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Checkpoint for Monday 19 October 2009
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Hamilton police take"zero tolerance"approach
6:57 PM.Police officers were pelted with bottles when they tried to break up an out of control party of about 200 teenagers in Hamilton on Saturday night. Audio
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Protestors try to shut down power station
6:54 PM.In the lead up to the international climate talks in Copenhagen, about one-thousand demonstrators have tried to shut down a coal-fired power station in Britain. Audio
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Climate experts meet in Marshall Islands
6:51 PM.Pacific Island Climate Change experts are meeting in the Marshall Islands to prepare for December's United Nations climate talks in Copenhagen. Audio
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Waatea news
6:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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US may delay sending troops to Afghanistan
6:44 PM.The Obama administration is showing increasing impatience with Afghanistan's politicians with yet another delay in handing down the official review into election fraud. Audio
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UK correspondent
6:38 PM.For the latest news from the UK, we're joined by our correspondent in London, Barney Burnham. Audio
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Evening sports news
6:34 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Study shows anti-depressants have a big placebo affect
6:26 PM.Only one out of seven people treated with anti-depressants gets better while three will improve from being given a placebo. Audio
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Queensland still on bushfire alert.
6:23 PM.Several bushfires are raging across the Australian state of Queensland, covering thousands of hectares. Audio
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Evening Business News for 19 October 2009
6:20 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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Australian PM heads to Indonesia for talks
6:17 PM.The Australian government's confirmed that a convicted people smuggler was onboard the boat bound for Australia carrying 250 Sri Lankan asylum seekers. Audio
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Pakistan continues offensive against Taliban
6:14 PM.In Pakistan, the Taliban is warning of more terrorist attacks as government troops continue their offensive in South Waziristan. Audio
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Enviromental groups at odds over Kwila imports
6:11 PM.Environmental groups are at odds over the importation of the tropical hardwood, Kwila. Audio
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Sexual abuse victims march against ACC changes
6:07 PM.Victims of sexual abuse have held rallies around the country today to protest against changes to ACC funded counselling. Audio
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Wanganui statue rouses land protest memories
5:57 PM.A larger than life statue of former Premier John Ballance has been unveiled outside the Wanganui District Council, rousing memories of the city's 1995 land protests. Audio
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Jim Salinger in employment court
5:55 PM.The case between scientist Jim Salinger and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research has begun at the Employment Relations Authority in Auckland. Audio
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Bomb blast at Iranian conference that was to promote peace
5:53 PM.Iran is accusing agents in Pakistan of instigating a suicide attack which killed 42 people, including six commanders of its elite Revolutionary Guards, in a remote area near the Pakistan border. Audio
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Waatea news
5:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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PM, ACC Minister and ACT to meet tonight to discuss ACC support
5:48 PM.The Prime Minister, John Key and the ACC Minister, Nick Smith, are to meet with the ACT Party leader this evening to try to nail down support to progress ACC legislation. Audio
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Balloon boy drama - 'a hoax'
5:43 PM.Three days after the world watched a giant balloon fly through the air, while its owners tearfully told media their 6-year-old son could be inside, police have announced what millions already… Read more Audio
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Evening sports news
5:34 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Health spending will fall - Minister
5:34 PM.The Government says annual increases in health spending will fall in the future from 8 percent to about 5 percent. Audio
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ACC responds
5:30 PM.Listening to that ACC general manager Denise Cosgrove. Audio
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Demonstrators 'out in force' to protest ACC changes
5:26 PM.Hundreds of demonstrators have held rallies around the country protesting against tighter rules for who can get ACC funded counselling. Audio
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Evening Business News for 19 October 2009
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Schoolboys in hot water over Nazi prank
5:20 PM.Schoolboys from Auckland Grammar are in hot water, over photographs of their hijinks with Nazi regalia at the Auckland War Memorial Museum Audio
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Baby's death trial opens in Auckland
5:17 PM.A High Court jury in Auckland has been told that an 11 week-old girl, was subjected to systematic neglect and violence from her parents before her death. Audio
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MTS on free-to-air rights
5:12 PM.Joining us is Maori Television Service's Chief Executive, Jim Mather. Audio
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Cabinet approves bid for free-to-air rights to Rugby World Cup
5:07 PM.Cabinet has signed off on a deal that will see Maori Television as the lead broadcaster for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Audio