Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Monday 13 August 2012

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17:00 Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 13 August 2012

The families of skydivers killed at Fox Glacier want someone held accountable. Top Olympic athletes square off over frozen government funding and proposed MMP changes unsettle some politicians. (18′34″)

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17:07 Families of crash victims may consider civil action

The families of skydivers killed at Fox Glacier want someone to be held accountable and some may consider civil action against those responsible. (2′58″)

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17:10 Smaller parties divided over proposed changes to MMP

The smaller political parties are sharply divided over the proposed removal of the one seat threshold to enter Parliament. (4′30″)

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17:15 More from RNZ's political editor

With us is Radio New Zealand's political editor Brent Edwards. (3′43″)

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17:19 Government freezes sports funding despite Olympics success

The 2012 London Olympics are over, and already the fight's begun here over money after the Government said it was freezing its funding for top athletes. (4′09″)

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17:24 Evening Business for 13 August 2012

News from the business sector including a market report. (2′16″)

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17:26 Flooding isolates rural parts of North Otago

People in rural parts of North Otago are being warned they could be isolated for up to two or three days after more flooding in the region. (2′58″)

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17:31 Sports News for 13 August 2012

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

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17:38 Engineer says CTV building didn't meet Code

A structural engineer has told a hearing that parts of the CTV building did not meet the Building Code. (2′51″)

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17:41 Another golfing title for Lydia Ko

New Zealand's 15-year-old golfing star Lydia Ko has won the US Women's Amateur Championship. (3′06″)

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17:48 Manu Korihi News for 13 August 2012

A Bay of Plenty tribe says there are striking similarities between a great ancestress and Whakatane's Olympic gold medal canoeist, Lisa Carrington; The Independent Maori Statutory Board is being urged to keep up the pressure on Auckland Council to find out how many senior officials are Maori; After decades of protesting to have its say over how to care for Whanganui National Park, the local river iwi are now at the decision-making table with the Department of Conservation; A Queensland Maori rugby league coach predicts younger players will become a force to reckon with as more time and effort goes into developing them. (3′18″)

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17:51 Voters in Ohariu on proposed MMP changes

Two crucial voting thresholds will be lowered if the recommendations of the MMP review are followed. (2′04″)

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17:53 What Epsom thinks of proposals

The ACT Party has held the seat of Epsom since 2005 when it brought in one extra MP. (2′05″)

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17:55 Dentists "pressured" woman into expensive treatment

A woman who says she was pressured into expensive dental treatment after being told her face would collapse without it has had her complaint to the Health and Disability Commissioner upheld. (3′08″)

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18:07 Commissioners to run debt-stricken Kaipara council

The Government will appoint commissioners to run the debt-stricken Kaipara District Council. (3′06″)

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18:10 More from Grant Gillon on MMP proposals

The Electoral Commission says the threshold for parties to get into Parliament should be lowered from 5 to 4 percent of the party vote, and the one seat electorate threshold should be abolished. (7′42″)

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18:22 Business News Update

Meridian Energy's full year profit has fallen by three-quarters following the lowest rainfall levels on record at its South Island hydro lakes. (2′32″)

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18:24 60-Million-dollar superyacht gutted by fire

A fire which largely destroyed a sixty million dollar superyacht is heartbreaking for those who were building the boat. (3′40″)

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18:28 Chch council workers on standby incase of more flooding

The Christchurch city council says today's flooding would have been much worse had it not been for post-earthquake upgrades to the storm water system. (2′59″)

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18:34 Sports News for 13 August 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′26″)

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18:37 Labour on the proposals to change MMP

Two crucial voting thresholds will be lowered if the recommendations of the MMP review are followed. (2′50″)

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18:40 Extra court security for man charged with assaulting

Extra security was in place at the Porirua District Court for today's appearance of the man charged with assaulting a 17-year-old who later died. (1′52″)

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18:42 The stories making headlines in Latin America

The mayor-elect of a Mexican city, which until now has escaped much of the deadly violence in the north, has been gunned down while driving home from a party. (4′26″)

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18:46 Manu Korihi News for 13 August 2012

The Independent Maori Statuary Board is being urged to keep up the pressure on Auckland Council to find out how many senior officials are Maori; A Bay of Plenty tribe says there are striking similarities between a great ancestress and Whakatane's Olympic gold medal canoeist, Lisa Carrington; After decades of protesting to have a say over caring for Whanganui National Park, the local river iwi are now at the decision making table with the Department of Conservation; A Queensland Maori rugby league coach predicts younger players will become a force to reckon with as more time and effort goes into developing them. (3′19″)

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18:50 Seven hundred thousand dollars spent on online dating fraud

New Zealanders have been defrauded of at least 700-thousand dollars while dating online in the past year. (2′54″)

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18:53 Criminals like Wilson should stay in jail - lobby group

An Australian lobby group which helped change the law there so dangerous sex offenders can be kept locked up, says New Zealand needs just such a law change. (3′29″)

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18:57 Divers in Tonga say they've found an historic pirate ship

Divers in Tonga say they've found an historic pirate ship laden with treasure. (3′20″)

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