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Checkpoint for Thursday 9 December 2010
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 9 December 2010
5:00 PM.Labour ups the anti on the foreshore and seabed debate. Fraud charges are laid against another finance company and the Reserve Bank tells the government to get its books back into surplus faster. Audio
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Labour pulls support for Marine and Coastal Area Bill
5:07 PM.The Labour Party has ended any chance of a broad, cross-party consensus on the foreshore and seabed. Audio
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Political analysis of foreshore and seabed debate
5:14 PM.Our political reporter Julian Robins is with us. Audio
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SFO lays charges against Capital and Merchant directors
5:17 PM.The Serious Fraud Office has laid charges against the founding directors of Capital and Merchant Finance - relating to 14-and-a-half million dollars worth of loans. Audio
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Reserve Bank urges Govt to reduce deficit
5:21 PM.The Reserve Bank has joined the head of Treasury in urging the government to get its books back into surplus faster. Audio
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Evening Business News for 9 December 2010
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Cables reveal leaks by Australian Senator
5:27 PM.The latest release of documents by WikiLeaks is causing waves across the Tasman. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 9 December 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Auditor General considers investigating the Wongs
5:36 PM.The Auditor-General is considering investigating the use of the Parliamentary travel perk by the former minister, Pansy Wong and her husband Sammy Wong. Audio
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Waatea News for 9 December 2010
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Predictions cyber-attacks by WikiLeaks supporters will escalate
5:50 PM.Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have built a cyber army that has shut down the websites of the world's two biggest credit card companies - and experts are predicting that the attacks… Read more Audio
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Foreign investor farm sales rules
5:58 PM.The Government has spelled out exactly how much farmland foreign investers can buy without coming under much tougher scrutiny. Audio
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No new life-time contracts for Housing NZ tenants from July
6:07 PM.As part of the Government's bid to address the country's housing shortage, no life-time contracts for Housing New Zealand tenants will be issued from next July. Audio
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Southland wants lignite mining despite cost
6:15 PM.People in Eastern Southland still want a new lignite mine to go ahead despite a warning from Parliament's environmental watchdog that the regions vast energy resource is too risky to touch. Audio
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Evening Business News for 9 December 2010
6:19 PM.Official figures show consumer spending rose in November, but economists say the rise is partly related to GST-related price increases. Spending using debit and credit cards rose 1 point 4 percent… Read more Audio
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Parts of New South Wales experience worst flooding in decades
6:24 PM.Flooding is now so widespread in New South Wales that half the state could soon be declared a natural disaster zone. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 9 December 2010
6:31 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Green Party says NZ stance at Cancun is disturbing
6:35 PM.The Green Party says it is deeply disturbed by the Government's statement today that it will not commit to targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions unless changes are made to forestry rules. Audio
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Waatea News for 9 December 2010
6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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American power and influence in Asia
6:50 PM.And now for the third and final of our reports examining American power and influence in Asia. Audio
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Joint police operation targets Hell's Angels and drug dealers
6:55 PM.People living in the Auckland suburb of Mt Eden have described how armed police converged on a Hell's Angels gang house this morning, and used ladders to scale the walls. Audio