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Checkpoint for Tuesday 1 March 2011
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Owner struggling to find out how his businesses are
6:53 PM.A Christchurch business owner says he's struggling to find out how his three clothing shops fared because they are in the cordoned off area near the Grand Chancellor Hotel. Audio
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Waatea News for 1 March 2011
6:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Tamihere's life after prison
6:45 PM.A first glimpse has been given into life after jail for the convicted double-murderer David Tamihere. Audio
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Boulder being auctioned for Chch appeal
6:40 PM.A huge boulder, being sold to raise money for the Christchurch earthquake appeal, is becoming an online auction sensation. Audio
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Schools in north and west hope to reopen next week
6:38 PM.The Ministry of Education says 19 schools in Christchurch city are wanting to reopen. Audio
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Farmers helping clean up contaminated silt
6:35 PM.Farmers helping clean up contaminated dust in Christchurch are being told to wear milking gloves when they eat because hand sanitisers don't kill all the germs in the silt. Audio
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Evening Sports News for 1 March 2011
6:33 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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Orion says most people will have power back on by Sunday
6:25 PM.About ten thousand households in the eastern part of Christchurch are being told it's still not clear when they'll get their power back on. Audio
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Evening Business News for 1 March 2011
6:21 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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Fire crew stop to take part in two minute silence
6:18 PM.Fire crews chose Christchurch's Nine-Eleven Memorial as the place to mark this afternoon's two minutes of silence. Audio
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Thousands gather at Parliament for two minutes silence.
6:15 PM.A large crowd gathered outside Parliament to pay their respects to the people of Christchurch after last week's 6-point-3 magnitude earthquake. Audio
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More banks expected to cut mortgage rates after quake
6:11 PM.The country's biggest bank has slashed fixed mortgage rates due to a fall in its own borrowing costs following the earthquake. Audio
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Latest update from our reporter at Civil defence briefing
6:07 PM.Search and Rescue specialists have now entered the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Christchurch's devastated central city. Audio
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Food distribution in Christchurch
5:57 PM.A week after the devastating earthquake many are still needing assistance to get essential provisions such as food and water. Audio
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Avonside residents getting desperate
5:53 PM.Some residents in Avonside say they've been forgotten in the wake of last week's aftershock. Audio
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Waatea News for 1 March 2011
5:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Consensus over Christchurch in danger of collapsing.
5:42 PM.The political consensus over the response to the Christchurch earthquake is in danger of collapsing. Audio
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Rescue work continues
5:37 PM.Our reporter Don Rood was inside the cordon with rescue workers for the two-minutes silence. Audio
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Team looking for missing person in Forsyth Barr building
5:33 PM.American search and rescue teams are continuing to work around the clock at the 17 storey Forsyth Barr building . Audio
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Evening Sports News for 1 March 2011
5:31 PM.An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio
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What was hiding under a statue in Cathedral Square
5:26 PM.Canterbury Museum says because of the earthquake it's likely to be weeks before they can open a sealed time capsule found under a statue brought down by the quake. Audio
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Petrol prices on the rise
5:22 PM.Petrol prices are going up but companies have decided to spare Christchurch. Audio
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Evening Business News for 1 March 2011
5:20 PM.The parent company of the failed booksellers Whitcoulls, Borders and Bennetts has collapsed with just under three million dollars in the bank. Audio
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Ten thousand properties to remain without power
5:17 PM.Around ten thousand properties in eastern Christchurch will remain without power until next week at the earliest. Audio
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Iconic bar and restaurant to be demolished
5:15 PM.The historic Carlton Bar and Restaurant on the corner of Bealy Ave and Papanui Road is being demolished. Audio
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Two minutes of silence for quake victims marked
5:10 PM.Church bells tolled around the country at exactly 12.51 this afternoon - one week on from the deadly Christchurch earthquake, which may have claimed as many as 240 lives. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 1 March 2011
5:00 PM.Church bells toll and thousands stand in silence to commemorate the Christchurch earthquake. Petrol prices go up, but the quake damaged city is spared and what was found under a statue in Cathedral… Read more Audio