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Checkpoint for Tuesday 23 February 2010
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Bumper season for takahe chicks
6:57 PM.The Department of Conservation says it's been a bumper season for the critically endangered takahe with a record number of chicks born. Audio
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Tension between Australian Christian Churches over sainthood
6:53 PM.The Vatican's decision to canonise the Australian nun Mary MacKillop has highlighted tension between Christian churches in Australia on the very question of sainthood. Audio
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Former Navy and Army chiefs among forty detained in Turkey
6:51 PM.More than forty people have been detained in Turkey in connection with a suspected plot to destabilise the government in Ankara. Audio
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Home health cuts 'shortsighted'
6:49 PM.A group representing rural women says cuts to home help in Otago and Southland may force people out of their homes and into residential care. Audio
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Waatea news for Tuesday 23 February 2010
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Civil Defence release revised tsunami action plan
6:42 PM.A revised plan for alerting the public to the risk of tsunami has been released by the Ministry of Civil Defence - but some fear it still doesn't go far enough. Audio
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NATO air-strike kills twenty seven civilians
6:40 PM.The government of Afghanistan has condemned a NATO air strike which killed twenty-seven civilians and injured twelve late on Sunday. Audio
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Telecom to compensate XT network customers
6:38 PM.Telecom customers hit by the latest failure in the XT mobile network are to receive ten million dollars in compensation, as the company tries to convince people not to switch to one of its rivals. Audio
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Sports news for Tuesday 23 February 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Obama unveils health plan
6:29 PM.US president Barack Obama has unveiled his version of a plan to overhaul America's healthcare system in a last-ditch attempt to save his key domestic priority. Audio
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Portugal declares three days of national mourning
6:28 PM.Rescue teams are using bulldozers to remove rubble and wreckage as they search for survivors from the weekend's devastating floods on the Portuguese island of Madeira which killed at least 42 people. Audio
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Players' Association seeks reassurance from IPL
6:25 PM.The New Zealand Cricket Players' Association is seeking reassurance from the Indian Premier League over safety in Dehli, after receiving an independent report assessing the security situation there. Audio
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Evening business for Tuesday 23 February 2010
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Terrorist pleads guilty in New York
6:18 PM.An Afghan immigrant accused of plotting to detonate bombs in New York has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. Audio
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Doctor wants Privacy ruling overturned
6:16 PM.A case about an Invercargill doctor who exposed a resthome worker's drug problem has opened in the High Court in Wellington. Audio
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IWC attempts whaling compromise ahead of Florida Summit
6:12 PM.Commercial whaling would be reintroduced on a limited basis and Japan would be able to continue hunting in the Antarctic, under a new proposal released by International Whaling Commission. Audio
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Summit 'backs claim on Falklands'
6:08 PM.The president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, says her government's claim to sovereignty of the Falkland Islands has won the backing of Latin American leaders at a regional summit. Audio
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Lufthansa returns to the skies as BA calls a strike
5:57 PM.Pilots from Europe's largest airline Lufthansa have called off their four day strike for the time being pending more talks with the company. Audio
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Will smart power grids bring more than higher prices?
5:53 PM.Electricity industry analysts are saying the smart money is on so-called Smart Grids. Audio
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Increased threat of homegrown terrorism in Australia
5:50 PM.The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the nation's now under a permanent and increased threat of attack from homegrown terrorists. Audio
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Waatea news for Tuesday 23 February 2010
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Minister acknowledges potential conflict of interest
5:40 PM.The Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, wants to offload a small parcel off shares in a mining investment company that has the potential to create a conflict of interest for him in Cabinet. Audio
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Man pleads guilty to plot to blow up subway
5:40 PM.An Afghan-born Colorado airport bus driver has pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up New York's subway system. Audio
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Man taken to hospital after power cut
5:38 PM.A power cut has affected ten thousand homes and businesses in the Far North. Audio
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Sports news for Tuesday 23 February 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Minister keeps job despite breaches of credit card policy
5:29 PM.The Minister of Housing and Fisheries will keep his job, despite admitting inappropriate use of his ministerial credit card. Audio
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"Electricity prices need to keep going up"- Contact Energy
5:25 PM.The company has just announced a half year underlying profit of 81 million dollars slightly up on the same period in 2008. Audio
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Evening business for Tuesday 23 February 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Auckland police charge teenagers after they attacked an officer
5:18 PM.Auckland police have charged eight teenagers, including one fourteen year old with assaulting an off-duty policeman in what's been described as a 'callous and frenzied' attack. Audio
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Telecom urges customers to stay
5:08 PM.Telecom is shelling out ten million dollars in compensation to customers hit by the latest failure in its XT mobile network as it tries to convince people to stay with the company. Audio