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Checkpoint for Tuesday 27 October 2009
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Outback town hit by budgie plague
6:57 PM.Good rains in far Western Queensland have brought what some locals are calling a beautiful plague. Audio
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Japan's new PM
6:54 PM.Japan's new centre-left Government is facing its first major test. Audio
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Evening business for 27 October 2009
6:52 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Waatea news for 27 October 2009
6:49 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Man on trial for stabbing pregnant Egyptian woman
6:46 PM.A man's gone on trial in the German city of Dresden charged with stabbing to death a pregnant Egyptian woman. Audio
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Tony Blair for EU President?
6:44 PM.Britain has begun a campaign to have the former prime minister Tony Blair appointed as the first President of the European Union. Audio
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Latest news from South America
6:39 PM.Fidel Castro's younger sister has admitted working undercover for the Central Intelligence Agency in Cuba in the early 1960s. Audio
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Sports news for 27 October 2009
6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Man on trial for killing drug dealer
6:28 PM.A man has gone on trial at the High Court in Wellington for killing a young Palmerston North drug dealer, whose body has never been found. Audio
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Australia flags banning coastal living
6:24 PM.An Australian parliamentary report has raised the possiblity of banning people from living in coastal areas threated by rising sea levels. Audio
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Kapiti Coast gas poisoning case begins
6:19 PM.The High Court has begun hearing the case of a Kapiti Coast woman and her son who claim they were severely poisoned by a wrongly installed gas heater. Audio
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The political crisis in Zimbabwe deepens
6:16 PM.The political crisis in Zimbabwe has deepened today, following the first meeting between President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai, since the prime minister's MDC party boycotted the unity… Read more Audio
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Obama meets his war council for 6th time
6:13 PM.The US President's vowing not to be pressured into a quick decision about troop levels in Afghanistan. Audio
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Labour critical of TVNZ 7 promo
6:07 PM.Labour says the promo for an economy series looks and sounds like a party political broadcast. Audio
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Melbourne police offer bounty on"vampire"killer
5:56 PM.Police in Melbourne have offered a one million dollar reward to find a man suspected of ordering the killing of another man who claimed to be a 200-year-old vampire who drank blood to stay young. Audio
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Speculation pilots asleep at the wheel during landing
5:53 PM.Two US pilots who were so distracted they forgot to land their passenger jet and overshot their destination have told investigators they were distracted by their laptops and a discussion about… Read more Audio
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Broadband subscriptions break the one million mark
5:50 PM.And Statistics New Zealand says broadband users now account for three-quarters of all internet subscribers. Audio
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Waatea news for 27 October 2009
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Crowds gather for Japanese pop star's trial
5:44 PM.More than 6000 people have packed out a courthouse in Japan to hear the famous actress and pop singer Noriko Sakai plead guilty to drug charges. Audio
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Businessman to fund protest march
5:41 PM.An Auckland businessman has pledged hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund a march protesting against the government's refusal to overturn the child discipline law. Audio
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Services sector winner from Malaysian FTA
5:38 PM.An early beneficiary of New Zealand's new free trade agreement with Malaysia looks likely to be a teacher training organisation. Audio
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Police investigate gun death of 10-year-old
5:36 PM.A ten-year-old Northland boy is dead after what police believe was an accident involving a gun. Audio
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Sports news for 27 October 2009
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Thousands turn out for Ranfurly Shield parade
5:27 PM.Thousands of people have lined the streets of Invercargill for a ticker-tape parade to celebrate the Southland Rugby team's Ranfurly Shield win. Audio
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Evening business for 27 October 2009
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Police hunt for serial sex offender in Mangere
5:19 PM.The police in the south Auckland suburb of Mangere are urging parents to walk their children to and from school as they hunt for the man behind a series of sexual attacks on young girls. Audio
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Psychotherapists on ACC sexual abuse guidelines
5:17 PM.A petition opposing the new sensitive claims policy, signed by 4000 people, was today presented to Parliament. Audio
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Review of ACC's guidelines for sex abuse victims
5:13 PM.The Government has announced there will be an independent review in six months time of ACC's new sensitive claims guidelines for sexual abuse victims. Audio
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Labour questions TVNZ promo featuring Bill English
5:11 PM.Labour says the promo for a TVNZ 7 economy series, featuring the Finance Minister, looks and sounds like a party political broadcast. Audio
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Man in court charged with murder of newlywed
5:07 PM.The High Court in Auckland's been told a man accused of murdering a woman by deliberately crashing his car into her vehicle didn't mean to hurt anyone. Audio