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Checkpoint for Tuesday 27 July 2010
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Dietitians pan Shortland Street cancer advice
6:57 PM.The soap opera Shortland Street is being accused of giving out unproven and dangerous dietary advice - but the producers are standing by their storyline. Audio
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Infringement offences for lower blood alcohol levels
6:54 PM.A lawyer specialising in drink driving cases says those who are caught with a blood alcohol level above 0.05, but still below the legal limit, should be punished. Audio
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Mayoral group wants communities help to find youth jobs
6:48 PM.The country's mayors are calling on local communities to get more involved in a scheme they set up specifically to find jobs for young people. Audio
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Waatea News for 27 July 2010
6:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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School to pay more than 135 thousand boiler-room explosion
6:41 PM.An Auckland school has been ordered to pay more than 81,000 dollars in reparations to the family of a man who died in a boiler room explosion. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 27 July 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Small food exporters check out giant Chinese market
6:27 PM.A Taranaki seafood exporter hopes a trip to investigate business opportunities in China will almost double the amount of fish processed through his chillers. Audio
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Sir Don McKinnon on new Auckland Museum role
6:22 PM.The Auckland War Memorial Museum is taking on new staff and setting new priorites to bolster its academic and research resources. Audio
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Evening Business News for 27 July 2010
6:19 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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Crisis housing under pressure
6:16 PM.Housing New Zealand documents show crisis housing services are being over-whelmed, with one saying they have to turn away twenty people for every one they can help. Audio
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Queenstown airport rated as 'critically deficient' by pilots
6:06 PM.Civil Aivation has confirmed that a Pacific Blue flight out of Queenstown with 65 passengers and 6 crew on board did breach the rules about flying after dark. Audio
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Australia's AA says lower blood-alcohol lowers death toll
5:54 PM.In most Australian states and territories it is illegal to drive with a blood-alcohol level above the rejected point-zero-five level and there have even been calls to reduce it to point-zero-two in… Read more Audio
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Govt says drink drive limit research specific to NZ needed
5:50 PM.The Government has acknowledged there is plenty of research about how many lives could be saved by lowering the drink driving limit, but it says there's not enough that specifically relates to New… Read more Audio
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Waatea News for 27 July 2010
5:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Call for review of flight training industry after fatal crash
5:43 PM.There are calls for a review of the flight training industry, after a mid air collision near Fielding claimed the life of flying instructor Jess Neeson and her 64-year-old student Patricia Smallman. Audio
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Australian deciding to take action on Wikileaks
5:36 PM.An Australian taskforce has been set up to sift through the thousands of classified military records of activity in Afghanistan. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 27 July 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Baby in critical condition with"non-accidental"injuries
5:28 PM.The police have named a man they're hunting in connection with life threatening injuries inflicted on a 6-month-old baby. Audio
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Wreckage removed from plane crash scene
5:25 PM.Investigators trying to establish why two small planes collided near Fielding yesterday, have now left the scene of the crash. Audio
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Evening Business News for 27 July 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Nats signal no softening on land sales to foreigners.
5:19 PM.The National-led Government has signalled it is not likely to relax foreign investment rules amid fears that too much land could fall into foreign hands. Audio
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How the foreign student industry operates
5:17 PM.Our education correspondent John Gerritsen is with us. Audio
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Immigration reviewing 200 foreign student visas for poss fraud
5:13 PM.Immigration is reviewing the visas of 200 foreign students after the police charged two men with immigration fraud. Audio
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Our reporter in Queenstown
5:11 PM.Pacific Blue has issued a statement saying that the flight took off from Queenstown Airport about 26 minutes before evening twilight - just outside the minimum 30 minutes required. Audio
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CAA says Pacific Blue flight breached rules
5:07 PM.Civil Aivation has confirmed that a Pacific Blue flight out of Queenstown with 65 passengers and 6 crew on board did breach the rules about flying after dark. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 27 July 2010
5:00 PM.Civil Aviation confirms a flight out of Queenstown did breach the rules, 200 foreign students are caught up in a suspected immigration fraud and calls for a review of the flight training industry. Audio