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<title>RNZ: Checkpoint</title>
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<description>Checkpoint is Radio New Zealand’s award-winning drive-time news programme.</description>
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  <title>Housing survey: Australians most common overseas buyers</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Immigration experts say trying to cool housing demand by imposing restrictions on overseas buyers will deter the very workers that New Zealand needs to attract.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:57:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559229/housing-survey-australians-most-common-overseas-buyers</link>
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<item>
  <title>Calls for babe of the day facebook page to be pulled</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A Facebook page with photos of Dunedin schoolgirls has been taken down after pressure from the police and the teenagers whose pictures were used without their permission.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:50:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559228/calls-for-babe-of-the-day-facebook-page-to-be-pulled</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 19 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Crown says it will talk with Maori living in the Far North to hear first-hand what issues need to be tackled in the region; The broadcaster and entertainer standing for the Mana Party in the Ikaroa-Rawhiti race says the campaign is an extension of what he does best; An expert in Maori internet and telecommunications is calling for more Maori to take up jobs in the technology sector; The Northland iwi, Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa, is moving towards settling its Treaty claims.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:47:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2559227/te-manu-korihi-news-for-19-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Canterbrians prepare for snow falls and possible power cuts</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Bread and milk have sold out in some supermarkets and cars queued at some petrol stations in Christchurch today, as locals prepare for bad weather forecast to hit the region tonight and tomorrow.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:42:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559226/canterbrians-prepare-for-snow-falls-and-possible-power-cuts</link>
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<item>
  <title>South Alk bus users are looking forward to proposed revamp</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The first stage of a big shake up of Auckland's public transport including its buses has been unveiled today.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:42:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559225/south-alk-bus-users-are-looking-forward-to-proposed-revamp</link>
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<item>
  <title>Changes to the gambling legislation bill have been slammed</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Anti-gambling groups says changes to a gaming bill are a complete waste of time and money.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:37:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559224/changes-to-the-gambling-legislation-bill-have-been-slammed</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 19 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:34:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559223/sports-news-for-19-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Business News Update</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A junior mining company, Chatham Rock Phosphate, wants to raise up to 10 million dollars to get to the point where it can start mining.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:27:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2559222/business-news-update</link>
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<item>
  <title>Man with dementia dies unnecessarily</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A coroner has ruled that a man with dementia who died in Wellington Hospital would more than likely have survived if the staff had overruled his wishes.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:23:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559221/man-with-dementia-dies-unnecessarily</link>
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<item>
  <title>Government to further reform gaming sector</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Gambling trusts will have to return more money from gaming machine to the community under law changes the Government has just unveiled.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:20:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559220/government-to-further-reform-gaming-sector</link>
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<item>
  <title>Peter Dunne on party's failure to get registration rules bent</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Electoral Commission has turned down United Future's appeal to bend the rules so the party can be registered again.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559219/peter-dunne-on-party's-failure-to-get-registration-rules-bent</link>
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<item>
  <title>Coroner finds tourists died after driver became distracted</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A coroner has found two tourists died when their modified car crashed into a ute near Nelson when one, the driver from Germany, got distracted trying to eat spaghetti.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:55:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559217/coroner-finds-tourists-died-after-driver-became-distracted</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 19 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Crown says it will talk with Maori in the Far North to find out first-hand what issues need to be tackled in the region; The broadcaster and entertainer standing for the Mana Party in the Ikaroa-Rawhiti race says campaigning is an extension of what he does best; An expert in Maori internet and telecommunications is calling for more Maori to take up jobs in the technology sector; The Northland iwi, Ngatikahu ki Whangaroa, is moving towards settling its Treaty claims.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:52:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2559216/te-manu-korihi-news-for-19-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Aust man sentenced to at least 35 years over  death</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A man who raped and murdered an ABC employee in Melbourne while on parole has been sentenced to at least 35-years in prison.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:48:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559215/aust-man-sentenced-to-at-least-35-years-over-death</link>
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<item>
  <title>Online start-up nabs rights to top English football</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An online start-up company has nabbed the prized rights to broadcast top English football off Sky TV but viewers will have to pay to see it.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:42:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130619-1742-online_start-up_nabs_rights_to_top_english_football-00.ogg" length="2101385" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559214/online-start-up-nabs-rights-to-top-english-football</link>
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<item>
  <title>MBIE takes action after complaints</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The labour watchdog is taking legal action against an Auckland restaurant chain accused of paying staff as little as four dollars an hour for up to 70 hours' work a week.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:37:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559212/mbie-takes-action-after-complaints</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 19 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:34:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559211/sports-news-for-19-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Otago residents prepare for blizzard in wake of deluge</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[People in Otago are preparing for a blizzard in the wake of two days of rainfall, which has confined some people to their homes.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:29:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559210/otago-residents-prepare-for-blizzard-in-wake-of-deluge</link>
</item>
<item>
  <title>Man with dementia dies unnecessarily</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A coroner has ruled that a man with dementia who died in Wellington Hospital would more than likely have survived if the staff had overruled his wishes.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:25:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130619-1725-man_with_dementia_dies_unnecessarily-00.ogg" length="1756879" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559209/man-with-dementia-dies-unnecessarily</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 19 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News from the business sector including a market report.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:22:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130619-1722-evening_business_for_19_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1046946" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2559208/evening-business-for-19-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Prime Minister not about to go easy on the Greens.</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Prime Minister is not about to go easy on the Green Party despite it abandoning its idea to print money to help bring the value of the New Zealand dollar down.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:18:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130619-1718-prime_minister_not_about_to_go_easy_on_the_greens-00.ogg" length="1241247" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559207/prime-minister-not-about-to-go-easy-on-the-greens</link>
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<item>
  <title>Electoral Commission considers whether to bend rules</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Electoral Commission has turned down a request by the United Future Party to bend its rules in order for the party to gain registration.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:15:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130619-1715-electoral_commission_considers_whether_to_bend_rules-00.ogg" length="1287620" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559206/electoral-commission-considers-whether-to-bend-rules</link>
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<item>
  <title>Editor of  The Press in Christchurch</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Withn us is the Editor of The Press in Christchurch, Joanna Norris.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559205/editor-of-the-press-in-christchurch</link>
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<item>
  <title>Labour's Lianne Dalziel announces she will run for mayoralty</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The fight to become the next mayor of Christchurch stepped up today with Labour Party's earthquake spokesperson, Lianne Dalziel, announcing she wants the job.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559204/labour's-lianne-dalziel-announces-she-will-run-for-mayoralty</link>
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  <title>Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 19 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The battlelines are drawn in the fight to become the next mayor of Christchurch. The Electoral Commission won't bend the rules for Peter Dunne and South Islanders hunker down as temperatures look set to plummet.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559213/checkpoint-top-stories-for-wednesday-19-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Man who fell from building still has sense of humour - flatmate</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The flatmate of a man who fell from the fifteenth floor of an Auckland apartment building says despite a raft of injuries he still has his sense of humour.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:58:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559092/man-who-fell-from-building-still-has-sense-of-humour-flatmate</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 18 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The biggest Maori performing arts competition in the world, Te Matatini, has dumped its traditional process to chose a host, and decided to give every region a go; The main candidates standing in the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election have joined forces in an attempt to get more voters to join the Maori Roll; People are being given more time to have their say on how the country is run through its constitutional arrangements; A Ngaruahinerangi social media researcher says Maori living overseas are hungry for more and more Maori content online - especially on social networking sites; Ngai Tahu and Canterbury Regional Council have launched a website promoting the restoration of one of the country's most polluted lakes, Te Waihora.
