commission's Head of Communications, Karen Jones has been with the lucky winners today and she joins us now. Audio
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Lotto winners plan to give to charity
6:10 PM.The Westpac Rescue Helicopter's Operations Manager, Dave Greenberg is on the line and he joins us now. Audio
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Biggest ever Lotto winners go public
6:07 PM.Today the country's newest multi-millionaires have gone public. Audio
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Two main centres hardest hit by flu outbreak
5:56 PM.Health experts in Wellington and Canterbury say flu is continuing to spread, and it's mainly swine flu. Audio
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McDonalds to help train unemployed
5:53 PM.A new government scheme to be launched in the coming months will see McDonalds restaurants train unemployed young people. Audio
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Professor says parents have more legal defences for smacking
5:50 PM.The so-called anti-smacking legislation now gives parents more legal defences for hitting their children than they used to have according to an associate law professor at Canterbury University. Audio
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Waatea news
5:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Submissions set to close on 'supercity' governance
5:42 PM.There's been a last minute rush by some of the big players, and potentially big losers, in the plan for an Auckland supercity to make their voices heard. Audio
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Objections to proposed changes to student loans
5:39 PM.Students are calling some proposed changes to the student loan repayment system, blatantly unfair. Audio
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Minister details plans for Immigration Service revamp
5:36 PM.The Immigration Minister has warned New Zealand could be seen as a weak link in international security if the service's systems for scanning visitors and immigrants is not upgraded. Audio
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Sports news
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Orewa College in shock after boiler explosion death
5:25 PM.Counsellors and victim support have been at Orewa College today helping staff cope with the loss of one of their colleagues. Audio
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Evening business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Mother describes daughter's horrific death
5:19 PM.The mother of a young woman stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend has told a court of seeing her daughter being killed. Audio
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Consumers missing out on smart meter technology
5:16 PM.New Zealand's major electricity companies are being accused of selling customers short with the new power metering technology being installed in homes. Audio
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Transfield union delegate speaks out
5:13 PM.Tom Henson works for Transfield in Auckland - he's a union delegate and says people don't want to work for Visionstream if it means having to be an owner operator. Audio
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Telecommunications jobs at risk
5:10 PM.A battle is shaping up between 900 workers who repair and maintain broadband and phone lines and an Australian company which has just won a ten year billion dollar maintenance contract with Telecom. Audio
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Biggest ever Lotto winners go public
5:07 PM.The country's latest multi-millionaires have gone public. Audio