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Checkpoint for Monday 13 September 2010
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Waatea News for 13 September 2010
6:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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The latest stories from Latin America
6:40 PM.Ninety-five farm workers have been rescued from slave-like conditions by authorities in Brazil. Our Latin America correspondent Daniel Schweimler has the latest on this and other stories from the… Read more Audio
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Auckland mayoral candidates clash over transport
6:37 PM.The leading contenders for Auckland's mayoralty have clashed over how to pay for new transport projects and how to boost poorer communities. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 13 September 2010
6:34 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Mother of dead officer left out of will
6:24 PM.The mother of slain policeman, Sergeant Don Wilkinson, has got nothing from her son's two-million-dollar estate because he failed to name her in a will he drew up 25-years ago. Audio
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Evening Business News for 13 September 2010
6:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Economists predict surge in food prices
6:18 PM.The cost of food has fallen for the first time in three months. Audio
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Grants to be available to those forced out of their homes
6:11 PM.Emergency grants will be available from tomorrow for Christchurch residents who are no longer able to live in their homes because of earthquake damage. Audio
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Commonwealth Games team still deciding on Delhi
6:07 PM.The New Zealand Commonwealth Games team is considering pulling out of competition in India next month if it can't be assured security dangers can be managed. Audio
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School children return to class in Canterbury
5:53 PM.Thousands of school children in Canterbury went back to school today, for the first time since the earthquake nine days ago. Audio
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Council hopes to have building assessments completed tomorrow
5:49 PM.Teams of building inspectors are busy re-assessing homes in the region worst hit by the earthquake and its continuing aftershocks. Audio
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Waatea News for 13 September 2010
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Treasury expects earthquake rebuilding to lift economic growth.
5:43 PM.The Treasury expects rebuilding after the Canterbury earthquake will help economic growth next year and put upward pressure on inflation. Audio
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Deal reached today between senior doctors and health boards
5:39 PM.There's been a deal reached today between senior doctors and district health boards. Audio
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A Commonwealth competitor talks about the security risk
5:35 PM.One of the country's most successful Commonwealth Games competitors hopes a threat to pull the New Zealand team from next month's competition in Delhi is nothing more than a publicity stunt. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 13 September 2010
5:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Teams work to clear State Highway 1 slip
5:27 PM.Teams of people and machinery will be working under spotlights tonight to to clear a massive landslip blocking the rail line and State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura. Audio
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Inquiry ordered into SIS role in granting security clearance
5:24 PM.The role of the Security Intelligence Service in granting security clearance to a former defence official will come under scrutiny in an urgent investigation ordered by the Prime Minister. Audio
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Evening Business News for 13 September 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Quake could delay local body election ballot papers
5:19 PM.About half of the country's local body election postal ballot papers could be delayed and some even lost because of the Canterbury quake. Audio
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Demand outstripping supply of rental accomodation
5:16 PM.There's huge demand for rental properties in Canterbury with over 2000 residential homes currently uninhabitable because of the earthquake. Audio
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Cabinet signs off on legislation to help quake reconstruction
5:13 PM.The Cabinet today signed off on emergency legislation to fast track reconstruction in Canterbury. Audio
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NZ considers pulling out of the Commonwealth Games
5:08 PM.New Zealand's participation in next month's Commonwealth Games is in doubt tonight with the team's officials threatening to pull out unless they are assured the athletes will be safe. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 13 September 2010
5:00 PM.New Zealand considers pulling out of the Commonwealth games, moves to rebuild Canterbury are fast tracked and an urgent investigation into the top official, the fake CV, and the security clearance. Audio