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Checkpoint for Friday 15 October 2010
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Waatea News for 15 October 2010
6:55 PM.The latest from the Waatea Team. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 15 October 2010
6:38 PM.Just days after ejecting long serving MP Chris Carter from the party, Labour holds its annual conference in Auckland over the weekend. It's meant to be an opportunity to signal new policy directions… Read more Audio
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Sports news for 15 October 2010
6:33 PM.The Latest from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Evening Business News for 15 October 2010
6:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Swine Flu: Marked risk for patients aged between 15 and 49
6:15 PM.The head of a group that studied deaths in New Zealand from swine flu last year says there was a marked risk for patients aged between 15 and 49. Audio
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Lessons for Wellington from the Canterbury quake
6:13 PM.The head of an international team of engineers who design for disasters says Wellington should look closely at the lessons from the Canterbury earthquake. Audio
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Goff forced to defend position on whether police bear arms
6:11 PM.The Labour Party leader, Phil Goff, came up against opposition from the thin blue line today, when he told police he wants more evidence that arming them is the right thing to do. Audio
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An Uncle of the Kahui twins has been accused of lying tp Police
6:07 PM.An Uncle of the Kahui twins has been accused of purposely lying to the police to cover up what their mother, Macsyna King, had done the night before the babies were admitted to hospital. Audio
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David Cunliffe on South Canterbury Finance documents
5:49 PM.Newly-released documents about the demise of South Canterbury Finance show the company was considered a failure risk for a year before it went under. Audio
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Waatea News for 15 October 2010
5:48 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Commonwealth Games future questioned despite Delhi success
5:46 PM.The future of the Commonwealth Games remains open to debate despite the success of the event in Delhi. Audio
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Labour party conference soon after Carter kicked out of party
5:43 PM.Just days after the Labour Party kicked out long serving Te Atatu MP Chris Carter, it is holding its annual conference in Auckland over the weekend. Audio
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Owners of quake damaged houses waiting for a phone call
5:37 PM.Canterbury landowners whose homes were badly damaged will find out next week if their properties can be saved. Audio
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Sports News for 15 October 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Exhausted but elated Silver Ferns side on their way home
5:26 PM.An exhausted but elated Silver Ferns netball side is on its way home after its gold medal heroics last night at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Audio
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Lawyer says Ngapuhi sovereignty hearing too short
5:23 PM.A lawyer at the Waitangi Tribunal's four week hearing on Ngapuhi sovereignty says the iwi hasn't been given enough time to present its arguments and may take court action to get the case heard all… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 15 October 2010
5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Swimming silver medalist sent home early for drinking
5:18 PM.There could be more punishment in store for backstroke silver medalist Daniel Bell who was sent home early from the Commonwealth Games for breaking a ban on drinking. Audio
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Fletcher wins NZ's largest ever building contract
5:15 PM.Fletcher Construction has won the largest building contract in New Zealand history to repair half of the Canterbury homes damaged in last month's earthquake. Audio
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Two bodies and helicopter found in Bluff Harbour
5:12 PM.Police divers are recovering a body from a missing helicopter that was found crashed in Bluff harbour today. Audio
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Government Knew of South Canterbury's Failure Risk
5:08 PM.Hundreds of documents released today by Treasury about the demise of South Canterbury Finance show the company was considered a failure risk for a year before it went under. Audio
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Checkpoint Choice for Friday 15 October 2010
5:00 PM.Two bodies and helicopter found in Bluff Harbour, Fletcher wins NZ's largest ever building contract, Swimming silver medalist sent home early for drinking, Latest Business News, Lawyer says Ngapuhi… Read more Audio