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Checkpoint for Thursday 10 May 2012
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Will same-sex marriage be re-visited in NZ?
6:58 PM.President Obama has become the first US President to speak out in support of gay marriages, but the endorsement may not get any traction in this country. Audio
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Commerce Commission wants stronger powers
6:51 PM.The Commerce Commission wants the power to force people being investigated under the Fair Trading Act to answer its questions. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 10 May 2012
6:48 PM.The Northland tribe Ngati Kahu is challenging the Government to prove that mining benefits indigenous people; The Whangarei pre-school at the centre of the row over a child with HIV says the boy has… Read more Audio
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A computer glitch delivers a lucky break for immigrants
6:44 PM.A computer error has given 306 would-be immigrants a lucky break and gained them entry to New Zealand which would have been otherwise denied to them. Audio
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Vehicle show sponsor says Filthy Few being unfairly targetted
6:42 PM.A sponsor of a Tauranga gang's bike and car show says the police are unfairly targetting the group by not letting them run a legitimate raffle. Audio
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Minister for Whanau Ora admits problems with the programme
6:39 PM.More now on the Ministry of Maori Development Te Puni Kokiri says it is satisfied a trust linked to a gang has fulfilled the requirements for Whanau Ora funding, but it's investigating further. Audio
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Sir Geoffrey Henry dies
6:36 PM.The Cook Islands former Prime Minister, Sir Geoffrey Henry, is being remembered as a larger than life Pacific figure. Audio
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Sports News for 10 May 2012
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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One of the world's worst fruit pests is here
6:27 PM.A Queensland fruit fly, one of the world's worst fruit pests, has been discovered in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill. Audio
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Evening Business for 10 May 2012
6:24 PM.A shareholder's lobby group is urging investors to dump Sir Ron Brierley from the board of struggling investment firm Guinness Peat Group, saying his time is up. Audio
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HIV-positive boy sent home from preschool
6:17 PM.The Aids Foundation says it's horrified by the reaction of a Whangarei Pre-School to a four year old boy with HIV. Audio
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School principals disappointed by lack of detail in plan
6:14 PM.The Government has launched its draft education renewal plan for Christchurch saying school closures are inevitable, but it's not saying which ones. Audio
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Pike River families speak ahead of meeting with Solid Energy
6:12 PM.Solid Energy is expected to tell a private meeting with the Pike River families tonight, that it is buying the mine. Audio
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Mandatory drug testing may be nessesary for tourism sector.
6:09 PM.The Prime Minister says he's appalled at revelations of drug use by adventure tourism operators and is promising action, possibly compulsory random drug testing. Audio
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Labour takes another swipe at Government's welfare reforms
5:55 PM.The Labour Party has taken another swipe at the Government's proposed welfare reforms saying they are rushed and ill-prepared. Audio
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Manawatu Gorge is to reopen this month
5:52 PM.The Manawatu Gorge will reopen within three weeks. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 10 May 2012
5:48 PM.The Whangarei pre-school at the centre of the row over a child with HIV says the boy has not been expelled; The Northland tribe Ngati Kahu is challenging the Government to prove that mining benefits… Read more Audio
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Reaction to Obama's gay marriage stance
5:46 PM.To the US now, where many are describing Barack Obama's politically charged statement that he supports gay marriage as gift to his right-wing rival Mitt Romney. Audio
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Wreckage from Russian jet spotted on cliff in Indonesia
5:42 PM.To Indonesia, where a helicopter has spotted wreckage of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet, which disappeared from radar screens 50 minutes after taking off from Jakarta yesterday on a brief demonstration… Read more Audio
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Hospital whooping cough scare
5:38 PM.170 women and their babies at Middlemore Hospital's maternity unit may have been exposed to the potentially lethal whooping cough after a midwife was diagnosed with the highly infectious disease at… Read more Audio
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Industry supports compulsory random drug tests
5:35 PM.Air accident investigators are trying to find out just how much cannabis the Carterton balloon pilot had used and how soon before the crash that killed him and 10 passengers. Audio
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Sports News for 10 May 2012
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Solid Energy prepares to reveal plan to buy Pike River
5:28 PM.The state coal mining company Solid Energy is expected to reveal it plans to buy the assets of Pike River Coal Mine this evening. Audio
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Evening Business for 10 May 2012
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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World's worst fruit pest found in Auckland
5:17 PM.A Queensland fruit fly, one of the world's worst fruit pests, has been found in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill. Audio
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Whanua Ora minister admits there are risks with the programme
5:14 PM.The Ministry of Maori Development Te Puni Kokiri says it is satisfied a trust linked to a gang has fulfilled the requirements for Whanau Ora funding, but it's investigating further. Audio
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Compulsory drug testing - maybe - in tourism, says PM
5:08 PM.The Prime Minister says he won't sit back and do nothing about revelations of drug abuse by adventure tourism operators but he won't confirm exactly what he will do. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 10 May 2012
5:00 PM.Revelations of drug abuse by adventure tourism operators. A biosecurity alert over a Queensland fruit fly found in Auckland and Solid Energy is poised to reveal it's plans to buy Pike River. Audio