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Checkpoint for Monday 10 June 2013
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Te Manu Korihi News for 10 June 2013
6:49 PM.Protesters have left a camp they set up in the Bay of Plenty to demonstrate over a stalemate to divide Maori land; An expert in environmental sciences says the government's playing with fire by not… Read more Audio
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Poverty link to child abuse clearer - lobbyists
6:45 PM.A lobby group says its latest research confirms poverty is a crucial risk factor in child abuse. Audio
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Sports News for 10 June 2013
6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 10 June 2013
6:29 PM.New Zealand shoppers are now spending 3-point-7 billion dollars a year online but more than a quarter is going to retailers overseas. Audio
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Lasting drought damage beyond just export revenues
6:21 PM.The latest official forecasts are bright for dairy and forestry but dim for sheep and beef farmers. Audio
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Spending up in month of May
6:19 PM.People spent more on takeaways, dining out and hotels in May than in the same month last year. Audio
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Source of leak of top secret US documents revealed
6:15 PM.A former CIA technical worker who is currently holed up in a hotel in Hong Kong has been identified as the source of leaks about a secret US government surveillance programme. Audio
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Judge moved out after relationship with Justice staffer
6:12 PM.An experienced district court judge has been moved from Dunedin and off criminal cases after a complaint about his relationship with a Justice Ministry worker in the city. Audio
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Dunne stripped of another job, takes leave
6:08 PM.The United Future leader, Peter Dunne, has been stripped of another job at Parliament, losing his position on the high-powered Intelligence and Security Committee. Audio
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Meat and wool struggle drought hangover
5:53 PM.Keith Woodford, a professor of agribusiness at Lincoln University, has been listening to that and he joins us. Audio
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Drought knocks primary sector forecast export sales
5:49 PM.The Ministry for Primary Industries says the worst drought in 70-years has knocked one-point-three-billion-dollars off export revenues for this financial year. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 10 June 2013
5:46 PM.An expert in environmental sciences says the government's playing with fire by not putting an immediate stop to the commercial long-fin eel fishing; This year's winner of the Maori excellence in sheep… Read more Audio
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Local Bodies says Housing Accords won't deliver affordability
5:43 PM.The Government's plan for agreements to tackle housing shortages has been criticised as too simplistic, and unlikely to deliver truly affordable homes. Audio
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Greens call for Govt to come clean on NSA sharing information
5:36 PM.Listening to that is the Green Party co-leader Russel Norman - he's calling on the Government here to tell the public if it has access to information about New Zealanders that it got from America's… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 10 June 2013
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Gunmen attack Kabul's international airport
5:26 PM.Heavily armed gunmen have launched an attack close to the main airport in the Afghan capital Kabul. Audio
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Evening Business for 10 June 2013
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Police in Northland call on public for help in bleach attack
5:20 PM.The police in Northland have no leads as to why a man was pulled over and had bleach poured into his eyes while being held at knife point in a roadside attack this morning. Audio
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Police tasered man before shooting him dead
5:13 PM.The police have revealed the man shot dead by an officer in New Plymouth on the weekend was tasered more than once and shot twice. Audio
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Analysis from RNZ's chief parliamentary reporter
5:11 PM.Listening to that, our parliamentary chief reporter, Jane Patterson. Audio
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Peter Dunne taken off Intelligence and Security Committee
5:07 PM.The embattled United Future leader, Peter Dunne, is going on leave from Parliament. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 10 June 2013
5:00 PM.Peter Dunne goes on leave. Police reveal the man shot dead by an officer in New Plymouth was tasered and shot twice and heavily armed gunmen launch an attack close to Kabul's main airport. Audio