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Wednesday 30 May 2012, with Mary Wilson
Audio from Wednesday 30 May 2012
Not all audio is available due to copyright restrictions.
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 30 May 2012 ( 16′ 54″ )
17:00 The Pike River families abandon all hope of recovering the bodies of the lost miners. Teachers confront the Education Minister and Police release details of Czech tourist's death.
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Pike River families abandon hope of getting bodies back ( 4′ 34″ )
17:07 The Pike River families have now abandoned all hope of recovering the bodies of the 29 men who died in the mine explosions 16 months ago.
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Arrest warrants issued in Qatar over mall fire, ( 4′ 39″ )
17:12 To Qatar, where the Attorney General has issued arrest warrants for five people over the Doha mall fire, which killed 19, including New Zealand triplets.
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Teachers to be left in limbo by class size policy - principal ( 4′ 17″ )
17:16 An intermediate school principal says the Government's changes to class sizes means five of his teachers will be in limbo for the next three years.
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Evening Business for 30 May 2012 ( 2′ 14″ )
17:24 News from the business sector including a market report.
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Police release details of Czech tourist's death ( 3′ 09″ )
17:26 More details are emerging about what led up to the killing of a Czech tourist by Waimate man Jason Frandi.
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Sports News for 30 May 2012 ( 3′ 13″ )
17:32 An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Families lawyer on hopes of body recovery being dashed ( 3′ 14″ )
17:35 The latest now on the Pike River families who have abandoned all hope of recovering the bodies of the 29 men killed in the mine and won't put up a fight if mining resumes.
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Mother sentenced to jail for suffocating son ( 2′ 18″ )
17:38 A 31-year old woman has been sent to jail for two years and a month for suffocating her two-month old son in January last year.
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Principal looks at how students wandered off ( 3′ 07″ )
17:40 A school principal still doesn't know why ten students wandered off into the bush where they'd been told not to go sparking an extensive air and ground search in the Kaimai Ranges.
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Auditor-General decides to investigate Shane Jones ( 2′ 31″ )
17:44 The Auditor-General has decided to investigate Labour MP Shane Jones' granting of citizenship to a Chinese businessman when he was a minister.
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Manu Korihi News for 30 May 2012 ( 3′ 17″ )
17:47 The Minister of Whanau Ora, Tariana Turia, has again leapt to the defence of the unique welfare scheme for Maori; Waikato-Tainui has spoken out in support of Tame Iti - saying his jail sentence for a firearms offence is outrageous; The director of a Maori anti-tobacco organisation is encouraged by an increase in tobacco excise tax - as billed in last week's Budget; A Rangitikei iwi, Ngati Apa, says its shopping mall investment outside of its tribal rohe in Whanganui makes sense - because the majority of its people live there.
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Anaesthetists warn of Pandora's Box over drug prescribing ( 3′ 18″ )
17:50 Anaesthetists say only they should be able to prescribe and give powerful drugs, like the one that killed Michael Jackson.
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Principals angry after meeting with Education Minister ( 3′ 03″ )
18:08 Some school principals say a meeting with the Education Minister this morning has only made them angrier about changes to class sizes.
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More from the man who hired Czech tourist ( 2′ 18″ )
18:11 The police say a Czech tourist appears to have been sexually assaulted before she was killed on a forestry block near Waimate.
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Builders dismiss April fall in housing consents as one-off ( 3′ 13″ )
18:17 Official figures show the number of consents granted for new houses fell six per cent in April, the first monthly fall since November last year.
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Evening Business for 30 May 2012 ( 3′ 36″ )
18:20 KFC plans to bring back the infamous Double Down burger in an effort to revive sluggish sales.
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Romney seals nomination to challenge ( 4′ 06″ )
18:23 To the US now, where Mitt Romney has clinched the Republican Party's White House nomination after winning the Texas primary.
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Sports News for 30 May 2012 ( 3′ 45″ )
18:33 An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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Myanmar's opposition leader makes first trip abroad in 24 years ( 2′ 36″ )
18:37 Aung San Suu Kyi has kicked off her historic first trip outside Myanmar, also known as Burma, in almost a quarter of a century, by visiting Burmese migrant workers in Thailand.
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Govt to help Kaipara District Council ( 3′ 08″ )
18:40 The Government is bringing in specialists to help Kaipara District Council as it struggles under a debt-mountain of more than 80-million dollars.
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Drug charges against gang members dropped ( 2′ 43″ )
18:43 Eight Head Hunter gang members are no longer going on trial for possessing a million dollars worth of methamphetamine.
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Manu Korihi News for 30 May 2012 ( 3′ 17″ )
18:46 Waikato-Tainui has spoken out in support of Tame Iti - saying his jail sentence for a firearms offence is outrageous; The Minister of Whanau Ora, Tariana Turia, has again leapt to the defence of the unique welfare scheme for Maori; A Rangitikei iwi, Ngati Apa, says its shopping mall investment outside of its tribal rohe in Whanganui makes sense - because the majority of its people live there; The director of a Maori anti-tobacco organisation is encouraged by an increase in tobacco excise tax - as billed in last week's Budget.
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Calls for law changes to protect more rivers ( 3′ 25″ )
18:49 An environmental watchdog is calling for law changes so more rivers are protected and more quickly from development including hydro dams.
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Irish to vote on EU fiscal treaty ( 2′ 51″ )
18:56 On Thursday, the Irish will vote whether or not to approve the new European Union fiscal treaty - aimed at reigning in spending and tightening the bloc's budget rules.
Presenter:
Mary Wilson
Checkpoint is Radio New Zealand’s award-winning drive-time news programme. Every weekday Mary Wilson presents the day’s major national and international stories, as well as business, sport and Māori news.
Monday to Friday, 5pm - 7pm
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