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Checkpoint for Thursday 31 March 2011
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Kingston Flyer up for sale again
6:55 PM.People in Kingston are crossing their fingers and hoping the town's historic steam locomotive ventre will finally be sold. Audio
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How far will Obama's aim go to cut oil imports?
6:52 PM.US President Barack Obama is aiming to cut America's imports of foreign oil by one third in the next ten years. Audio
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Waatea News for 31 March 2011
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Fewer large cars blamed on cost of petrol
6:40 PM.There are fewer large cars on the road than there were seven years ago, as the cost of fuel rises. Audio
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Australian writer disappears in China
6:36 PM.A missing Chinese Australian writer who vanished five days ago in China is believed to be in the custody of the country's secret police. Audio
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Sports News for 31 March 2011
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 31 March 2011
6:22 PM.Scott Technology has paid almost 4 and a half million dollars for a majority stake in HTS-110, saying it gives it a presence in the emerging high-value global superconductor magnet market. Audio
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City's original homeless spread far and wide
6:20 PM.In Christchurch the hundreds of people, already homeless before the disaster, have now been pushed out of the parks and doorways in the CBD. Audio
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Greater Canterbury looking to reap benefits of exodus
6:15 PM.Greater Canterbury is hoping to reap the benefits of an exodus of residents and businesses from quake ravaged Christchurch. Audio
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Principal wants to see students charged
6:10 PM.The head of Auckland's Mount Albert Grammar says he wants two young teenage girls at his school to be charged over two separate assaults . Audio
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Productivity Commission to look at housing affordability
6:06 PM.House prices and affordability are coming under scrutiny as the first job for the new government agency the Productivity Commission. Audio
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Auckland Council votes two to one to fund extra RWC games
5:57 PM.Auckland ratepayers are to pay up to almost three million dollars to host three extra rugby world cup games relocated from earthquake damaged Christchurch. Audio
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Zone 5 open for business owners and residents
5:55 PM.The owner of Al's Bar, a popular music venue in Christchurch, has been inspecting his premises inside the red zone today. Audio
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Woman in NZ sought as part of league betting fraud scandal
5:50 PM.Australian detectives investigating a rugby league betting scam are looking for a woman who made suspicious bets at an Auckland agency. Audio
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Waatea News for 31 March 2011
5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Canterbury netballers first game at home since quake
5:45 PM.The Canterbury Tactix netball team are playing at home tonight for the first time since last month's earthquake. Audio
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Law change lets PI's use cameras, video
5:40 PM.Private investigators from tomorrow will be able to take photos and videos of their targets without breaking the law, for the first time in three decades. Audio
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Greens doubt housing affordability inquiry
5:35 PM.The Green Party has no confidence the new Productivity Commission will take a proper look at housing affordability. Audio
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Sports News for 31 March 2011
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Principals' Association says student uniform ban was wrong
5:24 PM.The Secondary Principals' Association says Westfield was wrong to ban all uniformed Mt Albert Grammar students from an Auckland mall even after two assaults around the shopping centre. Audio
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Evening Business for 31 March 2011
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Family of murder victim speaks out
5:10 PM.David White, the father of Helen Meads, joins Checkpoint from his Matamata home Audio
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Father says reparation for murder just a joke
5:05 PM.The father of a Matamata woman shot in the throat at close range by her husband, says the reparation ordered by the Judge, is a joke, considering the man's wealth. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 31 March 2011
5:00 PM.Father says reparation for murder just a joke;Family of murder victim speaks out;Prinicipals' Association says Westfield mall student uniform ban was wrong;Auckland Council votes two to one to fund… Read more Audio