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Checkpoint for Friday 11 December 2009
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France and Britain make joint call for overhaul of markets
6:56 PM.European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels to try to raise 6 billion euros, or 12 billion New Zealand dollars, in start-up cash so the developing world can begin fighting climate change. Audio
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Waatea news for 11 December 2009
6:51 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on politics for 11 December 2009
6:38 PM.Parliamentary chief reporter, Jane Patterson, looks at the rise in ACC levies the Government's agreed to following massive protests from motorcyclists . Also there are accusations that ACC Minister… Read more Audio
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Sports news for 11 December 2009
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Iraqi govt criticised for downplaying bombing death toll
6:26 PM.The government of the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri Al Maliki is coming under fire, not only for failing to stop attacks but also for downplaying the violence in Iraq. Audio
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Obama's Peace Prize speech wins praise at home
6:23 PM.The US President Barack Obama has accepted his Nobel Peace Prize, but at the same time spoke of what he called just wars. Audio
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Evening business for 11 December 2009
6:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Centaur war ship search to start this weekend
6:14 PM.The ship heading the search for a sunken World War II hospital ship torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 gets underway this weekend off the Australian coast. Audio
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Call for drivers' licence camps for all young learners
6:11 PM.A radical proposal to keep young Maori drivers safe on New Zealand roads should be for all people on low incomes not just Maori according to the president of the New Zealand Institute of Driver… Read more Audio
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Copenhagen conference not on track
6:07 PM.After five days of climate change talks in Copenhagen the world is not on track to keep global warming to two degrees, let alone the tougher limits small island nations are demanding. Audio
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Sir Robert Jones pushes plans for Golden Mile
5:57 PM.Sir Robert Jones has told business leaders of his radical plan to remove all vehicles from Wellington's central city and create a golden mile shopping mall, complete with old fashioned trams and bikes… Read more Audio
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Donations sought for controversial bus ad campaign
5:54 PM.The Atheist Bus Campaign is looking for donations to run adverts on buses in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch next year. Audio
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Negotiators try to resolve hostage crisis in the Philippines
5:51 PM.Negotiators are returning to the mountains on a southern island in the Philippines to try to free more than 50 people taken from a school and surrounding homes by armed tribesmen. Audio
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Waatea news for 11 December 2009
5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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President Obama defends "just wars"
5:45 PM.President Obama has defended the right of the US to wage what he calls 'just wars' after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. Audio
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Businesses urged to check internet listings
5:42 PM.Business owners are being warned to check whether they're on the Google Maps website after a Napier florist was charged with tampering with her competitors' details online. Audio
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Critic of Fiji's military government gets bravery award
5:37 PM.An outspoken critic of Fiji's military government and head of the country's Women's Crisis Centre has been given an Amnesty International award for her bravery and courage in the face of intimidation.
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Sports news for 11 December 2009
5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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New safety measures for Auckland cyclists
5:28 PM.New safety measures are being brought in to protect cyclists on one of Auckland's most dangerous stretches of road, but there are doubts about whether they will be enough. Audio
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Washington rejects Beijing's calls for climate change funding
5:25 PM.The United States and China have been trading verbal blows at the climate talks in Copenhagen. Audio
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Evening business for 11 December 2009
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Call for government to pay Maori to teach kids to drive
5:18 PM.Millions of dollars should be poured into poor Maori communities to set up driver's licence camps for teenagers. Audio
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Parent wants harsher penalties for throwing debris off bridges
5:15 PM.The father of a man killed by a chunk of concrete thrown off an Auckland motorway bridge says people are still putting lives at risk because the penalties are too lenient. Audio
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Provincial rugby status quo to remain
5:07 PM.The New Zealand Rugby Union has shelved plans to cut back the first division from 14 to 10 teams next season, to the relief of Northland, Counties-Manukau, Manawatu and Tasman who were facing the axe… Read more Audio