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Checkpoint for Thursday 1 April 2010
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Checkpoint Choice for Thursday 1 April 2010
7:00 PM.Domestic violence again fuels another rise in violent crime, Police release report on murder victims, Pete Bethune expected to find out charges shortly. Audio
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Too much bread thrown away in Turkey
6:59 PM.Officials in Turkey say there is a problem with bread - millions of loaves are thrown away every day. Audio
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Shack the shark sets world record
6:56 PM.A New Zealand great white has gone where no other shark as gone before. Audio
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Waatea News for 1 April 2010
6:52 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 1 April 2010
6:38 PM.This week the Government released a discussion document it hopes will finally resolve the disagreement over the Foreshore and Seabed Act. Audio
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Sports News for 1 April 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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13-year old boys most at risk of poisoning
6:27 PM.A study has found that 13-year old boys are the most likely to be at risk of poisoning in schools. Audio
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US lawyer wants Pope to give sworn testimony
6:24 PM.A lawyer in America has filed a legal suit to have the Pope questioned over sex abuse. Audio
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Evening Business for 1 April 2010
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Hope of cure for deadly sleeping sickness
6:19 PM.A group of British and Canadian scientists says it has identified a potential treatment for sleeping sickness, which kills thousands of people in Africa every year. Audio
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Native Americans goes home salmonless but satisfied
6:17 PM.A group of Native Americans has apologised to the descendents of Chinook salmon taken from their local rivers and brought out to New Zealand. Audio
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Russia's troubled politics
6:12 PM.Chechen rebels have claimed responsibility for the two suicide bombings that killed 39 people on the Moscow metro this week. Audio
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Calls for Tongan govt to resign over ferry sinking
6:10 PM.A pro-democracy MP in Tonga is calling on the government to resign following the Royal Commission's report into the sinking of the Princess Ashika. Audio
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Labour and National blame each other for crime stats
6:07 PM.MP's were hot under the collar in parliament this afternoon, as each side of the House tried to blame the other for the increase in crime. Audio
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Swirling tower to be Olympic landmark for London
5:57 PM.Plans have been unveiled in London for a new curving, swirling, tower over a hundred metres tall to commemorate the 2012 Olympics. Audio
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Claims iconic waterways threatened by new legislation
5:52 PM.Environmental and recreational groups say part of new legislation passed last night, will threaten Canterbury's iconic rivers. Audio
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Debate over Foreshore and Seabed
5:50 PM.The Government says most New Zealanders would notice little change if its proposed foreshore and seabed reforms go ahead. Audio
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Easter traffic update
5:48 PM.Easter traffic is already starting to build up as people in the cities escape for the long weekend. Audio
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Waatea News for 1 April 2010
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Climate scientist cleared of conspiring to hide evidence
5:40 PM.A British parliamentary inquiry has cleared the climate change scientists at the centre of last year's email hacking scandal of conspiring to hide evidence. Audio
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Donors have chance to rebuild Haiti for the future
5:35 PM.The international community is backing a multi billion dollar recovery plan for earthquake stricken Haiti. Audio
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Sports News for 1 April 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Businesses to flout Easter trading laws
5:28 PM.Some retailers are planning to break the law again this year and open their doors for trading over the Easter weekend. Audio
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Napier gunman says he was never going to prison
5:26 PM.The gunman at the centre of a two day siege in Napier, told police minutes before he shot himself, that he wasn't going to sit in prison for 20 years. Audio
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Opposition to US plans to allow overshore oil drilling
5:24 PM.President Obama has announced plans to open up large new areas of America's offshore waters to oil and gas drilling. Audio
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Evening Business for 1 April 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Norwegian hunters had no hunting licence
5:17 PM.A group of Norwegian hunters who filmed themselves shooting native pigeons in the South Island could face firearms charges because they did NOT have a hunting permit for the West Coast. Audio
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Pete Bethune expected to find out charges shortly
5:14 PM.In the next few hours the New Zealand whaling protester Pete Bethune will found out if he's to walk free from the Toyko prison where he's been held since his arrest three weeks ago. Audio
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Police release report on murder victims
5:11 PM.The police have this year also released a report on the victims of murder and manslaughter which shows men in their 20s are most at risk, followed by children under five. Audio
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Domestic violence again fuels another rise in violent crime
5:08 PM.Violent crime is up eight percent although the country's overall crime rate is slightly lower than it was a decade ago. Audio