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Checkpoint for Friday 17 December 2010
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Small minority bear brunt of crime
6:57 PM.A new survey has found the majority of people were not the victims of crime and felt safe in their communities. Audio
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Waatea News for 17 December 2010
6:55 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Focus on Politics for 17 December 2010
6:46 PM.The National Party ends the year with its lead in the opinion polls looking as strong as ever. Audio
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Sports News for 17 December 2010
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 17 December 2010
6:22 PM.Fisher and Paykel Appliances has cut its earnings forecast because of deteriorating trading conditions. Audio
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SPARC holds funding for swimming and canoe racing
6:18 PM.Acrimony and in-fighting within top-level swimming and canoe racing have put their Olympic campaigns in jeopardy. Audio
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consumer group calls for more product safety testing
6:15 PM.The Consumer lobby group says New Zealand needs to a better job of making sure toys and other products are safe and non toxic. Audio
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Former Marist brother jailed over sexual assaults on pupils
6:12 PM.A former Marist brother is tonight beginning a jail sentence, having earlier being found guilty of molesting two boys while he was teaching at a Catholic boarding school. Audio
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Figures expose worst industry training organisations
5:49 PM.The worst performers among the country's 38 industry training organisations have been revealed. Audio
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Waatea News for 17 December 2010
5:46 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Avian diptheria hits Yellow Penguin breeding sites
5:43 PM.An outbreak of avian diptheria has hit five breeding sites of the endangered Yellowed-eye Penguin at the southern end of the Otago Peninsula, killing more than 30 chicks. Audio
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PSA says health ministry restructuring is cruel
5:36 PM.Job losses at the Ministry of Health are being described by the union the PSA as one of the cruellest restructurings in the public service. Audio
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Sports News for 17 December 2010
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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owners of Chums Beach proposing to put beach in public hands
5:24 PM.The owners of a pristine Coromandel beach are proposing to put the beach in public hands to protect it from development. Audio
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Evening Business for 17 December 2010
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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275 jobs lost this week, with more feared to come
5:18 PM.Two hundred and seventy-five people have lost their jobs this week, and there are fears the timber industry could suffer further lay offs. Audio
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The CEO of Swimming NZ reacts to SPARC move
5:15 PM.The chief executive of Swimming New Zealand, Mike Byrne. Audio
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Sparc witholds money from swimming and canoe racing
5:10 PM.The sports funder SPARC says the Olympic campaigns for swimming and canoe racing are under threat and its withholding hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding until strife with management is sorted… Read more Audio
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Orders were disobeyed and rules broken in police pursuit
5:07 PM.Police disobeyed orders and broke the rules during a chaotic chase in Auckland in which one officer was seriously injured. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 17 December 2010
5:00 PM.Orders were disobeyed and rules broken in chaotic police pursuit. Sparc witholds money from swimming and canoe racing. The CEO of Swimming NZ reacts to SPARC move. 275 jobs lost this week, with more… Read more Audio