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Checkpoint for Wednesday 21 July 2010
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GST-exempting bill author doesn't accept too difficult to do
6:53 PM.The Maori Party MP who will try again to get GST removed from healthy food doesn't accept that it's too difficult to do. Audio
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Waatea News for 21 July 2010
6:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Call to amalgamate Southland councils
6:44 PM.Invercargill City councillor Wayne Harpur wants to turn Invercargill and the Southland District into a supercity. Audio
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Agency letting fees survive law change
6:39 PM.Supporters of tenants rights are disappointed an overhaul of tenancy laws did not bring an end to agency letting fees. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 21 July 2010
6:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Evening Business News for 21 July 2010
6:21 PM.Net migration ebbed to its lowest rate in 19 months in June, as fewer people arrived and more moved across the Tasman. Audio
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Stripping prisoners' right to vote 'a denial of human rights'
6:19 PM.MPs have been told that stripping all prisoners of the right to vote would be a blatant disregard for human rights. Audio
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US visit to Sth Korea intended to deter aggression from North
6:16 PM.To South Korea, where the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates have been visiting the demilitarised zone dividing the peninsula amid fears of new attacks by the… Read more Audio
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British PM's inaugural visit to Washington marred by BP woes
6:12 PM.President Obama and the British Prime Minister dodged the BP political minefield and ended their first White House talks insisting the Afghan war strategy was working. Audio
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Can Afghanistan conference goals be met?
6:06 PM.Doubts are being raised over how Afghanistan can possibly achieve the security and anti-corruption goals set at an international conference. Audio
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Rapporteur told racism alive and well in NZ
5:52 PM.A United Nations official investigating the state of Maori has been told racism is alive and well in New Zealand. Audio
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Moratorium on water takes from Hurunui river welcomed
5:49 PM.Irrigators and environmental groups say a freeze on new applications to take water from Canterbury's Hurunui river is a great start for protecting the river. Audio
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Waatea News for 21 July 2010
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Thousands line the capital's streets to welcome All Whites
5:44 PM.A tickertape reception and parade through the streets of Wellington has welcomed the All Whites home. Audio
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More willing to use credit cards to pay bills
5:36 PM.There's new evidence people are planning to make greater use of their credit card to get by. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 21 July 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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12,000 to get 95% of investment back from ANZ and ING
5:28 PM.Twelve-thousand people who lost money in two investment funds that were frozen two years ago, can expect to have up to 95 per cent of their initial investment returned under a new payout scheme. Audio
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Tourists pass 2.5 million in a year but net migration slowing
5:24 PM.For the first time the number of visitors to New Zealand in one year has reached two and a half million. Audio
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Evening Business News for 21 July 2010
5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Brownlee hits back at Labour over mining
5:18 PM.The Economic Development Minister has hit back at Labour Party claims he botched the Government's plan to allow mining on protected conservation land. Audio
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North Shore Hospital under pressure
5:12 PM.The Waitemata District Health Board is promising to cut waiting times and tackle bed shortages at North Shore Hospital. Audio
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Defence Force blasted by Auditor-General
5:07 PM.The Auditor-General has blasted the command and control culture at Defence Headquarters which she says led four officers to believe it was ok for them to lie to the U.N. about housing allowances for… Read more Audio
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Checkpoint Choice for Wednesday 21 July 2010
5:00 PM.The defence force is blasted for a culture that encouraged lying to the UN. Pressure on North Shore Hospital to stop overcrowding and reduce waiting times and mining the humour in Parliament. Audio