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Checkpoint for Thursday 20 October 2011
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Manu Korihi News for 20 October 2011
6:48 PM.The police are praising Ngai Tahu for the use of a marae as a one-stop crime and justice shop - as Christchurch continues to recover from the earthquake; A direct descendant of a lower North Island… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 20 October 2011
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Latest on flooding in Bangkok
6:26 PM.People living in seven of the nine districts in Bangkok have been told to move cars and valuables to higher ground because of rising flood waters. Audio
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Evening Business for 20 October 2011
6:22 PM.A Windflow Technology shareholder has agreed to stump up the extra cash to complete the turbinemaker's crucial share purchase plan. Audio
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Questions raised at quake hearing about preparedness
6:19 PM.Questions have been raised at the Royal Commission hearings about how well prepared Canterbury towns are to deal with a significant aftershock. Audio
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Filipinos downplay reports of abuse over Rena, offer to help
6:11 PM.Filipinos living in Tauranga are downplaying reports people have abused them over the grounding of the container ship Rena. Audio
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Nine salvors on board the container ship Rena
6:08 PM.Nine salvors on board the container ship Rena have started pumping oil again and are expecting to work through the night. Audio
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France gives a black rugby statue to Christchuirch
5:57 PM.The French Sports Minister has presented Christchurch with a two-point-three metre high black statue of a Rugby player running forward with 14 shadows trailing behind. Audio
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Gay marriage supporters take their message to Parliament
5:54 PM.One of the main streets in Wellington had to be blocked off this afternoon to make way for a 300 strong protest group, marching to Parliament in support of same sex marriage. Audio
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Pharmacists set to play bigger role
5:51 PM.Pharmacists are set to play a much bigger role in patient care following a pilot study released today. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 20 October 2011
5:48 PM.A direct descendant of a lower North Island chief, who signed the Tiriti o Waitangi, says the founding document should be housed at Te Papa Tongarewa or go on tour; Motiti Islanders are collecting… Read more Audio
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Closing arguments in Auckland murder case
5:45 PM.The Crown says text messages between two friends are key evidence in their case against a man accused of murdering young Auckland woman Kiko Li. Audio
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Lotto's latest millionaire almost missed out
5:41 PM.A Hamilton man spent 5 weeks oblivious to the fact he was carrying a Lotto ticket worth a million dollars around in his pocket - Karen Jones from New Zealand Lotteries explains. Audio
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Quake couldn't have been predicted
5:36 PM.GNS scientists say even if they had found and mapped the unknown Canterbury faultlines after the September quake they would not have been able to predict the devastating February shake. Audio
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Sports News for 20 October 2011
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Rugby World Cup sales target exceeded
5:30 PM.Rugby World Cup organisers say they have reached their revenue target of $268,500,000. Audio
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Injured All Black Dan Carter says he's recovering well
5:26 PM.All Black Dan Carter who was forced out of the Rugby World Cup by a groin injury has told a crowded news conference in Auckland that he's recovering well from the subsequent surgery. Audio
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Evening Business for 20 October 2011
5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Former National Finance director jailed for 6 years
5:19 PM.A director of the failed finance company, National Finance, has been sent to jail for six years. Audio
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Fire service - truckie lucky not to have drowned
5:16 PM.A truckie hurt in a plunge off a bridge near Temuka might have drowned if the crash had happened 24 hours earlier. Audio
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Salvors expecting to work through the night
5:12 PM.Nine salvors on board the container ship Rena have started pumping oil again and are expecting to work throughout the night. Audio
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The man police shot in Hawkes Bay was unarmed
5:08 PM.The man shot in the chest by police because he said he had a gun and was going to use it, was unarmed and possibly pointing a glass bottle at the officer from underneath his sweatshirt. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 20 October 2011
5:00 PM.The man police shot in Hawkes Bay was unarmed. A National Finance director is jailed for six years and nine salvors on board the container ship Rena have started pumping oil again and are expecting to… Read more Audio