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Checkpoint for Tuesday 29 April 2008
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Bleak Outlook For Gordon Brown
6:56 PM.He's polling the lowest of any British Prime Minister in the last 18 years. Audio
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BBC Investigates United Nations
6:52 PM.There's evidence the UN has ignored allegations UN peacekeepers in Congo traded in gold and provided weapons to rebel militia. Audio
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Cawthron Research Institute On Greenhouse Emissions
6:47 PM.Institute spokesperson Jim Sinner says farmers aren't thinking enough now about how to reduce emissions. Audio
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Waatea News
6:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Reverend Jeremiah Wright (Part 2)
6:40 PM.From Washington the ABC's Michael Rowland reports. Audio
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Eye Experts Reverse Declining Vision
6:38 PM.Scientists say they have made a breakthrough in gene therapy which could be used to treat a wide range of sight disorders. Audio
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Austrian Man Imprisons Daughter
6:34 PM.Joseph Fritzl is accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and continually raping her. Audio
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Sports News
6:31 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Evening Business
6:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Red Light Runners
6:22 PM.A campaign urging people to dob in drivers who run red lights is underway in Dunedin. Audio
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495 Kilogram Squid
6:18 PM.Scientists from Sweden have arrived today to examine the 10-metre specimen, at Te Papa museum. Audio
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The Fastest Broadband For Whangarei
6:14 PM.TelstraClear and Northpower are joining forces to provide high-speed internet and other services. Audio
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Child Discipline Bill Petition
6:10 PM.A petition to trigger a referendum on the Child Discipline bill has failed to get enough signatures. Audio
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Pitcairn Island Rape Trials Compensation
6:06 PM.The New Zealand lawyer representing 9 women involved in the Pitcairn Island rape trials wants to sue the British government. Audio
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Cancer Mortality Rates
5:56 PM.Biological differences could be a reason for Maori experiencing almost double the mortality rate from cancer of Europeans. Audio
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Auckland University To Re-Instate Lecturer
5:53 PM.An Employment Relations Authority report has ordered Auckland University to re-instate a lecturer it made redundant. Audio
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Kahui Trial
5:49 PM.The jury in the trial of double murder accused Chris Kahui has today been watching police videos. Audio
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Waatea News
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Reverend Jeremiah Wright
5:42 PM.Barack Obama's former pastor has reiterated controversial statements that could further damage the Senator's campaign. Audio
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Explosives Stores Problems
5:39 PM.A new report is highlighting a string of problems with the way the military is storing its ammunition and explosives. Audio
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Party Murders Trial
5:36 PM.Lipine Sila's charged with murdering two people outside a party and causing grievous bodily harm to eight other people. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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US Tax Rebates
5:26 PM.The US the government has begun handing out a hundred billion dollars in tax rebates to people across the country. Audio
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Evening Business
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Tamahere Plant Fire
5:20 PM.The use of a propane gas as a refrigerant in the coolstore destroyed in an explosion and fire has stunned the former owner of the plant. Audio
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Food Safety Authority Report
5:11 PM.The way the FSA handled a report on the possible health risks of drinking A1 milk led to damaging and unneccesary speculation. Audio
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Marie Davis Case Arrest
5:07 PM.There were angry scenes outside the Christchurch District Court as the man accused of murdering Marie Davis made his first appearance. Audio