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Checkpoint for Monday 23 June 2014
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 23 June 2014
5:00 PM.A Dutch visitor pleads guilty to killing three people by ignoring a stop sign. Fourteen of top 30 on Labour's list are women and a smuggling trial hears how a cocaine overdose claimed a man's… Read more Audio
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Dutch visitor pleads guilty over killing three on roads
5:07 PM.A Dutch businessman who crashed into a car near Rakaia killing a mother and two girls has pleaded guilty in the Christchurch District Court this afternoon. Audio
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Fourteen of top 30 on Labour's list are women.
5:10 PM.Labour's president Moira Coatsworth says several new candidates have also got places in the top 40. Audio
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Trial hears how a overdose claimed a man's mother-in- law
5:20 PM.A court has heard how a man charged with smuggling cocaine dropped his mother-in-law at Auckland hospital but she died soon after of a cocaine overdose. Audio
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Evening Business for 23 June 2014
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Bowls club sells up multi-million-dollar property
5:26 PM.A century-old bowling club in the affluent Auckland suburb of Remuera is selling up its greens, which are expected to fetch up to five million dollars. Audio
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Sports News for 23 June 2014
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Fonterra accused of misleading multinational
5:35 PM.A food multinational has accused Fonterra of misleading it over last year's botulism scare, meaning it sold potentially contaminated baby formula for months after it should have. Audio
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Low fixed term mortgage rates may be coming to an end
5:40 PM.One of the big banks has raised some of its shorter term fixed-rate mortgages, a turnaround from some recent falls in rates. Audio
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Woman of murdered parents worries killer will be released
5:44 PM.A woman whose parents were murdered in their Waikato home is worried one of the men who killed them will be released on parole. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 23 June 2014
5:48 PM.The results from the New Zealand Health Survey show almost one in five Maori children and almost half of Maori adults are classed as obese; A group of parents who withdrew their tamariki from a… Read more Audio
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Latest predictions for Football World Cup
5:52 PM.The Football World Cup is heading into the final stages of group play as sides vie for a spot in the round of sixteen. Audio
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Kelvin Davis speaks out about Labour Party's list
6:08 PM.The Labour Party's list for this year's election was announced this afternoon and it's missing some established names. Audio
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Haircut court case pits family against college
6:12 PM.A lawyer has questioned why a school is trying to dictate what length students' hair should be, in a court case pitting a Hastings college against a suspended boy's family. Audio
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Plea from mother of missing man
6:16 PM.The mother of a missing Whanganui man has made an impassioned plea to anyone who knows where he is to speak up. Audio
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Iraq insurgents pose risk to entire region - US professor
6:19 PM.An American academic says the Sunni insurgents over running northern Iraq should not just be seen as mere terrorists, and that they now pose a real risk to the entire region. Audio
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Australian figures suggest plain packaging working
6:25 PM.New cigarette sales figures from the Australian government suggest plain packaging and graphic health warnings are pushing down sales. Audio
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Sports News for 23 June 2014
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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PNG police challenge suspension over corruption allegations
6:35 PM.Two police officers in Papua New Guinea are in court challenging their suspension from an investigation which accused the Prime Minister of corruption. Audio
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Warning that lawmaking process favours firms
6:43 PM.New research from the University of Otago suggests the select committee process for new legislation can favour commercial interests over the public good. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 23 June 2014
6:47 PM.A group of parents who withdrew their tamariki from a Northland kura have welcomed the arrival of a Commissioner appointed to sort out divisions within the school and its community; The results from… Read more Audio
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Labour Policy for red-zoned land owners
6:52 PM.Labour is promising to give people with land in Christchurch's red zone a one-hundred percent payout if it is elected. Audio