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Checkpoint for Tuesday 29 September 2015
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Te Manu Korihi News for 29 September 2015
6:50 PM.Ngati Kuri says the creation of the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary is part of a growing realisation of the need for greater protection of the environment; After two years of consultation and feedback… Read more Audio
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Pay, politics top of mind for teacher unions
6:47 PM.Auckland teachers are warning of staff shortages in the city's schools because their pay is not keeping up with house prices. Audio
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Tuna fisherman angry at Kermadec Sanctuary
6:43 PM.Conservationists and tuna fishermen are at odds over the Kermadec Islands being turned into a giant marine sanctuary covering 600 000 square kilometres. Audio
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Housing provider questions Govt's approach to emergency housing
6:40 PM.Social housing providers are asking why the Government is providing funding for new emergency housing in Auckland, instead of giving extra support to those already doing the job. Audio
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Australian sharemarket sheds billions
6:36 PM.The Australian sharemarket shed more than $40 billion earlier today as commodities tanked. The ABC business correspondent Michael Janda joins Checkpoint. Audio
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Backtrack over classing 18,000 homes as vulnerable
6:27 PM.Tens of thousands of Christchurch residents are breathing a sigh of relief after the government decided not to class 18000 properties as being vulnerable to sea level rise. Audio
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Detention centres full - lawyer
6:22 PM.An Australian migration lawyer says the country's detention centres are filled to overflowing. The lawyer asked to be known only as Susan, to protect her clients fighting deportation to New Zealand… Read more Audio
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Precarious' for NZers in detention - Australian Greens
6:20 PM.The Australian and New Zealand Green parties are calling for all deportations of New Zealanders to stop. Luke Mathers is a 22 year old panelbeater from Brisbane who left New Zealand aged four. Audio
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Auckland fare evaders could face $1000 fines
6:17 PM.Train ticket inspectors are to be given greater powers to crack down on people trying to avoid paying their way, fare evaders including the prospect of thousand-dollar fines. Audio
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Dame Tariana Turia gets behind singer Chris Brown coming
6:15 PM.The former MP and Maori Party co-leader, Dame Tariana Turia, has revealed she will write to the Immigration Minister in support of singer and convicted woman beater Chris Brown coming here. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 29 September 2015
5:55 PM.Ngati Kuri says the creation of the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary is part of a growing realisation of the need for greater protection of the environment; After two years of consultation and feedback… Read more Audio
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Defense asks if minister saw warrants before Dotcom raid
5:50 PM.A defence lawyer in the Kim Dotcom extradition hearing has questioned whether the Justice Minister saw a copy of the arrest warrants before the raid on the internet mogul's mansion went ahead. Audio
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Audi, Skoda vehicles also masking emissions
5:48 PM.The Volkswagen emissions scandal is expanding, embroiling now the company's Audi and Skoda cars. Liz Dobson is the motoring editor at the New Zealand Herald. Audio
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'Macho bullshit' has to stop - police
5:43 PM.A police detective is urging men to cut the "macho bullshit" as the hunt goes on for a group who king-hit a man in south Auckland. Nicole Pryor reports. Audio
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Family forced to flee house on discovering P levels
5:40 PM.A family of seven has been forced to leave their P-contaminated Tokoroa home with just the clothes they were wearing. Audio
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Killer armed with knives waited for his wife
5:38 PM.Mandeep Singh was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 13 years for the murder of Parmita Rani and attempted murder of Parminder Singh. Edward Gay was at the High Court in… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 29 September 2015
5:35 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Crew works to save as much of Tuhoe as possible
5:29 PM.A small crew is working against the tide to help save as much of the doomed boat, the M-V Tuhoe as possible. The 97 year old schooner, fresh from two-hundred-thousand dollars of repairs paid in large… Read more Audio
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NZer rejects jihadi tag, says he was going to see his fiance
5:23 PM.A 25-year-old New Zealander accused of trying to join extremists in Syria and fight in their civil war says he was actually on his way to Denmark to see his fiancee whom he had never met. Audio
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Australian Greens call for halt to NZ deportations
5:16 PM.The Australian Green Party is calling for all deportations of New Zealanders to stop. The Australian Greens Senator and Immigration spokesperson is Sarah Hanson-Young. Audio
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Split among Maori leaders over hosting singer Chris Brown
5:14 PM.There's division among Waikato Maori over hosting Chris Brown - at the same time as a group of high profile New Zealanders rally to have the American singer allowed in. Audio
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GCSB boss reveals Cortex cyber-spying details
5:08 PM.The acting head of the Government Communications Security Bureau has for the first time revealed operational details on the Cortex cyber security programme used by government agencies and some large… Read more Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 29 September 2015
5:00 PM.GCSB boss reveals Cortex cyber-spying details, Split among Maori leaders over hosting singer Chris Brown, Australian Greens call for halt to NZ deportations, NZer rejects jihadi tag, says he was going… Read more Audio