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Checkpoint for Monday 18 October 2010
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St Mary of the Cross
6:57 PM.Australian Catholics have been celebrating the canonisation of the country's first saint - St Mary of the Cross. Audio
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Melborne abortion clinic
6:54 PM.Staff at a Melborne abortion clinic, where a security guard was murdered nine years ago, are calling for a ban on protestors. Audio
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Better protection of natural habitats
6:52 PM.The better protection of natural habitats - that's the goal for delegations from almost every government, plus scientists and business representatives, who've just started what's scheduled to be a… Read more Audio
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Waatea News for 18 October 2010
6:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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US political advertising
6:46 PM.Analysts in the US are estimating a record breaking 3 and a half billion dollars will be spent on political advertising this election season. Audio
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Obesity seminar hears about changes at McDonalds
6:42 PM.McDonalds - once criticised for fuelling the obesity epidemic, says it's now on a campaign to fight fat. Audio
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The latest news from the UK
6:36 PM.Britain's Sunday Times newspaper has secretly filmed the head of the Oceania Football Confederation, Reynald Temarii of Tahiti and Amos Adamu of Nigeria agreeing to sell their votes in exchange for… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 18 October 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Floating Chinese hospital
6:28 PM.China wants to show there's a humanitarian side to its fast-expanding links with Africa, and that it's not just about supplying its industry with the continent's vast natural resources. A floating… Read more Audio
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Closing arguments presented in horsebreeder murder trial
6:25 PM.A deliberate shooting or a tragic mistake - these are the two scenarios put before a High Court jury in Hamilton today. Audio
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Evening Business for 18 October 2010
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Expert says terror warnings for Delhi were justified
6:15 PM.A global security specialist says warnings of a high risk of terror attacks at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi were justified. Audio
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Tonga's football head denies allegations about voting bribes
6:12 PM.The Oceania Football Confederation's New Zealand representative says he wants to talk to the football official involved in a World Cup bribery scandal before he passes judgment on him. Audio
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Super Typhoon Megi
6:11 PM.People in the northern Philippines have been bracing themselves for the arrival of a Super Typhoon named 'Megi', bringing winds of more than two hundred kilometres per hour. Audio
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A warning rent rises are about to get bigger
6:07 PM.Propery Investors Federation's Andrew King says the scrapping of depreciation allowances next April will force rises in rent. Audio
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British to cut armed forces spend
5:57 PM.The British government is preparing to announce spending cuts for the armed forces later this week, with many British troops still on active service in Afghanistan. Audio
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Qualifications Authority to make university entrance harder
5:55 PM.The Qualifications Authority has proposed making university entrance harder. But it believes most applicants will be able to meet the suggested standard. Audio
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Greens and Government announce pest control package
5:52 PM.The Government and the Green Party are teaming up to target some of New Zealand's toughest pests - possums, stoats and rats. Audio
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Waatea News for 18 October 2010
5:49 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Labour confident many employers support labour law change
5:45 PM.The Labour Party is confident many employers support bringing back industry-wide agreements but Business New Zealand has criticised the policy as a return to the 1970s. Audio
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Pomare women fight state house evictions once again
5:42 PM.Three Lower Hutt women, locked in a state house eviction dispute, have today gone to the Court of Appeal to try and convince judges they're being discriminated against. Audio
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Germany's debate on immigration
5:38 PM.Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel has climbed into a blistering debate on immigration by strongly declaring that attempts to build a multi-cultural society have utterly failed. Audio
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Inquiry into corruption at Commonwealth Games
5:36 PM.The Indian Prime Minister has set up an inquiry into corruption and mismanagement of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Audio
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Sports News for 18 October 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Super City a train wreck says Auckland regional councillor
5:29 PM.Several Auckland Regional councillors have used their last meeting to take a swipe at the new super city, with one labelling it a train wreck. Audio
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Julia Gillard announces two new detention centres
5:25 PM.The Australian Prime Minister has announced a new "long-term" strategy for dealing with asylum seekers, including releasing children from detention. Audio
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Evening Business for 18 October 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Tonga's football head says he met with fake lobbyists
5:17 PM.The head of Tonga's Football Federation says he met the undercover reporters posing as lobbyists, but already knew it was a hoax when he suggested they pay him a hundred thousand dollars. Audio
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Tonga's football head denies allegations about voting bribes
5:16 PM.New Zealand's representative on the Oceania Football Confederation says he wants to talk to the accused football official before he passes judgment on him. Audio
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Cost of living rise
5:12 PM.The cost of living rose one-point-five per cent in the year to the end of September, the lowest annual rate of inflation in more than six years. Audio
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PPTA strike action back on after talks fail
5:08 PM.Secondary schools around the country are being hit with two days of strikes this week as the teachers' battle over pay swings back into action. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 18 October 2010
5:00 PM.PPTA strike action back on after talks fail, Cost of living rise, Tonga's football head denies allegations about voting bribes, Tonga's football head says he met with fake lobbyists, Julia Gillard… Read more Audio