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Checkpoint for Wednesday 6 October 2010
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AA concerned by cellphone ban breaches
6:55 PM.The AA is disappointed people are slipping back into old habits when it comes to hand-held cellphone use while driving. Audio
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Sophie Elliott Foundation set up to teach women about abuse
6:52 PM.The mother of murdered Dunedin woman Sophie Elliott has launched a charity she hopes will stop other young women from suffering a similar fate. Audio
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Samoans go to the polls next March
6:49 PM.A Samoan academic says his country is seen as a one-party state because it doesn't have an effective opposition party. The director of the National University's Centre of Samoan Studies, says poor… Read more Audio
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Waatea News for 6 October 2010
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Researchers say light drinking does not harm baby
6:42 PM.For the second time this year, research has suggested having one or two drinks of alcohol a week during pregnancy does not harm the child. Audio
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Former Fiji Prime Minister appears in court
6:39 PM.The former Prime Minister of Fiji; Mahendra Choudhrey has appeared in court again on charges of breaching the military regime's emergency regulations. Audio
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Sports News for 6 October 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Player unions want ban on recreational drugs lifted
6:26 PM.Player unions representing footballers and cricketers in England have called for recreational drugs to be removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency's prohibited list. Audio
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Evening Business for 6 October 2010
6:19 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Debt and stadium could be the decider for Dunedin voters
6:14 PM.Raw feelings over Dunedin's controversial stadium development and worries about spirraling council debt are at the top of voter's agenda for the city's Mayoral race. Audio
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No leakers found in high level inquiry
6:10 PM.A six month long inquiry into who leaked sensitive government information has failed to find anyone responsible. Audio
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Demolition of buildings fast tracked
6:07 PM.Two of Christchurch's oldest buildings are likely to be demolished within weeks with the City Council using special powers to fast-track work that would usually take up to 18 months to gain approval. Audio
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DOC hunts dogs threatening kiwis
5:57 PM.The Department of Conservation says two dogs on the loose in a bird sanctuary near Whangarei could destroy hundreds of kiwi in the middle of their nesting season. Audio
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CCDHB chairman leaves
5:53 PM.The chairman of the debt plagued Capital and Coast District Health Board is the latest in a string of chiefs at the DHB to announce he is leaving the organisation. Audio
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Waatea News for 6 October 2010
5:51 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Macsyna King spends another emotional day giving evidence
5:45 PM.The mother of the Kahui twins has spent another emotional day giving evidence under cross examination at at inquest into the deaths of her three month-old sons. Audio
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Three lawyers named and banned from legal aid work
5:41 PM.Three Auckland lawyers have been named and banned from taking on legal aid clients because their work is substandard. The Legal Services Agency won't say exactly what the problems are or whether the… Read more Audio
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Baby's body found buried in Wellington garden
5:38 PM.Police in Wellington have spent the day at a suburban house exhuming the body of a new born baby boy buried in a back garden. His 21 year old mother and a 21 year old man appeared in court jointly… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 6 October 2010
5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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More missing voting papers in Auckland
5:28 PM.The dumping of voting papers by a postie in South Auckland is worse than first thought with hundreds more found to be missing. Election officials are now setting up a special polling booth to help a… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 6 October 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Council moves to fast track demolition of quake hit buildings
5:15 PM.The Christchurch City Council has voted to fast track the demolition of two heritage buildings that it says were severely damaged in September's earthquake and pose an immediate danger to people's… Read more Audio
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Inquest begins into drunken student's death
5:11 PM.A parent who helped plan a party in Auckland where a student drank a massive amount of alcohol and later died, says she knew he was dead the instant she saw him. Audio
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Crown sues for damages over damage to Waihopai spy base
5:08 PM.The Government is suing the three men who attacked the Waihopai spybase near Blenheim for one million dollars. Dominican friar Peter Murnane, Adrian Leason, and Sam Land admitted breaking into the… Read more Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 6 October 2010
5:00 PM.Crown sues for damages over damage to Waihopai spy base, Inquest begins into drunken student's death, No leakers found in high level inquiry, Council moves to fast track demolition of quake hit… Read more Audio