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Checkpoint for Wednesday 10 November 2010
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Unusual entertainment at Canterbury A and P Show
6:57 PM.The Canterbury A and P Show - which is the largest in the country, opened today with all the traditional attractions, plus a few more unusual ones. Audio
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Tensions between Speaker and Government at Question time
6:53 PM.Parliament's speaker Lockwood Smith is widely acknowledged as the least partisan Speaker in years but his hardline stance on his own party's Ministers appears to be wearing thin with them. Audio
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Waatea News for 10 November 2010
6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Mana by-election candidates get up close and personal
6:43 PM.Candidates vying to win the Mana by-election got up close and personal this morning at a debate hosted by Kapiti Grey Power in Paraparaumu. Audio
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NZEI starts action over pay claim
6:34 PM.Primary teachers are poised to strike next year if their stalled pay talks aren't settled. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 10 November 2010
6:31 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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New study supports idea of year-round clock adjustment
6:28 PM.A new study published in the British Medical Journal says keeping clocks forward one hour all year round is better for people's health. Audio
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British PM visits China
6:24 PM.The British Prime Minister David Cameron - in China on what he's calling a 'vitally important trade mission' - has also raised the country's human rights record in talks with his Chinese counterpart. Audio
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Evening Business News for 10 November 2010
6:21 PM.Goodman Property Trust says its half year earnings have slipped. The property investor, which has a 1-point-5 billion dollar portfolio of offices and warehouses, says its underlying profit stood at… Read more Audio
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Ministry says New Plymouth defects could be dioxin
6:12 PM.The health ministry study compares defects recorded in New Plymouth four decades ago with results from other hospitals. Audio
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Neurosurgery decision a winner for Dunedin
6:08 PM.There were scenes of jubilation in Dunedin today as the news came through that Otago will not only keep its two neuro-surgeons, it will get at least one more. Audio
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40 percent think small risk of being caught drink driving
5:56 PM.The police say people who think there's only a small chance of getting caught while drink driving are wrong. Audio
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Waatea News for 10 November 2010
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Panel rejects CDHB's proposal for neurosurgry service
5:43 PM.The Canterbury District Health Board's plan to base all South Island neurosurgey in Christchurch grossly underestimated the number of acute patients who would have to be transferred from Dunedin. Audio
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Pansy Wong row gets nasty
5:39 PM.The Government is accusing Labour of a disgraceful and nasty campaign to smear the Womens' Affairs minister, Pansy Wong. Audio
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Police evict protestors at Taipa with ten arrested
5:36 PM.Security guards are now keeping watch over the site of a Maori land occupation in the Far North, following the eviction of protestors. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 10 November 2010
5:34 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Minister reads wrong speech to Parliament
5:29 PM.Government Ministers are known to occasionally make mistakes in Parliament - but it's not often they read entirely the wrong speech from beginning to end. Audio
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Evening Business News for 10 November 2010
5:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Reserve Bank governor talks down NZ dollar
5:22 PM.The governor of the Reserve Bank today successfully talked the New Zealand dollar down from its recent peaks. Audio
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Minister briefed about vine disease on tour of kiwifruit region
5:17 PM.A third kiwifruit orchard in Te Puke has been confirmed as having the bacterial disease PSA and two others are now in quarantine. Audio
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More on today's neurosurgery announcement
5:14 PM.Listening to that is Glenda Alexander, she's from the Nurses Organisation and helped run the rallies against moving neurological services away from Dunedin. Audio
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Otago to keep its neurosurgery services
5:08 PM.There were scenes of jubilation in Dunedin today as the news came through that Otago will not only keep its two neuro-surgeons, it will get at least one more. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 10 November 2010
5:00 PM.A surprise boost for neurosurgery in Dunedin. A team of MAF investigators comb 18 kiwifruit orchards and Parliament takes a leap back in time. Audio