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Checkpoint for Wednesday 11 May 2011
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Govt's message: Do more without getting more
6:56 PM.The Finance Minister, Bill English, has urged welfare agencies to come up with innovative ways of improving social services without looking for extra money. Audio
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Shell service stations to be renamed
6:53 PM.Shell service stations are changing their name. Audio
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Police investigate anti-Asian leaflet drop
6:51 PM.The police are reassuring Asian people they'll take whatever action they can over anti-Asian leaflets being put out by extreme right-wingers. Audio
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Waatea News for 11 May 2011
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Apology offered to two men wrongfully convicted of arson
6:43 PM.The families of two men locked up for an arson they didn't commit say they're being bullied again into accepting an apology and compensation from the Government. Audio
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China's reaction to Clinton's comments
6:35 PM.The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has labelled China's human rights record deplorable. Audio
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Sports News for 11 May 2011
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 11 May 2011
6:25 PM.The billionaire expatriate businessman Owen Glenn, says he's waiting to see how tough next week's budget will be, before deciding about any future political involvement. Audio
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Murdered man bludgeoned while asleep - Crown
6:20 PM.A jury in New Plymouth has been told a P-cook had no chance to defend himself when he was bludgeoned to death with hammers before being injected with morphine. Audio
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Financial columnist Mary Holm Kiwisaver moves
6:12 PM.The Government is moving to push more of the cost of KiwiSaver onto employers and workers, saving itself hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. Audio
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Hard work for the Red Cross in Libya
6:09 PM.Misrata is a city under siege as the conflict between rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces rages on. Audio
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New Zealand ends it's search for six missing off Kiribati
5:56 PM.Despite extensive air searches by a New Zealand Airforce Orion and shoreline searches by the Kiribati police, there is still no sign of the six young people missing off the Kiribati coast. Audio
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Waatea News for 11 May 2011
5:53 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Rumours of Rome quake shake nerves
5:51 PM.An Italian equivalent of Ken Ring is causing panic in Rome. Audio
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Alan Bollard talks about today's Financial Stability Report
5:48 PM.The Governor of the Reserve Bank says the housing market is recovering but he isn't expecting a surge in prices. Audio
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China's human rights record under fire from Clinton
5:45 PM.The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has labelled China's human rights record deplorable. Audio
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Rankin defends moving of Hone Heke bones
5:41 PM.The Ngapuhi man who announced today he's moved the bones of Hone Heke says he'll now consult the iwi about a permanent resting place for the famous chief. Audio
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New plan to lower road toll revealed.
5:36 PM.The Government is planning to increase the number of speed cameras and give speeding drivers demerit points instead of fines, in a new plan to help lower the road toll. Audio
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Sports News for 11 May 2011
5:31 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Six arrested after stealing $200,000 worth of goods
5:27 PM.Christchurch police have arrested six people, accusing them of stealing about 200-thousand dollars worth of hair care products, clothing and electronics. Audio
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Evening Business for 11 May 2011
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Police commander defends arson detective
5:20 PM.The Commander of the central police district Superintendent Russell Gibson is defending Peter Govers. Audio
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Family lambasts Govt for begrudged compensation
5:18 PM.The Government stands accused of granting, only begrudging and inadequate compensation to two innocent men who spent more than nine months in jail. Audio
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Political Editor Brent Edwards on the changes to kiwisaver
5:12 PM.With us is our political editor Brent Edwards. Audio
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Government shifts KiwiSaver costs
5:09 PM.The Government is moving to push more of the cost of KiwiSaver onto employers and workers, saving itself hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. Audio
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Link between BMW contract and donation to National
5:07 PM.The Labour Party is making a link between the renewal of a Government contract for BMWs and a fifty thousand dollar donation to the National Party. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 11 May 2011
5:00 PM.Labour links a fifty thousand dollar donation to National with the BMW deal. Plans to cut the kiwisaver tax-credit and 360 thousand dollars for two innocent men jailed for more than nine months . Audio