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  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:49:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2559091/te-manu-korihi-news-for-18-june-2013</link>
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  <title>DOC preparing changes to dead seabird research</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Department of Conservation is changing the way it finds out how endangered seabirds are killed by commercial fishing.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:43:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559090/doc-preparing-changes-to-dead-seabird-research</link>
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  <title>Rape complainant takes stand in trial</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The lawyer for a man on trial for rape and abduction has told a High Court jury that the young woman knew the police would believe her because she'd found out about his previous convictions.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:40:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559089/rape-complainant-takes-stand-in-trial</link>
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  <title>Pacific leaders left out of Tamaki redevelopment plan</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[East Auckland Pacific leaders are furious they've been left out of what's being touted as the country's biggest overhaul of a city suburb.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:36:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559088/pacific-leaders-left-out-of-tamaki-redevelopment-plan</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 18 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:33:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559087/sports-news-for-18-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Business News Update</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The New Zealand dollar may fall futher against the US dollar later this week, depending on how the markets react to what the US central bank has to say on Thursday.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:28:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2559086/business-news-update</link>
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  <title>Donation boxes to curb more beggars in capital</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Donation boxes are to be set up around the capital to try curb the rising number of beggars.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:18:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559085/donation-boxes-to-curb-more-beggars-in-capital</link>
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  <title>Planning head on promise to clear consent backlog</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Christchurch City Council is promising to clear a backlog of nearly 500 building consents within three weeks in the face of a deadline to speed up or lose its consenting powers.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559084/planning-head-on-promise-to-clear-consent-backlog</link>
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  <title>Justice Minister on organised crime crackdown</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Government is moving to crack down on organised crime by overhauling money laundering, identity fraud, and international trafficking laws.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559083/justice-minister-on-organised-crime-crackdown</link>
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<item>
  <title>Saatchi cautioned over pictures of him grabbing Lawson</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[To the UK, where art collector and former advertising executive Charles Saatchi has been cautioned for assault after pictures of him repeatedly grabbing his wife, Nigella Lawson, by the neck appeared in a newspaper, the Sunday People.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:56:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559079/saatchi-cautioned-over-pictures-of-him-grabbing-lawson</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 18 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The biggest Maori performing arts competition in the world, Te Matatini, has dumped its traditional process to chose a host, and decided to give every region a go; The main candidates standing in the Ikaroa-Rawhiti by-election have joined forces in an attempt to get more voters to join the Maori Roll; People are being given more time to have their say on how the country is run through its constitutional arrangements; Ngai Tahu and Canterbury Regional Council have launched a website promoting the restoration of one of the country's most polluted lakes, Te Waihora.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:49:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130618-1749-te_manu_korihi_news_for_18_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1225334" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2559078/te-manu-korihi-news-for-18-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>New plans for the Basin Reserve Flyover in the Wellington</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Transport Agency has applied for resource consent to build the controversial flyover near Wellington's Basin Reserve.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:44:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130618-1744-new_plans_for_the_basin_reserve_flyover_in_the_wellington-00.ogg" length="1623331" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559077/new-plans-for-the-basin-reserve-flyover-in-the-wellington</link>
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<item>
  <title>Foreign Affairs leak back before Court</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[More detail has emerged about the person at the centre of an inquiry into the leak of documents to the Labour Party.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130618-1741-foreign_affairs_leak_back_before_court-00.ogg" length="1260780" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559076/foreign-affairs-leak-back-before-court</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 18 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:33:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130618-1733-sports_news_for_18_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1157089" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559075/sports-news-for-18-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Family says difficult to return to the scene of killing</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The family of slain Paeroa pizza parlour owner Jordan Voudouris, who was shot dead one year ago today says his killer can't run forever.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130618-1728-family_says_difficult_to_return_to_the_scene_of_killing-00.ogg" length="1382130" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559074/family-says-difficult-to-return-to-the-scene-of-killing</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 18 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News from the business sector including a market report.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:25:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130618-1725-evening_business_for_18_june_2013-00.ogg" length="973751" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2559073/evening-business-for-18-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>SFO investigating the Taupo District Council</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Serious Fraud Office is investigating the Taupo District Council and the mayor is furious.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:20:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130618-1720-sfo_investigating_the_taupo_district_council-00.ogg" length="1746328" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559072/sfo-investigating-the-taupo-district-council</link>
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<item>
  <title>Major consents backlog in Chch to be cleared in three weeks</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Christchurch City Council is promising to clear its backlog of nearly 500 building consents in the next three weeks.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:17:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130618-1717-major_consents_backlog_in_chch_to_be_cleared_in_three_weeks-00.ogg" length="1189491" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559071/major-consents-backlog-in-chch-to-be-cleared-in-three-weeks</link>
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<item>
  <title>ANZ first  to have court action taken against them</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The instigators of a mass legal action against the ANZ bank say it's charged 250-million dollars in unfair fees over the past six years.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130618-1711-anz_first_to_have_court_action_taken_against_them-00.ogg" length="2177240" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559070/anz-first-to-have-court-action-taken-against-them</link>
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<item>
  <title>Man arrested after Auckland bank seige apperas in court</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Tonight the man arrested after a five-hour armed siege at an Auckland bank is in custody, while the court orders more tests.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130618-1709-man_arrested_after_auckland_bank_seige_apperas_in_court-00.ogg" length="835897" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559069/man-arrested-after-auckland-bank-seige-apperas-in-court</link>
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<item>
  <title>Tougher laws in works to hit organised crime networks</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Government plans to overhaul the laws governing money laundering, identity fraud, and international trafficking.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130618-1707-tougher_laws_in_works_to_hit_organised_crime_networks-00.ogg" length="784792" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559068/tougher-laws-in-works-to-hit-organised-crime-networks</link>
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<item>
  <title>Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 18 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Government clamps down on money laundering, identity fraud, and international trafficking. A mass legal action over unfair bank fees names ANZ as it first target and Christchurch promises to clear the building consent logjam.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2559080/checkpoint-top-stories-for-tuesday-18-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Company that owns TV3 has gone into receivership</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The company that owns TV3 has gone into receivership as a means to restructure its way out of a crippling burden of debt.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:51:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1851-company_that_owns_tv3_has_gone_into_receivership-00.ogg" length="1938829" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558955/company-that-owns-tv3-has-gone-into-receivership</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 17 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The son of the Maori King Tuheitia will be taking over his father's duties for up to 18 months as the king battles diabetes; Arbitration to settle long-standing customary disagreements between tribes is being touted as a solution for iwi locked in land disputes; Local Iwi in Wellington say the presence of the double hull waka, Te Matau a Maui, in the harbour has prompted talks about the capital getting its own voyaging canoe; A Victoria University astrophysicist is examining how ancient Maori astronomy can be utilised by modern Maori.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:47:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130617-1847-te_manu_korihi_news_for_17_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1360880" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2558954/te-manu-korihi-news-for-17-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Academic says national standards tool should not be mandatory</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[One of the designers of the national standards software that teachers and principals are boycotting, says the Government has made a mistake in making the system mandatory.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:40:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1840-academic_says_national_standards_tool_should_not_be_mandatory-00.ogg" length="1735451" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558950/academic-says-national-standards-tool-should-not-be-mandatory</link>
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<item>
  <title>Navy divers search bomb-strewn lake in pitch black</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Navy divers who recovered the body of a drowned army private last year have told how they searched a lake bed littered with unexploded bombs and scrap metal in total darkness.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:36:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1836-navy_divers_search_bomb-strewn_lake_in_pitch_black-00.ogg" length="1478399" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558948/navy-divers-search-bomb-strewn-lake-in-pitch-black</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 17 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:32:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1832-sports_news_for_17_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1347679" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558947/sports-news-for-17-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 17 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A survey by accounting firm KPMG has found that Chinese investors are account for much less of direct foreign investment in New Zealand than the headlines suggest.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:26:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130617-1826-business_news_update-00.ogg" length="1226188" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2558946/business-news-update</link>
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<item>
  <title>Armed police surround Auckland bank</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Nine bank workers have been freed by an armed man who's still in an Auckland bank surrounded by armed police. The man went into the Westpac Bank on Great South Road in Penrose at about 4.30 this afternoon. The District commander of Auckland city police Mike Clement is with us.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:19:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1819-armed_police_surround_auckland_bank-00.ogg" length="2735968" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558945/armed-police-surround-auckland-bank</link>
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<item>
  <title>More on Otago's roads</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Transport Agency's Otago Southland operations manager, Roger Bailey, is with us.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1812-more_on_otagos_roads-00.ogg" length="996006" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558944/more-on-otago's-roads</link>
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<item>
  <title>Floodwaters  waist-deep in parts of  Christchurch</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Floodwaters are waist-deep in parts of Christchurch tonight while Dunedin remains isolated to the north and many Otago rivers are at record levels.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558943/floodwaters-waist-deep-in-parts-of-christchurch</link>
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<item>
  <title>Pike trial shifted away from Greymouth</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The trial of Peter Whittall who was managing Pike River mine when it exploded has been moved from Greymouth to Wellington.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:53:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1753-pike_trial_shifted_away_from_greymouth-00.ogg" length="1304358" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558941/pike-trial-shifted-away-from-greymouth</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 17 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The son of the Maori King Tuheitia will be taking over his father's duties for up to 18 months as the king battles diabetes; Arbitration to settle long-standing customary disagreements between tribes is being touted as a solution for iwi locked in land disputes; The presence of the double hull waka, Te Matau a Maui, in the Wellington harbour has prompted local Iwi to talk about getting its own voyaging canoe; A Victoria University astrophysicist is examining how ancient Maori astronomy can be utilised by modern Maori.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:50:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130617-1750-te_manu_korihi_news_for_17_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1272465" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2558939/te-manu-korihi-news-for-17-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>ABC political correspondent talks politics</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[To Australia now, where the Labor Government is once again embroiled in leadership turmoil with speculation of a Kevin Rudd comeback fuelled by another unfavourable poll for Ms Gillard.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:46:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1746-abc_political_correspondent_talks_politics-00.ogg" length="1631844" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558938/abc-political-correspondent-talks-politics</link>
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<item>
  <title>Government faces new revolt over national standards in schools</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[One of the creators of the national standards software that teachers and principals are boycotting, says the Government has made a mistake in making the system mandatory.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:42:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1742-government_faces_new_revolt_over_national_standards_in_schools-00.ogg" length="1231235" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558937/government-faces-new-revolt-over-national-standards-in-schools</link>
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<item>
  <title>Consumer confidence soars to highest level in three years</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Consumer confidence has surged to its highest level in nearly three years - as people throw caution to the wind and start spending again.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:39:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1739-consumer_confidence_soars_to_highest_level_in_three_years-00.ogg" length="1511282" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558935/consumer-confidence-soars-to-highest-level-in-three-years</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 17 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:33:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558934/sports-news-for-17-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 17 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News from the business sector including a market report.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:25:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130617-1725-evening_business_for_17_june_2013-00.ogg" length="917326" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2558933/evening-business-for-17-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Mediaworks goes into receivership so it can restructure</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The company that owns TV3 has gone into receivership as a means to restructure its way out of a crippling burden of debt.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:21:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1721-mediaworks_goes_into_receivership_so_it_can_restructure-00.ogg" length="1469729" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558932/mediaworks-goes-into-receivership-so-it-can-restructure</link>
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<item>
  <title>Tasman cleaning up</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[In Tasman the rain has eased but the threat of slips remains.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:18:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558931/tasman-cleaning-up</link>
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<item>
