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Checkpoint for Friday 25 September 2009
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Guinness celebrates 250th anniversary
6:56 PM.Guinness enthusiasts have been celebrating the 250th anniversary of one of Ireland's most successful exports. Audio
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Waatea news
6:54 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on politics for 25 September 2009
6:35 PM.Economic growth figures out this week showed the economy grew a marginal 0.1 percent in the three months to the end of June. Audio
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Sports news
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Campaigning intensifies ahead Sunday's German election
6:27 PM.It's called the LINKA or the LEFT party and it seems to feel it's found the right way to shake up Germany's political landscape. Audio
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Bodies rot under rubble
6:26 PM.Rescue workers in India have recovered 36 bodies after an accident at a power plant yesterday but officials are warning that the death toll could rise. Audio
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Encouraging signs for an AIDS vaccine
6:24 PM.A medical trial's revealed what could be the most important development yet in the search for an effective HIV vaccine. Audio
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Gangs win challenge to anti-bikie laws
6:21 PM.Bikies in South Australia have had a big win against their state government. Audio
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Evening business
6:19 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Major US boming plot thwarted
6:17 PM.An airport driver from Colorado has been charged with conspiring to set off bombs, and court papers released today say they are similar to the devices used in the 2005 London attacks. Audio
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UN adopts non-proliferation resolution
6:15 PM.Iran is firmly in the spotlight after the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to stem the spread of nuclear weapons. Audio
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Flosse to surrender mandates as senator
6:10 PM.The political career of French Polynesia's Gaston Flosse looks set to be suspended and may even be finished within weeks. Audio
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Sue Bradford resigns after a decade in Parliament
6:07 PM.The Green MP Sue Bradford has resigned, admitting she's still hurt after her failed bid for the co-leadership at the end of May. Audio
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Australia's dust storm reaches NZ shores
5:58 PM.The remnants of the dust storm which saw a red haze descend over New South Wales on Wednesday have settled in New Zealand. Audio
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Excitement in England over ancient treasure find
5:55 PM.Its every treasure hunter's dream - a huge discovery with the potential to make the finder rich and change our understanding of the past. Audio
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Disarmament a step in the right direct says law professor
5:51 PM.The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution to stem the spread of nuclear weapons - and according to a professor of international law at Waikato University it's a step in the right… Read more Audio
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Man who swindled elderly woman gets deported
5:48 PM.An Indian man who swindled an elderly Wellington woman out of at least $130,000 has been sentenced to 8 months home detention. Audio
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Waatea news
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Cheese Company lock out ruled illegal
5:43 PM.Workers at the centre of an acrimonious dispute with Open Country Cheese Company have had a victory today, with a judge ruling their lock out illegal. Audio
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Report suggests birth certificates move with the times
5:40 PM.A Families Commission report on gay and lesbian parenting is recommending birth certificates allow for more than two parents to be listed. Audio
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South Australian anti-biker gang laws"invalid"
5:36 PM.Bikies in South Australia have had a big win against their state government. Audio
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Sports news
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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More than 50 arrested in two separate drug stings
5:28 PM.Two separate police operations have seen more than fifty people arrested on drugs charges. In Hawke's Bay, 26 people were arrested earlier today, which adds to the more than thirty already arrested in… Read more Audio
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Security tight as G20 talks begin
5:24 PM.In the United States protestors have thrown rocks at police and smashed shop windows, as the G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh. Audio
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Evening business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Heavens open as Sir Howard's tangi begins
5:17 PM.The heavens opened, a sign for Maori that the gods were looking down favourably, as the casket of Sir Howard Morrison was carried into the meeting house at the start of his tangi this morning. Audio
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John Key appears on Letterman
5:13 PM.After meeting and greeting world leaders in New York, the Prime Minister John Key has squeezed in a guest appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. The show, on the CBS network, is watched by… Read more Audio
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Sue Bradford announces she's leaving parliament
5:07 PM.She's known as one of Parliament's most effective back bench MPs but the Green Party's Sue Bradford has announced she's quitting because she can't get over being rejected as the Party's co-leader. Audio