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Checkpoint for Monday 2 August 2010
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Waatea News for 2 August 2010
6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Venezuela increases security on border with Colombia
6:41 PM.To Latin America, where tensions are rising between Colombia and Venezuela. Our correspondent Daniel Schweimler has the details. Audio
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Principals claim standards training boycotts have support
6:38 PM.The government today announced more detail of how it plans to help schools raise student achievement in reading, writing and maths. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 2 August 2010
6:35 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Community rejects Black Saturday reports recommendations
6:29 PM.The future of Victoria's Emergency Services Commissioner is uncertain following the scathing final report into the Black Saturday bushfires. Joining us is Dr Lachlan Fraser who has had a clinic for… Read more Audio
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Access to Medicines Coalition welcomes Pharmac review
6:22 PM.The Access to Medicines Coalition group says a new review by the Government's drug-buying agency, Pharmac, is a step in the right direction. Audio
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Telecom confirms split to take part in broadband project
6:14 PM.Telecom says it will split in two, in a bid to take part in the Government's one-point-five billion dollar, ultra fast broadband plan. Audio
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Company directors can take comfort from Feltex Five verdict
6:06 PM.A lawyer specialising in company and securities law says today's Feltex Five verdict will give other company directors comfort. Audio
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Councils tighthen rules on size of lifestyle blocks
5:55 PM.A desire to retain the character of the countryside and ensure the productivity of farmland has some councils considering just how big lifestyle blocks should be. Audio
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Waatea News for 2 August 2010
5:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Bad council process to blame for costly consent delays
5:43 PM.Some councils and consultants warn that putting pressure on local authorities to fast-track resource consents could compromise the quality of decisions or result in more being rejected. Audio
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More advisors and more money for National Standards
5:38 PM.Primary schools struggling to implement the new national standards for reading writing and maths are to get more help in the form of 50 expert advisors costing 12 million dollars. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 2 August 2010
5:35 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Pakistan floods death toll exceeds 1100
5:29 PM.The death toll from Pakistan's worst floods in living memory has topped 11-hundred as water-borne diseases start to emerge and survivors seek refuge from raging torrents. Audio
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Renowned sportsman Eric Tindill dies at 99
5:25 PM.The man who was both the world's oldest surviving test cricketer, and the oldest surviving All Black, has died. Audio
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Evening Business News for 2 August 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Govt won't rule out guard involvement in Paremoremo knife find
5:18 PM.The Corrections Minister won't rule out the possibility that a prison guard gave murderer Graeme Burton the pocket knife found hidden in his cell. Audio
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RNZ's business editor dissects the Feltex ruling
5:13 PM.Joining us is our Business Editor Patrick O'Meara. Audio
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Not guilty verdicts for Feltex Five
5:08 PM.The directors of the collapsed company Feltex are furious that a case against them ever made it to court. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 2 August 2010
5:00 PM.Fury from five cleared Feltex Directors that a case against them ever made it to court. The Corrections Minister won't rule out the possibility a prisoners knife came from a guard and a sporting… Read more Audio