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Checkpoint for Friday 11 June 2010
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Scepticism about human made climate change rises
6:57 PM.Worldwide opinion polls suggest public scepticism about climate change is growing in particular about the concept of human made global warming. Audio
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Waatea News for 11 June 2010
6:55 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 11 June 2010
6:38 PM.Shane Jones faces an uncertain political future after revelations this week he used his ministerial credit card to pay to watch pornographic movies at hotels when he was a Labour minister. Spending by… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 11 June 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Flooding prompts return of Outback punt service
6:28 PM.An old punt not used for twenty years has returned to service in Queensland's south-west, ferrying travellers across Cooper Creek. Audio
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Protesters use World Cup to gain attention
6:26 PM.Some South Africans are using the global media spotlight from the football world cup as a chance to draw attention to their grievances. Audio
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$45 million funding boost for high performance sport
6:24 PM.New Zealand athletes are expected to bring home more Olympic medals in 2016 as a result of the government's $45 million funding boost for elite sport Audio
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Evening Business for 11 June 2010
6:19 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Paedophile teacher beginning jail term for abusing boys
6:17 PM.A former teacher who admitted sexually abusing young boys taught at a Porirua school, is tonight beginning a jail sentence of four years, nine months. Audio
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ICC sentences over Bosnian war crimes
6:13 PM.Two former Bosnian Serb army officers have been given life sentences for their role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in which about 8 thousand Muslim boys and men were killed. Audio
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BP oil leak more than doubled from previous estimates
6:09 PM.Newly released figures on the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico show that as many as 40 thousand barrels a day have been gushing out, that's more than double previous estimates. Audio
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More from the Maori Party on Foreshore and Seabed
6:07 PM.The Maori Party is making a last ditch effort to avoid a collision course with the government over who owns the foreshore and seabed. Audio
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Expenses scandal a conversational favourite
5:57 PM.The political expenses scandal has become a lunchtime chat special: a favoured topic of conversation for just about anyone. Audio
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World Cup kicks off
5:55 PM.After billions of dollars and years of planning, football's world cup finally gets underway in South Africa. Audio
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Seven-year-old hanged by taliban
5:52 PM.The top US and NATO military commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has warned it could take longer than planned to drive the Taliban from its Southern heartland Kandahar. Audio
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Submissions urge for return of air strike capabilities
5:48 PM.The government's chosen the arrival of its newest Navy ship to release a summary of submissions sent to its Defence Review that was started last year. Audio
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Waatea news for 11 June 2010
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Government proposes axing Gift Duty
5:42 PM.The Government is looking at getting rid of gift duty tax, which it says costs $435,000 dollars a year to administer, but collects only $1.5 million dollars. Audio
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Concern about effect of power hike on the vulnerable
5:39 PM.A social service agency in Dunedin is worried about the effect Contact Energy's price rises will have on the city's most vulnerable residents. Audio
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I was told personal spending was ok - Ririnui
5:36 PM.The former Labour Party minister Mita Ririnui is insisting he was told he could use his credit card for personal spending despite Ministerial Services saying no minister would have been told any such… Read more Audio
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Sports news for 11 June 2010
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Barry Maister says funding increase will make a difference
5:26 PM.New Zealand athletes are expected to bring home more Olympic medals in 2016 as a result of the government's biggest ever funding boost to elite sport. Audio
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Evening Business News for 11 June 2010
5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Food prices decrease
5:21 PM.Food prices have fallen by half a per cent in the past year, the first annual decrease in nearly six years. Audio
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More power to rein in misuse of ministerial credit cards
5:16 PM.Ministerial Services look likely to get greater powers to rein in misuse of credit cards. Audio
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Maori Party on collision course with Govt over foreshore
5:11 PM.The Maori Party is making a last ditch effort to avoid a collision course with the government over the foreshore and seabed. Audio
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Murder conviction in shooting of Police officer case
5:08 PM.A High Court jury found a man guilty of the murder of Sergeant Don Wilkinson in South Auckland in 2008. Audio
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Checkpoint Choice for Friday 11 June 2010
5:00 PM.Murder conviction in shooting of Police officer case, Maori Party on collision course with Govt over foreshore, Food prices decrease, Paedophile teacher beginning jail term for abusing boys, I was… Read more Audio