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Checkpoint for Thursday 29 October 2009
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New police unit to target criminal assets
5:08 PM.The Police are setting up a new dedicated unit of fraud investigators to target and seize the money and assets of organised criminal gangs. Audio
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Long term fiscal statement says Govt debt will balloon
5:16 PM.The Treasury has painted a grim picture of the future and warned more cuts are needed to rein in government spending. Audio
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MPs and ministers spending as much as ever
5:19 PM.Public scrutiny of their taxpayer funded expenses appears to have reined in some of Parliament's bigger spenders. Audio
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Evening Business News for 29 October 2009
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Customs making progress in 'P' battle
5:24 PM.The Customs Service is on track to seize a tonne of methamphetamine ingredients this year and says it's finally starting to see the results on the street. Audio
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Political sculpture or crap art?
5:28 PM.A Canterbury artist says there are no flies on his sculpture of The Environment Minister, Nick Smith which is made entirely out of cow dung. Audio
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Evening sports news
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Dollar and interest rates fall after Reserve Bank statement
5:36 PM.The New Zealand dollar lost a cent today against the Greenback and money market interest rates fell after the Reserve Bank left the Official Cash Rate on hold. Audio
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Wanganui police concentrate on toddler's final 24 hours
5:39 PM.Wanganui police say they are focusing on the last 24 hours of the life of a toddler who died on Saturday in suspicious circumstances, and speaking to family members. Audio
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Kiwis sinking under a rising tide of debt
5:42 PM.Budgeting services say a broader range of New Zealanders are now struggling with mounting debt, as new figures show debt levels are at a seven year high. Audio
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Waatea news
5:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Rudd not ruling out use of force
5:48 PM.The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is not ruling out the prospect of using force to remove 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers from an Australian customs ship moored in Indonesia. Audio
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Auckland million dollar supershow 'beggars belief'
5:51 PM.A supershow for Auckland's new supercity has been shot down superfast. Audio
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Smokers not welcome on Bay of Plenty beaches
5:54 PM.Smokers hoping to lie around on some of the country's best beaches in the Bay of Plenty this summer and puff on a ciggie, won't be able to under a new policy brought in by the local council. Audio
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Versace fails to escape recession
5:57 PM.The Versace brand name means luxury, and quite often a celebrity lifestyle. Audio
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NZ dollar plunges as Reserve Bank takes cautious stance
6:07 PM.The New Zealand dollar has plunged as the Reserve Bank remained cautious about the strength of the economic recovery, dampening market expectations of rate hikes by early next year. Audio
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Witness:"3 people left for road trip - only 2 returned"
6:11 PM.A witness has told the High Court in Wellington that three people left for a road trip through the central North Island, but only two of them completed the journey. Audio
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Water supply privatisation warnings 'scaremongering'
6:14 PM.The Green Party's warnings that New Zealanders should fear big business involvment in water supply have been labelled as scaremongering. Audio
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Evening Business News for 29 October 2009
6:18 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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Australia's computer networks counter sophisticated attacks
6:21 PM.More evidence is emerging of sophisticated attacks by criminals and even foreign governments on Australia's computer networks. Audio
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Evidence sports players at risk of dementia
6:25 PM.A United States justice committee has been hearing disturbing evidence today on the risks of elite sports players becoming early candidates for dementia. Audio
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NASA's pricey rocket launch
6:29 PM.The American space agency, NASA, has successfully tested its news ARES 1-X rocket. Audio
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Evening sports news
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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New pain relief drug for sale
6:36 PM.In what's being called a world breakthrough a New Zealand pharmaceutical company is releasing a new pain relief drug that combines paracetamol and the anti-inflammatory ibuprofen. Audio
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Hillary Clinton condemns Taliban attacks
6:41 PM.The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned what she calls the"cowardly"Taliban attack on a Kabul guesthouse. Audio
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Pakistani Madrassas enrolments boom
6:46 PM.The Pakistani Federation of Madrassas - or Islamic schools - says enrolment over the last year has leapt by forty per cent. Audio
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Waatea news
6:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Sri Lankan asylum seekers: Canberra and Jakarta in deadllock
6:51 PM.78 Sri Lankans are preparing to spend another night aboard the Australian customs ship, the Oceanic Viking. Audio
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Govt pledges $4.7 million to save kauri trees
6:54 PM.The Government is putting $4.7 million of extra funding into efforts to stop the spread of a disease killing ancient kauri trees. Audio
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Castro 'still on top of developments at home and abroad'
6:58 PM.It was three years ago that the Cuban leader Fidel Castro was laid low by medical problems that needed a series of gastric operations. Audio