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Checkpoint for Wednesday 28 October 2009
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Extra All Whites tickets snapped up
6:56 PM.An extra 500 tickets for the All Whites final Football World Cup qualifying match against Bahrain were snapped up this morning in less than five minutes. Audio
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Rahui seems to be working
6:54 PM.A rahui, or ban on violence, in a Bay of Plenty township appears to be easing some of the tensions between rival gangs. Audio
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Athens police station attacked
6:52 PM.In Greece, the government has offered a substantial reward for the capture of three suspects involved in an armed attack on a police station in Athens. Audio
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Canterbury Regional Council review
6:49 PM.The government is to review the performance of the Canterbury Regional Council saying it has no confidence in the dysfunctional authority to sort out its own problems. Audio
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Waatea news for 28 October 2009
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Sri Lankan asylum seekers refuse to disembark
6:42 PM.After 10 days on an Australian Customs vessel, 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking are refusing to leave voluntarily, as the deal between Australia and Indonesia to take the group… Read more Audio
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Social conditions may get worse before they get better
6:39 PM.There's a warning that social conditions in New Zealand will get worse before they get better as the effects of the economic recession start to bite. Audio
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Bradford delivers valedictory speech
6:36 PM.An emotional Sue Bradford has delivered her valedictory speech to Parliament. Audio
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Sports news for 28 October 2009
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Blue Mountain Lumber Mill closing
6:27 PM.The Blue Mountain Lumber Mill near Tapanui in west Otago is to close, with the loss of 45 jobs. Audio
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Two men jailed for bird slaughter
6:24 PM.Two men who killed more than half the birds in Temuka's public aviary have been sent to jail. Audio
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Evening business for 28 October 2009
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Update on the Nicholas Pike trial
6:18 PM.A High Court jury in Wellington has heard that a man accused of murdering a young Palmerston North drug dealer had earlier pulled a gun on him. Audio
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Hide fails to get referenda before major projects
6:14 PM.The Local Government Minister Rodney Hide has failed to secure Cabinet support to introduce referendums designed to give ratepayers a say on major council projects. Audio
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UN staff killed during attack on guest house
6:12 PM.Three United Nations staff have been killed in an attack on a United Nations guest house in the Afghan capital Kabul. Audio
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Gangbusters op combines six govt departments
6:08 PM.Gang-busting raids in Auckland and Northland today have ended months of collaboration and detective work by six government agencies. Audio
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Court hears secret recordings in Tahani trial
5:57 PM.A jury at the High Court in Auckland has heard secret recordings of a couple discussing the suspicious death of their 11 week old baby. Audio
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Labour to lodge complaint with TVNZ
5:53 PM.The Labour Party has lodged a formal complaint with TVNZ about its"Plain English"promo, featuring the Finance Minister, Bill English. Audio
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Waatea news for 28 October 2009
5:51 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Film-maker goes inside Indonesian detention camps
5:46 PM.An Australian film-maker has described the"appalling"conditions inside Indonesian detention camps for asylum seekers. Audio
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Police get new powers to collect DNA samples
5:40 PM.Parliament has given the police powers to collect DNA samples by force from people they haven't yet charged and without approval from a judge. Audio
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OFCANZ claims body-blow to 'P' trade
5:36 PM.The new anti-organised crime agency, OFCANZ, is claiming a body-blow to the gang trade in methamphetamine or 'P' after a series of raids in Auckland and Northland today. Audio
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Sports news for 28 October 2009
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Police investigate death of Wanganui toddler
5:29 PM.Police are investigaing the suspicious death of a two-year-old boy in Wanganui over the weekend. Audio
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Finance Minister on Auditor General's decision
5:23 PM.The Office of the Auditor General says it will not investigate the accommodation claims of deputy Prime Minister Bill English any further. Audio
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Evening business for 28 October 2009
5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Teenager in court over Mangere indecent assault
5:19 PM.A 14-year-old has appeared in court charged with the indecent assault of a woman in Mangere, but the police say they're keeping an open mind about other attacks in the area. Audio
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Councils to concentrate spending on key areas
5:13 PM.The Local Government Minister Rodney Hide has failed to secure Cabinet support to introduce referendums designed to give ratepayers a say on major council projects. Audio
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No further investigation into housing claims warranted
5:08 PM.The Finance Minister Bill English has been cleared of any wrong doing over his accommodation allowances. The Office of the Auditor-General says it will not investigate any further. Audio