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Checkpoint for Friday 14 May 2010
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Checkpoint Choice for Friday 14 May 2010
5:00 PM.IPCA report on death of liquor store owner, Man found guilty of hit and run murder, Thai violence prompts NZ embassy closure, Tighter mine safety rules could have saved a life and Mixed reactions to… Read more Audio
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IPCA report on death of liquor store owner
5:08 PM.The police are denying they may have breached their duty of care to preserve life through a series of mistakes and blunders that delayed an ambulance getting to a mortally wounded South Auckland… Read more Audio
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Man found guilty of hit and run murder
5:14 PM.A man's been found guilty of murdering a woman in a hit and run during a botched bag snatch in South Auckland. Audio
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Thai violence prompts NZ embassy closure
5:16 PM.Violence in Bangkok has forced the New Zealand Embassy to close today. One person died and nine were wounded in clashes overnight in the business district, as the Red Shirt protesters continue their… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 14 May 2010
5:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Tighter mine safety rules could have saved a life
5:22 PM.A West Coast coroner says the Department of Labour waited too long to introduce new rules about safety in mines, and had restrictions been tighter at least one miner might still be alive. Audio
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Mixed reactions to SARU and NZRU apologies
5:25 PM.All Black legend Sir Colin Meads is welcoming as"about time"the decision to apologise to Maori rugby players discriminated against during South Africa's apartheid era. Audio
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Sports News for 14 May 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Report condemns delay in medical treatment of Navtej Singh
5:36 PM.The Independent Police Conduct Authority report on the response to the shooting of a south Auckland liquor storeowner condemns the police for a string of failures. Audio
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Singh family accept police apology
5:40 PM.A family spokesperson says the police apology has been accepted although it's disappointing deputy commissioner Rob Pope is rejecting the authority's finding that officers may have breached their duty… Read more Audio
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Whanganui police say body in ravine was badly decomposed
5:43 PM.The police investigating the disappearance of a Whanganui woman say the body they've found is badly decomposed, hindering identification. Audio
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Waatea News for 14 May 2010
5:44 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Oil company tries to limit its liabilities for leak
5:47 PM.One of the oil companies at the centre of the massive leak in the Gulf Of Mexico has gone to a US court to try to limit its liabilities. Audio
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Privacy Commission probes Google wireless data grab
5:50 PM.The Privacy Commissioner has contacted Google to find out how much information it has collected about household wireless devices. Audio
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Select committee told smoking should be banned
5:53 PM.A large coffin made out of cigarette packets has taken centre stage at a select committee hearing in Christchurch today. Audio
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More arrests over Times Square bomb plot
5:57 PM.The Times Square car bomb that failed to detonate earlier this month was at first thought to have been the work of one man. Audio
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Family believes police needed to act more quickly
6:08 PM.The family of a murdered liquor storeowner say he may have survived had the police acted more quickly. Audio
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Thai army threatens to use force to stop protesters
6:10 PM.The Thai army is now threatening to use force to stop the Red Shirt protesters from forming new checkpoints in Bangkok as violence grips the city once again. Audio
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Shane Bond retires from all cricket
6:17 PM.New Zealand cricket's lost its most potent pace bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee, with Shane Bond announcing his retirement. Audio
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Evening Business for 14 May 2010
6:20 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Police want immediate action to tackle teen drinking
6:24 PM.Police want something done immediately to tackle teen binge drinking. Audio
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500 Euro note withdrawn from sale in UK
6:27 PM.One of the most valuable everyday currency notes in the world, the 500 euro note, is being withdrawn from sale in the UK. Audio
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Sports News for 14 May 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 14 May 2010
6:36 PM.This week the Prime Minister ruled out giving back the Urewera National Park to Tuhoe as part of a Treaty of Waitangi settlement with the iwi. Audio
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Waatea News for 14 May 2010
6:53 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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First week of Ngapuhi hearings ends at Waitangi
6:57 PM.The first week of the Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the claims of the country's largest iwi, Ngapuhi, has ended at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands. Audio