  <title>More from flooded Oamaru</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Waitaki civil defence controller Michael Ross is with us.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1713-more_from_flooded_oamaru-00.ogg" length="1832479" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558930/more-from-flooded-oamaru</link>
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<item>
  <title>Stock moved in flooded North Otago</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[To North Otago where flooding has closed roads across the region, Donna Robertson farms on the Kakanui River.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1711-stock_moved_in_flooded_north_otago-00.ogg" length="930842" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558929/stock-moved-in-flooded-north-otago</link>
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<item>
  <title>Fire Service helps with evacuations</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A South Island manager for the Fire Service, Riwai Grace, joins us.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1708-fire_service_helps_with_evacuations-00.ogg" length="1035657" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558928/fire-service-helps-with-evacuations</link>
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<item>
  <title>Flooding in North Otago and Christchurch</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The deluge in the South Island is taking its toll both in the north and the south.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130617-1707-flooding_in_north_otago_and_christchurch-00.ogg" length="500428" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558927/flooding-in-north-otago-and-christchurch</link>
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<item>
  <title>Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 17 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Flooding forces people from their homes and closes roads in North Otago and Canterbury and TV3's parent company goes into receivership.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558940/checkpoint-top-stories-for-monday-17-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 14 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A Fieldays seminar has heard that changes to legislation around Maori land won't be the key driver to unlock its potential; Meanwhile, a Maori land owner and charted accountant is praising the Ture Whenua Maori Land Act review panel for opening up healthy discussions with shareholders about Maori owned land; A Maori land owner and charted accountant who also works with Maori land trusts and incorporations in Gisborne, is praising the Ture Whenua Maori Land Act review panel for opening up healthy discussions with shareholders about Maori owned land; A Bay of Plenty tribe that opposes Tuhoe's deed of settlement says it's not too late for the government to make changes to the deed.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:55:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2558731/te-manu-korihi-news-for-14-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Focus on Politics for 14 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Prime Minister might have hoped that Peter Dunne's resignation as a minister last week would end the controversy over the leaking of the Kitteridge report into the country's electronic spy agency. But the fall-out from Mr Dunne's resignation dragged on all through this week as Opposition parties sought to implicate John Key in the saga. And while Mr Dunne has denied leaking the report the question remains: did he do it?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:36:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558729/focus-on-politics-for-14-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 14 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:32:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558728/sports-news-for-14-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Evening Business for 14 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[New Zealanders are top of the class when it comes to understanding finances, according to a survey by the Commission for Financial Literacy and Retirement Income.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:24:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130614-1824-business_news_update-00.ogg" length="1131049" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2558726/business-news-update</link>
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<item>
  <title>First internet service just for Pacific senior citizens opens</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A new service to teach Pacific senior citizens to Skype, text and use the internet opened today in south Auckland.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:22:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130614-1822-first_internet_service_just_for_pacific_senior_citizens_opens-00.ogg" length="1025699" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558724/first-internet-service-just-for-pacific-senior-citizens-opens</link>
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  <title>IT industry not taking blame for Novopay</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The IT industry says the botched roll-out of Novopay was a failure of management, not technology.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:17:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130614-1817-itindustry_not_taking_blame_for_novopay-00.ogg" length="1046976" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558723/itindustry-not-taking-blame-for-novopay</link>
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<item>
  <title>Checking on people in retirement homes</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The partner of a man who was found dead in his retirement home apartment two weeks after suffering a heart attack says she'd hate for it to happen to anyone else.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558720/checking-on-people-in-retirement-homes</link>
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<item>
  <title>US to arm Syrian rebels</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[President Obama has authorised sending US arms to Syrian rebels, after the White House announced it had proof the government there had used chemical weapons against forces fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130614-1808-us_to_arm_syrian_rebels-00.ogg" length="1759756" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558717/us-to-arm-syrian-rebels</link>
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<item>
  <title>Paua groups angry about delayed fishing decision</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A recreational fishing group is accusing the Minister for Primary Industries of changing the rules after putting off a decision on plans to open up 33 kilometres of Southland coastline to commercial paua fishing.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:54:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130614-1754-paua_groups_angry_about_delayed_fishing_decision-00.ogg" length="1029389" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558713/paua-groups-angry-about-delayed-fishing-decision</link>
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<item>
  <title>Hinch says Gillard question disgraceful</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The well-known Australian broadcaster Derryn Hinch says a radio interview where Prime Minister Julia Gillard was asked if her partner is gay is absolutely disgraceful.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:50:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558712/hinch-says-gillard-question-disgraceful</link>
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  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 14 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Crown says it's deeply sorry for failing to live up to its Treaty obligations to the Rotorua iwi Ngati Rangiteaorere; A field days seminar has heard that changes to legislation around Maori land won't be the key driver to unlock its potential; Meanwhile, a Maori land owner and charted accountant is praising the Ture Whenua Maori Land Act review panel for opening up healthy discussions with shareholders about Maori owned land; A Bay of Plenty tribe that opposes Tuhoe's deed of settlement says it's not too late for the government to make changes to the deed.
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:46:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130614-1746-te_manu_korihi_news_for_14_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1283166" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2558711/te-manu-korihi-news-for-14-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Blenheim mayor on Safe Air jobs in jeopardy</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The aviation maintenance company says it's having to restructure because its work upgrading the Air Force's Hercules and P3 Orion aircraft will wind up over the next year.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:43:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130614-1743-blenheim_mayor_on_safe_air_jobs_in_jeopardy-00.ogg" length="1399237" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558710/blenheim-mayor-on-safe-air-jobs-in-jeopardy</link>
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  <title>Coroner says retirement complexes should check on residents</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Some elderly people in retirement villages say they're insulted by a coroner's suggestion they be monitored to make sure they're still alive.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:40:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130614-1740-coroner_says_retirement_complexes_should_check_on_residents-00.ogg" length="1179167" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558709/coroner-says-retirement-complexes-should-check-on-residents</link>
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<item>
  <title>Legal high Bill change of bias against animal testing</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Legislation to clamp down on legal highs is being changed so that animal testing can only be used as a last resort.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:36:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558708/legal-high-bill-change-of-bias-against-animal-testing</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 14 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:33:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130614-1733-sports_news_for_14_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1189063" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558707/sports-news-for-14-june-2013</link>
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  <title>All Blacks prepare for a more experienced French side</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The All Blacks play France in Christchurch tomorrow night in the second of Les Bleus three match tour to New Zealand.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:27:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130614-1727-all_blacks_prepare_for_a_more_experienced_french_side-00.ogg" length="1134625" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558706/all-blacks-prepare-for-a-more-experienced-french-side</link>
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<item>
  <title>Finance firm directors get home detention</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Two directors at the failed finance group, Dominion Finance, have been sentenced to home detention and community work for misleading investors.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:24:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130614-1724-finance_firm_directors_get_home_detention-00.ogg" length="716941" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558705/finance-firm-directors-get-home-detention</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 14 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News from the business sector including a market report.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:22:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130614-1722-evening_business_for_14_june_2013-00.ogg" length="800559" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2558704/evening-business-for-14-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Manufacturing hits a nine year high</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Some manufacturers say conditions remain tough despite a Business New Zealand survey showing activity has hit a nine year high.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:15:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558703/manufacturing-hits-a-nine-year-high</link>
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<item>
  <title>Second Education Ministry manager resigns over Novopay</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The ministry today announced that another of its senior managers has resigned over their role in the development of the school payroll system.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130614-1713-second_education_ministry_manager_resigns_over_novopay-00.ogg" length="1460345" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558702/second-education-ministry-manager-resigns-over-novopay</link>
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<item>
  <title>Eighty jobs on the line at Safe Air</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Eighty jobs are on the line at Air New Zealand's subsidiary Safe Air in Blenheim.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558701/eighty-jobs-on-the-line-at-safe-air</link>
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<item>
  <title>Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 14 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Eighty jobs on the line at Safe Air; Second Education Ministry manager resigns over Novopay; Manufacturing hits a nine year high; Finance firm directors get home detention; All Blacks prepare for a more experienced French side; Legal high Bill change of bias against animal testing; Coroner says retirement complexes should check on residents; Blenheim mayor on Safe Air jobs in jeopardy.
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130614-1700-checkpoint_top_stories_for_friday_14_june_2013-00.ogg" length="9370983" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558714/checkpoint-top-stories-for-friday-14-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Prisoners will refurbish quake-damaged houses</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Rolleston Prison will be the first prison in the country to put inmates to work fulltime, refurbishing 150 earthquake damaged houses over the next five years.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:52:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558566/prisoners-will-refurbish-quake-damaged-houses</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 13 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[It's been ruled that an iwi of Te Arawa waka does not have eligible ownership rights to Rotorua land returned to the tribe by the Crown, including the popular geothermal tourist centre, Te Puia; The Maori Party MP, Te Ururoa Flavell, wants all Maori to be automatically listed on the Maori electoral roll; An environmental scientist warns tangata whenua are going to loose longfin eels - a customary treasure - because of commercial fishing; The Government says it's taking steps to ensure its Treaty settlement promises are iwi are not broken.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:48:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2558564/te-manu-korihi-news-for-13-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Wellington's town hall won't be torn down</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Wellington's heritage-listed town hall is now safe from demolition.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:40:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558563/wellington's-town-hall-won't-be-torn-down</link>
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  <title>Sports News for 13 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:33:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558562/sports-news-for-13-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Hunt for a phantom dumper</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Wellington City Council is on the hunt for a phantom dumper disposing of hundreds of litres of highly toxic waste into the Karori sewage system.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:27:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558561/hunt-for-a-phantom-dumper</link>
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  <title>Evening Business for 13 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Business news with Anusha Bradley.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:24:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2558560/business-news-update</link>
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  <title>HarperCollins latest publisher to cut jobs</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[One of the country's biggest publishing houses is cutting staff here in favour of Australia, as it struggles to compete in an increasingly digital and online market.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:20:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558559/harpercollins-latest-publisher-to-cut-jobs</link>
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  <title>More on the charges laid against David Ross</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[More now on the Wellington financial adviser, David Ross, who has been charged with operating a 400-million dollar ponzi scheme.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:17:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558558/more-on-the-charges-laid-against-david-ross</link>
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  <title>Is getting on the property ladder about to become harder?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Prime Minister, John Key, is assuring first time home buyers they will be exempt from proposed new rules to restrict low deposit loans.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130613-1813-is_getting_on_the_property_ladder_about_to_become_harder-00.ogg" length="1571470" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558557/is-getting-on-the-property-ladder-about-to-become-harder</link>
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  <title>Inquiry recommends training be improved</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A military court of inquiry into the deaths of five New Zealand soldiers last year is recommending training be improved to make it more realistic.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558556/inquiry-recommends-training-be-improved</link>
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  <title>Public asked to help get new Auckland theatre over the line</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Auckand Theatre Company is confident building on its new waterfront theatre will begin this year but its about to go cap and hand to Aucklanders to help fund the last few million dollars.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:58:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130613-1758-public_asked_to_help_get_new_auckland_theatre_over_the_line-00.ogg" length="769199" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558553/public-asked-to-help-get-new-auckland-theatre-over-the-line</link>
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  <title>Govt will support strike breakers Bill</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Legislation will be introduced to Parliament to let employers use volunteers, contractors, or other casual workers during strikes and lockouts.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:51:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130613-1751-govt_will_support_strike_breakers_bill-00.ogg" length="1295916" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558552/govt-will-support-strike-breakers-bill</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 13 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Maori Party MP, Te Ururoa Flavell, wants all Maori to be automatically listed on the Maori electoral roll; It's been ruled that an iwi of Te Arawa waka doesn't have eligible ownership rights to Rotorua land returned to the tribe by the Crown, including the popular geothermal tourist centre, Te Puia; An environmental scientist warns that tangata whenua are going to loose longfin eels - a customary treasure - because of commercial fishing; The Government says it's taking steps to ensure its Treaty settlement promises to iwi are not broken.
