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Checkpoint for Wednesday 25 November 2015
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Lawyers 'losing hope' for Nauru opposition MPs
6:44 PM.A lawyer for the Nauru opposition MP who can't leave the Pacific Island because his passport's been cancelled, says the country's justice minister is pursuing a personal vendetta. Audio
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Toddlers pick up anti-fat views: study
6:40 PM.Otago University researchers say toddlers are picking up anti-obesity attitudes from their mothers. Audio
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Maori legal needs still unmet
6:37 PM.Community Law says too many Maori are not getting the legal advice they need. Audio
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Concerns in Australia as tensions escalate.
6:33 PM.The shooting down of a Russian warplane in Turkey has raised questions in Australia about the safety of their airforce which is operating in the same air space. Audio
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Courts hears pair stabbed over party music
6:27 PM.Court documents have shed more light on how a row over music at a party, ended with a man stabbing two members of his extended family, one in the back and the other fatally, almost a year ago. Audio
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More than half back big cuts to Fonterra's board
6:23 PM.More than half of Fonterra's farmer shareholders have voted to cut the number of the company's directors by a third. Audio
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Minister rules against Redcliffs but school vows to fight
6:18 PM.Redcliffs school is vowing to fight to stay open in the face of the Education Minister this afternoon backing the move to close it. Audio
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MPs told lack of trust an insult to Cantabrians
6:16 PM.The Christchurch mayor and deputy mayor have delivered a hard-hitting submission to a select committee hearing on the Environment Canterbury Bill. Audio
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Australian MPs accept it's not fair on NZers - Little
6:12 PM.Peter Dutton has stonewalled Andrew Little. Audio
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Family wait on beach for body of crab fisher
5:54 PM.Family and friends of an Auckland man presumed drowned off a Northland beach are keeping watch - in the hope the sea will return his body. Audio
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Police seek rescuer of pair at Piha
5:51 PM.The police want to find and thank two people who led the rescue of two young women swept away at Piha beach on Auckland's west coast. Audio
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Police and Govt slated for muzzling access for researcher
5:48 PM.Criticism of the police and the Government is growing after a leading researcher on gangs was stopped from getting police data. Audio
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Auckland Housing Accord misses Year Two target
5:41 PM.The Housing Accord aimed at speeding up home construction in Auckland has fallen short of it's second year target - and next year's more ambitious goal is already being called a stretch. Audio
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Southern DHB put on notice over doctor training
5:36 PM.The Southern District Health board's has been put in notice by the Medical Council because it's faling to properly train new doctors starting at its hospitals. Audio
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Today's market update
5:34 PM.The chief executive of dairy giant Fonterra told this morning's annual meeting the company is focused on addressing weak prices and uneven demand and won't be distracted by risks in the Middle East… Read more Audio
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Artworks go up in flames at Takaka house
5:28 PM.Hundreds if not thousands of artworks have gone up in flames at a Takaka artist's house. Audio
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Cutting the size of Fonterra's board
5:24 PM.A proposal to cut the number of Fonterra's board members from 13 to nine has divided the co-operatives 10-thousand farmer shareholders. Audio
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Redcliffs school slated to close by 2017
5:21 PM.Christchurch's Redcliffs Primary School looks set to be closed down due to the risk of rockfalls, with the Education Minister today making an interim decision to shut it. Audio
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Drone footage gives vital clues to glacier recovery teams
5:15 PM.A drone's shot footage just 25 feet above the crashed helicopter on the Fox Glacier, providing mapping vital for recovering the remaining bodies and the wreckage. Audio
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Restaurant spied on foreign workers
5:12 PM.Two restaurant workers who often did 70-plus hour weeks, were kept under surveillance by a camera hooked up to the owner's house, and given a tongue-lashing when he thought they were slacking off. Audio
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Andrew Little lobbies Canberra for better rights for NZers.
5:07 PM.Australia's Immigration Minister is refusing to budge on his policy of deporting New Zealand criminals, despite hearing today from Labour Party leaders from this country who made a firsthand plea for… Read more Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 25 November 2015
5:00 PM.Australia's Immigration Minister is refusing to budge on his policy of deporting New Zealand criminals, despite hearing today from Labour Party leaders from this country who made a firsthand plea for… Read more Audio