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Checkpoint for Thursday 12 November 2009
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Treasure hunting 'a growing trend'
6:58 PM.The British conservation group English Heritage is on alert after a growing trend in"nighthawking", following the discovery of a huge haul of Anglo-Saxon gold buried in a field in Staffordshire. Audio
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Maori Party - is Harawira out?
6:50 PM.Returning to our top story - the Maori Party is considering forcing Hone Harawira to become an independent MP. Audio
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Waatea news for 12 November 2009
6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Bahrain football club touches down in Wellington
6:44 PM.The All Whites are playing Bahrain for a place in next year's Football World Cup in Wellington on Saturday, with both sides looking to make history. Audio
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Red Cross - camps for the displaced create dependence
6:41 PM.The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for a change in the way aid organisations help people displaced by war in their own countries. In a report just published, the ICRC says camps… Read more Audio
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Frosty relations escalate in South East Asia
6:38 PM.Cambodia has rejected a request from Thailand to extradite the former fugitive Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who arrived in Cambodia earlier this week to work as an economic advisor to the… Read more Audio
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Opposition attacks government offer to asylum seekers
6:35 PM.The Australian opposition leader, Malcolm Turnbull, has launched a stinging attack on the government today over its offer to the Sri Lankans on board the Oceanic Viking. Audio
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Sports news for 12 November 2009
6:31 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Scientists to begin revolutionary breast cancer surgery
6:25 PM.Scientists in Melbourne will soon start a new type of surgery to help breast cancer survivors regrow their breasts after having a mastectomy. Audio
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Evening business for 12 November 2009
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Fossil discovery in S. Africa answers evolution questions
6:19 PM.An Australian paleontologist has just unearthed the fossilised remains of a new dinosaur, which has prompted a rethink about dinosaur evolution. Audio
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Whale Watch Kaikoura scoops international award
6:16 PM.Whale Watch Kaikoura has taken on some of the big fish in the tourism pond - and won the top award at the Responsible Tourism Awards in London. Audio
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Price rises behind small increase in retails sales values
6:13 PM.Spending on supermarket goods and appliances was up slightly in the September quarter, mostly due to a rise in prices. Audio
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Hone Harawira rubbishes suggestions to oust him
6:07 PM.MP Hone Harawira is rubbishing suggestions raised at a Maori Party hui that he be set adrift to sit in parliament as an independent. Audio
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Kidnapped Irish priest released in Philippines
5:59 PM.An elderly Irish priest kidnapped in the remote southern islands of the Philippines has been freed. Audio
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International fishery negotiations underway in Auckland
5:54 PM.27 countries are locked in an intense round of negotiations to try and stop fish species such as Orange Roughie and Jack Mackeral from being wiped out. Audio
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Gastroenterologist calls for action on Coeliac Disease
5:49 PM.Too many people are going on expensive gluten-free diets without first finding out whether they really have gluten intolerance or Coeliac Disease. Audio
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Waatea news for 12 November 2009
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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NZ mobile phone costs drop
5:44 PM.Greater competition in the mobile phone market has taken this country from being one of the most expensive in the OECD to now lower than most other developed countries. Audio
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End of the road for special trans-Tasman relationship?
5:39 PM.An Australian Labor backbencher is calling for a cap on Kiwi migration to Australia, bringing an end to the open door policy between the two countries. Audio
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CCC vote to spend 24 million on controversial project
5:35 PM.After an hour of heated arguments, the Christchurch City Council today voted to spend $24 million on a controversial project that could see Canterbury University music students return to the varsity's… Read more Audio
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Sports news for 12 November 2009
5:31 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Two dead in gyrocopter crash
5:26 PM.Two men have died in a light aircraft crash in South Taranaki this afternoon. The police say the gyrocopter crashed into a paddock in Normanby. Audio
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Evening business for 12 November 2009
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Burton's lawyer reacts to verdict
5:22 PM.We talk to Graeme Burton's lawyer, Peter Tomlinson. Audio
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Graeme Burton guilty of attempted murder
5:19 PM.Convicted killer Graeme Burton has been found guilty of attempting to murder a fellow inmate at Auckland Prison in December last year. Audio
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Harawira hui: political analysis
5:12 PM.Our political reporter Julian Robins reports on Hone Harawira's hui, which was held in his Te Tai Tokerau electorate to discuss his political future. Audio
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Harawira's future
5:08 PM.The Maori Party is considering cutting adrift its controversial MP Hone Harawira, and forcing him to become an independent MP. Audio