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  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:48:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2558555/te-manu-korihi-news-for-13-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Business hails mining permits - greens say it's a flop</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Business advocates are hailing the government's offer of new mining exploration permits in Northland as a welcome boost to confidence in the region.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:45:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558551/business-hails-mining-permits-greens-say-it's-a-flop</link>
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<item>
  <title>Chch business leader critiques Govt for consent take over</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A Christchurch business leader says a government take-over of the City Council's building consents would only make things worse.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:41:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130613-1741-chch_business_leader_critiques_govt_for_consent_take_over-00.ogg" length="1344978" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558550/chch-business-leader-critiques-govt-for-consent-take-over</link>
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<item>
  <title>Labour on findings about Afghan soldier deaths</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A military court of inquiry into the deaths of 5 New Zealand soldiers last year is recommending training be improved to make it more realistic.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:36:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130613-1736-labour_on_findings_about_afghan_soldier_deaths-00.ogg" length="1753432" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558549/labour-on-findings-about-afghan-soldier-deaths</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 13 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:33:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130613-1733-sports_news_for_13_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1390467" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558548/sports-news-for-13-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>John Key accuses Labour of hypocrisy over Sky City</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Prime Minister is accusing the Labour Party of hypocrisy after four of its MPs accepted corporate hospitality from Sky City at the All Blacks game last weekend.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:25:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130613-1725-john_key_accuses_labour_of_hypocrisy_over_sky_city-00.ogg" length="1142349" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558547/john-key-accuses-labour-of-hypocrisy-over-sky-city</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 13 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News from the business sector including a market report.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:23:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130613-1723-evening_business_for_13_june_2013-00.ogg" length="963406" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2558546/evening-business-for-13-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>David Ross accused of operating ponzi scheme</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Wellington financial adviser, David Ross, has been charged with operating a $400,000,000 ponzi scheme.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:19:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130613-1719-david_ross_accused_of_operating_ponzi_scheme-00.ogg" length="1588038" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558545/david-ross-accused-of-operating-ponzi-scheme</link>
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<item>
  <title>PM says first time buyers safe from loan restrictions</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Prime Minister, John Key says proposed new rules to restrict low deposit loans will not mean first time home buyers will miss out.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:16:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130613-1716-pm_says_first_time_buyers_safe_from_loan_restrictions-00.ogg" length="1032764" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558544/pm-says-first-time-buyers-safe-from-loan-restrictions</link>
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<item>
  <title>More from the grandfather of Pralli Durrer</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Jack Durrer, is the grandfather of Lance Corporal Pralli Durrer.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558543/more-from-the-grandfather-of-pralli-durrer</link>
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<item>
  <title>Defence Minister speaks about today's report</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Minister of Defence is Jonathan Coleman.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130613-1711-defence_minister_speaks_about_todays_report-00.ogg" length="749445" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558542/defence-minister-speaks-about-today's-report</link>
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<item>
  <title>Defence Force investigation findings out</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A military court of inquiry has found two New Zealand soldiers wounded in a fatal gunfight in Afghanistan were probably hit by friendly fire, and it recommends improving troops' training.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130613-1707-defence_force_investigation_findings_out-00.ogg" length="1603475" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558541/defence-force-investigation-findings-out</link>
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<item>
  <title>Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 13 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An inquiry finds soldiers lacked realistic training to cope with a fatal firefight in Afghanistan. Financial adviser David Ross is charged with operating a multi-million dollar ponzi scheme and is getting on the property ladder about to become even harder?
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130613-1700-checkpoint_top_stories_for_thursday_13_june_2013-00.ogg" length="6599470" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558565/checkpoint-top-stories-for-thursday-13-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Private road may be closed due to safety concerns</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A private road popular with tourists and fishermen between Lake Pukaki and Lake Tekapo may be kept closed, with its owner questioning whether it's safe.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:54:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1854-private_road_may_be_closed_due_to_safety_concerns-00.ogg" length="1045160" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558429/private-road-may-be-closed-due-to-safety-concerns</link>
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<item>
  <title>US investigates drugs and sex allegations against diplomats</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The US State Department is investigating allegations against its overseas staff involving prostitution, a drug ring and sexual assaults following a leaked memo that said the agency ignored the misconduct.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:50:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1850-us_investigates_drugs_and_sex_allegations_against_diplomats-00.ogg" length="1298035" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558428/us-investigates-drugs-and-sex-allegations-against-diplomats</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 12 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A Bay of Plenty tribe says there are no plans to call off court action to force the division of the Kaingaroa Forest among eight iwi - despite a breakthrough in talks; The Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, is criticising the Maori Electoral option campaign - saying it isn't doing enough to attract new voters; An inquiry's been launched into an iwi's claim to marine rights in Hawke's Bay; A revamped training programme for the Maori Wardens will be rolled out next month.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:47:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130612-1847-te_manu_korihi_news_for_12_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1210196" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2558427/te-manu-korihi-news-for-12-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Farmers worry Fieldays getting too big</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The increasing size of the National Agricultural Fieldays at Mystery Creek, near Hamilton has some farmers questioning if the event is getting too big.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:43:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1843-farmers_worry_fieldays_getting_too_big-00.ogg" length="1237618" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558426/farmers-worry-fieldays-getting-too-big</link>
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<item>
  <title>Searchers praised for scouring Antarctic peak for plane crash</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Chief Coroner has praised the extreme courage of search and rescue teams who trawled an Antarctic mountain in a blizzard looking for survivors of a plane crash.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:38:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1838-searchers_praised_for_scouring_antarctic_peak_for_plane_crash-00.ogg" length="1258030" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558425/searchers-praised-for-scouring-antarctic-peak-for-plane-crash</link>
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<item>
  <title>Outdoors pursuits centre admits failures</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A veteran rock-climbing and alpine instructor says he's disgusted parents are still letting their children go on courses run by the Taranaki outdoor pursuits centre.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:36:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1836-outdoors_pursuits_centre_admits_failures-00.ogg" length="1043283" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558424/outdoors-pursuits-centre-admits-failures</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 12 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:33:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1833-sports_news_for_12_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1234830" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558423/sports-news-for-12-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Chch City council may lose its accreditation</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Christchurch City council has been given 16 days to speed up issuing consents or lose its accreditation as a Building Consent Authority.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:28:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1828-chch_city_council_may_lose_its_accreditation-00.ogg" length="736689" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558422/chch-city-council-may-lose-its-accreditation</link>
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<item>
  <title>Pressure rises to drop recognition of United Future</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[More pressure is going on Parliament's Speaker to drop his recognition of the United Future Party after it failed to properly re-register with the Electoral Commission.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:25:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1825-pressure_rises_to_drop_recognition_of_united_future-00.ogg" length="1230282" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558421/pressure-rises-to-drop-recognition-of-united-future</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 12 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The fast food chain, BurgerFuel, has reported a sharp jump in profit for its full year, as it begins to benefit from investing in the Middle East.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:21:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130612-1821-business_news_update-00.ogg" length="1274288" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2558420/business-news-update</link>
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<item>
  <title>Opponents of Nevis dam claim court victory</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Opponents of plans to dam Otago's last wild river says a split two-to-one court decision is enough for them.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:16:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1816-opponents_of_nevis_dam_claim_court_victory-00.ogg" length="1078337" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558419/opponents-of-nevis-dam-claim-court-victory</link>
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<item>
  <title>State Services Commission concedes it did poor job on Novopay.</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The State Services Commission has conceded it did a poor job monitoring the Ministry of Education's implementation of the teachers' pay system Novopay.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1812-state_services_commission_concedes_it_did_poor_job_on_novopay-00.ogg" length="1373061" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558418/state-services-commission-concedes-it-did-poor-job-on-novopay</link>
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<item>
  <title>More on the principal who failed to win his job back</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A long-time friend of a Far North school principal who lost his job for not doing enough to protect his pupils against his paedophile deputy is defending the man.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1808-more_on_the_principal_who_failed_to_win_his_job_back-00.ogg" length="1684964" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558417/more-on-the-principal-who-failed-to-win-his-job-back</link>
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<item>
  <title>Most schools not doing all they could to help  students</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Under a quarter of all primary schools are doing the best they can to help struggling students.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:56:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1756-most_schools_not_doing_all_they_could_to_help_students-00.ogg" length="1460769" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558411/most-schools-not-doing-all-they-could-to-help-students</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 12 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, is criticising the Maori Electoral option campaign - saying it isn't doing enough to attract new voters; A revamped training programme for the Maori Wardens will be rolled out next month; A Bay of Plenty tribe says there are no plans to call off court action to force the division of the Kaingaroa Forest among eight iwi - despite a breakthrough in talks; An inquiry's been launched into a tribe's claim to marine rights in Hawke's Bay.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:48:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130612-1748-te_manu_korihi_news_for_12_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1308940" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2558410/te-manu-korihi-news-for-12-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Report into baby deaths recommends changes</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The death rate in multiple births, like twins or triplets, has risen sharply prompting a recommendation for changes to fertility treatments .
