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Checkpoint for Monday 14 December 2009
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U.S. President lashes out at banks
6:57 PM.The US President Barack Obama has lashed out at some of America's biggest banks calling them fat cats. Audio
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Australia gets nuclear warning
6:53 PM.Australia's federal government is being told to prepare for a more dangerous nuclear future. Audio
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Many Canterbury dairy farms fail to comply with effluent rules
6:50 PM.A report from the Canterbury Regional Council shows more than half of the province's dairy farms aren't complying with effluent management rules. Audio
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Waatea news
6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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UK Correspondent
6:35 PM.We cross to the UK and our correspondent in London, Barney Burnham. Audio
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Evening sports news
6:31 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Ecstasy pills increasingly including P
6:24 PM.Methamphetamine, or P, is increasingly becoming part of a cocktail of dangerous substances that are going into ecstasy tablets. Audio
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Jackson's Lovely Bones premieres in Wellington
6:24 PM.A glitzy premiere for Peter Jackson's new movie The Lovely Bones is underway tonight in the capital. Audio
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Evening Business News for 14 December 2009
6:22 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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NZ accused of using rules to avoid emissions cuts
6:18 PM.The New Zealand Government has made its offer of a 10 to 20 percent cut in this country's carbon emissions conditional on getting favourable changes to the rules on land use, and has been working with… Read more Audio
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France accuses Australia of fraud
6:15 PM.France is accusing the Australian Government of pushing for rule changes to cover up the country's massive carbon emissions from deforestation. Audio
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Berlusconi suffers broken teeth and fractured nose
6:13 PM.The Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been hit in the face at a rally in Milan. Audio
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Maori flag to be flown on Waitangi Day
6:08 PM.Cabinet has confirmed that the black, white and red, tino rangatiratanga flag is the preferred Maori banner for Waitangi Day. Audio
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World gliding record?
5:58 PM.Two New Zealand pilots are waiting for confirmation they've beaten a world distance gliding record. Audio
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Church leaders pray for climate agreement
5:57 PM.Police have arrested some two-hundred people following a demonstration in Copenhagen, where world leaders are continuing to debate how to tackle climate change. Audio
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Plane from North Korea lands in Bangkok with illegal weapons
5:53 PM.In Thailand police have charged four Kazakhs and a Belarussian who flew into into Bangkok on a cargo plane bristling with 30 tonnes of sanctions-busting weapons from North Korea. Audio
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Waatea news
5:51 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Construction company fined after two deaths
5:47 PM.A construction company has been fined 65 thousand dollars and ordered to pay almost 150 thousand dollars in reparation after two men were killed working on Christchurch's wastewater ocean outfall. Audio
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Icepak sentencing adjourned
5:43 PM.A refrigeration company has been accused of 'creating a bomb' at a coolstore that exploded killing a fireman and injuring seven others. Audio
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Manslaughter charge after Warkworth shooting
5:41 PM.A man has been charged with manslaughter, after what a court has heard was the accidental shooting of his partner while she took photos of him posing with a firearm. Audio
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Hutt City Major 'unrepentant' about requesting schools' review
5:36 PM.The Mayor of Lower Hutt says he'll continue to fight for something to be done about the appalling NCEA pass rates at some local secondary schools Audio
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Evening sports news for 14 December 2009
5:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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XT network still down for thousands after major fault
5:23 PM.Between 80 and 90-thousand Telecom XT customers lost mobile phone coverage today after a major fault caused the network to crash early this morning. Audio
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Fiji cyclone warning
5:21 PM.A tropical cyclone warning has been issued in Fiji with Cyclone Mick intensfying as it approaches the main island of Viti Levu. Audio
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Evening Business News for 14 December 2009
5:19 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Journalist in Philippines still in fear of their lives
5:14 PM.In the Philippines, journalists who escaped one of the country's worst massacres are still in fear of their lives as accusations mount over the Government's willingness to prosecute those responsible.
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Officer gives evidence at Bellingham inquest
5:11 PM.The family of Stephen Bellingham have for the first time heard from the police officer who shot their son and brother as part of an inquest in Christchurch. Audio
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Maori flag to fly on Waitangi Day
5:07 PM.The Maori flag will fly alongside the New Zealand flag on the Auckland Harbour Bridge and government buildings on Waitangi Day. Audio