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Checkpoint for Wednesday 20 February 2013
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 20 February 2013
5:00 PM.Government cracks down on benefit fraudsters' partners. Drug agency ponders school sport. PM assures Parliament all bidders treated the same. Police hunt for imposters. Audio
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Government cracks down on benefit fraudsters' partners
5:07 PM.The Government says it's cracking down on the partners of beneficiary fraudsters who could be fined or jailed for 12 months and have assets seized. Audio
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Drug agency ponders school sport
5:13 PM.The agency in charge of keeping performance-enhancing drugs out of sport fears their use is spreading into schools and it might have to start testing school students competing at the top levels. Audio
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PM assures Parliament all bidders treated the same
5:17 PM.The Prime Minister has assured Parliament that all bidders for the international convention centre in Auckland were given the same information as SkyCity Entertainment. Audio
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Evening Business for 20 February 2013
5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Police hunt for imposters
5:27 PM.Police in Whangarei are looking for a group of men who have been impersonating plain clothes officers and pulling over drivers to look for alcohol. Audio
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Sports News for 20 February 2013
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Ships rammed say Sea Shepherd
5:38 PM.The anti whaling organisation Sea Shepherd says two of its ships have been rammed by Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean. Audio
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Christchurch schools were ready to sell each out
5:41 PM.New evidence shows parents at one Christchurch school opposed a merger with a poorer school because of fears about the behaviour of that school's children. Audio
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Charter schools slated as a harsh experiment on children
5:44 PM.The Children's Commissioner is slating the Government's proposed charter schools as a harsh experiment to run on children. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 20 February 2013
5:50 PM.A group representing most Maori language medium schools is backing a suggestion to build a third kura kaupapa in Christchurch; A sub tribe's legal claim to a riverbed has today gone to the heart of… Read more Audio
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Maritime Union meeting with Ports of Auckland
5:53 PM.The parties in the long-running Auckland ports industrial dispute are heading into discussions this evening, with a possible end in sight. Audio
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Drug agency focusses on school sport
5:55 PM.The agency in charge of keeping performance-enhancing drugs out of sport fears their use is spreading into schools and it might have to start testing school students competing at the top levels. Audio
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New offence for partners of beneficiaries convicted of fraud
6:08 PM.Beneficiaries are once in again in the Government's sights, with changes that will include a new offence for the partners of beneficiaries convicted of fraud. Audio
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police didn't follow correct policy in finding CYF absconder
6:12 PM.An inquest has heard that police didn't follow their rules to track down a 13-year-old boy who ran away from Child Youth and Family care and died. Audio
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Huge public private roading project in Queensland has collapsed
6:17 PM.The second huge public private road project in Queensland to collapse in two years has triggered claims of a fiasco costing shareholders dearly. Audio
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Evening Business for 20 February 2013
6:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Report says Chinese military unit responsible for cyber attacks
6:24 PM.A secretive branch of the Chinese military has been accused of being behind repeated cyber attacks aimed at American businesses. Audio
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Sports News for 20 February 2013
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Powhiri marks start of biggest Maori performing arts festival
6:36 PM.Iwi from across the country have descended on Rotorua for the biennial Kapa Haka championships, Te Matatini. Audio
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Dairy farmer given community service for breaking cow's tails
6:40 PM.The Ministry for Primary Industries is satisfied with the sentence handed down to a West Coast dairy farmer accused of breaking the tails of 230 cows, despite an earlier case earning two years jail… Read more Audio
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Opposition groups critical of new dairy farming accord
6:43 PM.A new agreement by farmers to try to clean up waterways is already drawing fire for lacking teeth to stop dirty dairying. Audio
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Evening Business for 20 February 2013
6:46 PM.A sub tribe's legal claim to a riverbed has today gone to the heart of one of its arguments - that the Crown had a duty to tell tangata whenua what they were buying; A group representing most Maori… Read more Audio
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New Zealand could lead in revolutionary new technology
6:55 PM.A Wellington entrepreneur has assembled representatives from IBM, Intel, and leading universities to try to crack what he calls a computing dilemma. Audio