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Checkpoint for Thursday 27 May 2010
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Exhibition celebrates Miles Davis
6:57 PM.He's considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of the 20th century and today would have been Miles Davis' 84th birthday. Audio
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Phillippines wants public gun ban to continue
6:53 PM.Each year thousands of Filipinos are killed in gun-related violence. Audio
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Hillary Clinton returns from Korea talks
6:49 PM.Caution and consultation appear to be the operative words for the Obama administration as tensions continue to rise on the Korean peninsula following the sinking of the Cheonan, the South Korean Navy… Read more Audio
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Waatea news for 27 May 2010
6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Kidnapped couple appeal to British PM
6:44 PM.The British couple who've been held hostage by Somali kidnappers for more than seven months have appeared in an interview filmed by a Somali journalist. Audio
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NZer returns from working for UN in Haiti
6:39 PM.Tony Oliver, who has just returned from working in Haiti as a field coordinator for the United Nations Office for Project Services - or UNOPS Audio
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Haitians still in dire need of basics
6:37 PM.In Haiti, hundreds of thousands of people are still living in flimsy tents. more than four months after a powerful earthquake rocked the island. Audio
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Evening sports news for 27 May 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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oil well plug"going as planned"
6:28 PM.BP says its latest operation to stem the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is going to plan. Audio
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Canterbury engineer working on new generation space craft
6:24 PM.A Canterbury University engineer has been asked to take part in a NASA funded project working on the next generation of space craft. Audio
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Evening Business News for 27 May 2010
6:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Tourism industry split on mining issue
6:18 PM.A survey of tourism operators in New Zealand has revealed they are divided over whether the Government should go ahead with mining proposals for protected conservation land. Audio
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Stricter controls on wind machines in Marlborough
6:14 PM.Tougher conditions are to be imposed on the wind machines used to fight frosts on Marlborough vineyards. Audio
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Landcorp may bid for Crafar farms due to public pressure
6:08 PM.The state-owned farming company Landcorp says it's looking at putting in a bid for 16 Crafar family farms because of public pressure. Audio
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NZ's first electronic bookstore launched
5:57 PM.The country's first electronic bookstore was launched today. Audio
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Amnesty says Australia politicising asylum seeker issue
5:55 PM.Amnesty International has just released its annual report into the global state of human rights. Audio
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Green Party protest over sale of Indonesian Kwila on Trade Me
5:52 PM.Protesters against the importation of Kwila hardwood from Indonesia are demanding that Trade Me ban it from its website. Audio
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Labour says bill will restore Canterbury regional council
5:49 PM.The leader of the opposition Phil Goff says he'll introduce a private members' bill to restore a democratically elected Canterbury Regional Council. Audio
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Independent probe promised for Jamaica deaths
5:47 PM.Jamaica's prime minister has promised an independent investigation into the deaths of dozens of people killed during fighting on the streets of Kingston. Audio
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Waatea news for 27 May 2010
5:44 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Cost of Auckland's supercity council revealed
5:42 PM.For the first time the full cost of establishing Auckland's supercity council has been tallied up. Audio
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Calls for make-over of new prison 'monstrosity'
5:39 PM.Community leaders and neighbours of Auckland's new central city prison are appalled by the way it looks - and are calling on the Corrections Department to fix it. Audio
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PM doesn't think Bennett should pay compensation
5:36 PM.The Prime Minister, John Key, says he doesn't think a beneficiary who laid a privacy complaint against the Minister of Social Development should receive compensation. Audio
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Evening sports news for 27 May 2010
5:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Campus cop: Parents arrange girls' first fight
5:28 PM.Whangarei police are worried about a growing trend of girls fist-fighting and believe in some cases parents have actually arranged the fights. Audio
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Furious reaction to suggestions of Kenepuru after hours closure
5:24 PM.Proposals to cut elective surgery for a week and close an after-hours medical department north of Wellington are being met with horror by community leaders. Audio
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Evening Business News for 27 May 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Landcorp may bid for Crafar farms
5:19 PM.The Government-owned farm company, Landcorp, is denying allegations that political influence played a part in its decision to look into buying the former Crafar farms. Audio
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IMF says NZ dollar is overvalued
5:15 PM.The International Monetary Fund says the New Zealand dollar is overvalued by as much as 25 percent. Audio
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PM says Labour desperate over investment knowledge claims
5:12 PM.The Prime Minister John Key says the Labour Party is desperate and making things up when it says he knew about investment activities of blind trust. Audio
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Bethune goes on trial in Tokyo
5:08 PM.To Tokyo first where ultra-nationalist protesters gathered outside court today screaming for anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune to be hanged. Audio
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Checkpoint choice for Thursday 27 May 2010
5:00 PM.Protesters at Pete Bethune's trial in Tokyo call for him to be hanged. An argument over how blind a blind trust is and the IMF says our dollar is overvalued by as much as 25 per cent. Audio