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Checkpoint for Thursday 11 November 2010
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Volunteer selection for Rugby World Cup kicks off
6:56 PM.With the Rugby World Cup now less than a year away, thousands of people are being put through their paces, hoping to be selected as volunteers for the big event. Audio
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Musharraf to stand in Pakistan's 2013 election
6:51 PM.Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf is back in the political limelight after announcing his intention to run in the country's expected 2013 general election. Audio
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Waatea News for 11 November 2010
6:49 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Police watch on as cannabis smoked during protest at Parliament
6:46 PM.Police watched on as cannabis was smoked on Parliament grounds today. Audio
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Accusations of groups trying to demonise milk powder
6:40 PM.There've been accusations this week that anti-infant formula groups are trying to demonise milk powder as being just as dangerous as tobacco. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 11 November 2010
6:34 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Estate agent guilty of multi million dollar fraud
6:27 PM.An Auckland real estate agent has been found guilty of fraud after scamming banks of 13 million dollars. Audio
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Evening Business News for 11 November 2010
6:24 PM.Steel and Tube Holdings says the sluggish economy is showing few signs of abating, and it's warned investors to expect another challenging year. Audio
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New Zealand marks 92nd Armistice Day
6:20 PM.The 92nd anniversary of the end of the First World War has been marked by a number of ceremonies around New Zealand today including a new Railway workers memorial at KiwiRail's mechanical workshops in… Read more Audio
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Nine New Zealanders on stricken cruise liner
6:16 PM.Nine New Zealanders are among over four thousand passengers stuck on a cruise ship, stranded off the Mexican riviera. Audio
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Farmers pick fight with NIWA report
6:13 PM.Federated Farmers is disputing a NIWA report which blames agriculture for the country's polluted lakes. Audio
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Copper spray to be used on infected orchards
6:08 PM.Copper spraying is about to begin in the Bay of Plenty kiwifruit orchards worst hit by the bacterial vine disease PSA. Audio
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Air traffic controllers blamed for near miss over Mercer
5:52 PM.A report into a near collision between a sky-diving plane and an Air New Zealand flight with 34 people on board has found that air traffic controllers were to blame. Audio
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Waatea News for 11 November 2010
5:49 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Amnesty calls for NZ to condemn jailing of Chinese activist
5:46 PM.Amnesty International is calling on the Government and Fonterra to condemn the jailing of a Chinese activist who organised a website for parents of the children poisoned during the melamine milk… Read more Audio
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Producers give behind the scenes insignt of The Hobbit dispute
5:43 PM.A co-writer of the Hobbit films says actors' unions viewed the production as a big cash cow lumbering down the road. Audio
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Thieves steal Christmas presents from Women's Refuge
5:40 PM.Thieves have cleaned out a storage shed at a Women's Refuge safe house in Palmerston North taking presents stockpiled for Christmas, food and essential toiletries. Audio
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Alcohol Reform Bill passes first hurdle
5:36 PM.There have been heated exchanges over the possible influence of the alcohol industry on the National Party, during the debate over the Alcohol Reform Bill. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 11 November 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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First mayor in a chair sessions for super city residents.
5:28 PM.It might sound like a Dr Suess story but in fact it's the latest move by the country's second most powerful politician to get among his people. Audio
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Housing sales fall to record low
5:25 PM.Latest figures show house sales in October hit the lowest level for the month since records began nearly 20 years ago. Audio
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Evening Business News for 11 November 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Real estate agent guilty of fraud
5:17 PM.An Auckland real estate agent has been found guilty of scamming banks of 13 million dollars. Audio
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TAIC releases interim report into Fox Glacier crash
5:14 PM.Passengers sitting ten centimetres too close to the back of a skydiving plane may have played a crucial part in the fatal crash which killed all nine people on board. Audio
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Copper spraying to begin at kiwifruit orchards
5:08 PM.Copper spraying is about to begin in the Bay of Plenty kiwifruit orchards worst hit by the bacterial vine disease PSA. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 11 November 2010
5:00 PM.Copper spray WILL be used to fight the new kiwifruit disease. A real estate agent guilty of scamming banks of 13 million dollars and a mayor on a chair in a square. Audio