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Checkpoint for Tuesday 26 February 2008
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Elephant Cull in South Africa
6:58 PM.: Christine Pretorious from the International Fund For Animal Welfare reports. Audio
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UN Needs More Money to Feed Developing World
6:55 PM.The United Nations says it needs more money to feed the world. Audio
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Turkisk Women Allowed to Wear Headscarf
6:54 PM.Female students in Turkey who cover their heads should be free to wear their headscarf to university from today. Audio
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Channel Islands Murder Investigation
6:52 PM.Police are searching for more clues in what could be the worst child abuse scandal on the island of Jersey. Audio
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Waatea News
6:49 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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DHB Takes Legal Action Over Conflict of Interest Review -Pt 2
6:42 PM.The Hawke's Bay District Health Board Chairman, Kevin Atkinson comments. Audio
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NZ Free Trade Deal With China
6:37 PM.Officials are putting the finishing touches to the free trade deal with China. Audio
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Sports News
6:35 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Otaki Maori Racecourse Possible re Development
6:28 PM.There is anger over plans that could see land being developed around the famous Otaki Maori racecourse. Audio
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Wellington CC Ban Falun Gong Displaying Banners
6:25 PM.Wellington City Council has banned the Chinese spiritual group from displaying its banners in the city's botannical gardens. Audio
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Answers Demanded Over Phone Lines Glitch
6:18 PM.The cost of phonelines and eftpos being down in the Franklin District, South of Auckland estimated at thousands of dollars. Audio
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Auckland Civil Defence Exercise
6:15 PM.The largest civil defence emergency exercise in the country is underway in Auckland. Audio
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Fiji Deportation of News Boss
6:10 PM.The deportation of an Australian newspaper publisher from Fiji has been condemned by governments in Canberra and Wellington. Audio
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Gas Field Discovered in Waikato - Part 2
6:07 PM.Solid Energy's Chief Executive, Don Elder comments on the discovery. Audio
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Artic Seed Vault
5:58 PM.Its like a modern day Noah's ark for seeds. Audio
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US Democratic Party Presidential Election Race
5:54 PM.The latest spat between the two White House contenders, Obama and Clinton. Audio
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Report on the Dairying and Clean Streams Accord
5:50 PM.Dairy farmers are biting back at suggestions they are not doing enough to reverse the decline in this country's water quality. Audio
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Waatea News
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Botched Police 111 Call
5:43 PM.An inexperienced operator failed to send police to a serious indident in the Bay of Plenty. Audio
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Patea Old Meat Works Clean Up
5:40 PM.The Government may be left with the bill to clean up the charred remains of Patea's old freezing works. Audio
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Eden Park Has 10 Million Funding Boost
5:38 PM.Developers had asked for nearly twice that amount. Audio
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DHB Takes Legal Action Over Conflict of Interest Review
5:36 PM.The Hawke's Bay DHB is taking legal action over a controversial Ministry of Health report. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Glacier Grafitti
5:28 PM.A German tourist who was caught tagging the Franz Josef Glacier has been forced to make amends. Audio
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Surgeon's 'Chequered Past' Not Uncovered by Hospital
5:20 PM.Severe workforce shortages led Whanganui District health board to take shortcuts in employing a czech trained surgeon. Audio
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Ryder Apologises for Bad Behaviour
5:16 PM.Cricketer Jesse Ryder has publicly apologised for the spate of bad behaviour which has put him in trouble with NZ Cricket. Audio
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Clark Concerned at Fiji Deportation of News Boss
5:10 PM.The deportation of an Australian newspaper publisher from Fiji has been described as 'disturbing' by the New Zealand government. Audio
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Gas Field Discovered in Waikato
5:07 PM.State coal mining company Solid Energy says it has discovered a potentially large gas field in Waikato. Audio