Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Wednesday 15 August 2012

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17:00 Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 15 August 2012

A triumphant welcome home for New Zealand's Olympic stars. Making teenage cyber bullies criminals and the scam that's ripping off unsuspecting golfers . (18′17″)

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17:07 Jubilant welcome home for Olympic stars

New Zealand's olympic athletes have arrived home jubilant, but exhausted. (3′37″)

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17:10 More from Dave Currie

The chef de mission of New Zealand's Olympic team is Dave Currie. He was among those who arrived back in Auckland this morning. (5′40″)

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17:16 Owner says plane was being overloaded

The owner of the skydiving plane that crashed at Fox Glacier killing all nine on board has admitted that in hindsight he now realises the plane was being overloaded. (3′37″)

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17:20 Questions raised over cyber bully proposals

Students say teenagers will think twice before writing text messages if cyber-bullying is made a crime. (3′14″)

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17:24 Evening Business for 15 August 2012

News from the business sector including a market report. (2′46″)

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17:29 Police claim golfing scam operating for almost three years

The police are investigating a scam targetting hundreds of golfers across the country. (1′55″)

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17:33 Sports News for 15 August 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′22″)

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17:33 Sports News for 15 August 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′37″)

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17:36 Reay gives partial concession but still blames engineer

The man whose company designed the CTV building has accepted full responsibility for its failings - but he continues to blame his engineer. (3′08″)

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17:40 It's plain packaging for Australia

In what's been a major test case, Australia's highest court has rejected a challenge by four global tobacco giants to the government's plain packaging laws. (3′15″)

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17:43 Bennett would consider breaching privacy again

The Social Development Minister Paula Bennett is denying she breached a beneficiary's privacy despite an official finding otherwise and says she'd consider doing it again. (3′28″)

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17:46 Salvors begin dismantling the Rena

After nearly a year, the bow section of the container ship the Rena is finally being removed from Astrolabe reef. (4′02″)

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17:50 Manu Korihi News for 15 August 2012

The Ngapuhi runanga leader Sonny Tau has thrown down a challenge to the crown over the mandate to settle the iwi's Treaty claims; Te Puni Kokiri says it's frozen the annual grant made to the National Maori Wardens Association until it sorts out its finances; New Zealand First has again put the Government on the spot over Whanau Ora spending, during Parliament's Question Time; A ban on fishing in some waters off Kaikoura has been extended - following a push from local mana whenua to rebuild fish stocks. (3′10″)

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17:54 Unexplained death in Hamilton under investigation

A Hamilton property where a man died while being restrained by police in the early hours of this morning remains cordoned off. (2′06″)

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18:08 Medal winners arrive back home

New Zealand's Olympic athletes have arrived home jubilant, but exhausted. (3′44″)

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18:12 Latest in long line of Olympic doping scandals

The disgraced Belarussian shotputter Nadzeya Ostapchuk is not giving up her gold medal to Valerie Adams without a fight. (4′03″)

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18:16 English forced to defend borrowing for roads

The Finance Minister has been forced to defend the Government's intention to let the Transport Agency borrow large sums of money to pay for new roads. (3′11″)

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18:20 Business News Update

An increase in high rollers from Asia has helped boost profits at the country's listed casino operator, Sky City Entertainment Group. (3′18″)

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18:24 Cargo ship veers close to rocks off Wellington

A cargo ship has been detained in Wellington after straying too close to the rocks at the harbour entrance. (3′54″)

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18:38 North Otago farmers pray for sunshine

Farming families in North Otago are praying for sunshine after heavy rain that flooded paddocks and cut off about 20 houses. (3′03″)

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18:41 Angry reception for police and corrections staff at Whanganui

There is standing room only at a public meeting in Whanganui where corrections officials are explaining details about the release of the serial sex offender, Stewart Murray Wilson. (1′04″)

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18:41 Angry reception for police and corrections staff at Whanganui

There is standing room only at a public meeting in Whanganui where corrections officials are explaining details about the release of the serial sex offender, Stewart Murray Wilson. (1′04″)

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18:42 NZ proposals for Asia-Pacific carbon market knocked back again

New Zealand's championing of a market in carbon credits covering the Asia-Pacific region has been knocked back in regional trade talks. (3′06″)

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18:46 Manu Korihi News for 15 August 2012

The Ngapuhi runanga leader Sonny Tau has thrown down a challenge to the Crown over the mandate to settle the iwi's Treaty claims; Te Puni Kokiri says it's frozen the annual grant made to the National Maori Wardens Association until it sorts out its finances; New Zealand First has again put the Government on the spot over Whanau Ora spending, during Parliament's Question Time; A ban on fishing in some waters off Kaikoura has been extended - following a push from local mana whenua to rebuild fish stocks. (2′57″)

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18:49 Light rail gets through latest hurdle but still faces battle

The idea of Melbourne-style trams in Wellington has squeezed into the final three options for fixing the capital's transport woes. (3′20″)

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18:52 A digital divide between schools

MPs have been told that principals with no technological savvy are holding back their schools and their students. (2′57″)

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18:56 Victims make emotional pleas to MPs for bail laws

Families of people who've been raped, abused or killed have made emotional pleas to MPs to toughen bail laws. (2′59″)

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18:56 Fiji's SDL party determined to carry on

The party of the deposed Fiji Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, says it is more determined than ever to carry on with his legacy. (3′15″)

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