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Checkpoint for Friday 17 July 2009
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Diver's close encounter with jumbo squid
6:56 PM.Jumbo squid have been giving divers a rare treat in an unusual visit to the shallow waters off the coast of San Diego. Audio
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Waatea News
6:54 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on politics for 17 July 2009
6:37 PM.The election of Barack Obama as United States president late last year marked the end of the hands-off free market policies promoted by his predecessor George Bush. And the trade unions who supported… Read more Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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DoC keeping tabs on rare whale and her calf
6:26 PM.A rare Southern Right Whale and her calf are showing no signs of shifting from Waiwera, north of Auckland, where they have been for about a week. Audio
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Uncertainty as community trust delays grants budget
6:23 PM.Hundreds of charities have to wait for money from one of the country's biggest community trusts. Audio
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Evening Business
6:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Apollo 11 anniversary - NASA will go back to the moon
6:14 PM.NASA, has begun a series of events to mark the fortieth anniversary of the lift-off of Apollo Eleven, the nineteen-sixty-nine mission that put the first man on the moon. Audio
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Rudd response to Rio Tinto saga - weak?
6:10 PM.Australia's Federal opposition is keeping up the pressure on the Government to take a stronger stand with the Chinese Government over Stern Hu's arrest and detention. Audio
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Update on Jakarta bombings
6:07 PM.Co-ordinated bomb attacks at two hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have killed at least nine people, including a New Zealander. Audio
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Boy racer bill moves step closer
5:56 PM.Car enthusiasts say they're afraid a new government bill will unfairly punish them as it seeks to target boy racers. Audio
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Terror expert - live
5:51 PM.Terror expert comments on Jakarta blasts Audio
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Rogue wine contractor alert in Marlborough.
5:48 PM.Marlborough wine growers say rogue contractors are taking advantage of tough economic times to rip-off people desperate for work. Audio
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Waatea News
5:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Scientific advisor says NZ scientists wasting time competing
5:42 PM.The Prime Minister's chief scientific advisor says New Zealand scientists are wasting too much time competing with each other. Audio
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CTU warns against public spending cuts
5:37 PM.The government is being warned against cutting public spending despite the downgrading of New Zealand's credit rating outlook from stable to negative. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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NASA tapes could be lost forever
5:28 PM.NASA has lost the original recordings of the first landing on the moon, Apollo 11, 40 years ago. Audio
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Evening Business
5:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Claims flood the Earthquake Commission
5:22 PM.Claims are flooding into the Earthquake Commission after Fiordland's massive quake, with predictions the final numbers could be in their thousands and top four-million-dollars. Audio
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Swine flu hits surgery
5:19 PM.The swine flu outbreak has forced Canterbury District Health Board to postpone all elective heart surgery because of pressure on its intensive care unit. Audio
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PM says Fitch downgrade concern
5:15 PM.The Labour Party says the Prime Minister should be embarassed by a downgrade in New Zealand's credit rating outlook, having tried so hard to avoid one with the Budget. Audio
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NZer among nine killed in Jakarta blasts
5:07 PM.Co-ordinated bomb blasts have ripped through two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, killing at least nine people including a New Zealander and leaving over 40 others injured. Audio