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Checkpoint for Tuesday 28 July 2015
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Te Manu Korihi for 28 July 2015
6:48 PM.When kuia and kaumatua say that Maori language vowels are 'not pronounced like they used to be', they'd be right - over the years their sound has changed dramatically; Labour's Corrections… Read more Audio
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Today In Parliament for 28 July 2015
6:45 PM.New Zealand Flags Referendums Bill passes second reading; Winston Peters kicked out by Speaker, to which the entire New Zealand First caucus walk out in protest; David Parker complains about quality… Read more Audio
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Treasure hunters find Spanish bullion off Florida
6:43 PM.A family of treasure hunters based in Florida has found more than one-and-a-half million dollars (NZ) worth of gold and silver lost when a Spanish fleet sank in a storm in 1715. Audio
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Male video gamers sore losers: more so when women win
6:40 PM.Bad shooters, sore losers. Men are taking aim at female video gamers who turn out to be better than them. Audio
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Rise in dangerous excavations in Auckland
6:35 PM.Dangerous excavations are on the rise at Auckland building sites and the blame is being put on geotechnical engineers and builders. Audio
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Investors outnumber first home buyers
6:22 PM.Three times as many mortgages are being approved for property investors as they are for first-home buyers. Audio
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Police speak out on Headhunters drug raid
6:17 PM.The private prison operator, Serco, is under fire yet again, with three inmates at its Mt Eden prison arrested and a guard being questioned about a methamphetamine selling operation. Audio
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The long criminal history of Blessie Gortingco's murderer
6:10 PM.Blessie Gotingco's killer and rapist can at last be named after he lost his final appeal to keep name suppression just days out from his sentencing. Audio
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Māori language vowels 'not like in the old days'
5:52 PM.When kuia and kaumatua say Māori language vowels are 'not pronounced like they used to be', they'd be right - over the years their sound has changed dramatically. Read more Audio
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Basketball star skips Olympic qualifiers
5:50 PM.Basketball New Zealand says Steven Adams' American club did not interfere in the star's decision to pull out of next month's Olympic qualifiers against Australia. Audio
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$75m spent on convention centre but details still unknown
5:50 PM.More than 75-million-taxpayer-dollars have been spent on the Christchurch convention centre, even though there's is no date for construction to begin and the total cost is still unknown. Audio
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Headhunter arrests appear in court
5:47 PM.Some of those arrested in the Head Hunter raids have appeared in court. Audio
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Corrections Minister refuses to address claims of corruption
5:45 PM.The Corrections Minister is refusing to address claims of corruption at Mt Eden prison, following revelations this morning that some inmates had been arrested as part of a major police operation. Audio
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A Gotingco family spokesperson
5:43 PM.More now on the disturbing history revealed today about the man who abducted, raped and murdered North Shore mother of three, Blesse Gotingco. Audio
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Was McCaw's match winning try illegal?
5:27 PM.A retired top rugby referee is crying foul over All Black captain Richie McCaw's match-winning try against the Springboks at the weekend. Audio
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Health Minister says he's open to reviewing DHB funding
5:22 PM.The Health Minister, Jonathan Coleman, says he's open to reviewing the way DHBs are funded, but at the same time is reassuring voters there won't be any wholesale changes. Audio
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PM promises to give Pharmac more money to buy drugs under TPP
5:20 PM.The Health Minister, Jonathan Coleman, says he's open to reviewing the way DHBs are funded, but at the same time is reassuring voters there won't be any wholesale changes. Audio
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Fired guard suspected of helping smuggle phones into Mt Eden
5:15 PM.Drug raids across the upper North Island this morning targetting the Headhunters gang have also snared three Mt Eden prisoners and a former guard. Audio
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Corrections defends monitoring of Gotingco's killer
5:12 PM.Correction's northern regional commissioner Jeanette Burns is with us now. Audio
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GPS monitoring fails to stop Blessie Gotingco's killer
5:07 PM.The authorities knew exactly where Tony Douglas Robertson was every minute of every day but they couldn't stop him abducting, raping and murdering a North Shore mother of three. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 28 July 2015
5:00 PM.GPS monitoring fails to stop Blessie Gotingco's killer;Corrections defends monitoring of Gotingco's killer;Fired guard suspected of helping smuggle phones into Mt Eden;PM promises to give Pharmac more… Read more Audio