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Checkpoint for Wednesday 21 October 2009
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Wall Street bank restricts pay for executives
6:57 PM.This year they've drawn billion dollar bonuses that defy the very existence of the global financial crisis but one bank on Wall Street has announced it will adopt more restrictive pay guidelines for… Read more Audio
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Nicaragua court allows Ortega's re-election
6:56 PM.Nicaragua's Supreme Court has voted to allow the country's leftist President, Daniel Ortega, to seek re-election for a second term in 2011. Audio
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Swiss tipoff responsible for Polanski arrest
6:54 PM.Newly released documents have shed some light on how the fugitive director Roman Polanski came to be arrested on a trip to Zurich. Audio
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Football fans call on council to set up fan zone
6:52 PM.Fans of the beautiful game are hoping the Wellington City Council will set up a special viewing zone, outside of Westpac stadium, for those who have missed out on tickets to the All Whites Football… Read more Audio
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Dunedin Town Hall closure 12 months instead of 6
6:49 PM.Dunedin's Town Hall will be closed for more than a year from next June, as part of a 45 million dollar redevelopment of the popular arts, entertainment and conference venue. Audio
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Waatea news for 21 October 2009
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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British generals take on the far right
6:44 PM.In Britain, a row between the far right British National Party and a group of retired army generals has escalated. Audio
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Israel and the United States begin a joint military exercise
6:42 PM.Over two weeks members of the American and Israeli military will simulate defence against a massive co-ordinated missile attack on Israel. Audio
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Afghanistan goes to the polls again
6:40 PM.All the officials who were complicit in Afghanistan's fraudulent presidential election will be replaced, UN Secretary General, Ban ki Moon is pledging. Audio
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A wrap up of big news from China
6:35 PM.To China now, we're joined by our correspondent in Beijing, Quentin Sommerville. Audio
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Sports news for 21 October 2009
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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DoC workers fined for damaging tree
6:28 PM.Two Department of Conservation workers have been fined three-thousand dollars for chopping dead branches off a protected Rata tree on Pigeon Island earlier this year. Audio
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Evening business for 21 October 2009
6:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Critics gobsmacked by CEO's pay raise
6:22 PM.Questions are being asked about the Christchurch City Council Chief Executive's 22 per cent pay increase for the past year, in the wake of the recession. Audio
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Australian Defence Force defends use of live ammo
6:22 PM.The Australian Defence Force is defending its use of live ammunition during training, after a soldier was accidentally shot dead. Audio
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10 million dollar health shake up will cost 500 jobs
6:17 PM.The Government is to spend up to 10 million dollars on a major shake-up of the administration of public health. Audio
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Australia's population is expanding without delay
6:16 PM.The population of Australia is expanding at its fastest rate in forty years, fuelled at least in part by immigration. Audio
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Highest annual migration in 5 years
6:13 PM.The number of people moving to New Zealand to stay, is at its highest in five years. Audio
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Dunedin seesaw revealed as public street art
5:57 PM.The mysterious appearance of various pieces of playground equipment across Dunedin have been revealed as the work of a guerrilla artist and were not an act of protest, as first suspected. Audio
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Treasury tells PM advantages to competition in ACC work account
5:52 PM.The Prime Minister has released Treasury analysis looking into the opening up of ACC's work account to competition. Audio
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Indonesia government gives green light for asylum boat
5:49 PM.Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has just returned from Indonesia after securing a deal with his Indonesian counterpart over the fate of 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers. Audio
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Waatea news for 21 October 2009
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Hide looking into Act party fundraiser listing him as Minister
5:41 PM.The Local Government Minister and Act Party leader Rodney Hide is being accused of rorting people over a breakfast fundraiser costing 45 dollars a head. Audio
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Senior hospital doctors 'relieved' MoH saved from scalpel
5:38 PM.The union for senior hospital doctors is relieved a major government shake up of the health bureaucracy has not included gutting the Ministry of Health. Audio
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Sports news for 21 October 2009
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Council considers banning cars from busy Auckland road
5:28 PM.Banning cars from Auckland's busy waterfront road, Tamaki Drive, was just one of the dozens of suggestions raised at a council meeting today aimed at making the cyclist blackspot safer. Audio
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Key offers unions olive branch
5:24 PM.The Prime Minister has held out an olive branch to the union movement, saying it and the National-led Government have a lot in common. Audio
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Evening business for 21 October 2009
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Toxic risk : NZ mines stuck in 'decades old groove'.
5:20 PM.Dozens of mines set up years ago under outdated rules could be as dangerous as the toxic site at Mapua near Nelson and the mercury-contaminated Tui mine site in Waikato. Audio
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Car crushing legislation passed with broad political support
5:17 PM.The Greens were the only party to object to the new law allowing the police to seize and crush cars, partly on the grounds it's not in keeping with the spirit of recycling. Audio
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PSA: 'health job cuts are an outrage'
5:14 PM.The Public Service Association meanwhile is describing the 500 job losses as an outrage. Audio
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Government announces major shake-up for public health admin
5:09 PM.The Health Minister, Tony Ryall, has announced the details of a major shake up saying the money saved from a more efficient system will be put back into health services such as heart bypass… Read more Audio