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Checkpoint for Friday 8 April 2011
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Waatea News for 8 April 2011
6:55 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 8 April 2011
6:38 PM.In quake-ravaged Christchurch businesses are tentatively restarting, and infrastructure is being restored, but there's ongoing uncertainty about job losses and how people will survive financially… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 8 April 2011
6:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 8 April 2011
6:24 PM.The cyber-security monitoring company, Endace has issued a profit upgrade. The Auckland-based company, which is listed on London's alternative exchange, forecasts a pre-tax profit of $US2.9 US in the… Read more Audio
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Is the kakapo worth saving?
6:19 PM.Is the kakapo - one of New Zealand's most endangered birds - worth saving? Probably not according to Professor Corey Bradshaw - a mathematical ecologist at Adelaide University who's helped come up… Read more Audio
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Competition concerns could narrow field for AMI rescue
6:16 PM.The only company to put its hand up for AMI so far could get a clear run at the troubled insurer, if competition rules shut out bigger industry players. Tower says it is interested in re-capitalising… Read more Audio
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Key stepped into radio deal after it was rejected
6:12 PM.The paper trail from a deal to allow radio broadcasters to defer license fee payments shows it was rejected until the Prime Minister stepped in. The Communications Minister Steven Joyce had turned the… Read more Audio
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Scott Guy's father says whole family struggling
6:08 PM.The father of Feilding farmer Scott Guy says having a family member charged with his son's murder is harder to take than the actual killing. Ewen MacDonald, who is 30, was remanded in custody until… Read more Audio
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A seismologist explains 'earthquake lights'
5:56 PM.A strange blue light lit up the sky above Japan today at the same as the 7.1 aftershock struck the north-east coast. The flash is clearly visible in footage taken during the quake and there's a lot of… Read more Audio
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Finance Minister confident NZ can compete with Australia
5:51 PM.The Finance Minister has told the Australia-New Zealand leadership forum in Auckland he's more interested in beating Australia than co-operating with it. Bill English is confident New Zealand can… Read more Audio
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Rebels claim Nato mistakenly bombing them
5:48 PM.Rebel leaders in Libya say NATO air strikes have mistakenly killed several of their fighters, which if confirmed would be the second such mistake in less than a week. Audio
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Waatea News for 8 April 2011
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Union for casino workers battles for better deal
5:42 PM.Christchurch casino workers are anxious about their employment future, as the union battles for a better pay deal with the company. About 500 staff have been out of work since the February quake… Read more Audio
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Problems with hardship grants - Minister
5:39 PM.The Social Development Minister, Paula Bennett, concedes there are problems with the stricter rules for getting hardship grants. The Minister met with more than 20 budgeting services from the upper… Read more Audio
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Clock ticks down to shutdown of US Govt
5:36 PM.Despite emergency meetings at the White House the clock continues to tick down towards a widespread shutdown of the US Government. If that happens, hundreds of thousands of federal government workers… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 8 April 2011
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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A controversial bowel cancer test is launched
5:24 PM.Beat Bowel Cancer Aotearoa, and pharmacists have launched a controversial kit to test for the disease in the privacy of your own home. It costs $60 at the chemist and comes with a couple of paint… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 8 April 2011
5:19 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Christchurch tap water safe to drink again
5:15 PM.The instruction to boil water that's been in place across Christchurch since the 22 February earthquake has been lifted. Audio
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Father shocked by son-in-law charged with killing son
5:08 PM.The father of Scott Guy who was shot dead in his driveway last July has spoken of his shock and disbelief that his son-in-law has been charged with murder. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 8 April 2011
5:00 PM.Father shocked by son-in-law charged with killing son, Christchurch tap water safe to drink again, Key stepped into radio deal after it was rejected, and a controversial bowel cancer test is launched.
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