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Checkpoint for Monday 11 October 2010
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Waatea News for 11 October 2010
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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First of Chilean miners should be freed within days
6:35 PM.In Chile, rescuers have reinforced a six hundred and 25 metre-deep escape shaft drilled to reach 33 miners who've been trapped underground for two months - and expect to start bringing the men to the… Read more Audio
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Evening Sports News for 11 October 2010
6:32 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Afghanistan struggling with mental health
6:24 PM.Afghanistan's public health minister says the country is struggling to fight the mental health problems which affect almost two thirds of the population. Audio
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Evening Business News for 11 October 2010
6:21 PM.From July next year, investors can expect to pay their advisor a fee for service, rather than a commission, when they put money into an AMP investment product. Audio
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A year's supply of contraceptive runs out in a month
6:18 PM.Hundreds of women are being forced to wait for long-term contraception after a year's supply was used up in one month. Audio
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HBDHB member says STV system confusing for community
6:14 PM.Listening to that is the current member, and the former Chair of the Hawke's Bay District Health Board, Kevin Atkinson. Audio
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Not as many invalid votes in this year's local body elections.
6:11 PM.Initial reports suggest fewer invalid votes were cast in this year's local body elections, but that there is still confusion over the two voting systems being used. Audio
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Mayor on pull out of Great South Basin Oil Exploration
6:06 PM.Three years ago Southland was preparing itself for a possible multi-billion dollar oil boom, but today two companies have pulled out of a joint oil exploration venture in the Great South Basin. Audio
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Councillors turn attention to how council will run
5:53 PM.Negotiations are under way between the Auckland super mayor-elect, Len Brown, and the transition agency over how the new council, which comes into effect on November 1st, will be shaped. Audio
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Defence says killing was not deliberate
5:51 PM.The defence in the trial of a Waikato horse breeder accused of murdering his wife has told a jury that the killing was not deliberate. Audio
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Reductil withdrawn from sale
5:48 PM.A popular weight loss drug has been withdrawn from sale because it increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Audio
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Waatea News for 11 October 2010
5:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Pay for land later under new affordable housing scheme
5:39 PM.Buy or build now, and pay for the land later. Audio
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Chris Carter before Labour's ruling council
5:36 PM.The former Labour MP Chris Carter is appearing before the party's ruling council to fight attempts to have him ejected from the party. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 11 October 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Numbers of ACC recipients moved to welfare benefits soars
5:26 PM.The Green party is accusing the government of betraying accident compensation recipients by shifting them off ACC and onto cheaper welfare benefits. Audio
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Calls for DHB voting system to be changed
5:22 PM.One of the high polling candidates in the district health board elections says it's time to change the voting system. Audio
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Evening Business News for 11 October 2010
5:19 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Todd Energy and Exxon Mobil give up on Great South Basin
5:14 PM.Two companies have pulled out of a major oil exploration project, that had Southland preparing for a multi-billion dollar oil boom only three years ago. Audio
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Retail figures a"bit of a surprise"- economist
5:10 PM.Retail spending has jumped, as people left it to the last minute to beat this month's rise in the goods and services tax. Audio
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Coroner tells Kahui he doesn't know what to believe
5:07 PM.Coroner Garry Evans has asked Chris Kahui to give straight answers regarding the death of his three month old twin sons. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 11 October 2010
5:00 PM.A coronor demands straight answers from Chris Kahui. Retail spending figures show a pre GST hike spike and Chris Carter's last ditch bid to stay with Labour. Audio