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Checkpoint for Thursday 18 August 2011
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Anti-corruption campaigner wins release
6:52 PM.The Indian anti-corruption campaigner, Anna Hazare, is shortly expected to leave prison and begin a hunger strike, following a climb-down by the Indian authorities. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 18 August 2011
6:49 PM.The Labour MP, Parekura Horomia, says Sir Paul Reeves was a very humourous man, he was always good for a laugh, and today's state funeral service for him reflected him well; The Ministry of Education… Read more Audio
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Environment Commissioner is not going to be 1080 cheerleader
6:44 PM.The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says she won't become a "cheerleader" for 1080 despite her June report backing greater use of it. Audio
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Greens, Maori Party object to bill being passed under urgency
6:36 PM.Legislation passed by the Government under urgency has been labelled a travesty by the Greens and the Maori Party. The 'mystery' Bill, which had gone unnamed until today, will restore the police's… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 18 August 2011
6:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 18 August 2011
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Two World Cups masquerade as one
6:21 PM.Rugby World Cup organisers say the public weren't conned on the recent world cup roadshow, now it has been revealed there are two Webb Ellis trophies. Audio
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Queensland senator wants ban reinstated
6:17 PM.The challenge to New Zealand's long and hard-fought win to get its apples into Australia is not over. The first exports are expected to cross the Tasman within days, overcoming a 90 year old ban set… Read more Audio
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Apple exporters adopt softly-softly approach to Australia
6:14 PM.New Zealand may have won the trans-Tasman apple war, but orchardists are urging a softly-softly approach as they begin exporting apples to Australia after the lifting of a 90 year ban. Audio
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Public health organistations are condemning a move by Sky City
6:11 PM.Public health organistations are condemning a move by country's biggest casino, Auckland's Sky City, to let people smoke and play pokie machines at the same time. Audio
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Red zone ruling cuts swathe through Kaiapoi
6:08 PM.Hundreds of Kaiapoi people, many of them elderly, are wondering where they'll go now that their homes have been red zoned. Audio
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Kauri Point to get multi-million dollar upgrade
5:56 PM.Kauri Point, the major Defence Force munitions store a thief broke into, is to get a seven million dollar upgrade. The depot on Auckland's North Shore was criticised in a report 3 years ago that… Read more Audio
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Aussie mine union boss says NZ needs to pay inspectors more
5:53 PM.The head of the mining union in Queensland says New Zealand is going to have to pay much higher salaries if it has any chance of hiring more mines inspectors. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 18 August 2011
5:49 PM.An Auckland kaumatua, Grant Hawke of Ngati Whatua, says the eulogy to the former Governor-General, Sir Paul Reeves, at his tangihanga in Auckland today were a great tribute to a great man; A Waitangi… Read more Audio
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Bennett refuses to rule out payment card for beneficiaries
5:46 PM.The Social Development Minister still refuses to rule out extending the payment card for young beneficiaries to all those on benefits, even though she says the proposal is not being actively… Read more Audio
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Loophole to be closed as legislation passed under urgency
5:42 PM.Legislation passed by the Government under urgency has been labelled a travesty by the Greens and the Maori Party. Audio
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Pressure grows to change rules to house red zone evacuees
5:35 PM.Hundreds of people in Kaiapoi, many of them retired, face an uncertain future after being told they must abandon their homes. Audio
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Sports News for 18 August 2011
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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RWC says cup not a con
5:26 PM.It's been revealed that there are two rugby World Cups masquerading as one. But the Cup's organisers are denying the public was conned when they lined up to see the Cup firsthand on a recent… Read more Audio
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Navy commander pleads guilty
5:22 PM.The former commander of the Navy frigate, Te Mana, has pleaded guilty to drunkeness, bringing the Service into disrepute, and using inappropriate language. Audio
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Evening Business for 18 August 2011
5:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Death of Sir Paul Reeves marked as the passing of an icon
5:16 PM.Hundreds gathered to farewell the former Governor-General Sir Paul Reeves at the same church he worshipped and ministered in - the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland. Audio
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Large part of Canterbury town written off
5:09 PM.Hundreds of Kaiapoi people, many of them retired, are wondering where they'll go now that their homes have been red zoned. Locals got the news they both expected and feared today when the Government… Read more Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 18 August 2011
5:00 PM.Large part of Canterbury town written off, Death of Sir Paul Reeves marked as the passing of an icon, Public health organistations are condemning a move by Sky City, Navy commander pleads guilty… Read more Audio