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Checkpoint for Tuesday 20 July 2010
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A link between workplace hygiene and absenteeism
6:56 PM.Next time your colleague offers you a cup of coffee, you might want to think twice before accepting. Audio
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Photos reveal how fast Mount Everest's glaciers are melting
6:50 PM.New photos of a Mount Everest glacier reveal it's retreating at an alarming rate when compared with photos taken in the same place, more than 80 years ago. Audio
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Waatea News for 20 July 2010
6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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New Child Youth and Family facilities
6:40 PM.The first guest will arrive tonight at Child Youth and Family's new home for some of the country's most at risk teenagers. Audio
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Reaction to Govt's mining decision
6:36 PM.The Coromandel Watchdog Group says it's still wary about any expansion of mining despite the government's change of heart about opening up the most protected conservaton land to the industry. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 20 July 2010
6:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Commonwealth report has mixed findings into NZ health system
6:25 PM.Cost is stopping a significant number of low-income New Zealanders from seeing a doctor or dentist, according to a private health research group Audio
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Evening Business News for 20 July 2010
6:21 PM.A multi-million dollar Chinese investment in a Canterbury dairy firm, is being seen, as yet more evidence of New Zealand's stagnant capital market. Audio
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Inmate with Parkinson's a candidate for three strikes law
6:10 PM.The lawyer for an elderly remand prisoner with Parkinson's disease and possible dementia says his client's illnesses could see him jailed for years under the three strikes rule. Audio
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Changes to arts funding
5:57 PM.Millions of dollars in arts funding is up for grabs with Creative New Zealand announcing a major shake up of the sector. Audio
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Washington Post labels the US intelligence community as chaotic
5:52 PM.A two year investigation by the Washington Post describes the United States intelligence community as bloated and chaotic. Audio
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Turners and Growers attempt to break Kiwifruit monopoly
5:49 PM.A legal bid by a fresh produce company to stop Zespri's monopoly of the kiwifruit industry is being heard in the High Court in Auckland. Audio
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Waatea News for 20 July 2010
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Cyber criminals change luring tactics
5:43 PM.An internet security firm says cyber criminals are changing their tactics, and using major global news stories to try to entrap consumers. Audio
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Opposition target Key over "humiliating" mining backdown
5:38 PM.Opposition parties are labelling the Government's backdown over mining on protected conservation land a humiliation for National and the Prime Minister. Audio
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West Coast miners disappointed
5:35 PM.The West Coast mining industry group says there would have been further exploration of former Timberlands forestry blocks if the Government hadn't backtracked over Schedule Four land. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 20 July 2010
5:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Lawyer- 3 strikes rule means client could face a long jail term
5:25 PM.The lawyer for an elderly remand prisoner with Parkinson's disease and possible dementia says his client's illnesses could see him jailed for years under the three strikes rule. Audio
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Evening Business News for 20 July 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Fiery session in Parliament over changes to labour laws
5:19 PM.Voices were raised in Parliament this afternoon as political parties took the Government to task over it new industrial relations rules. Audio
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The reasons behind the mining backdown
5:13 PM.Our political reporter, Julian Robins, is with us. Audio
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No land to be removed from Schedule 4
5:08 PM.A humiliating backdown or listening to the public - either way the Government has dropped its controversial plan to open up the most protected conservation land to mining. Audio
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Checkpoint Choice for Tuesday 20 July 2010
5:00 PM.A humiliating backdown on mining or was it taking on board public opinion? New labour laws come under fire in Parliament and should the 3 strikes rule be used against a sick elderly prisoner? Audio