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Checkpoint for Wednesday 14 October 2015
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 14 October 2015
5:00 PM.Alex Fisher's older brother appears in court. Standard and Poor's cuts Fonterra's credit rating and "Into the River" is allowed back on the shelves. Audio
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Alex Fisher's older brother appears in court
5:07 PM.A man arrested during the search for the Levin schoolboy Alex Fisher can now be identified as his older brother. Audio
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Fonterra's credit rating downgraded
5:10 PM.Standard and Poor's, has cut Fonterra's credit rating. Audio
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All restrictions lifted on the first book banned in 20 years
5:14 PM.All restrictions have been lifted on the first book banned in New Zealand in 20 years. Audio
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The Government's books are back in black
5:18 PM.The Government's books are back in the black for the first time in seven years. Audio
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Hone Harawira calls on Maori Mps to stand up
5:22 PM.Hone Harawira has written to Maori MPs challenging them to work together to find a solution for New Zealanders detained in Australian detention centres. Audio
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Minister made up own hazard list to exclude dairying - Labour
5:26 PM.The Labour Party is accusing the Workplace Safety Minister of coming up with his own list of high-hazard jobs, excluding dairying despite advisors telling him to keep it in, but including worm… Read more Audio
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Today's market update
5:34 PM.The ratings agency Standard and Poor's has cut Fonterra's credit rating from A to A-minus. Audio
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Patrick Renshaw sentenced today for tax fraud
5:36 PM.More than twenty years ago, Patrick Renshaw, was jailed for stealing millions of dollars from clients. Audio
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Police track down stolen bee hives in Northland
5:39 PM.Police in Northland have had a major breakthrough in their hunt for thieves who've been stealing bee hives across the region. Audio
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Court told social worker had sex with boy in her care
5:42 PM.The Crown says a social worker took advantage of a vulnerable boy in her care when she drove him to a Mangere motor lodge and had sex with him. Audio
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MH17 probe urges an overhaul of air safety rules
5:44 PM.Ukraine is defending its decision not to close airspace where a Malaysian passenger plane was shot down, hours after an investigation reported back saying it should have kept planes out. Audio
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Five metre Richie McCaw Cut out
5:51 PM.A five-metre tall Richie McCaw cut out has been erected in the small South Island town of Kurow to honour the All Black captain who played his grassroots rugby there. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 14 October 2015
5:54 PM.Ill-feeling caused by a failed royal visit to the Maori King last year will be put to rest next month when the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visit Turangawaewae marae. An offer of a… Read more Audio
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Opposition parties say surplus is meaningless and pitiful
6:12 PM.Opposition parties say the Government's pitiful surplus means nothing as unemployment is still high and economic growth slow. Audio
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Opposition - govt take cancer patients off Jobseeker benefit.
6:15 PM.Opposition parties want the Government to take cancer patients off the Jobseeker benefit. Audio
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First Democratic debate goes to... Clinton
6:18 PM.Hillary Clinton appears to have come up trumps in the first Democratic Presidential debate. Audio
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Hopes pilot petition will lead CAA to exercise common sense
6:26 PM.The man behind an online petition supporting a helicopter pilot who's facing charges for helping save the life of an injured hunter, hopes it will lead to the Civil Aviation Authroity dropping the… Read more Audio
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NIWA warns of increased risk of cyclones
6:35 PM.NIWA is forecasting an increase in the number and strength of cyclones in the south-west Pacific this summer, and is warning the islands in their path to prepare for the worst. Audio
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Dumped DDT in Ophua River
6:39 PM.Someone has dumped DDT and arsenic in the Ophua River in South Canterbury, with tests showing very high levels in one spot. Audio
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Kelly bids farewell with fiery speech
6:42 PM.Helen Kelly says stepping down as the president of the Council of Trade Unions won't stop her fighting for workers' rights and trying to narrow the gender pay gap. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 14 October 2015
6:45 PM.The Minister of Maori Development has come out swinging at the churches that run Maori boarding schools, after the Minister of Education announced an interim decision that Turakina Maori Girls'… Read more Audio
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Today In Parliament for 14 October 2015 - evening edition
6:50 PM.Former Labour MP, Maryan Street, makes first submission to the Health Committee's inquiry into public attitudes to euthanasia. Current Labour MP, Sue Moroney, also kicks off submissions on her paid… Read more Audio
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Andrea Hewitt first athlete to be picked for NZ Olympic team
6:57 PM.Triathlete Andrea Hewitt has become the first athlete to gain selection into the New Zealand Team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Audio