Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Friday 17 August 2012

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17:00 Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 17 August 2012

Accountants jailed for 'sophisticated and repetitive' fraud, A coroner is asking if every skydiving plane in the country could be grounded until their safety is assured following the inquest into nine deaths at Fox Glacier. Second escaped prisoner costs Serco hefty fine, Four people have died in a fire at a nightclub popular with foreign tourists on the Thai resort island of Phuket. SSC widens investigation into MFAT leaks. (17′46″)

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17:08 Accountants jailed for 'sophisticated and repetitive' fraud

The longest jail sentences ever handed down for a tax fraud in this country have been imposed on two Wellington accountants. (4′25″)

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17:11 Coroner asks if skydiving planes should be grounded

A coroner is asking if every skydiving plane in the country could be grounded until their safety is assured following the inquest into nine deaths at Fox Glacier. (3′43″)

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17:15 Second escaped prisoner costs Serco hefty fine

The country's only private prison company has been hit with another 150-thousand dollar fine for letting an inmate escape. (4′02″)

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17:19 4 dead in a nightclub fire in Thailand

Four people have died in a fire at a nightclub popular with foreign tourists on the Thai resort island of Phuket. (2′10″)

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17:22 Evening Business for 17 August 2012

News from the business sector including a market report. (2′34″)

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17:24 SSC widens investigation into MFAT leaks

The State Services Commission has widened its investigation into who leaked information about the restructuring at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade but the Labour Party says the witch-hunt should be dropped. (3′05″)

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17:33 Sports News for 17 August 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′12″)

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17:36 Calls for calm in "hysterical" Whanganui community

Prison reformers and criminologists are calling for calm in Whanganui, fearing a lynch mob mentality is brewing around the release of a notorious sex offender. (4′10″)

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17:44 Reaction to Basin Reserve flyover plan

Plans to reduce traffic congestion around Wellington's Basin Reserve have horrified fans of the historic cricket ground, but are being applauded by members of the capital's business community. (3′40″)

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17:48 Speights $29m upgrade cuts pollution, saves heritage

The Speight's brewery in Dunedin says it is doing more to reduce pollution and save heritage in a major site upgrade than it had planned. (3′44″)

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17:51 Manu Korihi News for 17 August 2012

Epic waka voyage from Auckland to Rapanui or Easter Island retraces ancient journey made by Polynesian ancestors. (3′28″)

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17:55 Union criticises plan for shorter master's degrees

The Tertiary Education Union is accusing universities of putting money before education with a plan to shorten their master's degrees. (3′04″)

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17:58 New commercial jet boat licenses issued today

The first mandatory licenses for jetboat drivers have been handed out in Queenstown today as the Government tightens up the Maritime regulations for the industry. (1′06″)

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18:08 A call for jamaica to bring in tougher drug tests

The man who trailblazed dope policing in elite sport says Jamaica must bring in tougher testing before the world will accept its sprint stars as fair competitors. (6′10″)

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18:13 Gay marriage backlash in Samoa

There's been a backlash after Samoa's Fa'afafine Association announced it wouldn't support any gay marriage in Samoa. (3′04″)

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18:16 Child witnesses may not be credible witnesses

New research shows the way courts work invites children to make things up. (5′00″)

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18:22 Beer pundits flock to Wellington for festival

It's time for Friday night drinks - so how about a milk chocolate stout, a carrot cake brew or a dark beer that tastes of coffee? (1′50″)

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18:24 Evening Business for 17 August 2012

News from the business sector including a market report. (3′17″)

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18:34 Sports News for 17 August 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′12″)

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18:36 Focus on Politics for 17 August 2012

The MMP electoral system came under fire again this week, after the electoral commission announced a proposed shake-up of the system. (16′50″)

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18:54 Manu Korihi News for 17 August 2012

Five new mataitai reserves have been established, enabling Maori in those areas to exercise their customary rights to gather food from the waterways; Some tracks are to close in the Hunua Ranges - south east of Auckland - to protect kauri from a deadly fungus-like disease; After years of planning, two waka have set sail for Rapanui, or Easter Island, using traditional Maori methods of navigation to get there. (3′23″)

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