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:45:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558409/report-into-baby-deaths-recommends-changes</link>
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<item>
  <title>Inquest hears driver insisted on seatbelts</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A young American who rolled a van killing three students had asked them multiple times to put on their seatbelts and told them he wouldn't set off till that happened.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:41:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1741-inquest_hears_driver_insisted_on_seatbelts-00.ogg" length="1624772" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558407/inquest-hears-driver-insisted-on-seatbelts</link>
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<item>
  <title>Chch City council may lose its accreditation</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Christchurch City council has been given 16 days from today to improve its building approval processes, or lose its accreditation as a Building Consent Authority.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:37:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1737-chch_city_council_may_lose_its_accreditation-00.ogg" length="1424624" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558408/chch-city-council-may-lose-its-accreditation</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 12 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:34:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1734-sports_news_for_12_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1207244" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558406/sports-news-for-12-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>MP pushes Police to explain Hutton eulogy remarks</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The deputy Police Commissioner has come under pressure at Parliament to explain his eulogy for a disgraced detective who led the Crewe murder inquiry in 1970.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:25:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1725-mp_pushes_police_to_explain_hutton_eulogy_remarks-00.ogg" length="1309107" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558405/mp-pushes-police-to-explain-hutton-eulogy-remarks</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 12 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News from the business sector including a market report.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:23:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130612-1723-evening_business_for_12_june_2013-00.ogg" length="946166" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2558404/evening-business-for-12-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Near-misses and problems in air not being reported - consultant</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A safety consultant says nine out of ten aircraft pilots are failing to report mid-air problems including near misses or mechanical problems because they're scared of being prosecuted.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:19:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1719-near-misses_and_problems_in_air_not_being_reported_-_consultant-00.ogg" length="1265418" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558402/near-misses-and-problems-in-air-not-being-reported-consultant</link>
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<item>
  <title>Principal fails to get his job back</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A long time friend of a Far North school principal who has lost his job for not doing enough to protect his pupils against his paedophile deputy is defending the man.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:16:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1716-principal_fails_to_get_his_job_back-00.ogg" length="1323051" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558401/principal-fails-to-get-his-job-back</link>
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<item>
  <title>Green Party asks about contracts with Prism-linked US company</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Green Party is demanding that the Prime Minister be upfront about whether the Government has hired a private company to spy on New Zealanders.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558400/green-party-asks-about-contracts-with-prism-linked-us-company</link>
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<item>
  <title>Outdoors pursuits centre admits failures over three drownings</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The outdoors pursuits centre that ran a rock climbing course on which three people drowned at Paritutu Rock off New Plymouth, has pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the safety of an instructor and the students in its care.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1708-outdoors_pursuits_centre_admits_failures_over_three_drownings-00.ogg" length="2118092" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558399/outdoors-pursuits-centre-admits-failures-over-three-drownings</link>
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<item>
  <title>Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 12 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An outdoor pursuits centre admits charges over the deaths of three people. A principal fails to get his job back at a school where young boys were sexually abused and demands for John Key to answer claims the government hired a private company to spy on New Zealanders.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130612-1700-checkpoint_top_stories_for_wednesday_12_june_2013-00.ogg" length="6762802" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558412/checkpoint-top-stories-for-wednesday-12-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Building industry struggles to find skilled workers</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A new survey shows people in the building industry expect more work over the next year, but are worried they won't be able to find enough workers, especially in Canterbury.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:56:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1856-building_industry_struggles_to_find_skilled_workers-00.ogg" length="1098315" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558270/building-industry-struggles-to-find-skilled-workers</link>
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<item>
  <title>PPP looked at in Chch super school proposal</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Minister of Education has raised the prospect of private investors building and maintaining a new super school in the Christchurch suburb of Aranui.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:53:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1853-ppp_looked_at_in_chch_super_school_proposal-00.ogg" length="1253925" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558269/ppp-looked-at-in-chch-super-school-proposal</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 11 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Maori Party is questioning whether the Government is doing enough to encourage new voters to join the Maori roll; National standard results show students at Maori-medium schools perform better at reading and writing, than Maori students in mainstream education; A Maori land owner and chartered accountant says Maori landowners need to start hiring the 'right people' to help them unlock the economic potential of their whenua; The Defence Minister says it will be several weeks yet before he can respond to calls to compensate two brothers badly injured when they were in the Army.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:49:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130611-1849-te_manu_korihi_news_for_11_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1449638" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2558268/te-manu-korihi-news-for-11-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>St Laurence investors get less than 17c in the dollar</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Investors in the failed finance company, St Laurence, will be paid less than 17 cents for every dollar they put into the firm.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:45:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1845-st_laurence_investors_get_less_than_17c_in_the_dollar-00.ogg" length="1407509" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558266/st-laurence-investors-get-less-than-17c-in-the-dollar</link>
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<item>
  <title>Should NZ govt forge ahead with GCSB law changes?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Government's being warned to put the brakes on changing the spy laws in the wake of the Prism scandal.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:36:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1836-should_nz_govt_forge_ahead_with_gcsb_law_changes-00.ogg" length="1460618" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558265/should-nz-govt-forge-ahead-with-gcsb-law-changes</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 11 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:33:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1833-sports_news_for_11_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1231068" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558264/sports-news-for-11-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 11 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand have boosted their joint marketing budget by 80% to $20 million in a new partnership.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:26:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130611-1826-evening_business_for_11_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1190114" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2558263/evening-business-for-11-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>What if mining metadata endangers democracy?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The whistleblower Edward Snowden has disappeared as US lawmakers demand his immediate extradition from Hong Kong over his sensational leaking of a government surveillance program.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:20:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1820-what_if_mining_metadata_endangers_democracy-00.ogg" length="2890263" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558262/what-if-mining-metadata-endangers-democracy</link>
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<item>
  <title>Councillor calls housing accord an insult to Auckland</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Government's proposed housing accord with Auckland Council has been called an insult, and an attack on local bodies, as the local politicians debated the idea for the first time.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:17:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1817-councillor_calls_housing_accord_an_insult_to_auckland-00.ogg" length="1363365" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558260/councillor-calls-housing-accord-an-insult-to-auckland</link>
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<item>
  <title>Treasury's monitoring of Solid Energy questioned</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An independent report into the Treasury's monitoring of Solid Energy has questioned whether it responded forcefully enough to problems at the state-owned coal company.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:14:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1814-treasurys_monitoring_of_solid_energy_questioned-00.ogg" length="1401432" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558259/treasury's-monitoring-of-solid-energy-questioned</link>
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<item>
  <title>Principal reacts to Novopay resignation</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[One of the Ministry of Education's seven deputy secretaries has quit over Novopay's shortcomings. Anne Jackson says there was no pressure put on her to leave.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1809-principal_reacts_to_novopay_resignation-00.ogg" length="1892150" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558258/principal-reacts-to-novopay-resignation</link>
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<item>
  <title>PM pressed over whether Prism used to gather info about NZers</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Prime Minister has batted away questions in Parliament over whether or not foreign spy agencies have been collecting information about New Zealanders.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:57:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1757-pm_pressed_over_whether_prism_used_to_gather_info_about_nzers-00.ogg" length="1102225" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558256/pm-pressed-over-whether-prism-used-to-gather-info-about-nzers</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 11 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[National standard results show students at Maori-medium schools perform better at reading and writing, than Maori students in mainstream education; The Maori Party is questioning whether the Government is doing enough to encourage new voters to join the Maori roll; The Defence Minister says it'll be several weeks yet before he can respond to calls to compensate two brothers badly injured when they were in the Army; A Maori land owner and chartered accountant says Maori landowners need to start hiring the 'right people' to help them unlock the economic potential of their whenua.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:48:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130611-1748-te_manu_korihi_news_for_11_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1358887" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2558255/te-manu-korihi-news-for-11-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Fire Service apologises to Govt about prison riot comments</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Fire Service has apologised to the Corrections Minister for saying the sprinklers failed to work properly during the Spring Hill prison riot.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:45:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1745-fire_service_apologises_to_govt_about_prison_riot_comments-00.ogg" length="1313649" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558257/fire-service-apologises-to-govt-about-prison-riot-comments</link>
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<item>
  <title>Former Catholic brother to be extradited on sex assault charges</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A former Catholic brother is to be extradited to Australia to face hundreds of sex offence charges. Bernard Kevin McGrath, who's 66, has 15 days to appeal against the extradition decision.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:43:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1743-former_catholic_brother_to_be_extradited_on_sex_assault_charges-00.ogg" length="722964" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558251/former-catholic-brother-to-be-extradited-on-sex-assault-charges</link>
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<item>
  <title>Educators ridicule claims of national standards improvement</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Educators are ridiculing the Education Minister's claim that the latest national standards results show students are doing better in reading, writing and maths.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:39:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1739-educators_ridicule_claims_of_national_standards_improvement-00.ogg" length="1172760" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558250/educators-ridicule-claims-of-national-standards-improvement</link>
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<item>
  <title>Deer hunter puts George Taiaroa inquiry at risk</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A deer hunter has inadvertently landed himself and the police in hot water after publishing an article which could jeopardise the police investigation into who killed George Taiaroa.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:36:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1736-deer_hunter_puts_george_taiaroa_inquiry_at_risk-00.ogg" length="1299412" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558249/deer-hunter-puts-george-taiaroa-inquiry-at-risk</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 11 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:33:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558248/sports-news-for-11-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Train moves while a woman in a wheelchair tries to exit</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Kiwirail says it's investigating why a train started moving while a woman in a wheelchair was still trying to get off one of the carriages. The woman was disembarking from the Capital Connection at Waikanae Station.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:27:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1727-train_moves_while_a_woman_in_a_wheelchair_tries_to_exit-00.ogg" length="1418885" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558247/train-moves-while-a-woman-in-a-wheelchair-tries-to-exit</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 11 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News from the business sector including a market report.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:24:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130611-1724-evening_business_for_11_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1008233" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2558246/evening-business-for-11-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Where is America's latest whistleblower?</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The NSA contractor who leaked details of top-secret US surveillance programmes has dropped out of sight in Hong Kong as American lawmakers seek to have him sent home to face charges.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:20:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1720-where_is_americas_latest_whistleblower-00.ogg" length="1578549" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558245/where-is-america's-latest-whistleblower</link>
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<item>
  <title>John Key won't reopen leak inquiry</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, was repeatedly challenged in Parliament to release details of emails between Peter Dunne and a Fairfax journalist, if he has them.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:17:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558244/john-key-won't-reopen-leak-inquiry</link>
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<item>
  <title>Top ministry official quits over Novopay</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Schools have called for heads to roll over Novopay - and now one has near the top of the Education Ministry. One of its seven deputy secretaries, Anne Jackson, quit today saying the ministerial inquiry into Novopay identified shortcomings in areas she was responsible for.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558243/top-ministry-official-quits-over-novopay</link>
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<item>
  <title>A blackmail threat following another privacy breach</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Child, Youth and Family says it is being blackmailed by a woman - who wants her child back - in exchange for a document wrongly sent to her in another privacy breach by a government department.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1708-a_blackmail_threat_following_another_privacy_breach-00.ogg" length="1885928" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558242/a-blackmail-threat-following-another-privacy-breach</link>
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<item>
  <title>Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 11 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A blackmail threat following another privacy breach; Top ministry official quits over Novopay; John Key won't reopen leak inquiry; Principal reacts to Novopay resignation; Where is America's latest whistleblower?; and Treasury's monitoring of Solid Energy questioned.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130611-1700-checkpoint_top_stories_for_tuesday_11_june_2013-00.ogg" length="9214912" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558272/checkpoint-top-stories-for-tuesday-11-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 10 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Protesters have left a camp they set up in the Bay of Plenty to demonstrate over a stalemate to divide Maori land; An expert in environmental sciences says the government's playing with fire by not putting an immediate stop to the commercial long-fin eel fishing; This year's winner of the Maori excellence in sheep and beef farming title, Tarawera Station, says it's proud to have received the title, but there's still room for improvement; Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori - the Maori Language Commission - wants to hear from community groups and people who want to run Te Reo Maori workshops.
