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Checkpoint for Thursday 28 January 2010
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Cane Toads on the dinner plate
6:56 PM.We live in an era of food innovation where chefs push the boundaries with cutting-edge technology and unusual ingredients. Audio
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Holocaust remembered on anniversary of Auschwitz liberation
6:54 PM.Survivors of the Nazi's Auschwitz concentration camp and leaders including the Israeli prime minister and Polish president have taken part in a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the liberation… Read more Audio
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Religious tensions heightened in Malaysia
6:52 PM.The finding of severed pigs' heads at two mosques in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur has highlighted the current volatility of the relations between the country's different religious communities. Audio
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Australia to cut carbon emissions by 5 percent by 2020
6:49 PM.Australia will tell the United Nations that it will cut carbon pollution by no more than five percent by 2020 in the absence of a world agreement on slashing greenhouse gases. Audio
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Waatea news
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse wins election
6:43 PM.Political tension is escalating in Sri Lanka where the incumbent President Mahinda Rajapakse has been declared the winner of the bitterly fought presidential poll. Audio
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Industry unhappy with govt stance on imported timber labelling
6:40 PM.New Zealand is to return to a voluntary labeling system for imported timber, leading to calls for an urgent Government rethink. Audio
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Blood thinning table recalled by drug company
6:37 PM.The drug company GlaxoSmithKline is recalling a blood thinning tablet, which may contain more medicine than it should. Audio
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Sports news for 28 January 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Australia dominates surfing champs in Piha
6:28 PM.The World Junior Surfing Championships being held at Piha Beach finished today with Australia dominating in most categories. Audio
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Govt disaster HQ would replace Wgtn in event of major crisis
6:25 PM.The government is moving to build alternative crisis management headquarters to Wellington in the event of the capital city suffering a major crisis Audio
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Evening Business News for 28 January 2010
6:23 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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New Zealand film-makers win Sundance award
6:19 PM.New Zealand film-makers of the Sundance award winning short,"The Six Dollar Fity Man"say it's now fingers crossed for an Oscar. Audio
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Australian Open update
6:17 PM.We cross to our tennis correspondent Dave Luddy at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Audio
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Former Attorney General appears before Iraq war inquiry
6:14 PM.The British government's top law officer at the time of the Iraq war has strongly defended the legal grounds for invading the country. Audio
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Goff suggests public servant pay cap
6:11 PM.In his state of the nation speech Phil Goff said his party would cap the pay of public service chief executives by tying them to the Prime Minister's salary if Labour were to come to power. Audio
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SPCA call mass dog shooting an"atrocity"
6:07 PM.SPCA officers broke down this afternoon as they recalled what they say was a haunting scene of death and destruction at a property north of Auckland when they arrived to find 33 dogs shot dead. Audio
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Reserve Bank keeps OCR at record low
5:56 PM.It was steady as she goes at the Reserve Bank today with the first Official Cash Rate review of the year leaving the benchmark interest rate unchanged at its record low of 2.5%. Audio
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NZ short film honoured at Sundance
5:53 PM.A New Zealand short film that has taken top honours at the Sundance International Film Festival, in Utah, is being tipped as an Oscar contender. Audio
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Stalemate at Northern Ireland power-sharing talks
5:51 PM.Three days of talks to try and save the power-sharing government in Northern Ireland have ended without agreement. Audio
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Jeanette Fitzsimons to retire next month
5:48 PM.The retiring Green Party MP, Jeanette Fitzsimons, says she has both loved and hated her time as an Member of Parliament. Audio
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Waatea news
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Jonesse admits partial responsibility for Tongan ferry sinking
5:42 PM.John Jonesse, the New Zealand businessman who bought the stricken Tongan ferry Princess Ashika, has for the first time admitted partial responsibility for it's sinking last year. Audio
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Loss of Telecom's XT network endangering lives
5:39 PM.Rescue services say the loss of Telecom's XT network is putting lives at risk. Audio
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Shortfall in driver licensing and testing costs
5:34 PM.The cost of obtaining a driver's licence could rise by nearly $50 as the Government moves to close what it says is a $20,000,000 shortfall in the account. Audio
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Sports news for 28 January 2010
5:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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ACDC hit the Capital
5:28 PM.38,000 tickets have been sold for tonight's AC/DC concert in Wellington and promoters of the Black ICE world tour are confident there'll be another 4 thousand door sales to sell out the Westpac… Read more Audio
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Evening Business News for 28 January 2010
5:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Obama delivers State of the Union address
5:20 PM.The US President Barack Obama has just finished delivering his first State of the Union address. Audio
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Labour to cap pay of chief execs.
5:13 PM.The Labour Party leader Phil Goff is calling on the pay of Public Service chief executives to be capped at the same level as the Prime Minister's salary. Audio
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SPCA investigates slaughter of dogs
5:07 PM.The SPCA say it will definitely consider laying charges, pending an investigation into the fatal shooting of 33 dogs. Audio