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Checkpoint for Friday 17 September 2010
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Waatea News for 17 September 2010
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 17 September 2010
6:38 PM.In what should have been a watershed moment for the Maori Party this week - legislation repealing the contentious Foreshore and Seabed Act passed its first reading in Parliament. Audio
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Sports News for 17 September 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Addict who supplied fatal dose of methadone is jailed
6:27 PM.The family of a Masterton teenager, who died after taking methadone, is angry at the short sentence given to the man who supplied the drug. Audio
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Consumer confidence slips
6:23 PM.The latest survey of consumer confidence shows it has slipped, with a weak housing market and jump in unemployment weighing on sentiment. Audio
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Vietnam war hero, Morrie Stanley dies, aged 79
6:20 PM.A New Zealand war hero, Morrie Stanley, credited with saving more than 100 Australian soldiers during the Vietnam War has died, aged 79. Audio
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Burglars pose as officials in quake struck Canterbury
6:18 PM.The police in Christchurch are getting daily calls about people posing as fake officials in order to burgle houses in quake-struck suburbs. Audio
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Burglars pose as officials in quake struck Canterbury
6:18 PM.The police in Christchurch are getting daily calls about people posing as fake officials in order to burgle houses in quake-struck suburbs. Audio
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Heart attacks surge again two weeks after quake
6:15 PM.Heart attack rates have surged two weeks after the Canterbury earthquake, as aftershocks continue. Audio
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David Garrett speaks exclusively to Radio NZ
6:07 PM.The disgraced ACT party MP David Garrett spoke exclusively with our parliamentary chief reporter, Jane Patterson. Audio
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Government to contribute to quake heritage restoration
5:57 PM.The Government says it will contribute up to 10 million dollars to help restore heritage buildings in Christchurch. Audio
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Severe weather warnings in place
5:49 PM.With weather warnings in place for the whole country, we're joined now by Metservice forecaster Oliver Druce. Audio
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Waatea News for 17 September 2010
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Air New Zealand response to plane crash investigation
5:45 PM.The head of Air New Zealand says it will always be a mystery why the pilots on board a fatal test flight in France decided to do a slow speed check at a dangerously low altitude. Audio
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ACT Party leader speaks about Garrett's resignation
5:35 PM.ACT Party leader Rodney Hide joins the show for comment. Audio
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Sports News for 17 September 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Six more years jail for inmate who killed prison officer
5:26 PM.A prisoner will serve just over six more years in jail for killing a prison officer at the Springhill Prison in North Waikato in May. Audio
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The latest on the state of the Commonwealth Games village
5:23 PM.New Zealand's chef de mission, Dave Currie, speaks from India where he's appraising the village. Audio
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Evening Business for 17 September 2010
5:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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What now for David Garrett and the ACT party?
5:15 PM.Political Editor Brent Edwards joins Mary for comment. Audio
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Garth McVicar talks about today's resignation
5:09 PM.David Garrett has been closely associated with Sensible Sentencing Trust since 2001, only resigning from the group when he decided to become a politician before the last election. Audio
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ACT again in crisis with Garrett quitting the party
5:06 PM.David Garrett resigns from the party and more questions being asked about the leadership of Rodney Hide. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 17 September 2010
5:00 PM.The latest on the ACT debacle from various perspectives, an appraisal of the Commonwealth Games village by the NZ team's chef de mission and six more years for a prisoner guilty of manslaughter. Audio