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Checkpoint for Friday 28 May 2010
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Checkpoint choice for Friday 28 May 2010
5:00 PM.The best of Checkpoint. Audio
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NZRU discusses Andy Haden comments
5:07 PM.His job as Rugby World Cup Ambassador is on the line tonight as fury mounts over former All Black Andy Haden's accusation that the Crusaders select their players on race. Audio
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Two failed finance companies failed to register prospectus
5:12 PM.A financial advisor says he stunned by a Securities Commission revelation today that two failed finance companies had broken the law by not registering a prospectus and that it's up to investors to… Read more Audio
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Australia to take Japan to court over whaling
5:16 PM.Meanwhile, The Prime minister, John Key says he wants New Zealand to continue taking a diplomatic route. Audio
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Evening Business for 28 May 2010
5:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Success of"top kill"effort to plug oil leak unclear
5:23 PM.It's not yet clear if the latest attempt to plug the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has succeeded. Audio
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Otago region back on flood alert
5:27 PM.Following heavy rain earlier in the week and yesterday's snow, the Metservice is forecasting 40 to 70 millimetres of rain will fall in coastal Otago overnight. Audio
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Some still stranded by North Otago flooding
5:29 PM.Anita Holmes, 7 months pregnant with her husband and their two young daughters have been stranded on their farm in Hildethorpe, north of Oamaru, for the past few days. Audio
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Sports News for 28 May 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Day two of Pete Bethune's trial in Tokyo
5:36 PM.Day two of the trial of the New Zealand anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune has focused on the injuries he's accused of inflicting on a Japanese whaler. Audio
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At least 65 dead in suspected terrorist attack
5:40 PM.At least 65 people have been killed in a suspected Maoist terror attack on a railway line in India's West Bengal state. Audio
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Principal accuses govt of putting blow torch to sector
5:44 PM.A Hamilton secondary school principal is accusing the goverment of applying a fiscal blow torch to the sector and and says more than half the schools in his region are heading for budget deficits. Audio
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Waatea News for 28 May 2010
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Second hand whiteware dealers targeted in WINZ sting
5:51 PM.A second-hand appliance dealer says Work and Income will struggle to stamp out traders encouraging beneficiaries to use their whiteware grants on other items like televisions, stereos and DVD players.
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Jewish community says new slaughter code discriminatory
5:53 PM.Jews who only eat Kosher food say new standards for the commercial slaughtering of animals discriminate against them. Audio
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Photo shoot shooting killer jailed
5:56 PM.A man who accidentally shot dead his girlfriend, as she took photos of him posing with a gun, has been jailed for more than three years over what's being called a stupid and reckless act. Audio
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Dancer alleged to have doubled as gun-runner
5:59 PM.The British ballerina, Dame Margot Fonteyn, has gone down in history as one of the world's greatest dancers. Audio
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Andy Haden's comments rejected by Prime Minister
6:08 PM.The Prime Minister has rejected accusations from a former All Black that the Crusaders rugby team has a race-based quota, saying the comments are inappropriate and inaccurate. Audio
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Aussie government taking Japan to court over whaling
6:11 PM.The Australian government has announced it's taking action against Japan in the International Court of Justice in The Hague next week, in a bid to end whaling in Antarctic waters. Audio
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Souvenir shop fined over false royal jelly claims
6:15 PM.The Buy New Zealand Made group says the practice of falsley labelling things New Zealand made is widespread and damages the country's reputation. Audio
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Indonesia declares almost two year moratorium on logging
6:17 PM.Indonesia has declared an almost two year moratorium on logging as part of a deal to try to preserve its forests. Audio
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Evening Business for 28 May 2010
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Fiji's tourism said to be picking up, but discounts continue
6:25 PM.Tourism is by far Fiji's biggest foreign exchange earner, but in 2009 political instability and floods led to a significant downturn in the industry. Audio
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Chinese premier due in Seoul for talks with South Korea
6:29 PM.The Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, is due to arrive in Seoul shortly for talks with the South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak. Audio
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Sports News for 28 May 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 28 May 2010
6:34 PM.Is the Government preparing for asset sales? Audio
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Waatea News for 28 May 2010
6:54 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Flotilla arrives in Dunkirk to mark 70th anniversay
6:57 PM.A flotilla of boats has arrived in the northern French port of Dunkirk to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the wartime rescue. Audio