Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Tuesday 16 March 2010

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17:00 Checkpoint choice for Tuesday 16 March 2010

The best of Checkpoint. (18′36″)

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17:08 Cyclone batters Fiji for a fourth day

A state of natural disaster has been declared in Fiji as emergency services struggle to contact the outer islands cut off by Cyclone Tomas. (3′53″)

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17:12 Chris Kahui moves in with daughter

The man at the centre of one of the country's most notorious, and still unsolved, child murder cases has been allowed to move in with his young child. (2′29″)

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17:15 Chris Kahui's lawyer

Child Youth and Family would not be interviewed about the decision. Lorraine Smith is Chris Kahui's lawyer. (3′02″)

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17:18 Telecom stands to lose millions under broadband plan

Telecom says it stands to lose 56-million dollars a year as a result of the Government's plan to roll out high-speed internet to rural New Zealand. (3′27″)

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17:22 Evening Business News for 16 March 2010

News from the business sector including a market report. (2′08″)

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17:24 Missing yacht off east coast

An aerial search is underway off the North Island's east coast for an missing yacht with one man on board. (3′03″)

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17:27 NZ skier wins gold at Paralympic Games

New Zealand skier Adam Hall has won gold in the standup slalom at the Winter Paralympic Games - despite falling on his second run. (2′24″)

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17:32 Evening sports news for 16 March 2010

An update from the RNZ sports team. (3′08″)

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17:35 No taxpayer funding for Commonwealth Games

Auckland's hopes of hosting the Commonwealth Games in eight years have been dashed. (2′34″)

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17:38 Waitakere Mayor reacts to Games decision

The mayor of Waitakere City Bob Harvey had hoped to persuade the Government to hold off a decision so they could discuss a lower cost way of staging the games. (3′11″)

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17:41 Government says SuperGold Card concessions here to stay.

The Prime Minister is guaranteeing SuperGold Card users there will be no change to their travel entitlements including free rides on the Waiheke ferry. (2′32″)

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17:44 Waatea news for 16 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′47″)

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17:46 Green Party wants Govt help for Pete Bethune

The Green Party is urging the Government to ramp up its efforts to bring home the anti-whaling activist, Pete Bethune, who is currently being held in Japan. (1′58″)

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17:48 Controversial Museum director has resigned

In a statement released this afternoon The Auckland Museum Trust Board says Vanda Vitali has resigned by mutual agreement. (2′07″)

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17:50 Stephen Joyce says the subsidy is no longer warranted

Telecom says it'll lose 56 million dollars a year off its gross earnings for the next three years under the government's plans for rural broadband. (3′59″)

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17:54 Red shirts prepare to spill blood at parliament

Supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra have been queuing in their thousands to give blood in Bangkok - which they're planning to pour on the steps of parliament. (2′24″)

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17:56 Plans for power-fan jump for Greymouth

An adventure tourism organisation hopes to launch New Zealand's first power-fan jump experience, down a 13-metre mine shaft in Greymouth this year. (2′19″)

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18:07 Auckland bid to host Games dashed

Hopes that Auckland might host the Commonwealth Games in eight years have been dashed, with the Government saying it would cost too much. (6′38″)

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18:14 US Congress to overhaul America's financial system

The US Congress has put forward legislation that would overhaul the financial system and if necessary break-up firms which pose a threat to the world's biggest economy. (3′22″)

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18:17 EU decides on measures to help Greece

Europe's finance ministers have agreed how to help Greece in its battle to control its finances. (1′29″)

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18:19 Fed Farmers want more from broadband plan

Federated Farmers says the Government's plan for rolling out high speed internet access to rural New Zealand is not ambitious enough. (3′30″)

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18:23 Evening Business News for 16 March 2010

News from the business sector. (2′38″)

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18:26 Floodwaters spread from Queensland to NSW

Floodwater from Queensland is now spreading across tens of thousands of square kilometres into New South Wales. (2′32″)

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18:29 Fonterra rescues Organic Dairy Co-operative suppliers

A Taranaki-based organic dairy co-operative has been placed in receivership just six months after having its cheese-processing factory up and running. (2′22″)

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18:33 Evening sports news for 16 March 2010

An update from the RNZ sports team. (2′59″)

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18:36 Beckham likely to miss World Cup

English footballer David Beckham is expected to miss out on playing in a fourth World Cup, despite undergoing successful surgery on his torn Achilles tendon. (3′41″)

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18:40 Obama's visit to Australia shortened

The White House says the US President Barack Obama is pushing ahead with his trip to Asia and Australia because the area is fundamental to America's economic and security interests. (3′03″)

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18:43 Sri Lankan opposition leader to be court-martialled today

The man who lead the Sri Lankan armed forces to victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels last year General Sarath Fonseka is to be court-martialled today. (2′20″)

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18:45 Blind soldier sees with tongue.

A soldier blinded by a grenade in Iraq has described how his life has been transformed by ground-breaking technology that enables him to read and identify objects with his tongue. (1′19″)

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18:46 Waatea news for 16 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′52″)

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18:49 Mission Impossible star dies of heart attack

Fans of 1960s TV programmes have been remembering one of the greatest spies on the small screen. (2′31″)

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18:52 Buying Australian water

In Australia an environmental group has formed an unlikely partnership with a financial institution to buy up some of the country's water. (3′20″)

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18:56 Doubt over Toyota driver's accelerator failure claim

The car company Toyota has cast doubt on claims one of its cars failed to stop. (1′43″)

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18:58 Voluntary euthanasia campaigner angers British religious groups

The Australian doctor and voluntary euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke has begun a series of workshops in Britain demonstrating methods by which people can take their own lives. (1′42″)

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