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Checkpoint for Friday 16 October 2009
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Ex-Aussie PM backs new hearing aid trials
6:57 PM.Australia's former Prime Minister John Howard is backing a trial of new technology designed to help the hearing impaired use a standard telephone. Audio
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Waatea news for 16 October 2009
6:54 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus On Politics for 16 October 2009
6:37 PM.Almost a year on from the general election, Maori Party members meet in Auckland for the party's annual conference this weekend, where its relationship with the governing National Party will be just… Read more Audio
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Sports news for 16 October 2009
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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UN calls for fresh war crimes investigation
6:28 PM.The United Nations Human Rights Council is supporting calls for Israel and Hamas to face a fresh investigation over alleged war crimes committed during the conflict in Gaza. Audio
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Californians 'drop, cover and hold on'
6:25 PM.Nearly 7 million people dropped and took cover in California today as part of the largest earthquake drill in US history. Audio
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West Papuan refugees fear repatriation
6:22 PM.Arrangements are being finalised for the repatriation of about 400 Port Moresby-based West Papuan refugees to Indonesia next month. Audio
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Evening business for 16 October 2009
6:19 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Search and Surveillance Bill safeguards needed
6:14 PM.New Zealand's watchdog protecting personal information says a proposed law widening police powers of search and surveillance needs more safeguards. Audio
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More devastating attacks in Pakistan
6:10 PM.In the past 11 days there have been 5 major attacks across Pakistan. Audio
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China awaits US Treasury report
6:09 PM.Beijing is waiting to see whether President Obama will follow through on the rhetoric of his election campaign against China's low value currency. Audio
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ASB raises home loan rates
6:06 PM.The ASB has kicked off what could be a fresh round of home mortgage rate hikes. Audio
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Major Australian trial to be televised
5:58 PM.For the first time in Australian legal history a major trial is to be televised. Dr Jayant Patel will face manslaughter charges in a Brisbane court over his time as a surgeon in Bundaberg. Audio
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NZers among the heaviest cannabis users in the world
5:54 PM.It is estimated more than 8 per cent of the population uses marijuana at least once a year, but the figure could be as high as 18 percent, a rate only matched by North America and Australia. Audio
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Tourist survives 30 metre fall
5:52 PM.The police say a Scottish tourist is lucky to be alive after falling down a 30 metre bluff while taking a short cut on a track near the Franz Josef Glacier. Audio
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Air NZ to cut domestic fares
5:50 PM.Air New Zealand has announced it will be cutting it's domestic ticket prices in a bid to boost passenger numbers. Audio
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Waatea news for 16 October 2009
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Chinese company to invest in PGG Wrightson
5:41 PM.A Chinese company is to invest $36 million in the the debt-plagued rural services firm PGG Wrightson in a deal being described as China's first step into agriculture here. Audio
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Terror plot: 5 Sydney men found guilty
5:39 PM.In Australia, five men have been convicted of plotting to carry out an attack on the country following one of the longest trials in its history. Audio
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Hundreds protest against North Canterbury dam
5:35 PM.Around a thousand people have marched in Christchurch to protest against an irrigation scheme proposed for North Canterbury. Audio
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Sports news for 16 October 2009
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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'Balloon boy' found safe and well in Colorado
5:27 PM.Investigators in the United States have found a six-year-old boy whom they feared had been carried cross country by a runaway helium balloon. Audio
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Hospital workers to take strike action
5:24 PM.Hospital workers angry at having their pay rates frozen have voted to take strike action next month. Audio
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Funeral held for Aisling Symes
5:22 PM.Hundreds of people attended the funeral of Auckland toddler Aisling Symes today, with many watching the service on big screens outside the church. Audio
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Evening business for 16 October 2009
5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Sophie Elliott's father on new initiatives for victims
5:16 PM.Gil Elliott, whose daughter Sophie was stabbed to death in their Dunedin home last year, comments on the new initiative. Audio
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Extra financial support for families of homicide victims
5:12 PM.Families of homicide victims will be eligible for thousands of dollars of extra support under a new plan unveiled by the Government today. Audio
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Life sentence for double murder
5:08 PM.A man who beat his former partner and her teenage boarder to death in their Porirua home is tonight beginning a life sentence in prison and will be behind bars for at least 19 years. Audio