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Checkpoint for Wednesday 19 August 2009
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British super spy's time at the BBC
6:58 PM.New light's been shed on the early career of the notorious British spy Guy Burgess. Audio
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Demand too high for subsidised home insulation
6:55 PM.Demand for Government subsidised home insulation is outstripping supply according to the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority. Audio
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New York correspondent
6:50 PM.To the United States now - where a crime plagued city in New Jersey is talking about a midnight curfew for adults and where a man's cell phone has triggered a cooking fire. Audio
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Waatea news
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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More claims Pakistan's Taliban leader is dead
6:45 PM.The capture and interrogation of a senior member of Pakistan's Taliban has led to new claims that the group's leader is dead. Audio
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Violence increasing ahead of Afghanistan's election
6:40 PM.As Afghans prepare to head to the polls in a landmark presidential election, Taliban attacks are rocking the country with latest being an armed raid on a bank in central Kabul. Audio
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Hide on reports of threat to resign
6:37 PM.Rodney Hide is denying reports that he will withdraw his support for the coalition government if Maori seats are included on Auckland's new super council. Audio
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Sports news
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Small island bans pants for religious reasons
6:27 PM.Like it or not, in most places society dictates men should wear trousers - but on a small island of Fiji, it's just been decided pants will be banned on Sundays to bring locals good luck. Audio
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Claims PNG plane crash was an accident waiting to happen
6:24 PM.The process of removing wreckage from the site of last week's fatal plane crash in Papua New Guinea has begun. Audio
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Evening Business News for 19 August 2009
6:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Australia signs its largest trade deal ever
6:18 PM.Australia's signing of a $50 billion contract to supply gas to China has created the single largest trade deal in the country's history. Audio
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Police find body of missing boy in Wairoa River
6:15 PM.The police have found the body of a 13-year-old boy who went missing in the Wairoa River in northern Hawke's Bay last night. Audio
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Taliban hardliners try to undermine Afghan election
6:11 PM.The ballot boxes are ready but so are the Taliban. It's the eve of the presidential vote in Afghanistan and a fresh round of violence has already begun, with the latest being an armed raid on a bank… Read more Audio
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Police re-open investigation into National MP
6:07 PM.The police have re-opened their investigation into the National Party MP Kanwaljit Bakshi who's being accused of selling false job offers to Indians wanting to immigrate here. Audio
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Jackson's doctor posts You Tube message
5:58 PM.The doctor who was with Michael Jackson when he died has spoken out for the first time, via YouTube. Audio
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Pilot may have been getting informal flying lesson court told
5:56 PM.A coroners inquest in Christchurch has heard a young Mexican pilot may have been getting an informal flying lesson from his passenger before the crash that killed them both. Audio
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DHBs 'too slow and parochial'
5:50 PM.The head of one of the country's biggest District Health Boards says DHBs have been too slow and parochial over decisions about where best to locate high cost/ low volume services such as heart and… Read more Audio
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Decision expected on schoolboy rugby brawl
5:49 PM.A hearing to decide what happens to two schoolboy rugby teams involved in a brawl is now underway. Audio
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Waatea news
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Number of measles cases way up on last year
5:41 PM.Children who aren't immunised against measles may be banned from school as New Zealand faces a potential epidemic. Audio
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Education Minister's Tararua review actions criticised
5:38 PM.The Labour party says the Education Minister, Anne Tolley, has made a serious mistake in her handling of a review of schools in the Tararua district. Audio
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Sports news
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Massive gas deal signed between China and Australia
5:28 PM.The relationship between China and Australia may be at its lowest point in years, but it hasn't stopped the signing of a massive deal which is the biggest single investment ever seen in Australia. Audio
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Qtown Court hears about alleged lax safety measures
5:25 PM.It's been revealed the river boarding company at the centre of a court case following the drowning of an English tourist removed key safety requirements from its operation plan in the months leading… Read more Audio
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Evening Business News for 19 August 2009
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Polling day approaches in Afghanistan
5:19 PM.With one day to go before the elections in Afghanistan, terror attacks are rocking the country, the latest being an armed raid on a bank in central Kabul. Audio
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Top Judge says de facto and gay couples should be able to adopt
5:15 PM.The Acting Principal Family Court Judge is proposing sweeping changes be made to adoption law - including allowing de facto and same sex couples to adopt children. Audio
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Second policeman from same station stood down
5:13 PM.Two Counties Manukau policeman have now been stood down on suspicion of leaking information from the national intelligence computer network. Audio
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Boy's body found in river
5:11 PM.The police have found the body of a 13-year-old boy who went missing in the Wairoa River in northern Hawke's Bay last night. Audio
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Labour tells of threats in immigration case involving Nat MP
5:07 PM.Police have re-opened an investigation into a National MP, involving an alleged offer of employment to an Indian man wanting to enter the country. Audio