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Checkpoint for Friday 4 December 2009
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Everest hosts world's highest cabinet meeting
6:59 PM.The world's highest cabinet meeting will take place today to highlight Nepal's concerns about climate change. Audio
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Jetstar not popular with the disabled
6:56 PM.The Australian budget airline Jetstar's in hot water again after its staff stopped a blind Victorian couple from taking a guide dog on a plane. Audio
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Waatea news for 4 December 2009
6:53 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on politics for 4 December 2009
6:38 PM.The former National Party leader Don Brash has not yet completely left the political scene. Audio
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Sports news for 4 December 2009
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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NZ scientists collect data on Samoa tsunami
6:26 PM.Scientists say it's possible a tsunami on the scale of the one which hit Samoa in September could also hit New Zealand. Audio
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Graduating medical students killed in bomb blast
6:24 PM.A suicide bombing in the Somali capital of Mogadishu at a graduation ceremony for medical students has killed at least 18 people including ministers in the the UN-backed transitional government. Audio
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Evening business for 4 December 2009
6:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Pacific laws on sex offences falling short
6:17 PM.Delegates at a political conference at Auckland University have been told laws to protect people from sexual offences in the Pacific Islands falls short of international best practice. Audio
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Ministry investigates private sector building schools
6:07 PM.The Ministry of Education and the Treasury are investigating the idea of the private sector building and maintaining new schools. Audio
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Doug Schmuck hopes to move forward after 15 year legal wrangle
5:57 PM.The Northland man who will benefit from a proposed law change giving him the right to use a public slipway for his boatyard business says he believes he can now finally move forward, despite coming… Read more Audio
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Minister not apologising over lawyer comments
5:53 PM.The Minister of Justice has brushed off calls for him to apologise and front up with evidence that South Auckland lawyers are rorting the system. Audio
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Plans to gag teachers put on hold
5:50 PM.Teachers have won a reprieve. For now they won't have to sign up to what they're calling a gagging clause - and it's thanks to the Minister of Education. Audio
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Waatea news for 4 December 2009
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Obama holds forum on job creation
5:44 PM.The U.S. President Barack Obama has told a forum on job creation in Washington that only the private sector can solve the problem of American unemployment. Audio
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Doctors told to stop complaining in face of funding challenges
5:41 PM.Senior doctors have been told to stop whingeing and help the health sector change in the face of unprecedented funding challenges. Audio
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Fresh gold prospecting possible on Coromandel Peninsula
5:36 PM.The possibility of fresh prospecting at the Talisman mine on the Coromandel Peninsula has been raised with the granting of a commercial gold mining permit. Audio
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Sports news for 4 December 2009
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Delmaine workers told to relocate to retain jobs
5:26 PM.About 100 employees of a Delmaine Fine Foods subsidiary are being asked to move from Tauranga and Christchurch to Auckland, if they want to keep their jobs. Audio
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Elderly woman hospitalised after mugging
5:23 PM.The police in Christchurch are appealing for help from the public to find a man who mugged an 86-year-old woman. Audio
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Evening business for 4 December 2009
5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Nowhere to hide from rising interest rates
5:17 PM.The surge in Auckland's house prices has prompted a warning that over-valued properties could hurt householders when interest rates rise again. Audio
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Harawira to lead campaign for more Maori representation
5:14 PM.Despite being on leave from Parliament, Hone Harawira has been named as the MP who will lead any political campaign pushing for Maori representation on the Auckland super council. Audio
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Hanover co-owner under fire from investors
5:10 PM.The co-owner of the struggling finance company Hanover, Mark Hotchin, has faced the wrath of investors at a meeting in Christchurch. Audio
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Woman shot dead in Warkworth
5:07 PM.A woman has been shot dead in broad daylight on one of Warkworth's main streets north of Auckland. Audio