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Checkpoint for Wednesday 20 April 2011
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Music lessons launched to prevent crime
6:56 PM.A programme aimed at keeping children clear of crime by teaching discipline through music has been launched in South Auckland. Audio
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Divers return to Bikini Atoll
6:53 PM.Diving enthusiasts will be able to explore Bikini Atoll's renowned lagoon once again with the help of an Australian entrepreneur. Audio
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Ticketing system likely to spread
6:50 PM.It's being suggested a single smartcard could eventually be used on public transport nationwide. Audio
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Most schools ignore request for national standards targets
6:48 PM.Most primary and intermediate schools have ignored a Ministry of Education request to supply their targets for student achievement by the start of this school year. Audio
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Waatea News for 20 April 2011
6:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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EU backing Cook Islands' push for aid changes
6:43 PM.The Cook Islands' acting finance secretary says the European Union is backing a government push to have donor aid put straight into the general budget. Audio
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Hundreds attend oil protests nationwide
6:39 PM.Hundreds of people across the country have turned out to protest against the exploration for oil off the East Cape, one year to the day since the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. Audio
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Britain warned about being dragged into a civil war in Libya
6:36 PM.Britain is being warned off taking sides in a civil war after confirming it is sending a military team to advise rebels in Libya. Audio
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Sports News for 20 April 2011
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Accommodation options in Christchurch improving
6:26 PM.Housing New Zealand has completed repairs on the most badly damaged state houses, and work is about to begin on the temporary housing. Audio
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Evening Business for 20 April 2011
6:20 PM.In an abrupt change of mind, the chairman of Turners and Growers, Tony Gibbs, has quit, after earlier saying he would leave at the company's annual meeting in two months time. Audio
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New rural broadband contract signed
6:17 PM.Telecom and Vodafone plan to build 154 new cellphone towers and upgrade 380 others after winning the contract to upgrade rural broadband. Audio
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The danger of on-line scams
6:13 PM.A former deputy chief executive of the Maori Language Commission, Sharon Armstrong, has been detained in Argentina accused of trying to board a plane with a suitcase containing five kilograms of… Read more Audio
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23 job losses as Nelson rest home closes
5:55 PM.Elderly and ill people evacuated from Christchurch to Nelson after the February earthquake are having to move for a second time, following the sudden closure of a rest home in Nelson. Audio
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Alcohol Action criticises Coroner's recommendations
5:52 PM.An anti-alcohol campaign group is criticising a coroner's recommendations following the death of a King's College student who drank himself to death. Audio
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Waatea News for 20 April 2011
5:50 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Will the Breakers make sporting history?
5:47 PM.The Breakers basketball team are just under an hour away from their bid to make New Zealand sporting history. Audio
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Gil Elliott on victim support changes
5:45 PM.More now on the plans to boost the rights of victims of crime. Audio
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Local heroes acknowledged in Kaiapoi
5:42 PM.Several earthquake volunteers, including those who helped deliver more than 400 tonnes of food to hard hit suburbs, have been recognised at a ceremony in the Canterbury town of Kaiapoi. Audio
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CYFs apologises for documents found in car
5:39 PM.Child, Youth, and Family is apologising after confidential documents were found in one of its cars sold at an Auckland auction yard. Audio
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Sports News for 20 April 2011
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Govt announces victim support changes
5:26 PM.Victims of crime will soon have greater rights as part of a slew of changes announced by the Government today. Audio
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Evening Business for 20 April 2011
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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PM's use of Iroquois labelled disgraceful and extravagant
5:18 PM.The Prime Minister's use of an airforce helicopter to get him to social events in Auckland and Hamilton has been labelled disgraceful and extravagant. Audio
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Family dumbfounded at drugs arrest in Argentina
5:15 PM.The family of a New Zealand woman arrested over drug trafficking in Argentina are struggling to come to terms with what's happened. Audio
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Lawyer says there will be an appeal
5:12 PM.Ron Mansfield is the lawyer representing Neshanderan Rajgopaul. He says within the next week they will appeal both the conviction and today's sentence, on the grounds it is excessive. Audio
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Man who tried to murder police officer sentenced to 18 years
5:08 PM.A man who attempted to murder a police officer and who was today jailed for 18 years plans to appeal because, his lawyer says, it was not the most serious crime of its kind. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 20 April 2011
5:00 PM.Man who tried to murder police officer sentenced to 18 years' jail, Lawyer says there will be an appeal. Family dumbfounded at drugs arrest in Argentina. PM's use of Iroquois labelled disgraceful and… Read more Audio