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Checkpoint for Friday 30 October 2009
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Commonwealth Games baton starts journey to India
6:59 PM.It may be a year away but the launch for the 19th Commonwealth Games has kicked off in London with the baton relay. Audio
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UN nuclear deal with Iran in question
6:56 PM.The media in Iran is accusing the government of demanding changes to a United Nations drafted nuclear fuel deal. Audio
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Waatea news for 30 October 2009
6:53 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus On Politics for 30 October 2009
6:38 PM.Protest and civil liberty groups fear the Search and Surveillance Bill will extend the powers of police and other agencies to monitor and search people and their homes. Audio
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Sports news for 30 October 2009
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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ID made in 'body-in-the-barrel-case'
6:27 PM.Police from Melbourne's homicide squad have confirmed the identity of a 71-year-old woman whose remains were found in a barrel earlier this week. Audio
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Hope for the American economy
6:24 PM.In the United States the recession has ended - on paper at least. Audio
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Evening business for 30 October 2009
6:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Drug driving measures heavily criticised
6:18 PM.More than one anti-drugs group is casting serious doubt at how effective new measures to combat drug driving will be. Audio
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Residents may have to leave resthomes for blood tests
6:13 PM.Aged residential care providers are labelling as nonsense a move that could see resthome residents having to leave the facility to have blood tests done in the community. Audio
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Northland's biggest electricity consumer brought to halt
6:10 PM.Northland's biggest electricty consumer, the Marsden Point oil refinery, was brought to a standstill this morning by the power outage. Audio
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Power outage
6:07 PM.Communities hit by a major outage in the upper North Island which left more than a quarter of a million customers without electricity say it shows just how vulnerable the national grid is. Audio
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Rugby fans prepare for 'extravaganza'
5:56 PM.Rugby fans are in for a treat this weekend as the countdown begins for a two-day feast of sporting action, with both national and provincial pride on the line. Audio
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Massive slip blocks access to remote community
5:53 PM.About 12 people are stranded without power in a remote part of Taranaki after a huge slip blocked the only road in and out of the area. Audio
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Key witness in Pike murder case denies lying
5:50 PM.A key witness at the trial of a man accused of killing a young Palmerston North drug dealer has denied fabricating evidence. Audio
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Waatea news for 30 October 2009
5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Row over resthome blood testing
5:43 PM.Aged residential care providers are labelling as nonsense a move that could see resthome residents having to leave the facility to have blood tests done in the community. Audio
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Taskforce gives thumbs up to bill
5:40 PM.A taskforce has backed a bill that could see taxpayers being forced to pay millions in compensation to business. Audio
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Australian police arrest man for NZ cold murder case
5:38 PM.A 39-year-old man has been charged with murder following an attack on a Christchurch taxi driver that took place in Sydney 15 years ago. Audio
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Sports news for 30 October 2009
5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Mallard 'shakey' after run-in with motorist
5:28 PM.The Labour MP Trevor Mallard says he's still shakey after having a run in with the occupants of a car while cycling earlier this week. Audio
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Controversial Canterbury irrigation scheme approved
5:23 PM.The green light's been given to build a controversial $135 million irrigation scheme to feed Canterbury's arid land. Audio
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Evening business for 30 October 2009
5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Hide defends girlfriend's travel tab
5:16 PM.The Act party leader and local government minister Rodney Hide is defending the $25,000 tab taxpayers will pick up for his girlfriend who travelled with him on an overseas trip. Audio
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Transpower gives more details on power outage
5:15 PM.Comments from CEO of Transpower, Dr Patrick Strange. Audio
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Driver was working at export container depot, Mangere
5:12 PM.Transpower says a forklift carrying a container hit the Otahuhu to Henderson line while the only alternative line was out for maintenance. Audio
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Mayhem after forklift driver takes out power lines
5:10 PM.A South Auckland fork lift driver is lucky to be alive today after hitting high voltage lines that took out power to more than a quarter of a million households and businesses north of the Auckland… Read more Audio