Navigation for Checkpoint
Checkpoint for Tuesday 6 July 2010
-
World cup for underprivileged children
6:58 PM.As the Football World Cup enters its final week another kind of international tournament is underway in South Africa. Audio
-
World wide search for missing British films
6:56 PM.The British Film Institute has issued a list of 75 missing movies , it hopes it can recover. Audio
-
Fiji budget receives favourable reviews
6:52 PM.Fiji's revised budget for 2010 estimates the country's net deficit will be about 159 million dollars by the end of the financial year. Audio
-
Israel eases blockade of Gaza strip
6:48 PM.On the eve of a crucial US summit, Israel has won cautious international praise for a further easing of its blockade of the Gaza strip. Audio
-
Waatea News for 6 July 2010
6:44 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
-
Dunedin auctioneer wins national title
6:41 PM.A Dunedin auctioneer has just won the National Real Estate Auctioneers championships in Auckland. Audio
-
Rising rents push budgets over the edge.
6:38 PM.The latest rent rise is putting additional pressure on low income earners already struggling with rising living costs. Audio
-
Manufacturers and Exporters on Business Confidence
6:35 PM.The latest business survey from the Institute of Economic Research shows confidence is down and there's uncertainty about the future. Audio
-
Evening Sports News for 6 July 2010
6:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
-
Chelsea sugar about to be bought by palm oil giant
6:27 PM.Greenpeace says its disturbing that Chelsea sugar is about to be taken over by one of the world's biggest and palm oil companies. Audio
-
Evening Business News for 6 July 2010
6:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
-
Thailand's cabinet debates lifting emergency rule
6:18 PM.In Thailand the goverment is deciding today whether or not to lift the state of emergency imposed after mass protests in Bangkok earlier this year. Audio
-
Government wants to tighten up knife sales
6:14 PM.Young people in Porirua near Wellington say there is an emerging culture of people carrying knives to protect themselves and tougher rules around the sales of knives will do nothing to stop it. Audio
-
Labour leader Phil Goff on Regional Asylum Centre
6:06 PM.The Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard wants New Zealand involved in setting up a regional centre in East Timor for processing asylum seekers. Audio
-
NATO expects determined opposition from Taliban
5:58 PM.The international forces in southern Afghanistan say they've largely completed the first phase of a campaign to improve security in and around the city of Kandahar. Audio
-
Men at Work ordered to pay royalties
5:55 PM.First Australian band Men at Work were found guilty of ripping off a classic children's song - now they've been ordered to pay royalties to the song's owners. Audio
-
Flood warning systems in place in Gisborne
5:53 PM.The Civil Defence in Gisborne is on full alert with another twelve hours of rain expected to fall on the already saturated district. Audio
-
Survey - businesses are losing confidence in the economy
5:49 PM.Some New Zealand businesses are losing confidence in the economy and are uncertain about the future. Audio
-
Waatea News for 6 July 2010
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
-
Australia's new PM tackles asylum seeker problem
5:40 PM.Australia's new Prime Minister has announced plans to set up a regional processing centre for asylum seekers and she tries to clear away another controversy in the lead up to the general election. Audio
-
Corrections and Police assaults to be considered in sentencing
5:35 PM.The Police Minister, Judith Collins, says assaults against police and prison officers are an attack on the rule of law and she wants the courts to take a tougher line on sentencing those offenders. Audio
-
Evening Sports News for 6 July 2010
5:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
-
Motor industry admits climate cost in cleaning exhaust fumes
5:27 PM.The motor industry admits new rules for cleaning up exhaust fumes actually come at a cost to the climate. Audio
-
Evening Business News for 6 July 2010
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
-
Crafar farms opposition scaring off foreign investors
5:21 PM.The Property Council says public opposition to the possible sale of a group of Crafar family farms to Chinese interests is scaring off other foreign investors and threatening the economy's recovery. Audio
-
NZIER warns economy is stalling
5:17 PM.The latest economic forecast says the economy is stalling and warns the Reserve Bank risks inflicting further damage if it continues to lift interest rates. Audio
-
Human rights lawyer on asylum seeker proposal
5:13 PM.Julia Gillard says the new plan is not simply a reworked Pacific Solution. Audio
-
Australia proposes regional processing centre
5:08 PM.Australia's new Prime Minister Julia Gillard wants New Zealand involved in setting up a regional centre in East Timor for processing asylum seekers and appears to want this country to take more… Read more Audio
-
Checkpoint Choice for Tuesday 6 July 2010
5:00 PM.Australia works with New Zealand and East Timor to set up a regional centre to process asylum seekers. New evidence the economy may be stalling and the Property Council says public opposition to the… Read more Audio