Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Thursday 3 May 2012

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17:00 Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 3 May 2012

Gavin Bennett sentenced to eight years prison; Government says student funding cuts will save $70m yearly; ACT leader says he negotiated discount room rate himself; Charges not ruled out over Timaru harbour oil spill; Second jury finds baby basher guilty of manslaughter; Numbers officially out of work hits 2-year high; and MFAT's morale low and its boss used as scapegoat - Labour. (24′00″)

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17:08 Gavin Bennett sentenced to eight years prison

A Christchurch businessman is beginning an 8 year jail sentence tonight for using a multi-million-dollar Ponzi-style scheme to fund his lavish lifestyle including luxury apartments, designer clothes and escorts. (3′43″)

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17:11 Getting tough on student loans and allowances

The Government's revealed changes to student loans and allowances that it says will save up to 70-million-dollars a year, but leave thousands of students and borrowers worse off. (5′34″)

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17:17 ACT leader says he negotiated discount room rate himself

The ACT Party leader, John Banks, has revealed he negotiated a cheaper room rate at the Hyatt Hotel in Hong Kong. (3′29″)

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17:22 Evening Business for 3 May 2012

News from the business sector including a market report. (2′02″)

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17:23 Numbers officially out of work hits 2-year high

Joblessness has hit a near two year high with fulltime jobs becoming harder to find compared with part time. 160 thousand people are officially out of work, an unemployment rate of 6.7% of the workforce which is a 15 month high. (3′07″)

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17:27 Charges not ruled out over Timaru harbour oil spill

The Canterbury Regional Council says it's not ruling out a prosecution against the fishing company, Sanford, over the oil spill at the Port of Timaru. (4′34″)

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17:32 Sports News for 3 May 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′41″)

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17:34 Corrections cuts jobs but prison guards stay

The Department of Corrections is moving to cut 140 jobs but says no prison guards will lose their jobs, and the changes will make people safer. It's merging its three parts into one, saying that will save $10 million. (5′03″)

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17:44 Man who shot 33 dogs gives evidence

A man who slaughtered more than 30 dogs - mainly puppies - has told the court he pinned many down with his foot to shoot them. Tony Campbell and Russell Mendoza are charged with wilfully ill-treating animals and recklessly discharging a firearm. (2′53″)

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17:47 MFAT's morale low and its boss used as scapegoat - Labour

The Labour Party is blaming the Government for dragging down MFAT's morale and says other public sector bosses deplore the scapegoating of its CEO. (3′22″)

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17:50 Manu Korihi News for 3 May 2012

The government has appointed the former chairperson of the Waikato-Tainui executive, Tukoroirangi Morgan, to work with iwi to help them settle their treaty claims; Ngati Kahungunu iwi in Wairoa says the resource centre which it set up to help locked out workers at AFFCO's sheep and beef plant, has opened a new pathway for the tribe; Kelly Thompson who is one of the locked out Wairoa meat workers, handles all the welfare issues at the resource centre; Maori families in Waikato with babies at risk from Sudden Unexplained Death of an Infant or SUDI, are the main beneficiary of the roll out of 15-hundred special infant beds designed to protect a baby sleeping in its parent's bed; A veteran Maori sculptor - whose worked spanned half a century both in New Zealand and overseas - has died. (3′13″)

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17:54 Murder-accused's daughter says police pressured her

The daughter of murder-accused George Gwaze has told the High Court in Christchurch that police pressured her to name her father as her sister's attacker. (3′09″)

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17:56 Auckland Council dumps fee increase after dog owners speak out

The Auckland Council's done a total backdown over dog registration fees and won't raise them at all, after thousands of pet owners opposed a hike. Councillors voted to keep the fees as they are, with some saying the rise was unfair and being rushed through. (3′00″)

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18:08 Government says student funding cuts will save $70m yearly

The Government's released details of its student loan and allowance changes that are aimed to save up to $70 million a year, but will leave thousands of students and borrowers worse off. (2′58″)

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18:14 Chch businessman jailed for 8 years for defrauding SCF

Christchurch businessman Gavin Bennett is beginning an 8 year jail sentence for using a multi-million-dollar Ponzi-style scheme to fund his lavish lifestyle including luxury apartments, designer clothes and escorts. (6′53″)

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18:20 Second jury finds baby basher guilty of manslaughter

A second jury's found the boyfriend of a Hastings woman guilty of killing her baby, after the first jury failed to reach a decision. Trent Hapuku fatally bashed Mikara Reti, who was five months old, in a sleep-out at a Flaxmere property. (2′28″)

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18:25 Evening Business for 3 May 2012

The departing boss of the stock exchange is hoping more of the country's firms will start listing in 2013, with new rules to revitalise capital markets. (3′50″)

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18:34 Sports News for 3 May 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′23″)

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18:40 Critics say deep sea drilling spells environmental disaster

Critics of Shell's deep sea drilling exploration off the South Dunedin coastline say the company is putting the country in danger of an environmental crisis. The energy company says exploration drilling at the Great South Basin could begin by the end of 2014. (2′36″)

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18:45 Manu Korihi News for 3 May 2012

Ngati Kahungunu iwi in Wairoa says the resource centre which it set up to help locked out workers at AFFCO's sheep and beef plant, has opened a new pathway for the tribe; Kelly Thompson who is one of the locked out Wairoa meat workers, handles all the welfare issues at the resource centre; The government has appointed the former chairperson of the Waikato-Tainui executive, Tukuroirangi Morgan, to work with iwi to help them settle their treaty claims; Maori families in Waikato with babies at risk from Sudden Unexplained Death of an Infant or SUDI, are the main beneficiary of the roll out of 15-hundred special infant beds designed to protect a baby sleeping in its parent's bed. (3′10″)

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18:54 Hikoi marches on Peter Dunne's office

More than 100 protestors marched down the main street of the Wellington suburb of Johnsonville targeting the man they say is the weak link in proposed government asset sales: Peter Dunne. (2′10″)

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18:57 Journalistic freedom in Pacific unstable

The author of a report on Pacific Media Freedom says press freedom in the region is very fragile. David Robie, who is the head of the New Zealand based Pacific Media Centre, has launched a status report on media freedom in the Pacific - coinciding with World Press Freedom Day. (3′51″)

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