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Checkpoint for Wednesday 26 January 2011
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Quake-hit Christchurch Residents having to return home
6:52 PM.Some Canterbury residents are returning to homes damaged in last year's 7.1 earthquake, because they can't afford to live anywhere else. Audio
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Waatea News for 26 January 2011
6:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Obese women feel surgery in South Korea is only option
6:41 PM.Two morbidly obese women will travel to South Korea for potentially life saving surgery despite grave fears for their safety. Jasimn Sciascia and Lynda Sim have been offered free bariatric surgery… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 26 January 2011
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Green MP Keith Locke to retire at election
6:25 PM.Green MP Keith Locke has decided to retire after the general election. He's leaving a party consistently polling over the 5% threshold, but with an almost entirely fresh team to fight the next… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 26 January 2011
6:22 PM.Hallenstein Glasson has warned investors its half year profit could fall, providing another sign the retail sector is struggling. Audio
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Australian Dairy Farmers concerned about milk price drop
6:21 PM.Across the Tasman, the supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths plan to reduce the price of their milk by about a third. A two-litre carton of the supermarkets' own-brand milk will cost consumers just… Read more Audio
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Independent Maori Statutory Board will work well
6:16 PM.The Auckland Council and the Independent Maori Statutory Board are still in discussions about Maori representation on Auckland's Council committees. Audio
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Election battlelines drawn with partial assett sales announced
6:09 PM.The election year battlelines have now been cleary drawn, with the Prime Minister's announcement that National is considering the partial sell-off of state owned energy companies. Business Analyst… Read more Audio
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Pike families lawyer says footage to be taken at face value
5:52 PM.The lawyer for families of the Pike River Miners says newly released footage from inside the mine does not necessarily suggest there could still be bodies intact. Audio
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Keith Locke to retire from Parliament
5:48 PM.The Green MP, Keith Locke has announced he will retire as an MP at the next election after 12 years in Parliament. Audio
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Waatea News for 26 January 2011
5:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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National to sell family silver to pay for tax cuts - Labour
5:37 PM.The Labour Party says National's plan to sell-off minority stakes in state-owned energy companies is a recipe for disaster. Audio
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Police consider extradition in burned alive case
5:35 PM.New Zealand police officers are in Fiji investigating the death of a woman who was burned alive. Audio
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Sports News for 26 January 2011
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Australian open update
5:29 PM.The quarter final action continues at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Audio
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Evening Business for 26 January 2011
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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President Obama delivers his State of the Union address
5:22 PM.President Obama has delivered his State of the Union address. His goal was to reassure Americans tired of a high unemployment rate and worried about rising debt. In this spirit he called for a sputnik… Read more Audio
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Partial asset sales policy sets scene for election year battle
5:07 PM.The election year battlelines have now been cleary drawn, with the Prime Minister's announcement that National is considering the partial sell-off of state owned energy companies. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 26 January 2011
5:00 PM.Partial asset sales policy sets scene for election year battle, Police consider extradition in burned alive case, Keith Locke to retire from Parliament, National wants to sell family silver to pay for… Read more Audio