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Checkpoint for Wednesday 16 April 2008
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Our Galactic Junkyard
6:57 PM.The space around our planet is surrounded by orbiting space junk. Audio
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Medical Guinea Pigs
6:53 PM.Questions are being raised about new claims that members of Australia's stolen generations were used as medical guinea pigs. Audio
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Fiji Public Against Peoples Charter
6:50 PM.A poll in Fiji has found that the majority of people are against the Peoples' Charter for Change and Progress. Audio
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USA Remembers First Campus Shooting
6:48 PM.Most American universities ban but students insist they have a right to self-defense by arming themselves. Audio
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Doubts on Lowering Petrol Prices
6:44 PM.Australian PM Kevin Rudd has promised that by mid-December service stations will be forced to name the next day's price. Audio
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Pope's First trip to the US
6:41 PM.The Pope will be welcomed tomorrow on his eighty-first birthday at a ceremony on the lawns of the Whitehouse. Audio
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Major Changes in Farming
6:36 PM.An international report calls for major changes to farming practices to stave off a major food crisis. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Taiwan Relations Thawing
6:25 PM.Activists are calling for a boycott of a major French retail chain in retaliation for the Olympic torch protests in Paris. Audio
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Dolphins Are Still Getting Caught
6:21 PM.The WWF commissioned a survey of five hundred people and found 83 percent support a ban on set and trawl nets. Audio
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28 Days in Prison for Tagging
6:18 PM.18 year old Ford Randell was sentenced at the Hastings District Court yesterday on four counts of intentional damage. Audio
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Chistchurch's Violent Streak
6:13 PM.MP Gerry Brownlee and list MP Nicky Wagner painted a grim picture of life in the South Island's largest city. Audio
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Man Accused of Gas Explosion
6:09 PM.A High Court jury in Blenheim has acquitted a man accused of causing a gas explosion which killed his friend in a car. Audio
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Parliament Conveys Sorrow
6:06 PM.Six students and a teacher from Elim Christian College died when a flash flood swept them down a Central North Island Stream. Audio
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Construction Worker Charged with Murder
5:56 PM.Murray Foreman is charged with murdering 71-year-old Jack Nicholas in August 2004 with a high-powered rifle. Audio
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Overseas Support Staff Set to Soar
5:48 PM.The Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters is calling it a"seismic change"for our international representation. Audio
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Waatea News
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Discovery of Missing Girls Items
5:45 PM.The area has now been cordoned off and will remain so until the police have examined the items in question. Audio
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New study into Dioxons
5:38 PM.A new study has found workers who helped make 2,4,5-T in New Plymouth have elevated levels of dioxin in their blood. Audio
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Principal Pays Tribute
5:36 PM.The Principal of Elim Christian College Murray Burton is paying tribute to those killed in the flash flood. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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John Key Not Impressed
5:26 PM.Police have ended their 18 month investigation into the theft of hundreds of emails from former National party leader Don Brash. Audio
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Evening Business Update
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Miss King Denies Accusations
5:16 PM.The defense has tried to paint Miss King as a careless mother, she used drugs only days before the twins were fatally injured. Audio
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MetService Issued Warning
5:09 PM.Questions raised today over the pursuit centre's response to the severe weather warning the MetService issued yesterday morning. Audio
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Tradedy Hits Home
5:06 PM.The six students and a teacher were swept away by a flash flood in a gorge near the Tongariro National Park yesterday. Audio