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Checkpoint for Wednesday 1 September 2010
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Gamblefree Day highlights problem gambling issue
6:53 PM.A pokie machine was smashed into pieces by a former problem gambler in South Auckland this afternoon, as part of Gamblefree Day. Audio
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Waatea News for 1 September 2010
6:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Right wing pressure Labour in safe area
6:41 PM.The Citizens and Ratepayers political group has selected a well-known Pacific Islander to contest the Maungakiekie Tamaki Ward in the Auckland super city election. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 1 September 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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White season opens on West Coast
6:27 PM.Keen whitebaiters on the West Coast have been hitting the streams today for the start of their whitebait season, just over two weeks later than the rest of the country. Audio
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Charter plane returns to Papua New Guinea with bodies
6:27 PM.Australian and New Zealand diplomats have visited the site of a plane crash that killed four people and are returning to Papua New Guinea. Audio
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Telecom users group confident history won't repeat
6:24 PM.A telecommunications users' group says it is confident a decade long court battle over Telecom's use of its market power couldn't happen again. Audio
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Expert analysis of troop withdrawal from Iraq
6:13 PM.Dr Benjamin Isakhan is with the Centre for Dialogue at La Trobe University in Melbourne. Audio
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Success of police seizures causing price of P to rise
6:08 PM.The Police say the success of seizures of Methamphetamine is causing the street price of the drug to steadily rise, and the drug to be dilluted in strength. Audio
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Rotorua researchers to turn sewage into fuels and plastics
5:56 PM.A group of researchers in Rotorua are embarking on a project to turn the town's sewage into fuels and plastics. Audio
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Judge's lawyer asks High Court to set aside conduct report
5:48 PM.The lawyer for a Supreme Court Judge under investigation over allegations of bias has asked the High Court to set aside a Judicial Conduct Commissioner's report on his client. Audio
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Waatea News for 1 September 2010
5:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Qantas flight suffers engine explosion
5:40 PM.An Australia-bound Qantas flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in San Francisco after an explosion blew a hole in one of it's engines. Audio
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Woman charged with possession of P
5:37 PM.A 54 year-old woman has appeared in the Wellington District Court today, accused of possessing more than $400,000 worth of methamphetamine. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 1 September 2010
5:34 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Victoria to consider banning betting on Pakistan cricket
5:29 PM.The Victorian Government in Australia is asking the state's regulator to look into the possibility of banning betting on cricket games that involve Pakistan. Audio
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Criminal Lawyer: Jury unlikely to convict pharmacist
5:26 PM.A criminal law professor says it is likely a jury would be highly sympathetic towards an Auckland pharmacist who strugged with an intruder who later died, should charges ever be laid. Audio
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Evening Business News for 1 September 2010
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Evening Business News for 1 September 2010
5:24 PM.Property sellers' asking prices are holding steady, despite a large inventory of unsold houses on the market, according to the latest report from the property website realestate.co.nz. Audio
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Barack Obama marks the end of combat operations in Iraq
5:18 PM.The Iraq war has officially finished, seven years after allied troops invaded the country. Audio
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Police response to claim that the P epidemic is over
5:13 PM.A 54 year old woman has appeared in court today, after police allege she was carrying more than 400-thousand dollars worth of methamphetamine. Audio
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Methamphetamine epidemic coming to a close
5:08 PM.A drugs researcher says the 'P' epidemic is all but over, due to the increasing price of methamphetamine. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 1 September 2010
5:00 PM.Is the P epidemic behind us? President Obama marks the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom and all bets might be off for Pakistan's cricketers. Audio