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Checkpoint for Monday 20 April 2009
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Author of Empire of the Sun dies
6:57 PM.The British writer JG Ballard has died after a lengthy illness. Audio
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Construction approved for Dunedin's new stadium
6:55 PM.The Chairman of the Carisbrook Stadium Trust Malcom Farry was at tonight's meeting and he is on the line now. Audio
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South Korea accepts invitation for talks with the North
6:53 PM.South Korea has accepted Pyongyang's invitation for talks, the first dialogue between the two countries in a year. Audio
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Waatea news
6:49 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Latest news from the UK
6:43 PM.We're joined now by our correspondent in London, Barney Burnham. Audio
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Commission into Victoria bushfires gets underway
6:37 PM.The Black Saturday bushfires claimed 173 lives, devastated 78 communities. Audio
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Sports news
6:34 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Checkpoint choice for 20 April 2009
6:30 PM.The best of checkpoint. Audio
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Calls for Hamilton to Auckland rail service
6:29 PM.The Waikato Regional Council is defending a decision of no Hamilton to Auckland rail service in its latest transport programme. Audio
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Hugo Chavez tells Barack Obama he wants to be friends.
6:26 PM.The toxic relationship between the United States and Venezuela has shown dramatic signs of improvement. Audio
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John Key comments on Fiji Situation
6:25 PM.John Key says New Zealand would only send troops to Fiji as party of a multi-lateral international effort. Audio
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Evening Business News for 20 April 2009
6:22 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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Coroner releases provisional autopsy reports on asylum seekers
6:18 PM.The Northern Territory Coroner's released provisional autopsy reports on the three asylum seekers who were killed last week. Audio
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Court of Appeal hearing for Sila case
6:15 PM.Lipene Sila is appealing his conviction and 17 year sentence for the deaths of 16-year-olds Jane Young and Hannah Rossiter. Audio
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Opposition to race relations boycott grows
6:07 PM.New Zealand has joined a host of countries in boycotting the United Nations Conference on race relations. Audio
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Christchurch man wins Lotto after losing his job
5:57 PM.A Christchurch man who lost his job four weeks ago has had a half a million dollar change of fortune. Audio
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Contruction approved for Dunedin's new stadium
5:54 PM.The Dunedin City Council has approved a construction contract for a new controversial multi million dollar enclosed stadium. Audio
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Commission into fatal bushfires starts today
5:48 PM.The Black Saturday bushfires claimed 173 lives, devastated 78 communities and destroyed over two-thousand homes. Audio
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Waatea news
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Sheep abused with fireworks
5:42 PM.The SPCA has described three men who put live fireworks in the mouth of a sheep as seriously sick. Audio
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Steps taken to improve prison work party security
5:39 PM.The Corrections Department is tightening security to reduce the risk of people escaping from prison farms or work parties. Audio
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Bain trial hears Luminol evidence
5:36 PM.A forensic scientist at the David Bain retrial has been cross examined on bloody footprints found at the family home. Audio
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Sports news
5:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Trial of prostitute for murder
5:27 PM.The trial of a prostitute accused of stabbing her estranged lover to death has begun in the High Court in Auckland. Audio
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Evening Business News for 20 April 2009
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Housing Minister describes state house as a disgrace
5:22 PM.The Housing Minister Phil Heatley has described the condition of some of the country's state houses as a disgrace. Audio
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Taito Phillip Field enters not guilty pleas
5:20 PM.The Former Labour Minister Taito Phillip Field said Not Guilty 35 times in the High Court in Auckland today. Audio
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Boys lucky to be alive
5:17 PM.The stolen car they were in went off the road during a police chase and smashed into a tree. Audio
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NZ joins race relations boycott
5:08 PM.New Zealand has joined a host of countries in boycotting the United Nations Conference on race relations. Audio