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  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:49:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2558127/te-manu-korihi-news-for-10-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Poverty link to child abuse clearer - lobbyists</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A lobby group says its latest research confirms poverty is a crucial risk factor in child abuse.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:45:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558126/poverty-link-to-child-abuse-clearer-lobbyists</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 10 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:34:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558125/sports-news-for-10-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 10 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[New Zealand shoppers are now spending 3-point-7 billion dollars a year online but more than a quarter is going to retailers overseas.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:29:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130610-1829-business_news_update-00.ogg" length="1232427" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2558124/business-news-update</link>
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<item>
  <title>Lasting drought damage beyond just export revenues</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The latest official forecasts are bright for dairy and forestry but dim for sheep and beef farmers.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:21:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558123/lasting-drought-damage-beyond-just-export-revenues</link>
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<item>
  <title>Spending up in month of May</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[People spent more on takeaways, dining out and hotels in May than in the same month last year.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:19:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558122/spending-up-in-month-of-may</link>
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<item>
  <title>Source of leak of top secret US documents revealed</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A former CIA technical worker who is currently holed up in a hotel in Hong Kong has been identified as the source of leaks about a secret US government surveillance programme.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:15:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130610-1815-source_of_leak_of_top_secret_us_documents_revealed-00.ogg" length="1423542" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558121/source-of-leak-of-top-secret-us-documents-revealed</link>
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<item>
  <title>Judge moved out after relationship with Justice staffer</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An experienced district court judge has been moved from Dunedin and off criminal cases after a complaint about his relationship with a Justice Ministry worker in the city.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130610-1812-judge_moved_out_after_relationship_with_justice_staffer-00.ogg" length="1247686" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558120/judge-moved-out-after-relationship-with-justice-staffer</link>
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<item>
  <title>Dunne stripped of another job, takes leave</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has been stripped of another job at Parliament, losing his position on the high-powered Intelligence and Security Committee.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558118/dunne-stripped-of-another-job,-takes-leave</link>
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<item>
  <title>Meat and wool struggle drought hangover</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Keith Woodford, a professor of agribusiness at Lincoln University, has been listening to that and he joins us.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:53:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558112/meat-and-wool-struggle-drought-hangover</link>
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<item>
  <title>Drought knocks primary sector forecast export sales</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Ministry for Primary Industries says the worst drought in 70-years has knocked one-point-three-billion-dollars off export revenues for this financial year.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:49:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130610-1749-drought_knocks_primary_sector_forecast_export_sales-00.ogg" length="1336069" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558110/drought-knocks-primary-sector-forecast-export-sales</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 10 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An expert in environmental sciences says the government's playing with fire by not putting an immediate stop to the commercial long-fin eel fishing; This year's winner of the Maori excellence in sheep and beef farming title, Tarawera Protesters have left a camp they set up in the Bay of Plenty to demonstrate over a stalemate to divide Maori land; Station, says it's proud to have received the title, but there's still room for improvement; Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori - the Maori Language Commission - wants to hear from community groups and people who want to run Te Reo Maori workshops.
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  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:46:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130610-1746-te_manu_korihi_news_for_10_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1201847" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2558109/te-manu-korihi-news-for-10-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Local Bodies says Housing Accords won't deliver affordability</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Government's plan for agreements to tackle housing shortages has been criticised as too simplistic, and unlikely to deliver truly affordable homes.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:43:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130610-1743-local_bodies_says_housing_accords_wont_deliver_affordability-00.ogg" length="1235133" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558108/local-bodies-says-housing-accords-won't-deliver-affordability</link>
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<item>
  <title>Greens call for Govt to come clean on NSA sharing information</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Listening to that is the Green Party co-leader Russel Norman - he's calling on the Government here to tell the public if it has access to information about New Zealanders that it got from America's NSA.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:36:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130610-1736-greens_call_for_govt_to_come_clean_on_nsa_sharing_information-00.ogg" length="2581222" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558107/greens-call-for-govt-to-come-clean-on-nsa-sharing-information</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 10 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:32:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558106/sports-news-for-10-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Gunmen attack Kabul's international airport</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Heavily armed gunmen have launched an attack close to the main airport in the Afghan capital Kabul.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:26:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130610-1726-gunmen_attack_kabuls_international_airport-00.ogg" length="1325186" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558105/gunmen-attack-kabul's-international-airport</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 10 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News from the business sector including a market report.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:24:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130610-1724-evening_business_for_10_june_2013-00.ogg" length="991462" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2558104/evening-business-for-10-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Police in Northland call on public for help in bleach attack</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The police in Northland have no leads as to why a man was pulled over and had bleach poured into his eyes while being held at knife point in a roadside attack this morning.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:20:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130610-1720-police_in_northland_call_on_public_for_help_in_bleach_attack-00.ogg" length="1321828" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558103/police-in-northland-call-on-public-for-help-in-bleach-attack</link>
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<item>
  <title>Police tasered man before shooting him dead</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The police have revealed the man shot dead by an officer in New Plymouth on the weekend was tasered more than once and shot twice.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130610-1713-police_tasered_man_before_shooting_him_dead-00.ogg" length="783385" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558102/police-tasered-man-before-shooting-him-dead</link>
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<item>
  <title>Analysis from RNZ's chief parliamentary reporter</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Listening to that, our parliamentary chief reporter, Jane Patterson.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:11:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558101/analysis-from-rnz's-chief-parliamentary-reporter</link>
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<item>
  <title>Peter Dunne taken off Intelligence and Security Committee</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The embattled United Future leader, Peter Dunne, is going on leave from Parliament.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558100/peter-dunne-taken-off-intelligence-and-security-committee</link>
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<item>
  <title>Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 10 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Peter Dunne goes on leave. Police reveal the man shot dead by an officer in New Plymouth was tasered and shot twice and heavily armed gunmen launch an attack close to Kabul's main airport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2558113/checkpoint-top-stories-for-monday-10-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 7 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The chair of a group of central North Island tribes says he has no issue with one of its Iwi's decision to occupy a strip of Kaingaroa Forest; The Government says it believes Treaty settlements of historical claims will be durable; The Maori Trustee says its new brand, Te Tumu Paeroa, marks a new era for the organisation which has operated for 90 years; The winner of the Ahuwhenua Trophy, the Maori Excellence in Farming Award, will be announced tonight.
