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with Mary Wilson

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Audio from Friday 27 February 2009

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17:06 The latest from the national Job Summit

The Job Summit in Manukau City is recommending some workplaces switch to 9 day fortnights for their workers to help save jobs. (7′49″)

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17:16 Job Summit live

Political editor Brent Edwards has spent the day at the Job Summit and joins us with the latest. (4′44″)

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17:19 Warehouse fined over misleading customers

The Warehouse pleaded guilty to multiple breaches of the Act and fined 209,600 dollars in the Auckland District Court today. (3′06″)

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17:24 Business Update

The latest from the financial sector. (1′57″)

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17:28 Job Summit live (Part 2)

Brent Edwards is live from the Job Summit in Manukau. (1′00″)

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17:29 Job Summit reaction

The national secretary of the engineering printing and manufacturers union Andrew Little. (4′42″)

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17:32 Sports News

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′54″)

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17:38 Govenor keen to see banks share pain

The Reserve Bank Governor has said today's summit is an opportunity for banks to hear from frustrated businesses. (8′08″)

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17:46 Waatea News

News from the Waatea team. (2′43″)

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17:48 Job Summit post-analysis

Primie Minister John Key gives his take on today's Job Summit. (7′41″)

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17:57 Diet and excercise key to avoiding cancer

It may be common sense but a good diet and regular excercise will reduce the risk of getting many cancers by up to a third. (3′24″)

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18:00 Checkpoint Choice for 27 Febuary 2009

Jobs Summit; The Warehouse fined; banks to feel pain. (19′21″)

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18:06 Job Summit post-analysis - Andrew Cassidy

Twenty recommendations have come out of the Prime Minister's job summit in Auckland. (6′46″)

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18:13 Adoption racketeers charged

Between 2002 and 2005 a US adoption agency tricked parents in Samoa into handing over more than 60 children. (5′02″)

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18:17 Judge wants video conferencing

A top judge is suggesting that prisoners make court appearances via video conferencing - rather than in person. (2′23″)

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18:22 Evening Business

News from the business sector including a market report. (2′27″)

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18:22 Finger pointing over sewage spills

Whangarei's Save Our Harbour alliance is accusing the council of misleading the public over the frequency of sewage spills. (3′02″)

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18:27 Prisoner allegedly runs drug ring from cell

The Department of Corrections says its mobile phone jamming programme in prisons is working. (2′51″)

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18:29 Bank announces record loss

Royal Bank of Scotland has announced the largest annual loss in UK corporate history. (2′50″)

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18:33 Sports News

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (4′16″)

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18:40 Focus on politics for 27 Febuary 2009

Julian Robins looks at some of the challenges facing the Government, now that it has completed its first hundred days in office. (16′37″)

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18:52 Waatea news

News from the Waatea team. (2′35″)

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18:58 Actress Wendy Richard dies

If the name"Miss Brahms"brings a smile to your face then you'll be a fan of the British TV comedy Are You Being Served. (1′25″)

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