Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Monday 23 July 2012

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17:00 Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 23 July 2012

Ten rest home nurses fail a 93 year old woman. President Obama meets victims of the Denver shooting spree and a school boy stones a kea. (19′30″)

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17:07 Repeated failings find resthome breached patient rights

Despite being looked after by 10 resthome nurses, no-one noticed a 93 year old woman had had a stroke, lost a lot of weight and was chronically dehydrated before she died. (3′43″)

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17:11 President Obama meets victims of Denver shooting

President Obama has visited Denver to meet with victims of the gunman who killed 12 people and wounded 58 others in a shooting-spree at a suburban movie theatre. (6′11″)

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17:17 Financial advisers warn shares not for everyone

Financial advisers are warning first-time investors to be cautious about buying shares in the state-owned energy companies. (3′06″)

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17:20 Evening Business for 23 July 2012

News from the business sector including a market report. (2′14″)

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17:23 Boy sorry for killing kea with rock

An intermediate school boy who killed a kea is shocked and remorseful, says his principal. (3′52″)

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17:29 Coroner amends findings on Kahui twins' deaths

The coroner has altered his findings on the death of the Kahui twins in the wake of a legal challenge by their father. (2′22″)

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17:34 Sports News for 23 July 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′35″)

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17:37 Opposition parties say Govt is wasting taxpayers' money.

Opposition parties say the Government is wasting taxpayers' money by offering bonus shares to investors who hold on to shares in Mighty River Power. (3′00″)

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17:40 Floodwaters cut off highways

Floodwaters have cut off State Highway 2 and State Highway 26 north of Tauranga as heavy rain lashes the upper North Island. (2′07″)

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17:42 Violent passengers put bus service in jeopardy

A bus service between Wainuiomata and Lower Hutt, near Wellington, may have to be shut down to protect drivers from violent and threatening behaviour from young people. (3′52″)

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17:47 Manu Korihi News for 23 July 2012

The Canterbury Regional Council's used a cultural impact statement from NgAi Tahu for the first time in a court case; The Maori Council's legal team says it's busy responding to new, written Crown evidence presented to the Waitangi Tribunal hearing into water rights; A co-chair of the Maori Council, Maanu Paul, says the government's proposed bonus share scheme is a last ditch attempt to try and entice people to invest in state-owned assets; A Tuhoe kaumatua based in Nelson is praising the younger generation in his rohe for pushing for a Maori language immersion school. (3′15″)

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17:50 Engineer says CTV report vague and a waste of time

A civil engineer says an official report into the collapsed CTV building was a waste of time. (2′51″)

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17:53 Culture and Heritage releases report on the NZSO

The Ministry of Culture and Heritage has released a report proposing a range of changes to the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. (3′58″)

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17:57 Playing gigs abroad stands in the way of citizenship

Success on the overseas music stage may carry a heavy price for Wellington performer Will Ricketts. (2′39″)

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18:09 Big legal bills over plain packaging must be weighed up - PM

The Prime Minister is refusing to commit to introducing plain-packaging for cigarettes and tobacco. (3′06″)

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18:15 Cracking down on tax dodges and money laundering

Tax specialists in New Zealand expect a crackdown on money laundering begun three years ago will overcome tax dodging by wealthy people highlighted in a new report out of New York. (3′08″)

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18:18 Economists predict Oz mining boom to peak in 2 years

In Australia, economists are predicting the country's mining boom is about to peak. (5′00″)

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18:23 Evening Business for 23 July 2012

News from the business sector. (3′23″)

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18:34 Sports News for 23 July 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′47″)

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18:39 Stories from the UK

Our correspondent Barney Burnham starts with the review of royal security, that's been ordered in an attempt to save money. (5′05″)

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18:44 Elvis Teddy defends charges in court

The trial has begun of a skipper accused of steering his boat in front of a survey vessel owned by the Brazilian Oil company, Petrobras. (2′22″)

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18:47 Orange Roughy recomendation a warning sign- Greenpeace

Greenpeace is urging fishing companies and the government to manage Orange Roughy better, even if the species doesn't become classified as threatened. (2′01″)

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18:49 Manu Korihi News for 23 July 2012

The Canterbury Regional Council says it has used a cultural impact statement from Ngai Tahu for the first time in a court case; The Maori Council's legal team says it's busy responding to new, written Crown evidence presented to the Waitangi Tribunal hearing into water rights; A co-chair of the Maori Council, Maanu Paul, says the government's proposed bonus share scheme is a last ditch attempt to try and entice people to invest in state-owned assets; A Tuhoe kaumatua based in Nelson is praising the younger generation in his rohe for pushing for a Maori language immersion school. (3′04″)

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