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Checkpoint for Wednesday 7 July 2010
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Ninety-eight per cent of gay asylum seekers rejected
6:57 PM.If you apply for asylum in Britian because you are gay the most likely outcome is that you'll be told to go home and keep quiet about it. Audio
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Moves to ban motorcycle gangs in New South Wales
6:54 PM.New South Wales Police are pushing ahead with their plan to crackdown on motorcycle gangs. Audio
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Inquiry launched into British security services
6:51 PM.The British government says it will hold an independent inquiry into claims its security services were complicit in the torture of terror suspects abroad. Audio
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Political crisis looming for Sarkozy
6:48 PM.The French President Nicolas Sarkozy has dismissed claims that his presidential campaign received 150-thousand euros in illegal party financing. Audio
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Waatea News for 7 July 2010
6:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Govt warned not to become involved in Australian electioneering
6:40 PM.The Government is being warned a regional processing centre for asylum seekers is an Australian election issue and it should not become involved. Audio
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Warmer atmosphere between Obama and Netanyahu
6:37 PM.President Obama and the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met at the White House in an attempt to restart peace talks with the Palestinians. Audio
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Tax expert urges government to do more to boost savings
6:35 PM.The head of the group which paved the way for a rise in GST says the Government needs to do more to boost New Zealanders' savings. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 7 July 2010
6:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Analysis of Russian spy ring caught in the US
6:23 PM.The Russian President Dimitry Medvedev has written to Barak Obama telling him the spy scandal the erupted last week will not damage relations between the two countries. Audio
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Evening Business News for 7 July 2010
6:20 PM.Economists say it's unlikely Fonterra will increase its forecast payout to farmers this season, after milk powder prices fell for the third month in a row. Audio
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Thailand extends emergency decree
6:17 PM.Thailand government has extended the emergency decree that it imposed during the civil unrest in Bangkok for another 3 months. Audio
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Survey shows British shoppers don't care about food miles
6:14 PM.A new survey reveals most British shoppers don't care which country their food comes from. Audio
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US federal govt files legal challenge to Arizona law
6:09 PM.The Obama administration has filed a legal challenge to Arizona's tough new immigration law which comes into force at the end of the month. Audio
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ARC says only 2 weeks left to solve Queen's Wharf rift
6:06 PM.The Auckland Regional Council admits that time is running out to resolve a stand-off with the Government over how to develop Queens Whard for next year's Rugby World Cup. Audio
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The Queen addresses the United Nations
5:57 PM.The Queen's made her first address to the United Nations in more than half a century where she stressed the importance of international co-operation. Audio
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Eight new cycle trails get the green light.
5:54 PM.Work will begin by Christmas on more than 17 hundred kilometres of new cycle tracks. Audio
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Police seeking man in connection with fatal shooting
5:53 PM.The police have named a man wanted in connection with a South Auckland homicide investigation. Audio
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Car sales up 30 percent on June last year
5:51 PM.New car sales are nearly 30 per cent higher than this time last year - when they hit their lowest levels in 30 years. Audio
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Waatea News for 7 July 2010
5:49 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Inquest into heliskiing death
5:44 PM.An inquest into the death of an Australian skier in the South Island has been told there needs to be national standards for backcountry heliskiing companies. Audio
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Pete Bethune's lawyer talks about today's verdict
5:41 PM.The anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune has been given a suspended two-year prison term in Japan. Audio
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Abbott says Gillard's asylum seeker solution will never work
5:38 PM.The Australian Opposition leader Tony Abbott says the Government's proposal to set up a regional processing centre in East Timor is a political fix that'll never work. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 7 July 2010
5:34 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Youth Parliament debate
5:28 PM.Parliament has been taken over by the next generation. Audio
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Fonterra objects to milk selling requirement
5:25 PM.New Zealand's largest company is objecting to what it sees as an unending requirement to sell its own milk, cheaply, to companies that later compete against it in the marketplace. Audio
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Evening Business News for 7 July 2010
5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report Audio
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Securities Com. lays charges against another finance company
5:20 PM.The country's securities watchdog has laid both criminal and civil charges against another finance company. Audio
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Reaction from the Historic Places Trust
5:18 PM.Listening to that was the general manger of the Historic Places Trust's northern region. Audio
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ARC and Govt in standoff over party central
5:12 PM.The Auckland Regional Council and the Government are now in a standoff over the multi-million dollar development of 'party central' for the Rugby World Cup next year. Audio
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What Pete Bethune's wife thinks of the sentence
5:10 PM.Pete Bethune's wife Sharyn Bethune is on the line. Audio
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Bethune gets suspended sentence
5:07 PM.The anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune has been given a suspended two-year prison term in Japan. Audio
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Checkpoint Choice for Wednesday 7 July 2010
5:00 PM.The anti-whaling protester Pete Bethune has been sentenced in Tokyo. What now for Auckland's Rugby World Cup party central and teenagers take over Parliament's debating chamber. Audio