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Checkpoint for Thursday 6 August 2009
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Call to limit weight carried by porters on Kokoda track
6:57 PM.Authorities managing the historic Kokoda walking track in Papua New Guinea are stepping up efforts to limit the amount of weight some local porters are forced to carry. Audio
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US signs deal wiping Indonesian debt
6:54 PM.The United States has signed an agreement to forgive nearly 30 million US dollars in Indonesian debt in return for Jakarta agreeing to protect forests on Sumatra Island. Audio
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No breakthrough with N Korea despite journalists' release
6:50 PM.Washington is trying to play down talk of a breakthrough with North Korea, following the release of two American journalists freed after almost four months in custody. Audio
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Waatea news
6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Hopes hui will resolve burial battle
6:45 PM.The extended family of Christchurch man James Takamore is organising a hui to try and resolve a dispute with his widow over who has possession of his body. Audio
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Experiments involving animals reach record number
6:42 PM.Experiments involving animals have reached a record high. Audio
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Economists stick to unemployment forecasts despite ugly figures
6:37 PM.Economists are sticking to their unemployment forecasts despite the number of unemployed hitting a ten year high. Audio
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Sports news
6:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Hunt for Amelia Earhart revived
6:25 PM.What happened to the American pioneer aviator, Amelia Earhart, who vanished while flying over the Pacific Ocean 72 years ago remains one of the greatest mysteries of the golden age of flight. Audio
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Evening business
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Report says junior doctors do not feel valued
6:19 PM.The junior doctor workforce is rife with dissatisfaction and industrial conflict and there needs to be radical change. Audio
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Nats reject accusation recession response not good enough
6:16 PM.The Finance Minister says rising unemployment is a worry but he rejects Opposition accusations the National-led Government's not doing enough to counter it. Audio
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Anxious wait for families after Tongan ferry sinking
6:12 PM.Tonga Police Commander Chris Kelly joins us. Audio
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Pacific Forum overshadowed by ferry disaster
6:07 PM.Leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum in Australia say the mood has turned somber following a ferry diaster off the coast of Tonga. Audio
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Nigerian government offers militants amnesty
5:57 PM.An amnesty offer has come into effect for militants in Nigeria's troubled oil region, the Niger Delta. Audio
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Black Magic on display at Auckland's Viaduct harbour
5:55 PM.Black Magic, the yacht which first won the America's Cup for New Zealand in 1995, has now been given pride of place in a memorial to Sir Peter Blake at Auckland's Viaduct harbour. Audio
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Police union says crushing law will encourage racers to flee
5:53 PM.Police at the frontline of dealing with so-called boy racers are warning a law change to allow crushing of their vehicles, will only encourage them to flee police. Audio
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Reporters breach Sydney army base
5:49 PM.Two journalists have exposed a lack of security at a Sydney army base, the target of what police say was a terrorism plot earlier in the week. Audio
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Waatea news
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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New Zealand sailors win world championship
5:42 PM.Two young women are returning to New Zealand with a truckload of silverware after cleaning up at world sailing championships in Italy. Audio
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Disgraced former Labour MP set to loose perks
5:35 PM.The disgraced former Labour Party MP Taito Philip Field looks set to be stripped of all the perks of being an ex-MP. Audio
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Sports news
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Lucky escape after car buried in rockfall
5:24 PM.A rescue worker says he's amazed two young women are alive after their car was crushed by mud and boulders falling 20 metres onto a road near Rotorua this morning. Audio
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Evening business
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Report calls for urgent changes to junior doctor model
5:18 PM.The junior doctor workforce is rife with dissatisfaction and industrial conflict and there needs to be radical change. Audio
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Ferry sinks off Tonga: search for survivors continues
5:15 PM.A major search and rescue operation is continuing off the coast of Tonga after the sinking of an inter-island ferry last night at around 11pm. Audio
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Economist says unemployment figures worse than expected
5:12 PM.Dominic Stephens is an economist with Westpac - the unemployment figure is worse than he'd been expecting. Audio
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Maori unemployment soars by 50 per cent
5:08 PM.The recession is cutting swathes through employment options for Maori. Audio
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Unemployment rate hits ten year high
5:07 PM.The unemployment rate has shot up from five to six percent - the biggest quarterly jump in 21 years and much higher than most predictions. Audio