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Checkpoint for Friday 28 August 2009
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Hastings the wine capital of NZ?
6:56 PM.The city of Hastings may soon be internationally recognised as the wine capital of New Zealand. Audio
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Waatea news
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on politics for 28 August 2009
6:38 PM.This week the National Party delivered a firm 'no' to Maori seats on the new Auckland super council, which saw tensions between National and its support partners rise to the surface. Our parliamentary… Read more Audio
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Sports news
6:33 PM.The latest news from the RNZ sports' desk. Audio
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Exhibition offers insight into Churchill's War Rooms
6:28 PM.Seventy years ago this week, Winston Churchill's famous War Rooms in London became operational. Audio
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Hold onto your hats as a windy Spring draws near
6:24 PM.As the onset of Spring approaches, weather scientists say to expect a windy few months with drier than normal conditions. Audio
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Evening business
6:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Adapting to climate change 'could cost US$300 billion a year'
6:18 PM.The true financial burden of helping the world to adapt to the impacts of climate change is likely to be two to three times greater than the current UN estimate. Audio
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Auckland Prison under fire
6:11 PM.The country's only maximum-security prison is once again being criticised over the potential weapons available to inmates. Audio
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Fines show council hard on environmental offending
6:08 PM.The Waikato Regional Council says the fines handed to a Waikato farming family are a clear sign that so called dirty dairying won't be tolerated. Audio
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'Tool Blacks' head to Canada
5:57 PM.Seventeen young New Zealanders, proudly wearing the silver fern, are preparing to take on the world in Canada for the International Trades Championships. The Tool Blacks, will contest 800 competitors… Read more Audio
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New Zealand to come to the aid of the Tasmanian Devil
5:54 PM.Australia's most endangered native species, the Tasmanian Devil, is to get a much-needed boost from New Zealand to stop the cantankerous creatures from sliding into extinction. Audio
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Gaddafi sparks controversy ahead of US visit
5:49 PM.A dispute has erupted over plans by Libyan Leader, Muammar Gaddafi, to pitch a traditional tent in suburban American. Colonel Gaddafi is going to the US next month to address the United Nations'… Read more Audio
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Waatea news
5:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Police condemn schoolgirl fight
5:44 PM.Police in Auckland have condemned the savagery of an organised fight between two 15 year old girls which ended with one being slashed across the neck with broken bottle. Audio
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Athletics New Zealand condemns anti-doping runner
5:42 PM.Athletics New Zealand says it's a sad day for the sport following the two-year suspension of Liza Hunter-Galvan for failing a drug test. Audio
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Environmentalists identify areas most at risk from mining
5:38 PM.Environmental groups fear mining companies will target the Coromandel and West Coast first, if mineral exploration is allowed on the country's most protected conservation land. Audio
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Sports news
5:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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US kidnap victim reappears after 18 years
5:24 PM.An American woman who was kidnapped as a child has turned after being kept hidden in a backyard for 18 years and having two children with her abductor. Jaycee Lee Dugard was 11 years old when she was… Read more Audio
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Evening business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Crown formally apologises to Te Arawa
5:18 PM.Decades of grievances and distress for the people of Te Arawa in Rotorua ended today with a formal apology given by the Prime Minister John Key. Saying sorry was part of a treaty settlement reached… Read more Audio
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Hostage taker needs constant supervision
5:13 PM.Corrections says the prisoner at the centre of yesterday's hostage taking at Auckland Prison is always treated as dangerous and erratic, needing constant supervision. Audio
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Olympian suspended for drug taking
5:08 PM.New Zealand Olympic marathon runner Liza Hunter-Galvan has been suspended for two years for failing a drugs test. Audio