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Checkpoint for Friday 26 March 2010
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Ineligible books to run for Booker prize
6:57 PM.The Booker Prize for fiction in the English language was launched in 1969. Audio
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Waatea News for 26 March 2010
6:55 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 26 March 2010
6:38 PM.In late January, the Prime Minister John Key announced Steven Joyce would pick up tertiary education from his ministerial colleague, Anne Tolley, to give her more time to concentrate on her education… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 26 March 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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UK's Independent newspaper bought for a few dollars
6:28 PM.For the princely sum of one and a half dollars, one of Britain's leading newspapers - The Independent - is now in the hands of a former Russian KGB agent-turned billionaire businessman. Audio
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Resolution against Israel's building plans considered
6:27 PM.Arab foreign ministers meeting in Libya may pass a new resolution on what they see as Israel's intentions to Judaize Jerusalem. Audio
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Israel distributes gas masks
6:24 PM.Israeli authorities have begun distributing new gas masks to every citizen to guard against the possibility of chemical or biological attack. Audio
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Evening Business for 26 March 2010
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Fiji's Crime Decree could affect HIV rate
6:19 PM.New data indicates Fiji's crimes decree could affect the country's HIV rate. Audio
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American charged with assisting NZer's suicide
6:16 PM.The police have charged an American woman with helping an Aucklander kill herself, but they have no way of extraditing her to face the charge. Audio
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Media accused of smearing Pope
6:14 PM.The Vatican has attacked the media for its reporting of sexual abuse in the Catholic church. Audio
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Radiographers threaten rolling industrial action
6:11 PM.Public hospital radiographers are threatening to expand rolling industrial action affecting almost all of the country's district health boards. Audio
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Catch limit increase for southern blue fin tuna
6:08 PM.New Zealand is getting a bigger share of the southern blue fin tuna catch - even though the international quota is being cut. Audio
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Calls in UK for smoking ban in cars and parks
5:57 PM.Doctors in England say smoking should be banned in cars, as well as in public spaces where young people are likely to congregate. Audio
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Steps taken to help stop rail accidents
5:55 PM.The police in Waikato say a 75-thousand dollar fence is preventing people from getting on to the main trunk railway line at Ngaruawahia and jumping off the rail bridge. Audio
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Companies Office investigates convicted Australian
5:53 PM.Investigators are trying to find out how an Australian man convicted of corruption managed to become a director of two New Zealand companies while in jail. Audio
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Deal to bailout Greece from debt crisis
5:50 PM.European leaders have hammered out a deal that could see the International Monetary Fund involved in any bailout of Greece over its debt crisis. Audio
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Auckland mayors say Government decision needed on leaky homes
5:47 PM.The Government is dismissing claims that it's set to benefit from a two billion dollar windfall off the back of homeowners' misfortune with their leaky homes. Audio
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Waatea News for 26 March 2010
5:44 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Homebrand issues recall of Jasmine Rice
5:42 PM.The company which runs Countdown, Woolworths, and Foodtown, supermarkets, is undertaking a voluntary nationwide recall of one kilogram packs of Home Brand Jasmine Rice, which may be contaminated with… Read more Audio
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Vehicle owners fight to sue Toyota
5:39 PM.Angry owners of Toyota vehicles in the United States are fighting for the right to take the biggest ever class action against a single car manufacturer. Audio
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Community work and fine for Thompson
5:36 PM.The former head of the Immigration Service has been fined 10-thousand dollars for falsifying her CV. Audio
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Sports News for 26 March 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Replacement ferry on the way for Tonga
5:25 PM.Ferry services between Tonga's islands will resume next month with a temporary replacement on the way for the Princess Ashika, which sank last year. Audio
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Evening Business for 26 March 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Computer repairman jailed for stealing photos
5:19 PM.A computer repairman who stole photos of naked children and pregnant women from his clients' computers is tonight beginning a two and a half year jail sentence. Audio
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Industrial action by radiographers to escalate
5:17 PM.Auckland health chiefs are urging the elderly not to put off getting the medical care they need as rolling stoppages and strikes by hospital radiographers are set to escalate. Audio
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Bain's lawyer says compensation claim is fair
5:14 PM.David Bain's lead lawyer says a claim for compensation is fair, despite Mr Bain not fitting the Government's criteria to apply. Audio
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Three years jail for IHC fraudster
5:08 PM.A former IHC employee has been jailed for 3 years for defrauding the charity of almost 6-hundred-thousand dollars. Audio