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  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:52:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130607-1852-te_manu_korihi_news_for_7_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1150145" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2557892/te-manu-korihi-news-for-7-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Focus on Politics for 7 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The leader of United Future, Peter Dunne, has resigned as a minister, following the outcome of an inquiry into the leaking of a highly sensitive report on the Government&#39;s spy agency.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:38:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/fop/fop-20130607-1838-focus_on_politics_for_7_june_2013_-_peter_dunne_resigns-00.ogg" length="6110360" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557891/focus-on-politics-for-7-june-2013-peter-dunne-resigns</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 7 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:34:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130607-1834-sports_news_for_7_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1378241" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557890/sports-news-for-7-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 7 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A study by Massey University has found that KiwiSaver investors are choosing to opt out of the schemes being run by banks which Massey University&#39;s director of financial planning, Claire Matthews, says is a surprise.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:26:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130607-1826-business_news_update-00.ogg" length="1198656" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2557889/business-news-update</link>
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<item>
  <title>Review says Novopay reporting to ministers was clear</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An independent review has contradicted the ministerial inquiry into Novopay and largely absolved the State Services Commission of blame for its role in the debacle.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:24:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130607-1824-review_says_novopay_reporting_to_ministers_was_clear-00.ogg" length="1229965" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557888/review-says-novopay-reporting-to-ministers-was-clear</link>
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<item>
  <title>Politics lecturer has more on Dunne ministerial resignation</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[University of Otago lecturer in Political Science, Dr Bryce Edwards, discusses Peter Dunne's options.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:14:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130607-1814-politics_lecturer_has_more_on_dunne_ministerial_resignation-00.ogg" length="901550" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557887/politics-lecturer-has-more-on-dunne-ministerial-resignation</link>
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<item>
  <title>Pressure for criminal investigation over GCSB leak</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[There is political pressure for a criminal investigation into the leaking of a sensitive spy agency report, after the United Future leader, Peter Dunne, refused to fully co-operate with an inquiry.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:09:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130607-1809-pressure_for_criminal_investigation_over_gcsb_leak-00.ogg" length="2008654" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557886/pressure-for-criminal-investigation-over-gcsb-leak</link>
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<item>
  <title>Overcrowding, an unaddressed and growing crisis</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A groundbreaking study released by Otago University today says the health dangers from over-crowded housing are much clearer than anyone realised and helps explain the disproportionate number of Maori and Pasifika children that are hospitalised.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:48:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130607-1748-overcrowding_an_unaddressed_and_growing_crisis-00.ogg" length="1259194" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557883/overcrowding,-an-unaddressed-and-growing-crisis</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 7 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The chair of a group of central North Island tribes says he has no issue with one of its Iwi's decision to occupy a strip of Kaingaroa Forest; The Government says it believes Treaty settlements will be durable; The Maori Trustee says its new brand, Te Tumu Paeroa, marks a new era for the organisation which has operated for 90 years; The prestigious Ahuwhenua Trophy for excellence in Maori Farming will be awarded tonight - marking the competitions 80th anniversary.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:46:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130607-1746-te_manu_korihi_news_for_7_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1268334" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2557882/te-manu-korihi-news-for-7-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Failed finance company director resigned to jail</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Serious Fraud Office says key players in the Belgrave Finance collapse schemed from the outset how to dupe their investors and one of the company's directors, Stephen Smith, has today been jailed for four years after admitting 25 charges.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:44:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557880/failed-finance-company-director-resigned-to-jail</link>
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<item>
  <title>Shop owner worked migrant workers for up to 96 hours a week</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The owner of a takeaway store in Porirua has been ordered to pay more than $36-thousand for exploiting three migrant workers, forcing them to work more than reasonable hours and paying less than the minimum wage.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:42:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130607-1742-shop_owner_worked_migrant_workers_for_up_to_96_hours_a_week-00.ogg" length="883793" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557879/shop-owner-worked-migrant-workers-for-up-to-96-hours-a-week</link>
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<item>
  <title>US Government confirms collecting US citizens' phone records</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[US Correspondent Simon Marks tells how United States officials have confirmed that spies at the National Security Agency are collecting the phone records of tens of millions of Americans.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:36:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130607-1736-us_government_confirms_its_spying_on_its_people-00.ogg" length="2158010" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557878/us-government-confirms-it's-spying-on-its-people</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 7 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:33:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130607-1733-sports_news_for_7_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1527609" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557877/sports-news-for-7-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Excluded boy to go to another school</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A boy excluded from a Paeroa school for assaulting a teacher and threatening children will be enrolled at another school, and may start there within a week - but just which school that is, isn't clear yet.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:27:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557876/excluded-boy-to-go-to-another-school</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 7 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News from the business sector including a market report.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:22:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130607-1722-evening_business_for_7_june_2013-00.ogg" length="939425" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2557873/evening-business-for-7-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>NZ First's Winston Peters on Dunne resignation</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Winston Peters is the man who accused Peter Dunne, under Parliamentary privilege, of leaking the Kitteridge report to the media.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:20:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130607-1720-nz_firsts_winston_peters_on_dunne_resignation-00.ogg" length="1770344" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557874/nz-first's-winston-peters-on-dunne-resignation</link>
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<item>
  <title>Fight that left teenager dead may have been filmed</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Police have taken cellphones from people they believe filmed the fight that left an Auckland teenager dead last night.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:15:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130607-1715-fight_that_left_teenager_dead_may_have_been_filmed-00.ogg" length="1449977" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557872/fight-that-left-teenager-dead-may-have-been-filmed</link>
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<item>
  <title>RNZ chief political reporter on Dunne resignation</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Jane Patterson gives comment.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:10:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130607-1710-rnz_chief_political_reporter_on_dunne_resignation-00.ogg" length="1888740" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557871/rnz-chief-political-reporter-on-dunne-resignation</link>
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<item>
  <title>Peter Dunne resigns from Government</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The United Future leader, Peter Dunne has resigned from the Government.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557870/peter-dunne-resigns-from-government</link>
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  <title>Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 7 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The future of Peter Dunne and of his party; Police search cellphone camera footage of witnesses to a fight in Auckland that left a teenager dead last night, and; the boy excluded from a Paeroa school to start at another.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130607-1700-checkpoint_top_stories_for_friday_7_june_2013-00.ogg" length="7308969" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557885/checkpoint-top-stories-for-friday-7-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Govt looking at mobile technology as national tsunami alerts.</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Government says it's looking at using cell phone technology for new ways to alert the public in the event of a national emergency, like a tsunami.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:55:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1855-govt_looking_at_mobile_technology_as_national_tsunami_alerts-00.ogg" length="1087175" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557736/govt-looking-at-mobile-technology-as-national-tsunami-alerts</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 6 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The tribes behind two treaty settlement bills that passed their third and final readings in parliament today say they've finally reached the end of a long journey; A Ngati Manawa action group has set up a camp in Kaingaroa Forest in Bay of Plenty - continuing its protest over the failure by eight iwi to share forestry blocks among themselves; The Labour MP for Te Tai Tonga, Rino Tirikatene has used Parliament's question time to challenge the Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples - asking what he's done for vulnerable whanau.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:48:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130606-1848-te_manu_korihi_news_for_6_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1027181" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2557735/te-manu-korihi-news-for-6-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Ambitious project underway to redevelop Sarjeant Gallery</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An ambitious project is underway to redevelop Whanganui's nearly 100-year old public art gallery to protect its nationally significant collection.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:45:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1845-ambitious_project_underway_to_redevelop_sarjeant_gallery-00.ogg" length="1300012" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557734/ambitious-project-underway-to-redevelop-sarjeant-gallery</link>
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<item>
  <title>Building apprenticeships jump</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The number of new building apprenticeships has jumped 22 percent alongside a rebound in house building.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:41:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557733/building-apprenticeships-jump</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 6 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:33:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1833-sports_news_for_6_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1383883" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557732/sports-news-for-6-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 6 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News from the business sector.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:24:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130606-1824-business_news_update-00.ogg" length="980295" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2557731/business-news-update</link>
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<item>
  <title>First part of appeal against Denniston mine dismissed</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The bid to stop mining on the Denniston Plateau has suffered a setback, with the High Court dismissing the first part of an appeal by Forest and Bird.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:19:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1819-first_part_of_appeal_against_denniston_mine_dismissed-00.ogg" length="1141084" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557730/first-part-of-appeal-against-denniston-mine-dismissed</link>
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<item>
  <title>Holy Trinity Catherdral granted 3 million of council funding</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Auckland Council has granted three million dollars of ratepayers' money to help upgrade and expand the country's oldest and biggest Anglican church.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:15:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1815-holy_trinity_catherdral_granted_3_million_of_council_funding-00.ogg" length="1170402" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557729/holy-trinity-catherdral-granted-3-million-of-council-funding</link>
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<item>
  <title>Two Treaty claims Bills passed, another has first reading</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Parliament has today passed two more Treaty of Waitangi settlements and had the first reading of the Bill for another worth 300 million dollars.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:12:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1812-two_treaty_claims_bills_passed_another_has_first_reading-00.ogg" length="1425242" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557728/two-treaty-claims-bills-passed,-another-has-first-reading</link>
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<item>
  <title>Ministry in backdown over school refusing to take back boy</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A Waikato Primary school's defiance in refusing to enrol a violent 11 year old boy appears to have forced the Ministry of Education to back down .
