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Checkpoint for Wednesday 22 July 2009
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Cutting greenhouse gases not working
6:58 PM.More evidence has emerged of the massive gap between what rich countries need to do to prevent runaway global warming and their actual achievements in cutting emissions of greenhouse gases. Audio
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British parliament passes MP's expenses legislation
6:56 PM.Emergency legislation designed to clean-up British politics in the wake of the MP's expenses scandal has now become law. Audio
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Stuck in the middle - Sudan's district of Abyei
6:52 PM.An international court of arbitration is due to rule on a crucial question relating to Sudan's borders. Audio
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Reports of violent clashes in Iran
6:49 PM.To Iran now where the regime and the opposition are locked in a deepening power struggle. Audio
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Waatea news
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Play about police shooting opens in london
6:43 PM.Today is the fourth anniversary of the killing of a young Brazilian, Jean Charles de Menezes on a London Tube train. Audio
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U.S. concerns over North Korea and Myanmar
6:41 PM.The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has expressed Washington's growing unease about reports of military links between North Korea and Myanmar also known as Burma. Audio
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Kiwis living in Australia 'vulnerable' without citizenship
6:36 PM.Expats living in Australia who are citizens 'in all but name' are being urged to seek citizenship to protect themselves from being kicked out. Audio
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Sports news
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Responses to swine flu vary around the world
6:28 PM.The World Health Organisation says swine flu has killed more than 700 people around the world since the outbreak began four months ago. Audio
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Crackdown on dissidents intensifies in Fiji
6:25 PM.The crackdown on dissidents in Fiji is intensifying with the detention of the most senior female High Chief in the country and a leading figure from the ousted governing party. Audio
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Evening business
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Scientists investigate death of Yosemite's giant trees
6:20 PM.Scientists in California have set up an ambitious experiment to follow the life histories of some of the world's oldest and tallest trees. Audio
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Field trial drawing to a close
6:18 PM.Taito Phillip Field has been portrayed by the Crown as a man who abused his position as an MP and who took advantage of Thai workers. Audio
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Zespri holds AGM in Tauranga
6:16 PM.Kiwifruit growers have thrown their support behind Zespri, the industry's main exporter. Audio
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Acute staffing shortages will be remedied say police
6:10 PM.A top level police commander is admitting that extra staff alone will be no panacea for tackling crime in the country's busiest policing district. Audio
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Families react to guilty verdict at Weatherston murder trial
6:07 PM.Clayton Weatherston claimed he had been provoked into stabbing and cutting his former girlfriend 216 times and said he should therefore be only found guilty of her manslaughter. Audio
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Wellington City Council to step up monitoring of water quality
5:56 PM.Wellington City Council says it doesn't know what effect pollutants such as heavy metals are having on the harbour - but it says the water is safe to swim in. Audio
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Total eclipse shrouds Asia
5:54 PM.More people than ever in human history have experienced a total eclipse of the sun. Audio
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Industry promises new pork labels
5:50 PM.The pork industry is promising that by the end of the year New Zealand produced pork bacon and ham will have labels telling consumers how much time the animals have spent in sow crates. Audio
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Waatea news
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Meridian Energy faces dramatic shake up
5:44 PM.A dramatic shake up hangs over New Zealand's largest electricity company as the Government looks to extract more money from the state-dominated electricity sector. Audio
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Justice Minister says decision on provocation law due soon
5:40 PM.The Justice Minister is expected to outline a new proposal on whether or not accused killers will be allowed to use the defence of provocation in murder trials. Audio
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Sth Auckland police 'disorganised', 'under-resourced'
5:35 PM.A police report has described 'soul destroying problems' caused by a lack of police in South Auckland - but says 300 promised new staff may not solve them. Audio
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Sports news
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Pilot's body recovered after King Country crash
5:29 PM.Search and rescue staff have recovered the body of a pilot who crashed his light plane in thick bush in the King Country last night. Audio
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NZ inches closer to Australia
5:28 PM.The magnitude of the earthquake that hit Fiordland last week is becoming clearer - with scientists revealing that parts of the South Island are now up to 30 centimetres closer to Australia. Audio
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Girl says she made up assault charge
5:24 PM.A young girl who said her father let three men assault her in a car park in exchange for 40 dollars has told the High Court in Auckland she made the whole thing up. Audio
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Evening business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Psychiatrist saw no remorse in Weatherston
5:17 PM.One of the psychiatrists who appeared as a witness for the defence at the trial says he saw no signs of remorse in Weatherston. Audio
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Murder victim's mother talks about the trial
5:09 PM.Sophie Elliot's mother Leslie heard her daughter being attacked by Clayton Weatherston and desperately tried to get into the locked room. Audio
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Tears in court as jury finds Weatherston guilty
5:07 PM.A High Court jury took just four and a half hours to find Clayton Weatherston guilty of Sophie Elliott's murder, rejecting his claim that he was provoked. Audio