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Checkpoint for Thursday 29 April 2010
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Floods in Queenstown predicted for tonight
5:07 PM.Lake Wakatipu is rising and predicted to flood Queenstown streets overnight. Audio
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Live flood update from Queenstown
5:10 PM.Our Queenstown reporter Steve Wilde is at the lake front. Audio
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Queenstown shops prepare for the worst
5:12 PM.Simon Hayes's wife owns the children's clothing store Rockies which is on lower Beach Street in Queenstown. Audio
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Military funeral for fallen airmen
5:14 PM.Hundreds of mourners have packed a hangar at Ohakea Air Base today, for the military funerals of three airmen killed in the ANZAC Day Iroquois crash. Audio
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Travel warning for Thailand upgraded
5:17 PM.New Zealanders are now being warned not to travel to any parts of Thailand as the violence and civil unrest escalates. Audio
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Evening Business for 29 April 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Customers and staff held at gunpoint in Auckland bank robbery
5:24 PM.Terrified bank customers and staff were held at gunpoint and threatened with a crowbar at the ASB bank in the Auckland suburb of Three Kings today. Audio
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78 year old summoned to find work and unusual spat in House
5:28 PM.The Minister for Social Development and Employment has defended Work and Income's determination to get people into jobs, after it sent a 78-year-old woman letters urging her to sign up for work. Audio
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Sports News for 29 April 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Australia raises tax on tobacco products
5:36 PM.The changes in Australia means smokers will have to fork out another two dollars 16 cents Australian for a pack of 30 cigarettes. Audio
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Youth parties present united front against raising drinking age
5:39 PM.The youth wings of National, Labour, the Greens and ACT have joined forces to oppose any move to raise the drinking age. Audio
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Reserve Bank opens possibility of later OCR hike
5:42 PM.The Reserve Bank has given itself extra room to begin hiking the Official Cash Rate later than previously stated. Audio
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Waatea News for 29 April 2010
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Police hunt man after teen girl sexually assaulted in her home
5:51 PM.Napier police are warning residents to be vigilant about their home security after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted in her bed last night. Audio
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Charities raise concerns about proposed new law
5:54 PM.Politicians are being warned that making professional charity collectors reveal how much of a donation they keep for themselves will have catastrophic consequences for fundraisers. Audio
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Seasonal climate outlook for May to July
5:57 PM.NIWA is forecasting a milder than usual start to winter, but it looks as though there will be little relief for those in the driest parts of the country. Audio
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Checkpoint Choice for Thursday 29 April 2010
6:00 PM.Floods in Queenstown predicted for tonight. Audio
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More on Queenstown flooding
6:07 PM.Lake Wakatipu is rising and predicted to flood Queenstown streets overnight. Audio
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Thousands of New Zealanders have travel plans disrupted
6:09 PM.Thousands of New Zealanders have had their travel plans disrupted, following increased civil unrest in Thailand. Audio
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Gerard Otimi faces court
6:12 PM.A man accused of running a passport scam says he was trying to help the thousands of overstayers in the country, who he says the Goverment is neglecting. Audio
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Burnt investors say regulation overdue
6:15 PM.Mum and dad investors burned by finance company collapses say the Government's move to create a super regulatory authority is long overdue. Audio
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Health group says smokers need time to quit
6:18 PM.A public health group says it would have been better for smokers health if the Government had given them time to quit before hiking the price on tobacco. Audio
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Evening Business for 29 April 2010
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Israel gripped by high profile corruption scandal
6:27 PM.Israel's in the grip of its biggest corruption scandal in years. Audio
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Sports News for 29 April 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Second white supremist jailed for Korean tourist death
6:36 PM.A second white supremacist has been jailed for the race-hate killing of a Korean tourist, who went missing while hitchhiking down the West Coast in 2003. Audio
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Greece's debt rises
6:39 PM.The interest rate the Greek government has to pay on its mountain of debt has risen sharply again - a further sign of how sceptical international markets are about the state of the country's national… Read more Audio
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Brown apologises to Labour members for gaffe
6:42 PM.The British prime minister Gordon Brown has written to members of his Labour party apologising for calling a voter a bigot during his election campaign. Audio
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Brown not the first with political gaffes
6:45 PM.The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has apologised to the woman he described as bigoted while wearing a live microphone but he may find some comfort in the fact he's not the first politician to… Read more Audio
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Waatea News for 29 April 2010
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Kiwi off overseas for the first time in 20 years
6:49 PM.For the first time in almost 20 years, the flightless kiwi is taking off overseas. Audio
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Star rating system for Dunedin flats launched
6:54 PM.A new star rating system for Dunedin student flats has been launched today, in what is a first for New Zealand. Audio
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Republicans agree to discuss Obama's banking bill
6:57 PM.The United States Senate is preparing to debate a bill on banking reform after the Republicans dropped their opposition to discussing it. Audio
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Obama wraps up unoffical mid-term election campaign
6:58 PM.The U.S. President Barack Obama has wrapped up a three state two day tour of America's mid-West in the unofficial launch of the Democratic mid-term election campaign. Audio