Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Monday 18 June 2012

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17:00 Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 18 June 2012

The Government looks at introducing league tables for primary schools. Greece's decision to stay in Eurozone brings tempory relief to Europe and a new campaign to save one of Auckland's grand old theatres. (19′18″)

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17:07 Government looks at league tables for primary schools

The Prime Minister has signalled the Government may look at compiling league tables for primary schools. (3′27″)

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17:11 Police are treating death of a Paeroa man as a homicide

Waikato Police are treating the death of a Paeroa man overnight as a homicide. (2′23″)

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17:15 Jury watches video interview of accused killer

The man accused of murdering the Feilding farmer, Scott Guy told Police he played not part in attacks on the dead man's home before he was killed. (4′18″)

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17:19 Bailout backers win Greek election, but not by much

Back to Greece now, where a knife edge election has delivered a narrow victory to parties backing the bailout and staying in the eurozone. (3′12″)

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17:23 Evening Business for 18 June 2012

News from the business sector including a market report. (2′24″)

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17:23 Business News Update

The departing head of Fletcher Building, Jonathan Ling, says he'll take some time off before deciding what to do next after six years at the helm. (3′35″)

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17:25 The Crown is seeking almost $60,000 from ex MP Philip Field

The Crown wants nearly $60,000 from the disgraced former MP Taito Philip Field - the benefit it says he got from Thai immigrants working on his houses for free. (2′23″)

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17:28 Trust set up to save historic Auckland theatre from ruin

A campaign's been launched to raise millions of dollars to restore one of Auckland's grand old dames of theatre, the St James. (3′18″)

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17:34 Sports News for 18 June 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′19″)

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17:42 More on league tables

The Prime Minister has signalled the Government is willing to look at introducing league tables for primary schools, a move many teachers have opposed. (4′01″)

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17:46 Search continues for lightly clad tramper in Hunua ranges

70 people - using quad bikes and helicopters - are still searching for a 36 year old tramper, who's missing in the Hunua Ranges, south of Auckland. (1′39″)

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17:48 Manu Korihi News for 18 June 2012

The principal of a decile one primary school in the Far North says changing the decile rankings will not stop Pakeha parents avoiding schools with lots of Maori pupils; A south Taranaki iwi says it wants a Government-appointed commissioner gone from its local Maori language school; Two King Country Maori trusts say their agricultural history would make them the perfect owner of two former Crafar farms. (3′14″)

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18:09 School groups support call for review of decile ranking system

School groups are backing calls to dump the decile ranking system after Radio New Zealand News revealed the number of Pakeha children in low decile schools has halved in the past 12 years. (2′55″)

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18:12 Fairfax NZ says no jobs losses here

In Australia the media group Fairfax is axing 19 hundred jobs and will begin charging readers who go online. (2′38″)

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18:15 Former Age editor analyses Fairfax changes

Michael Gawenda is a former editor of The Age newspaper and currently heads up the Centre for Advanced Journalism at Melbourne University. (2′51″)

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18:18 New heart valve treatment has 100% success rate

A Melbourne hospital has had a one-hundred per cent success rate in trialling a new treatment, which replaces a heart valve without the need for open heart surgery. (6′22″)

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18:28 Rare kiwi head for North Island after centuries away

Twenty of the world's rarest species of kiwi are about to board the ferry in Picton, returning to the North Island after an absence of centuries. (2′11″)

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18:32 Sports News for 18 June 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′01″)

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18:36 No bail for couple accused of security guard's death

A couple accused of bashing a security guard to death, while their young children watched, have been charged with manslaughter. (2′53″)

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18:42 Brazil pushes climate deal in Rio

Larded with fudge and so compromised it's meaningless - that's what critics are calling Brazil's efforts to come up with a deal, which could been signed off at a UN global summit in Rio de Janerio this week. (4′08″)

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18:46 NZ soldier recieves US medal - 33 years after it was awarded

A new Zealand Army officer's finally been awarded the sixth highest US military decoration, 33 years after it was first recommended. (3′48″)

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18:50 Manu Korihi News for 18 June 2012

The principal of a decile one primary school in the Far North says changing the decile rankings will not stop Pakeha parents avoiding schools with lots of Maori pupils; A south Taranaki iwi says it wants a Government-appointed commissioner gone from its local Maori language school; Two King Country Maori trusts say their agricultural history would make them the perfect owner of two former Crafar farms. (2′54″)

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18:57 Government is researching housing problem in Canterbury

A new study is underway to find out how bad the problem of homelessness and overcrowding is in Christchurch. (1′57″)

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