Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Audio from Monday 20 August 2012

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17:00 Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 20 August 2012

The three soldiers killed in Afghanistan were on a mercy mission. Auckland drops Snapper from its 100 million dollar transport ticket and harrowing evidence of a fatal dive on Auckland's Lake Pupuke. (21′50″)

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17:07 Soldiers killed during mercy mission

New Zealand has lost its first woman soldier since the Vietnam war, one of three soldiers killed instantly by a massive roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan. (1′37″)

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17:09 The latest from the chief of the defence force

The Chief of the Defence Force, Lieutenant General Rhys Jones joins us. (8′51″)

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17:18 Auckland is about to dump Snapper

Snapper is about to be dumped from Auckland's one hundred million dollar public transport ticket project. (2′53″)

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17:21 Inquest hears harrowing accounts of fatal dive

An inquest has heard how a group of divers dropped like rocks into pitch black water in Auckland's Lake Pupuke, and two then failed to surface. (4′55″)

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17:26 Evening Business for 20 August 2012

News from the business sector including a market report. (2′33″)

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17:28 Gu Kailai given a suspended death sentence

To China, where the wife of a disgraced politician has been handed a suspended death sentence for murdering a British businessman, in the country's most high profile trial for years. (3′17″)

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17:35 Sports News for 20 August 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′39″)

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17:38 Most politicians back troop withdrawal next year

Politicians are mostly united on keeping New Zealand's troops in Afghanistan until early next year despite the mounting death toll. (3′23″)

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17:38 Should interest rates be capped to stop loan sharks?

Medical researchers are pushing for a cap on interest rates to stamp out loan sharks who target low-income earners. (3′02″)

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17:42 Principals welcome ERO decision to drop decile numbers

Principals are applauding the Education Review Office decision to drop schools' decile numbers from its reports. (3′02″)

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17:47 Manu Korihi News for 20 August 2012

A South Taranaki tribe wants a Pakeha commissioner removed from a local kura kaupapa Maori by the end of this school term; The Maori Language Commission, Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori, is demanding an apology from Maori Television, after it broadcast a report alleging the mismanagement of taxpayer funds; A Ngati Tuwharetoa hapu has begun asking government agencies monitoring Mount Tongariro, to improve the way they deal with the sub-tribe; A Ngati Raukawa woman completing her doctorate studies in clinical psychology says she was inspired to explore the subject after her father developed a brain tumour. (3′21″)

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17:51 Driver crashes two months after getting licence back

A killer driver, who sparked a ministerial inquiry, has crashed his car after having his licence back for just two months. (3′14″)

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17:54 Man who rescued girl from drowning says father ignored warnings

A man who rescued a four year old girl from drowning says her father ignored warnings not to kayak across the mouth of the flooded Tukituki River in Hawkes Bay. (2′40″)

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18:07 Further details emerge on soldier deaths in Afghanistan

Further details are emerging about the roadside bomb blast that's killed three New Zealand soldiers in Afghanistan. (4′14″)

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18:11 Critic of Afghan war says there'll be more insider attacks

An American author and critic of the war in Afganistan says the U.S military's latest effort to stop Afghan soldiers killing Marines smacks of desperation and will only deepen mistrust (5′22″)

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18:20 Business News Update

News from the business sector. (3′08″)

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18:22 ERO to drop decile numbers from school reports

More now on the Education Review Office decision to drop schools' decile numbers from its reports. (4′17″)

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18:32 Sports News for 20 August 2012

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. (3′29″)

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18:36 Uncle hopes families of those missing will keep faith

The uncle of Brazilian student Felipe Melo says he hopes the families of those still missing off Paritutu Rock will keep faith they will be found. (1′49″)

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18:41 Stories making headlines in the UK

To the UK now, where Scotland Yard is expected to lay murder charges over the killing of a police constable in the Broadwater Farm riots 27 years ago. (4′49″)

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18:46 Manu Korihi News for 20 August 2012

A South Taranaki iwi wants a Pakeha commissioner removed from a local kura kaupapa Maori by the end of this school term; The Maori Language Commission is demanding an apology from Maori Television, after it broadcast a report alleging the mismanagement of taxpayer funds; A Ngati Tuwharetoa hapu has begun asking government agencies monitoring Mount Tongariro, to improve the way they deal with the sub-tribe; A Ngati Raukawa woman completing her doctorate studies in clinical psychology says she was inspired to explore the subject after her father developed a brain tumour. (3′16″)

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18:53 Constitutional review panel warned

The panel leading New Zealand's constitutional review has been told its focus on the Treaty of Waitangi won't help Pacific and other other migrant communities. (3′15″)

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