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1808-ministry_in_backdown_over_school_refusing_to_take_back_boy-00.ogg" length="1463958" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557727/ministry-in-backdown-over-school-refusing-to-take-back-boy</link>
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<item>
  <title>Dangerous dogs should be put down much faster</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A dog control officer is calling for the courts to deal with dangerous dogs much faster, after a bull mastiff which viciously attacked a pensioner was stolen out of the Greymouth pound.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:56:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1756-dangerous_dogs_should_be_put_down_much_faster-00.ogg" length="1214149" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557724/dangerous-dogs-should-be-put-down-much-faster</link>
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<item>
  <title>New National Security Advisor for the US</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The United States ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice has landed the job as President Obama's next national security advisor.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:53:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1753-new_national_security_advisor_for_the_us-00.ogg" length="951394" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557723/new-national-security-advisor-for-the-us</link>
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<item>
  <title>Commentators sceptical LVRS will cool Auckland property market</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Some commentators are sceptical moves by the Reserve Bank to tighten risky loans will cool the surging Auckland property market.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:51:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1751-commentators_sceptical_lvrs_will_cool_auckland_property_market-00.ogg" length="919291" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557722/commentators-sceptical-lvrs-will-cool-auckland-property-market</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 6 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The tribes behind two treaty settlement bills that passed their third and final readings in parliament today say they've finally reached the end of a long journey; A Ngati Manawa action group has set up a camp in Kaingaroa Forest in the Bay of Plenty - continuing its protest over the failure by eight iwi to share forestry blocks among themselves; The Labour MP for Te Tai Tonga, Rino Tirikatene has used Parliament's question time to challenge the Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples - asking what he's done for vulnerable whanau.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:48:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130606-1748-te_manu_korihi_news_for_6_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1283447" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2557721/te-manu-korihi-news-for-6-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Southland plays part in rocket launch intro</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Southland has played its part in the launch of a European space rocket to restock the International Space Station.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:44:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557720/southland-plays-part-in-rocket-launch-intro</link>
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<item>
  <title>Australian Labour's woes likened to final moments of Titanic</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[To Australia now, where a Labour MP is likening the party's political woes to the final moments of the Titanic.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:42:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1742-australian_labours_woes_likened_to_final_moments_of_titanic-00.ogg" length="902972" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557718/australian-labour's-woes-likened-to-final-moments-of-titanic</link>
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<item>
  <title>EQC's handling of information to be investigated</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An investigation is being launched into the Earthquake Commission's failure to get back to people about their official information requests on time.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:38:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1738-eqcs_handling_of_information_to_be_investigated-00.ogg" length="1441380" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557717/eqc's-handling-of-information-to-be-investigated</link>
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<item>
  <title>Govt wants greater focus on migrant exploitation</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Government is considering pulling funding from the policing of Easter trading hours and instead put it into protecting migrant workers.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:35:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1735-govt_wants_greater_focus_on_migrant_exploitation-00.ogg" length="1244356" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557716/govt-wants-greater-focus-on-migrant-exploitation</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 6 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:32:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1732-sports_news_for_6_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1265705" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557715/sports-news-for-6-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Evening Business for 6 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[News from the business sector including a market report.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:23:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130606-1723-evening_business_for_6_june_2013-00.ogg" length="855885" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2557714/evening-business-for-6-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Mallard on the walkout</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Labour's Trevor Mallard is with us.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:20:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1720-mallard_on_the_walkout-00.ogg" length="1213663" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557713/mallard-on-the-walkout</link>
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<item>
  <title>New Zealand First caucus walks out of the House in protest</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Eight opposition MPs walked out of Parliament today in protest against a Speaker's ruling not to withdraw money and privileges from the United Future leader Peter Dunne.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:16:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1716-new_zealand_first_caucus_walks_out_of_the_house_in_protest-00.ogg" length="1488275" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557712/new-zealand-first-caucus-walks-out-of-the-house-in-protest</link>
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<item>
  <title>Board chair won't budge</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Child, Youth and Family says it's working closely with the Ministry of Education to ensure the boy gets an education. Cindy Mathieson chairs the board of trustees at Paeroa Central School and is with us.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:13:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1713-board_chair_wont_budge-00.ogg" length="1452852" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557711/board-chair-won't-budge</link>
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<item>
  <title>School refuses to take back violent boy</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A Waikato primary school is refusing to take back a violent boy the police have warned it about, despite the Ministry of Education's threatening it could sack the school's board.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:07:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1707-school_refuses_to_take_back_violent_boy-00.ogg" length="1808474" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557719/school-refuses-to-take-back-violent-boy</link>
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  <title>Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 6 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A Waikato primary school refuses to back down and re-enrol a violent 11 year old and Trevor Mallard and the entire New Zealand First caucus walk out of Parliament in protest over Peter Dunne.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130606-1700-checkpoint_top_stories_for_thursday_6_june_2013-00.ogg" length="5749589" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557726/checkpoint-top-stories-for-thursday-6-june-2013</link>
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<item>
  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 5 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A tribe is accusing Rotorua District Council of having an arrogant attitude over a plans to build a wastewater plant; More than five-thousand new voters have enrolled on the Maori electoral roll; A senior Maori police officer aims to sit down with Ngai Tuhoe to fix their fractured relationship; The waka, Te Matau a Maui, will spend another night anchored in Wellington's Island Bay as harsh weather continues to lash the city.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:48:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/tmk/tmk-ckpt-20130605-1848-te_manu_korihi_news_for_5_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1389763" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/temanukorihi/audio/2557587/te-manu-korihi-news-for-5-june-2013</link>
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  <title>21 percent lift in amount of new homes being built</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[House building is up by 21 percent in Canterbury, almost two times ahead of the growth rate nationally.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:45:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557586/21-percent-lift-in-amount-of-new-homes-being-built</link>
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<item>
  <title>Electricity Authority attacks Labour-Green power plan</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Electricity Authority has torn into proposed plans to overhaul the power sector - saying they would shrink the economy and damage investment.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:35:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130605-1835-electricity_authority_attacks_labour-green_power_plan-00.ogg" length="1152207" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557585/electricity-authority-attacks-labour-green-power-plan</link>
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<item>
  <title>Sports News for 5 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:32:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130605-1832-sports_news_for_5_june_2013-00.ogg" length="1243763" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557584/sports-news-for-5-june-2013</link>
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  <title>Evening Business for 5 June 2013</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Heartland New Zealand has announced a new strategy for getting rid of most of its unwanted and troubled property assets sooner than originally planned.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:26:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/business/bus-ckpt-20130605-1826-business_news_update-00.ogg" length="1181506" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/businessnews/audio/2557583/business-news-update</link>
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  <title>More from Hamilton's deputy mayor</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Listening to that is Hamilton's deputy mayor Gordon Chesterman. He's one of the 7 out of 8 councillors who voted to remove the fluoride.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:22:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130605-1822-more_from_hamiltons_deputy_mayor-00.ogg" length="1390258" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557582/more-from-hamilton's-deputy-mayor</link>
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  <title>Hamilton to stop fluoridating water</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The Hamilton City Council has voted to stop fluoridating the city's water supply - after 40 years of doing so.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:19:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130605-1819-hamilton_to_stop_fluoridating_water-00.ogg" length="1384905" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557581/hamilton-to-stop-fluoridating-water</link>
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<item>
  <title>Player to find out playing future tonight</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[A Wellington club rugby player who struck out at a referee on the weekend is unlikely to play again this season and could face a life ban following a judicial hearing tonight.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:16:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557580/player-to-find-out-playing-future-tonight</link>
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<item>
  <title>Gaps in public sector website security exposed</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Dozens of goverment agencies have no idea whether their websites or public kiosks are a security risk.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130605-1808-gaps_in_public_sector_website_security_exposed-00.ogg" length="1505907" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557579/gaps-in-public-sector-website-security-exposed</link>
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<item>
  <title>Patron of Glenn Inquiry considers quitting</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Dame Catherine Tizard is considering quitting as patron of a high-profile inquiry into child abuse and domestic violence in the wake of key members resigning.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:56:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130605-1756-patron_of_glenn_inquiry_considers_quitting-00.ogg" length="1257535" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557576/patron-of-glenn-inquiry-considers-quitting</link>
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<item>
  <title>Opponents celebrate waterfront hotel rejection</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Opponents of a 28-storey waterfront hotel in Dunedin are celebrating a decision NOT to award it resource consents.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:52:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130605-1752-opponents_celebrate_waterfront_hotel_rejection-00.ogg" length="1157341" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557575/opponents-celebrate-waterfront-hotel-rejection</link>
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<item>
  <title>Widespread failings discovered in IT security review</title>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[More now on the dozens of government agencies which have no idea whether their websites or public kiosks are secure.
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  </description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:48:00 +1200</pubDate>
  <enclosure url="http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ckpt/ckpt-20130605-1748-widespread_failings_discovered_in_it_security_review-00.ogg" length="1603416" type="audio/ogg"/>
  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557574/widespread-failings-discovered-in-it-security-review</link>
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  <title>Te Manu Korihi News for 5 June 2013</title>
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    <![CDATA[A tribe is accusing Rotorua District Council of having an arrogant attitude over a plans to build a wastewater plant; More than five-thousand new voters have enrolled on the Maori electoral roll; A senior Maori police officer aims to sit down with Ngai Tuhoe to fix their fractured relationship; The waka, Te Matau a Maui, will spend another night anchored in Wellington's Island Bay - as harsh weather continues to lash the city.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:45:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Canterbury leads the way as home building surges</title>
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    <![CDATA[The number of houses being built has jumped by 12 percent - the biggest increase in a decade and driven by the rebuild in Canterbury.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:37:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Prison riot sprinkler failure sparks calls for audit</title>
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    <![CDATA[The failure of sprinklers during the Spring Hill prison riot has sparked calls for an audit of all prison sprinkler systems.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:35:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Sports News for 5 June 2013</title>
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    <![CDATA[An update from the team at RNZ Sport.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:32:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Evening Business for 5 June 2013</title>
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    <![CDATA[News from the business sector including a market report.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:27:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <title>Peter Dunne under pressure over parliamentary status</title>
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    <![CDATA[The United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has come under a fresh attack, this time over his parliamentary status.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:23:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557567/peter-dunne-under-pressure-over-parliamentary-status</link>
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  <title>Paedophile sentenced to jail was part of an international ring</title>
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    <![CDATA[A Canterbury man has been sentenced to eight years and ten months in jail after pleading guilty to his part in an international paedophile ring.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:20:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557566/paedophile-sentenced-to-jail-was-part-of-an-international-ring</link>
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  <title>Hayden Miles' mother says her family is broken</title>
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    <![CDATA[The mother of Hayden Miles says her family is forever broken after the murder of the 15 year old in August 2011.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:16:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557565/hayden-miles'-mother-says-her-family-is-broken</link>
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  <title>Review finds widespread IT security failings</title>
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    <![CDATA[Dozens of goverment agencies have no idea whether their websites or public kiosks are a security risk.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:08:00 +1200</pubDate>
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  <link>http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2557564/review-finds-widespread-it-security-failings</link>
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  <title>Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 5 June 2013</title>
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    <![CDATA[Dozens of goverment agencies don't know if their websites are secure. The man who killed and dismembered a Christchurch teenager will spend at least 18 years behind bars and Peter Dunne under pressure over parliamentary status.
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:00:00 +1200</pubDate>
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