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Checkpoint for Wednesday 12 October 2011
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Boost in tourism numbers attributed to RWC avoidance.
6:56 PM.The number of New Zealanders going on holiday somewhere in the North Island spiked during August. Audio
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More Australians join oil clean-up
6:52 PM.A team of 15 Australians are arriving in Tauranga tonight to join the ten already here helping with the oil clean-up. Audio
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Scientist says best chance of a re-float is end of month
6:50 PM.More now the stranded ship Rena, if it doesn't break up soon, the best chance of re-floating it will be in just over two weeks time when there's a king tide. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 12 October 2011
6:46 PM.The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has identified a bacterial disease never before seen in New Zealand, as the cause of hundreds of deformed and dead kanakana or lamprey, being found in the… Read more Audio
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Chch city draft plan set for a re-write
6:43 PM.The plan for the rebuild of Christchurch city is set for change, following feedback from hundreds of people in the community, many of whom labelled it too prescriptive, and not economically viable. Audio
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Health advice for people living near where oil is coming ashore
6:36 PM.People are being told to stay away from the oil washing up on Bay of Plenty beaches. Audio
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Sports News for 12 October 2011
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Myanmar starts releasing political detainees
6:27 PM.Reclusive Myanmar has started releasing at least some political detainees as part of a general amnesty for thousands of prisoners. Audio
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Evening Business for 12 October 2011
6:23 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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Secondary principals expect worsening school finances
6:18 PM.Secondary school principals expect improvements to their schools' finances will be short-lived because of changes to government funding. Audio
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Call for urgent changes to building standards
6:14 PM.The Canterbury Earthquake Royal Commission is calling for changes to building standards as a matter of urgency. Audio
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Rena would be NZ's biggest shipwreck
6:11 PM.The Rena is on track to become New Zealand's biggest shipwreck. Audio
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Soldiers help clean up oil on Bay of Plenty beaches
6:09 PM.A major cleanup is underway on Bay of Plenty beaches as more and more oil comes ashore from the stranded container ship, Rena. Audio
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Big cracks are showing both sides of the stranded cargo ship
6:07 PM.Big cracks are showing in both sides of the stranded cargo ship Rena increasing the chances it will break up and spew more than 1300 tonnes of oil into the already polluted sea off Tauranga. Audio
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Maritime lawyer says penalties for oil spills too low
5:55 PM.A maritime lawyer says the penalities for oil spills in this country are too low and should be increased. Audio
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Race tensions blamed for brawling by Maori and Aus teenagers
5:50 PM.A wild brawl between Maori school students and white Australian teenagers has left teachers injured and parents demanding action. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 12 October 2011
5:47 PM.The chair of Ngai Te Rangi Runanga says tangata whenua in Tauranga are feeling helpless - because there's little they can do to stop oil washing ashore; The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry says a… Read more Audio
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Labour's new law and order policy: already doing it says Govt
5:44 PM.The Labour Party's election-year law and order policy promises to boost police numbers so that one-person police stations are staffed by two officers. Audio
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No specialist care on West Coast for expectant mums for 2 days
5:41 PM.For the next two days, expectant mothers on the West Coast are being warned there are no hospital specialists to care for them during labour and birth. Audio
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Motiti islanders train for clean up as oil coats rocks
5:38 PM.Oil is thickly coating rocks at Motiti Island while containers swept loose from the stricken Rena seven kilometres away have been crashing into the shore and sinking. Audio
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More on Rena from an international salvage exper
5:35 PM.Salvage experts are waiting helplessly on shore as heavy seas batter the cracking container ship perched on a reef off Tauranga. Audio
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Sports News for 12 October 2011
5:31 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Rethink on plans for murderer in motel
5:26 PM.Plans for a convicted murderer to live in a motel, once he's out of jail, have been rejected by the Parole Board. Audio
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US says it's foiled terror plot involving Iran
5:23 PM.The United States says it's foiled a major terrorist plot which the FBI head describes as reading like the pages of a Hollywood script. Audio
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Evening Business for 12 October 2011
5:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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The latest on the Rena
5:18 PM.The Captain of the stricken container ship, Rena, has been remanded on bail after appearing in court this morning. Audio
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Salvage adviser on the state of the Rena
5:13 PM.Bruce Anderson, Maritime New Zealand's salvage unit manager joins us. Audio
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Cracks seen on stranded Rena
5:07 PM.Big cracks are showing in both sides of the stranded cargo ship Rena increasing the chances it will break up and spew more than 1000 extra tonnes of oil into the sea off Tauranga. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 12 October 2011
5:00 PM.Big cracks in both sides of the stranded ship Rena increase the chances it will break up. A major expansion of the exclusion zone around the ship and the United States says it's foiled a major… Read more Audio