Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Wednesday 17 March 2010

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17:00 Checkpoint choice for Wednesday 17 March 2010

The best of Checkpoint. (20′17″)

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17:07 Public sector faces more job losses

The Public Service is bracing itself for further job losses, on top of the almost 1,500 jobs cut last year. (3′16″)

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17:10 PSA Union on possible health job cuts

The National Secretary of the Public Service Association, Brenda Pilott. (5′37″)

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17:16 Govt dashes iwi hopes of share in Taranaki's oil and gas

The Prime Minister has dashed the hopes of a Taranaki iwi to share the spoils of the region's oil and gas riches. (2′57″)

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17:19 Labour grills Government over Super City CCOs

The Government faced a grilling from the Labour Party over its changes to Auckland governance in Parliament and was asked if it would sack the Local Government Minister. (3′35″)

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17:24 Evening Business News for 17 March 2010

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

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17:26 Search for missing yacht continues

Two planes have been searching for a sailor missing off the North Island's East Coast. (1′58″)

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17:28 General Cable may cut 100 jobs

A Christchurch cable factory's tipped to lose almost a third of its workforce, as it looks to move some of its product manufacturing offshore. (2′35″)

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17:32 Evening sports news for 17 March 2010

An update from the RNZ sports team. (3′10″)

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17:35 Tony Ryall on Public Service job cuts

The Public Service is bracing itself for further job losses, on top of the almost 1,500 jobs cut last year. (4′37″)

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17:40 Minister rejects warning of risk to electricity system

The Energy Minister has rejected warnings that changes to the electricity industry could raise the risk of a system failure. (3′14″)

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17:43 Tony Abbott in firing line

Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott has come under a barrage of stinging criticism this week. (4′14″)

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17:48 Waatea news for 17 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′37″)

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17:51 Blaze forces evacuation of Bay of Islands Airport

The Fire Service says the Bay of Islands Airport has been evacuated as it battles a substantial scrub fire in Kerikeri. (1′56″)

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17:53 Former museum director defends board

The former head of the Auckland War Memorial Museum says the museum's board must stay in place and that the departure of controversial chief executive Vanda Vitali was inevitable. (2′16″)

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17:55 Waihopai Verdict

The Jury has just delivered its verdict in the case of the three men who attacked the Waihopai spy base near Blenheim. (19″)

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17:55 Woods to return to golf at the Masters in April

Golfing sensation Tiger Woods has announced he will return to the game at the Masters tournament next month. (1′21″)

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17:57 Auckland's natural treasures at risk

Aucklanders are being warned they will loose the best of the region's natural treasures if they continue to live like they are now. (2′51″)

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18:07 Waihopai verdict delivered

The Jury has just delivered its verdict in the case of the three men who attacked the Waihopai spy base near Blenheim. Father Peter Murnane speaks to Mary Wilson. (3′00″)

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18:10 Fiji disaster update

A New Zealand Hercules plane is travelling to the cyclone ravaged area of Fiji, laden with relief supplies. (2′36″)

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18:13 Health Ministry job cuts

The Labour Party says cancer screening services and public health activities around the country will become casualties of staffing cuts at the Health Ministry. (4′44″)

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18:18 Evening Business News for 17 March 2010

News from the business sector. (2′51″)

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18:21 Update from Japan

The Japan Coastguard has confirmed that the New Zealand whaling protestor Peter Bethune is being held in a detention centre in northern Tokyo. (4′56″)

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18:26 New study underway to help smokers quit

Smokers who are trying to quit the habit may find it much easier if they can get a fast and satisfying hit of nicotine from a mouth spray. (2′59″)

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18:29 Tributes paid to Sir Ian Axford

The international scientific community says before Sir Ian Axford, space was an emptier place. (2′51″)

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18:34 Evening sports news for 17 March 2010

An update from the RNZ sports team. (3′03″)

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18:37 Justice Minister grilled by UN Human Rights Committee

The Minister and his delegation presented a report on how this country is meeting its obligations under the International Covenant on those rights. (4′11″)

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18:41 Ministry defends Working New Zealand programme

The Ministry of Social Development is insisting it is on track to make annual savings of $49,000,000 a year by 2011 by getting more sickness beneficiaries into jobs. (2′51″)

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18:44 Civil Defence unveils 'faster' emergency management system

The Ministry of Civil Defence has unveiled it's new emergency management system which it says will speed up response times in the event of a major disaster. (1′52″)

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18:46 Waatea news for 17 March 2010

News from the Waatea team. (2′49″)

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18:49 Credit card fraud investigation.

Auckland City ratepayers are to pay millions of dollars to replace council parking machines that are at the centre of an ongoing credit card fraud investigation. (2′25″)

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18:51 UN calls for restraint in Jerusalem

The United Nations Secretary General Ban ki Moon is calling for restraint after the heaviest clashes in months between Palestinian protesters and Israeli riot police. (2′06″)

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18:53 Child sex abuse scandals in the Catholic church deepen

A priest from a German archdiocese has been suspended 24 years after he was convicted of sexually abusing children. (2′19″)

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18:55 UN criticises Russia's preparations for next Winter Olympics

The United Nations has criticised the preparations for the next Winter Olympics saying Russian authorities have failed to take into account the overall effect of the building work on the environment. (1′39″)

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18:57 Hand germs useful for indentifying people

Scientists in the United States have discovered that the bacteria found on people's hands could be a useful for identifying individuals, akin to DNA or fingerprint technology. (1′10″)

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18:58 Possible health care for those exposed to toxins on 9-11

The United States is a step closer to approving legislation aimed at providing long-term health care for those who became sick after being exposed to toxic dust from the September eleventh attacks. (1′05″)

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