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Checkpoint for Thursday 18 September 2008
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Sharemarket Slide
5:05 PM.The New Zealand sharemarket has recorded it's biggest slide in seven years. Audio
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NZ First Donation
5:12 PM.The latest development in the New Zealand First donations row. Audio
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Medsafe
5:18 PM.Medsafe is considering whether to follow US authorites and ban imports of some Indian manufactured medicines. Audio
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Chinese Toxic Milk
5:23 PM.The Chinese government has denounced its dairy industry as chaotic. Audio
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Evening Business
5:27 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Police Funeral
5:30 PM.Mourners at the funeral of Sergeant Don Wilkinson have spoken today of the need to fight the scurge of methamphetamine. Audio
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Sports News
5:36 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Reserve Bank Govenor Power
5:40 PM.The Reserve Bank Governor should have more power to control inflation. Audio
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Med Student Bonding Scheme
5:43 PM.Medical students are welcoming a National Party policy which would introduce a voluntary bonding scheme for graduates Audio
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Waatea News
5:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Iraq Comments
5:54 PM.The National Party leader John Key has labelled comments made by the Prime Minsiter on Iraq, as desperate and hysterical. Audio
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Tuberculosis Skeleton
5:56 PM.They've dug up a skeleton believed to be that of a man who was one of Britain's earliest TB victims . Audio
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World Finances
6:07 PM.With Wall Street in a freefall today market strategists are trying to predict when and where the next crisis will emerge. Audio
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Public Auckland
6:10 PM.The spectre of big business is looming over some of Auckland City's key public assets and services. Audio
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China Milk Formula
6:13 PM.Anger is growing among families in China as the toxic milk scandal triggers more arrests and sackings. Audio
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New Israeli PM
6:16 PM.The Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has declared victory in the race to succeed Ehud Olmert as the country's next PM. Audio
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Evening Business 2
6:19 PM.With the business news, here's Nadine Chalmers-Ross. Audio
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Cadbury Schweppes cuts Products
6:22 PM.The company says sales have decreased significantly, and it's no longer viable to keep manufacturing the products. Audio
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D.O.C. Comms
6:26 PM.The Department of Conservation is being criticised by a marketing expert. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Melamine Milk
6:40 PM.Chinese officials continue to deal with the aftermath of more than 6000 babies falling ill and two dying. Audio
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Yemen Bombing
6:44 PM.America says the attack has stiffened its resolve to fight terrorism and has laid the blame on al-qaeda. Audio
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Waatea News 2
6:47 PM.Another update from the Waatea team. Audio
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British Intelligence Review
6:51 PM.The British government's ordered a review of intelligence it gathered in the run-up to a deadly bomb attack in North Ireland. Audio
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Pacific Food
6:54 PM.Rising food prices and reliance on imported foods has forced people living in Pacific countries to rethink thier lifestyle. Audio
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Taranaki Reo
6:57 PM.What looks like a dictionary, works like a dictionary - but is not a dictionary? Audio
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Novel Sequels
6:57 PM.The BBC's arts correspondent Lawrence Pollard looks at the world of literary sequels. Audio