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Checkpoint for Tuesday 6 May 2008
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Cordon Bleu School Grant
6:45 PM.Govt is looking into whether a tertiary education institute should return the funding it received for a cooking school. Audio
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Govt Part Back Down on Emissions Trading Scheme
6:38 PM.Economist and Vice-Chair of ECO, Cath Wallace comments. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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UK Correspondent
6:28 PM.Rubbish Tax, London's new mayor and other stories from Barney Burnham in the UK. Audio
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Evening Business
6:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Trouble at the Acropolis
6:21 PM.Campaigners in Greece are unhappy at the decision of archaeologists to remove a number of sculptures from the temple. Audio
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China's President To Visit Japan
6:18 PM.China's President Hu Jintao is beginning a five day visit to Japan today. Audio
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Olymic Flame on Mount Everest
6:15 PM.China plans to take the Olympic flame to the top of the world's highest mountain Mount Everest has run into problems. Audio
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Laura Bush Has Criticised Myanmar's Military Leaders
6:12 PM.The US First Lady has criticised Myanmar's military leaders for not warning their people of the impending cyclone. Audio
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Cyclone Nargis Hits Myanmar
6:06 PM.With the latest on Cyclone Nargis is our correspondent in Bangkok, Karen Percy. Audio
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A New Look At Dieting - Otago Study
5:56 PM.Dr Caroline Horwath is a senior lecturer in Human Nutrition and the study's principal investigator. Audio
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Slump in Auckland Housing Market
5:52 PM.Barfoot and Thompson, is reporting a fifty percent drop in the number of property sales for April. Audio
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Waatea News
5:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Fewer Civil Unions, but Marriage Numbers Steady
5:44 PM.New figures on marriages, civil unions and divorces shows the divorce rate is declining. Audio
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Emergency Contraceptive May Be Free at Auckland Pharmacies
5:43 PM.Family Planning's Cheif Executive Jackie Edmond comments. Audio
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More Drugs Raids in South Auckland
5:40 PM.Police carried out drugs raids on seven properties in South Auckland on Tuesday morning, arresting 10 people. Audio
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Govt Buy-Back of Toll New Zealand
5:35 PM.Yesterday the Government agreed to pay 665 million dollars for the rail and ferry assets of Toll New Zealand. Audio
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Sports News
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Evening Business
5:29 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Outpatients Evacuated at Palmerston North Hospital
5:24 PM.Leaking sewage from a blocked pipe closed its Palmerston North outpatients clinic. Audio
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Transport Gets Until 2011 to Come Under ETS
5:12 PM.In the face of soaring fuel prices, the government has confirmed it's backing down on part of its Emissions Trading Scheme. Audio
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Cyclone Devastates Myanmar
5:05 PM.Countries worldwide are promising help to Myanmar after a cyclone killed 10,000 people in one town alone. Audio