Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Monday 15 March 2010

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17:00 Checkpoint choice for Monday 15 March 2010

The best of Checkpoint. (19′09″)

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17:08 Full force of Cyclone Tomas yet to hit Fiji

The biggest cyclone to hit Fiji for decades has already claimed one life and caused damage in the northern islands but it's full force is yet to hit. (3′49″)

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17:12 Suva bracing for Cyclone Tomas

Our former reporter Michelle McGuiness lives in Suva and is bracing for the cyclone which is expected hit the capital later tonight. (3′52″)

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17:16 Black Caps tour to Zimbabwe postponed

New Zealand Cricket has just confirmed the Black Caps tour to Zimbabwe in June will not got ahead. (4′14″)

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17:20 Reaction to Zimbabwe tour decision

Listening to that was cricket journalist Richard Boock. (3′40″)

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17:24 Evening Business News for 15 March 2010

News from the business sector including a market report. (2′09″)

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17:26 Red shirts gather outside army barracks in Thailand

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has rejected an ultimatum by tens of thousands of protesters to dissolve parliament or face further demonstrations. (3′15″)

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17:31 Evening sports news for 15 March 2010

An update from the RNZ sports team. (3′02″)

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17:34 Cyclone Tomas hits Fiji

The biggest cyclone to hit Fiji for decades has already claimed one life and caused damage in the northern islands but it's full force is yet to hit. (5′14″)

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17:39 No long term health impacts, Mapua residents told

People living at Mapua near Nelson have been assured they are unlikely to suffer long term health effects as a result of the clean-up of the most contaminated chemical site in New Zealand. (3′53″)

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17:43 Wellingtonians' reactions to proposed rugby sculpture

Plans have been unveiled for a $350,000 Rugby World Cup sculpture in the Capital. (2′58″)

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17:46 Waatea news for 15 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′24″)

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17:49 US citizens killed in Mexico's war on drugs

The United States President Obama says he is outraged by the weekend killing of two US citizens who became the latest victims of the Mexican government's war on drugs. (4′39″)

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17:54 Mayor goes head to head with Forest and Bird

Forest and Bird has been accused of scaremongering for releasing details of what it says are the government's plans to open up more conservation land for mining. (3′15″)

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17:57 Lobby group wants to prosecute Police and Corrections

The Sensible Sentencing Trust has gone to court asking for permission take private prosecutions against the Police and the Corrections Department over the Graeme Burton case. (2′40″)

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18:07 Black Caps tour to Zimbabwe postponed

New Zealand Cricket has confirmed the Black Caps tour to Zimbabwe in June will not got ahead. (1′16″)

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18:08 US relationship with Israel strained

A bitter diplomatic row between Israel and the United States is showing no signs of cooling off. (3′52″)

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18:12 Players back decision to pull out of cricket tour

Heath Mills is the head of the Cricket Players Association - he joins us. (4′28″)

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18:17 Cost of Mt Allan fire continues to mount

The massive firefighting operation on Mount Allan near Dunedin could become the country's most expensive, with a projected cost of more than a million dollars. (2′38″)

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18:20 League tables need to be more robust

Family doctors say league tables showing how well primary health care services are doing need to be more reliable before they are made widely available. (4′38″)

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18:24 Evening Business News for 15 March 2010

News from the business sector. (2′56″)

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18:27 Impractical renewable electricity target

The Institution of Professional Engineers is pouring cold water on suggestions that New Zealand could have 90 percent of its electricity renewable by 2025. (3′10″)

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18:33 Evening sports news for 15 March 2010

An update from the RNZ sports team. (2′58″)

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18:36 Whale researchers return from Antarctic

The world's largest non-lethal whale research expedition has returned from six weeks in Antarctic waters. (5′58″)

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18:42 South America correspondent

The families of American diplomats living near the border between Mexico and the US are being told they should leave after the latest outbreak of violence by drug gangs. (4′24″)

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18:49 Warning over use of CT scans

In Australia, doctors are being urged to stop using high radiation CT scans without clinical justification after a review found the scans were being overused. (4′13″)

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18:53 Shelter urgently needed in Haiti

Two months after the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, aid workers are scrambling to provide shelter ahead of the rainy season. (1′33″)

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18:54 Opposition wants inspections of insulated homes

In Australia, the Federal Opposition is calling on the government to make sure there is a safety inspection of each of the more than one million homes insulated under the bungled Commonwealth scheme. (2′29″)

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18:58 Cardinal rejects calls to resign

The Catholic church's most senior cleric in Ireland has rejected calls to resign over claims he helped cover up sex abuse investigations in the 1970s. (1′18″)

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