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Checkpoint for Tuesday 21 July 2009
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'Lucky country' remembers historic moon landing
6:58 PM.When Neil Armstrong took mankind's first steps on the moon almost forty years ago, Australians were responsible for capturing them. Audio
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US and India agree on defence pact
6:57 PM.India and the United States have agreed on a defence pact that boosts American arms sales to India. Audio
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Calls for a referendum in Iran
6:54 PM.Iran's former president Mohammad Khatami has called for a national referendum to resolve the row over last month's Presidential election which saw Mahmoud Ahmadeinjad re-elected. Audio
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USA announces troop increase
6:52 PM.The American Defence Secretary Robert Gates has announced a temporary increase in the size of the U.S. Army. Audio
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Waatea news
6:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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US and EU turn up the heat on Honduras
6:45 PM.The United States and the European Union have stepped up pressure on the interim government in Honduras following the failure of talks to resolve the country's political crisis. Audio
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EMA rules out compulsary public holiday swaps
6:40 PM.The Employers' and Manufacturers' Association says a Government proposal to give workers the choice of swapping existing public holidays won't work as law. Audio
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Japan's PM announces election
6:38 PM.Japan's embattled Prime Minister Taro Aso has dissolved parliament's lower house, with a general election to be held late next month. Audio
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Sports news
6:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Business groups say more PPPs will help public sector
6:30 PM.Business groups are backing the Treasury's calls for a rethink of how the public sector works, and say the country would benefit from more public private partnerships. Audio
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Woman thrown against electric fence
6:30 PM.A Wellington jury has heard that a woman charged over the death of her son in a car crash was thrown on an electric fence after the incident, with electricity from the fence sending spasms through her… Read more Audio
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Evening business
6:28 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Obama meets Apollo Eleven astronauts
6:28 PM.The American President Barack Obama has marked the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing by praising the astronauts of the Apollo Eleven mission for inspiring a generation of scientists and… Read more Audio
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New taskforce announced aimed at improving productivity
6:25 PM.The widely tipped appointment of former National party leader Don Brash to lead a taskforce on productivity, has raised fears of a right wing agenda. Audio
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Sceptical repsonse from banks to shadow inquiry
6:13 PM.Banks are reacting sceptically to plans by opposition parties to hold a special inquiry into interest rates charged to the public. Audio
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Immigration boost to the economy waning
6:10 PM.There are signs the anticipated boost to the economy, from more people coming into the country than leaving, may be on the wane. Audio
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Senior Methodist Church members held by police in Fiji
6:05 PM.The Methodist church in Fiji says seven of its senior members are still being held by police for questioning. Audio
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Giant lamington takes the cake
5:58 PM.It's official, Lamingtons are from Queensland, pavlovas from New Zealand, or, so says the mayor of Ipswich, the, as yet un-official home of the world's largest lamington. Audio
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Aussie gangland matriarch charged with murder
5:53 PM.Melbourne's gangland widow, Judy Moran, has appeared in court today charged with the murder of her brother-in-law, Des 'Tuppence' Moran. Audio
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Waatea news
5:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Smog chokes Arrowtown
5:46 PM.Idyllic Arrowtown is being likened to a mining village from Northern England as thick smog chokes the air. Audio
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Opposition question Brash taskforce appointment
5:40 PM.Oppostion are unhappy at appointment of Don Brash as the head of a govt taskforce on closing the pay gap with Australia. Audio
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Energy emission levels increase
5:38 PM.In the first year that New Zealand's energy emissions levels counted towards the Kyoto Protocol they rose four per cent. Audio
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Sports news
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Contentious piece of wood withdrawn from auction
5:27 PM.One of the country's leading auctioneers has withdrawn the sale of a contentious piece of wood believed to be a remnant of the flagpole cut down by the Maori activist Hone Heke. Audio
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Labour denies opposition bank inquiry is a political stunt
5:24 PM.Labour leader Phil Goff says an opposition inquiry into bank interest rates is not a political stunt. Audio
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Evening business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Labour accused of backtracking on dole policy
5:18 PM.The Government is accusing the Labour Party of backtracking on its policy to make the unemployment benefit available to more people. Audio
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Bill English's message to the public service
5:15 PM.The government has issued a fresh challenge to the public service - cut costs or face government intervention. Audio
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Bus driver suspended after pedestrian hit
5:13 PM.The driver of a bus that struck and critically injured a teenager in Auckland has been suspended. Audio
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Jury deliberates in Weatherston murder trial
5:08 PM.The judge in the trial of Clayton Weatherston has told the jury that the defence claim he was provoked is pivotal. Audio