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Checkpoint for Thursday 17 February 2011
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Waatea News for 17 February 2011
6:47 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Calls for Iran's anti-government protest leaders' execution
6:43 PM.Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, says anti-government protests are"going nowhere"and has vowed to punish their organisers. Audio
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Sports News for 17 February 2011
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Temporary liquor ban begins in Ilam
6:29 PM.A temporary liquor ban has been introduced on the streets around Canterbury University - just in time for orientation week. Audio
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Principal hopes for meeting between bullies and victim
6:28 PM.The Principal of a school where a girl was badly assaulted says he hopes there will be a restorative meeting between the victim and the attackers. Audio
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Cavers find new system after taking shelter from a storm
6:24 PM.New caves on Nelson's Mt Arthur have been discovered by complete accident. A team of cavers were planning to explore the Ellis Basin system in Kahurangi National Park, but a big storm forced them to… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 17 February 2011
6:21 PM.Vector has joined Telecom as preferred bidders to build an ultra fast broadband network in Auckland, throwing open the race for the prized region. Audio
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Minister says the government won't foot bill
6:11 PM.The health minister says the government won't be paying the multi-million dollar bill from a Court of Appeal decision that people on sleepover shifts must be paid the minimum wage. Audio
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Lawyer: teen driver had probably previously drunk driven
6:09 PM.The lawyer for a 17-year-old driver convicted of manslaughter says it's probably not the first time the teenager and her friends had driven home drunk from a party. Audio
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Doctor's cancer experience centrepiece of symposium
5:55 PM.A cancer doctor who's receiving end of life care for cancer has taken centre stage at the Otago University Inaugural International Cancer Symposium. Audio
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IDEA services responds to Court of Appeal decision
5:52 PM.The Court of Appeal has decided that IHC support staff who do sleepover shifts should be paid for every hour spent at residential homes. Audio
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Waatea News for 17 February 2011
5:49 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Reaction to IPCA child abuse report
5:42 PM.An unprecedented inquiry into police failures to properly investigate hundreds of child abuse cases has revealed that over two days in September 2006 Wairarapa officers closed 33 cases by either… Read more Audio
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Blue Chip investors happy with arrest warrant
5:40 PM.Some victims of the failed property investment company Blue Chip say they're glad an arrest warrant has been issued for the company's founder. Audio
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Petrol prices surpass $2 a litre
5:36 PM.For the first time in more than two years petrol prices have passed the two-dollar-a-litre mark. Audio
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Sports News for 17 February 2011
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Pair jailed for ordering beating which turned fatal
5:25 PM.A brother and sister are tonight beginning jail sentences after they admitted paying a Mongrel Mob member to beat Raymond Piper, in what turned into a fatal attack in May 2010. Audio
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Evening Business for 17 February 2011
5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Credit ratings of Australian-owned banks could be downgraded
5:16 PM.Banking analysts fear the credit ratings of New Zealand's Australian-owned banks could be downgraded leading to higher mortgage rates. Audio
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IPCA's second report into child abuse cases released
5:08 PM.An unprecedented inquiry into police failures to properly investigate hundreds of child abuse cases has revealed that over two days in September 2006 Wairarapa officers closed 33 cases by either… Read more Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 17 February 2011
5:00 PM.IPCA's second report into child abuse cases released, Credit ratings of Australian-owned banks could be downgraded, Minister says the government won't foot bill, Lawyer: teen driver had probably… Read more Audio