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Checkpoint for Thursday 23 July 2009
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Justice Minister ready to get rid of provocation defence
5:08 PM.The Justice Minister has announced his plan to dump the defence of provocation for people charged with murder. Audio
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The Government moves to scrap rules on strategic asset sales
5:12 PM.The Government is going to scap rules that prevent the sale of strategic assets to foreigners. Audio
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Crown abandons sex trial against Auckland father
5:15 PM.The Crown has abandoned its case against a man who stood accused of selling his then 12 year old daughter for sex. Audio
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Political leaders row about unemployed man
5:18 PM.The Prime Minister is questioning the Labour leader Phil Goff's judgement for not revealing that the Auckland man, who Mr Goff said needed a welfare benefit, owned two rental properties. Audio
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Evening business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Trade unions mount campaign against PPPs
5:25 PM.The Government says it will work with the private sector to sharpen up the public service. Audio
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Len Brown beats John Banks in Super City poll
5:28 PM.He's not even in the super city race, but Manukau's mayor, Len Brown, is already upsetting the favourite. Audio
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Sports news
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Uighur-related protest sees 3 films pulled at Melbourne
5:36 PM.Chinese directors have pulled their films from Australia's biggest film festival in protest over a documentary being screened about the exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer. Audio
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Fiji Methodist leaders charged
5:44 PM.Fiji police have charged their highest ranking female Chief Ro Teimumu Kepa and two top Methodist Church ministers with defying the Public Emergency Regulation. Audio
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Waatea news
5:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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English makes foreign investment easier
5:50 PM.More now on the Goverment's move to scrap rules protecting the sale of strategic assets to foreign investors. Audio
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Heavy rain hammers Greymouth
5:55 PM.While the MetService has issued severe gale warnings for parts of the North Island, and with further wild weather predicted in the South, heavy rain has already flooded four Greymouth homes and… Read more Audio
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Police raid clinic of Michael Jackson's doctor
5:58 PM.The doctor who was with Michael Jackson when he died has had his Houston clinic searched by US drug enforcement agents and the Los Angeles police looking for evidence of manslaughter. Audio
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More on law change to provocation defence
6:08 PM.The Justice Minister has announced his plan to dump the defence of provocation for people charged with murder. Audio
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Ombudsman warns too early to draw conclusions against ING
6:10 PM.The Banking Ombusdman says her office has upheld more than 80 percent of the complaints it has received against the investment company, ING, but warns it's too early to draw conclusions. Audio
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South Korean politicians in mass brawl
6:14 PM.Chaotic scenes have erupted in South Korea's parliament, resulting in at least one person being sent to hospital. Audio
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Tourism industry welcomes work permit change
6:15 PM.A new way of dealing with temporary work permits will help New Zealand's tourism and hospitality industry with seasonal staffing problems. Audio
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Evening business
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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US and Iraq move to re-define their relationship
6:23 PM.President Obama and his Iraqi counterpart have been taking steps to redefine their relationship during talks at the Whitehouse. Audio
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China keeps details of its aid programme a state secret
6:28 PM.An Australian foreign policy think tank says China's aid programme in the pacific is secretive, short- term, takes no account of debt burdening and so erratic that it makes long term planning for the… Read more Audio
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Sports news
6:35 PM.The latest from the Sports team. Audio
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Scientist believe evidence of life on Saturns moons
6:38 PM.Scientists in the US believe there is growing evidence that there could be life elsewhere in the universe. Audio
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Drop in support for Obama's health policies
6:40 PM.President Obama has used a prime time media conference to try to engender more support for his health care reforms. Audio
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The hunt is on for a giant earthworm
6:45 PM.In Idaho, conservationists are on the hunt for an elusive giant native worm they want declared a protected species. Audio
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Waatea news
6:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Industry training a welcome boost for young Maori
6:50 PM.More than eighteen hundred Maori are expected to gain skills and qualifications under a new government industry training initiative. Audio
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Convicted Chinese 'P' importers appeal
6:55 PM.Five Chinese men, jailed for importing P, are appealing their convictions and sentences. Audio
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Picture of Hitler ordered for Israel's embassies
6:56 PM.Israel's angry reaction to US calls for a halt to building in Arab parts of Jeruslaem has taken an unusual turn. Audio
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Access to universal AIDS treatment 'a long way to go'
6:58 PM.More than a third more AIDS patients in developing countries , some four million people, are now receiving life saving anti-retroviral drugs. Audio