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Checkpoint for Friday 25 March 2011
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Waatea News for 25 March 2011
6:54 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus On Politics for 25 March 2011
6:37 PM.The country faces its most austere budget in twenty years, with the Prime Minister announcing there will be no new spending next financial year. Audio
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Sports News for 25 March 2011
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Labour Party holds conference for Hughes
6:26 PM.In the last hour the Labour Party leader, Phil Goff, has held a news conference, announcing that Darren Hughes is resigning from Parliament. Audio
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Small Wellington taxi companies fear going out of business
6:26 PM.Small taxi companies say the city's largest operator, Combined Taxis, is employing bully-boy tactics to take business from them, so as to gain a monopoly. Audio
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Evening Business for 25 March 2011
6:22 PM.Postie Plus has reduced its half year loss, with stronger sales and a reduction in distribution costs. Audio
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Kaiapoi residents say process for rebuild good model for Chch
6:14 PM.Kaiapoi is recommending it's rebuilding plan, following the September quake, as a good model for Christchurch. Audio
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MP set for battle over support on Marine and Coastal Area Act
6:11 PM.The Maori Party's Te Tai Tonga MP, is set to face a tough battle to keep her seat in the fallout to the party's support of the Marine and Coastal Area Act. Audio
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MP Hughes' resignation puts Tizard next in line
6:07 PM.The Labour Party leader, Phil Goff, has announced that Darren Hughes is resigning from Parliament. Audio
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Screaming parents give organisers headaches
5:57 PM.Disruptive parents on the sidelines of their childrens school sports games are causing headaches for principals around the country. Audio
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Last group of orange zone businesses get access to CBD
5:53 PM.Today the last group of businesses in the cordoned off orange zone in Christchurch's quake hit CBD finally got the chance to get into their buildings. Audio
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Waatea News for 25 March 2011
5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Alcohol seller warned over using trade-marked Cup words
5:44 PM.An online retailer has been reprimanded for using the trademarked words 'Rugby World Cup'. Audio
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Reports that Libyan forces in Ajdabiya are ready to surrender
5:41 PM.After days of confusion and heated argument NATO has announced it will enforce a no fly zone over Libya but has stopped short of taking full command of the military action against the Gaddafi regime. Audio
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Darren Hughes resigns
5:36 PM.Andrew Little is the President of the Labour Party, he joins us now Audio
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Sports News for 25 March 2011
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Ex-defence force chief backs soldiers over racism scandal
5:28 PM.Australia's former military chief Peter Cosgrove has defended the soldiers involved in the Facebook racism scandal in Afghanistan. Audio
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Labour leader announces Darren Hughes resignation
5:24 PM.The Labour Party leader, Phil Goff, is just announced that Darren Hughes is resigning from Parliament. Audio
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Evening Business for 25 March 2011
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Civil Defence controller comments on demolition companies
5:17 PM.The National Civil Defence controller Steve Brazier, joins us Audio
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More complaints about thefts from in the cordon
5:14 PM.More complaints are coming about thefts from shops behind the cordon in central Christchurch. Audio
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Further comment on the verdict
5:12 PM.A report from Child Youth and Family states that children who live with an adult not related to them are almost 50 times as likely to die of an inflicted injury as those who live with both their… Read more Audio
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Man jailed for fatal attack on Palmerston North toddler
5:08 PM.A Judge sentencing a man who killed a Palmerston North toddler, says too many children are being left in the care of young men who lash out when things go wrong. Audio
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Phil Goff due to hold a press conference shortly
5:07 PM.The Labour Party leader, Phil Goff, is about to hold a news conference, where he is expected to announce that Darren Hughes is resigning from Parliament. Audio