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Checkpoint for Monday 3 August 2009
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Ministerial housing rules to be reviewed
5:07 PM.The Prime Minister, John Key has announced a review of how much money taxpayers should give Government Ministers to pay their mortgage and rent in Wellington. Audio
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Woman jogger attacked by eight pig dogs
5:15 PM.A 36 year old Putaruru woman out jogging on a rural road near Arapuni has been viciously mauled by eight pig dogs. Audio
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Councils reluctant to release lists of potentially toxic sites
5:17 PM.Regional councils fear property prices could be compromised, and land owners will panic unnecessarily if they are made to release lists of potentially contaminated sites. Audio
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Local Government NZ spokesman on toxic sites
5:20 PM.Stephen Cairns is Local Government New Zealand's environment spokesperson, and the chair of the Otago Regional Council. Audio
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Evening Business News for 3 August 2009
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Gisborne sawmill will now remain open
5:26 PM.A Gisborne wood processing company has reversed a decision to close its Prime sawmill saving twenty jobs. Audio
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Evening sports news
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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PM insists youth job package will deliver
5:36 PM.The Prime Minister insists his Government's programme to help unemployed young people will create real jobs. Audio
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Field jury facing difficulty
5:40 PM.The jury in the Taito Phillip Field trial has indicated it's having trouble reaching unanimous decisions. Audio
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Rescuers say locals ignore risks of back country skiing
5:43 PM.A rescuer who searched frantically for a man killed in an avalanche says it's locals who are ignoring the risks of back country skiing and snowboarding. Audio
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Waatea news
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Truckie in court over police officer's death
5:50 PM.Video of a police interview with the truck driver accused of causing the death of a high ranking police officer has been shown in the Lower Hutt District Court. Audio
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Auckland school fights cuts to special needs funding
5:53 PM.An Auckland primary school is fighting government funding cuts that it says will be disastrous for some of the most seriously disabled students around the country. Audio
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Christchurch patients to get comic relief
5:57 PM.A Christchurch based doctor is planning to"send in the clowns"to local hospitals in the hope that humour will aid the healing process. Audio
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Greens want national register of potentially toxic sites
6:07 PM.Regional councils fear the privacy of landowners could be breached and property prices compromised if councils are made to release lists of potentially contaminated sites. Audio
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Compensation for woman given the boot over guide dog
6:13 PM.A blind woman has won eight thousand dollars compensation after being kicked out of her holiday accommodation because she had a guide dog. Audio
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Former Australian diplomat in child sex ring
6:17 PM.An Australian journalist is claiming that the Australian Trade Commission knew that one of its senior diplomats was being investigated over child sex allegations yet turned a blind eye and let him… Read more Audio
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Evening Business News for 3 August 2009
6:22 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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Christchurch councillor speaks out against rubbish deal
6:24 PM.The Christchurch City Council has announced its buying the assets of the company which processes the city's rubbish and owns the tips. Audio
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US recession may not be over
6:28 PM.A Nobel prize winning economist is warning that it's premature to declare an end to the US recession. Audio
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Evening sports news
6:34 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Ministerial housing rules - Labour comments
6:37 PM.Nobody from National would speak to Checkpoint tonight, with us now is Labour's senior whip Darren Hughes Audio
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Breakthrough in fight against breast cancer
6:41 PM.Australian scientists say they've had a breakthrough in fighting one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer. Audio
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British military operations in Afghanistan under fire
6:44 PM.Fifty members of parliament in Britain have suggested that British military operations in Afghanistan have been undermined by poor planning and a lack of clear direction. Audio
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Waatea news
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Irans president gets official stamp
6:49 PM.Nearly two months since he was controversially re-elected as president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad is about to receive the endorsement of the country's supreme leader. Audio
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WHO says Pacific nations have responded well to swine flu
6:51 PM.The World Health Organisation says Pacific nations have responded well to the swine flu virus and are coping with the pandemic. Audio
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Cuban President says country will remain communist
6:54 PM.President Raul Castro has declared he will never change the country's communist system to make peace with the United States. Audio
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Church issues warning over internet and texting
6:58 PM.The head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has warned that social networking websites, texting and e-mails are undermining community life. Audio