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Checkpoint for Friday 13 March 2009
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Space debris
6:58 PM.On the international space station the crew were forced to take cover in an escape capsule to avoid a piece of flying debris. Audio
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Jailed for throwing a shoe
6:58 PM.The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush last year has now been jailed for three years. Audio
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Waatea News
6:52 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Recession security
6:52 PM.In Australia, a former head of security at Qantas is warning that aviation security could be a victim of cost-cutting. Audio
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Focus On Politics for 13 March 2009
6:43 PM.The ACT Party goes into its post election annual conference as part of a Government for the first time. Audio
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Sports News
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Fashion Week
6:27 PM.Paris Fashion Week is dominating the world's fashion press this week - locally, the focus is on Dunedin's tenth Fashion Week. Audio
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Petrol sniffing
6:24 PM.The Australian government is claiming success in its battle against the problem of petrol sniffing. Audio
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Evening Business
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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G20 meeting
6:19 PM.Finance ministers from advanced and developing nations the G20 are meeting in Britain this weekend. Audio
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NRL controversy
6:17 PM.The league's brand new one and a half million dollar marketing campaign is already in tatters. Audio
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Vaccinations
6:14 PM.A new found that less than half of Maori children receive the jab for diseases which are potentially fatal. Audio
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Auckland public transport
6:11 PM.Transport Minister Stephen Joyce is worried about the impact of the combined cost of the national and regional fuel taxes. Audio
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Oil slick 2
6:06 PM.There is a disastrous oil slick on Queensland's coast. Audio
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Drugs in shops
5:52 PM.The Ministry of Health has issued a warning over four illegal medicines made in Samoa and Tonga and being sold here. Audio
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Niche market
5:48 PM.Companies that know their niche in the market will do well according to Government agency TechNZ's Hawke's Bay workshop. Audio
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Waatea News
5:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Kidney failure
5:45 PM.A renal physican at Wellington Hospital is warning that one in five New Zealanders suffer from significant kidney illness. Audio
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Canadian search
5:40 PM.The search for survivors continues after an oil rig helicopter crashed into icy waters off the coast of Newfoundland. Audio
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Volcanic eruption
5:39 PM.There's been a huge eruption from an underwater volcano 350 kilometres off the Bay of Plenty coast. Audio
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Tough terms
5:36 PM.Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard has called on banks to ease up on increasingly tough lending terms for business borrowers. Audio
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Sports News
5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Billboard considered inappropriate
5:28 PM.'Family First' has called for advertising billboards to be vetted to stop what they see as offensive material. Audio
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Evening Business
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Oil slick
5:21 PM.Parts of Australia's northeast coast have been declared disaster areas with tonnes of oil from a damaged cargo ship. Audio
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Redundant
5:19 PM.Fifty six employees of the Blue Mountain Lumber mill in Otago were this morning handed their redundancy notices. Audio
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North Shore Mayor Andrew Williams
5:16 PM.It's feared major Auckland public transport projects could be at risk. Audio
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Prison report
5:13 PM.The Minister of Corrections will meet with her Department next week to discuss a scathing report on Auckland's prisons. Audio
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State Owned Enterprises
5:07 PM.The heads of the boards governing State Owned Enterprises have been put on notice and are being summoned to the Beehive. Audio