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Checkpoint for Tuesday 25 October 2011
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 25 October 2011
5:00 PM.The economy takes centre stage five weeks ahead of the election. A serious leak shuts down the Maui gas pipeline and a euthanasia trial has opened in Dunedin and the Crown is basing its case on early… Read more Audio
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Treasury optimistic but warns of slump.
5:07 PM.Five weeks out from the general election the Government has opened its books. Audio
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More from RNZ's economics correspondent
5:10 PM.Our economics correspondent Nigel Stirling has been looking at the figures - he's with us. Audio
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Maui gas pipeline shut because of a serious leak
5:14 PM.The country's biggest power station has had to switch from gas to coal to produce electricity today with the Maui gas pipeline shut because of a serious leak. Audio
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Euthanasia trial opens in Dunedin
5:18 PM.A euthanasia trial has opened in Dunedin and the Crown is basing its case on early drafts of a book written by the accused. Audio
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Evening Business for 25 October 2011
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Redeemed jailed for 14 years
5:28 PM.The mother of a 16 year old killed when a car was deliberately turned into the path of an oncoming bus has spoken of her despair at losing her son. Audio
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Sports News for 25 October 2011
5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Thousands greet All Blacks in Christchurch
5:37 PM.Tens of thousands of All Blacks fans have lined the streets of Christchurch to congratulate the victorious team. Audio
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Flight training move "dangerous, unnecessary"
5:40 PM.An inquest has heard the manouevre a trainee pilot was doing just before a crash that killed three people was dangerous and unnecessary. Audio
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Bridgecorp directors knew company was failing
5:44 PM.The Crown says the directors on trial over the collapse of the finance company, Bridgecorp, knew the company was failing but released company documents suggesting otherwise. Audio
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Whooping cough cases are on the rise
5:46 PM.Whooping cough cases are on the rise with warnings that it may become a national epidemic. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 25 October 2011
5:51 PM.A Tai Tokerau iwi leader says the north is losing people to Australia at the rate of one hundred a month; The Tauranga Maori Business Association says there's interest from all over Bay of Plenty in… Read more Audio
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Latest Maritime New Zealand briefing on the Rena
5:57 PM.Oil which leaked from the grounded container ship, Rena, on Saturday night may reach Coromandel Peninsula by the weekend. Audio
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SAS soldiers out of Afghanistan within 90 days?
6:07 PM.Labour will pull all of this country's SAS soldiers out of Afghanistan within 90 days if it wins November's election. Audio
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September quarter inflation figures 'tame'
6:10 PM.The cost of living eased in the September quarter - taking some of the pressure off the Reserve Bank ahead of Thursday's Official Cash Rate announcement. Audio
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Quake scientists call for more testing of soil before building
6:14 PM.Scientists are calling for more ground testing to be carried out before reconstruction starts in earthquake devastated Christchurch. Audio
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Worthy Redeemed is jailed
6:17 PM.A man who deliberately grabbed the steering wheel of a car and sent into the path of a bus - killing three young people - has been jailed for 14 years. Audio
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Utah police spray football fans performing the haka
6:20 PM.In the small Utah town of Roosevelt the haka is making news after two police officers pepper-sprayed football supporters peforming it for their high school team who'd just lost a close game on home… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 25 October 2011
6:24 PM.The big chemicals maker Nuplex has backed down over its plan to hike the fees it pays its directors by 50 percent. Audio
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Sports News for 25 October 2011
6:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Spending in bars and eateries leaps over RWC finals weekend
6:37 PM.Eat, drink and be merry - and a lot of the country's done just that to celebrate the last hurrah of the Rugby World Cup. Audio
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The stories making headlines in the UK
6:39 PM.We cross the U.K now and our correspondent in London, Barney Burnham. Audio
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GNS Science expert on deadly Turkey quake
6:44 PM.Hundreds of people are still missing and tens of thousands more are homeless in eastern Turkey following the massive 7 point 2 earthquake which has killed at least 300 people. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 25 October 2011
6:47 PM.The Tauranga Maori Business Association is expecting a lively debate about unemployment and the local economy at a political meeting it's holding tonight at Huria marae; A Tai Tokerau iwi leader says… Read more Audio