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Checkpoint for Wednesday 13 May 2015
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 13 May 2015
5:00 PM.A crackdown on property investors is forecast to cut Auckland house prices. Nepal's big aftershock cuts off villages again and Prince Harry learns the haka. Audio
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Investor crackdown forecast to cut Auckland house prices
5:07 PM.A crackdown on Auckland property investors is forecast to cut house price inflation in the city by 2 to 4 percent and reduce the number of house sales there by up to a tenth. Audio
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Our Economics correspondent has more
5:09 PM.Here's our Economics correspondent Patrick O'Meara who was at the Reserve Bank's briefing today. Audio
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Changes will drive up rents - critics
5:15 PM.Opposition political parties are warning the tougher lending restrictions may just fuel investment from foreign speculators. Audio
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Prince Harry does 'magnificent' haka
5:27 PM.Prince Harry's been credited with doing a magnificent job of learning a haka in 20 minutes. Audio
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Today's market update
5:34 PM.The New Zealand dollar fell today following the release of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's twice yearly review of the financial system, pointing to increasing risks. Audio
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Consultant says debt levels among farmers are a worry
5:37 PM.The Reserve Bank has sounded a warning over high levels of debt among some dairy farmers who face a struggle as world milk prices keep falling. Audio
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Greens hope Senate vote will force change in TPP.
5:43 PM.The Green Party hopes a vote in the US Senate against fast tracking the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations will force countries to take a different approach to the deal. Audio
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Evidence that a muder accused bought weapons on line.
5:45 PM.A court has heard that the man accused of murdering two men in a south Auckland pawn shop had started buying weapons online, and slept with a knife under his bed, months leading up to the attack. Audio
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Rohingya refugees stranded at sea
5:49 PM.A group of 350 men, women and children who've fled Myanmar are drifting at sea with no food or water, having been abandoned by their Thai people smugglers. Audio
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Hawkes Bay iwi propose new venue for Te Matatini
5:54 PM.The Hastings District Council is backing a Hawkes Bay iwi's choice of venue for the next Te Matatini national kapa haka festival in 2017. Ngāti Kahungunu is working with the council and Te Matatini to… Read more Audio
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Auckland property investor crackdown
6:11 PM.The central bank's launched a crackdown on Auckland property investors callingt them a risk to the financial system if there's a sharp fall in house prices. Audio
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Opposition parties warn foreign investors will have easier ride
6:13 PM.Opposition parties say the Reserve Bank's been forced to step in to cool the Auckland property market because the Government won't. Audio
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Will new lending restrictions fuel investment
6:15 PM.New Zealander Lyndon Fairbairn, is the director of Singapore based, All Property Solutions. He's been urging foreign investors to take advantage of the booming Auckland property market. Audio
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Police pay property developer
6:24 PM.A Christchurch property developer has been paid tens of thousands of dollars by the police for unlawful raids. Audio
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NCEA changes needed
6:28 PM.An independent review has given the NCEA a pass mark, but warns that merit and excellence grades could have unwanted side-effects. Audio
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El Nino getting ready to strike
6:38 PM.The forecast mild winter could yet turn into a colder than normal one with an El Nino getting ready to strike. Audio
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Winning design for earthquake memorial unveiled
6:43 PM.A Slovenian architect is come up with the winning design for Christchurch's earthquake memorial. Audio
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Low fuel prices subsidised by the rest of the country.
6:45 PM.The AA and Z Energy say most of the country has been paying higher prices to subsidise the extreme fuel discounts on offer in some parts of the North Island. Audio
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When and where Aucklanders buy alcohol to change
6:48 PM.When and where Aucklanders can buy a drink is set to change. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 13 May 2015
6:51 PM.The oil giant Mobil Fuel has been forced to apologise today to a Bay of Plenty iwi over its handling of a fuel spill last month; A Bay of Plenty tribe's bid to find the Crown entity, Landcorp, acted… Read more Audio