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Checkpoint for Tuesday 17 May 2011
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 17 May 2011
5:00 PM.The row over retrieving Pike River remains escalates, Fiji moves to extradite its top ranking military fugitive and will Ngapuhi's most famous kuia be banned from Waitangi for her outrageous rudeness… Read more Audio
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Mines rescuers reject having quick look at Pike River
5:07 PM.The Pike River families are not taking no for an answer. Audio
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Fiji sends extradition papers to Tonga
5:13 PM.Fiji's Solicitor General won't say what the military regime might do if Tonga refuses to extradite a top ranking officer who fled the country after being charged with sedition. Audio
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PM rejects accusations on KiwiSaver.
5:18 PM.The Prime Minister has rejected accusations the National-led Government will break its pre-election promise by cutting KiwiSaver tax incentives in this Thursday's Budget. Audio
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Evening Business for 17 May 2011
5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Waitange Marae considers ban on Titiewhai Harawira
5:25 PM.The trustees of the Waitangi marae say they may have to ban Ngapuhi's most famous kuia - Titewhai Harawira - because of her outrageous rudeness to guests. Audio
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Sports News for 17 May 2011
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Families of quake victims seek more info at inquest
5:35 PM.Families of some victims of the February earthquake have sought answers about their deaths at a coronial inquest today. Audio
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Two men with NZ family in murder-suicide
5:41 PM.Two men with family in New Zealand are among four people dead in a murder suicide on Australia's Gold Coast. Audio
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Major spike in effluent system non-compliance
5:44 PM.A sudden spike in effluent pollution on Southland dairy farms has been called a big set back for the industry by Dairy NZ. Audio
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Waatea News for 17 May 2011
5:46 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Fiji human rights activist wants transparency from government
5:54 PM.Fiji has now sent Tonga a formal application requesting the extradition of Colonel Tevita Mara who is accused of fleeing the country to escape sedition charges. Audio
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SPCA inundated with dogs
5:58 PM.The SPCA is being inudated with dogs given up by families who are struggling financially. Audio
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Too risky for quick reconnaissance at Pike - rescuers
6:07 PM.Mine rescuers insist it's too dangerous to do a quick look down the Pike River Mine in the hope of recovering bodies. Audio
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NZ will continue its hands-off approach towards Fiji and Tonga
6:09 PM.The New Zealand Government is staying out of the dispute between Fiji and Tonga, a position which has broad political support. Audio
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Latest moves to extradite Fiji's top ranking military fugative
6:12 PM.Our correspondent Philippa Tolley is with us from Suva. Audio
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Evening Business for 17 May 2011
6:20 PM.The utilities investor Infratil has lifted its profit by a quarter. The company made a profit of 120 million dollars in the year to the end of March, an increase of 26 percent on the previous year. Audio
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Payback may force industry trainers to close
6:24 PM.Training agencies for on the job workers are having to pay back millions of dollars, and that may force some of them to shut down. Audio
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Sports News for 17 May 2011
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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First full look at how quake has hit waterways
6:35 PM.Sewage and trade waste continue pouring into Christchurch's rivers and estuary, and the actual scale of the pollution could soon be known. Audio
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A new push to sell Soho Square in Auckland
6:39 PM.A new push has begun to try to finally sell one of the biggest and most vexatious holes in the ground in Auckland. Audio
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Waatea News for 17 May 2011
6:45 PM.News from the Waatea team. Audio
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Alarming increase in effluent breaches in Southland
6:48 PM.Almost half of the Southland dairy farms inspected by the regional council during the past two weeks are in serious breach of managing their polluting effluent. Audio
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Fight for a Bay of Plenty school goes to Parliament
6:57 PM.Three hundred people gathered at Parliament today, to fight for the future of an eastern Bay of Plenty school. Audio