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Checkpoint for Friday 16 September 2011
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Te Manu Korihi News for 16 September 2011
6:53 PM.Northland Health says it will be calling on Maori Health workers around the region to help with a vaccination programme against meningitis; The Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell, says a Supreme Court… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 16 September 2011
6:38 PM.Our Political Editor Brent Edwards looks at the political ramifications of a successful or otherwise Rugby World Cup. Audio
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Sports News for 16 September 2011
6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Second waka launched in Wellington
6:27 PM.Wellington waterfront's new wharewaka, or canoe house, is now home to a pair of ceremonial waka. Audio
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Smaller and well contained crowd at fanzone
6:25 PM.Our reporter Briony Sowden was one of thousands caught up in last week's downtown transport delays and joins us now from the fanzone at Queens Wharf. Audio
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Evening Business for 16 September 2011
6:22 PM.The Warehouse plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars revamping its Red Sheds, admitting they're substandard and staff morale is low. Audio
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Canterbury DHB facing over $70-Million in repairs
6:19 PM.The Canterbury District Health Board is facing a bill in excess of $70-million to repair earthquake damage to more than seven and a half thousand rooms in two of its hospitals. Audio
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Green Party says Govt trying to rubber stamp transmission gully
6:14 PM.The Green Party says the Government is trying to rubber stamp the Transmission Gully roading proposal north of Wellington with its decision to refer it to an independent board of inquiry. Audio
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Change surveillance laws now - police association
6:07 PM.The police are stopping some covert video surveillance and asking for a law change after the Supreme Court finding that the secret filming in the Urewera raids case was illegal. Audio
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The Justice Minister backs down on Criminal Procedures Bill
5:55 PM.The Justice Minister Simon Power insists he could have pushed through controversial laws to speed up criminal trials but decided he needed broad political support for such big changes. Audio
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Police on the security at expanded waterfront fan zone
5:52 PM.The expanded fan zone on Auckland's waterfront is open - but the small numbers of partygoers so far haven't warranted opening up the new overflow area. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 16 September 2011
5:46 PM.The Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell says the outrage felt by Tuhoe people over the 2007 police raids has been vindicated by the Supreme Court; Northland Health says it will be calling on Maori Health… Read more Audio
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Dunedin's mayor rejects damage accusations
5:44 PM.Dunedin's mayor is rejecting accusations he has damaged the council's subsidiary companies and their directors' reputations. Audio
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Canterbury schools to lose teachers because rolls have fallen
5:40 PM.Christchurch schools will lose the equivalent of 167 teaching jobs next year as the government removes support for schools that lost pupils after February's earthquake. Audio
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Police treated Tuhoe as second class citizens - lawyer
5:40 PM.The Supreme Court's ruling that the use of video surveillance in the lead-up to the Urewera raids was illegal, has prompted the police to put an immediate hold on some secret filming operations, and… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 16 September 2011
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Latest on Pike River Royal Commission
5:26 PM.Our reporter, Eric Frykberg, is covering the hearings and describes the problems the police had contacting the mineworkers' next of kin. Audio
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Evening Business for 16 September 2011
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Chemical fire still spewing out fumes over Canberra
5:19 PM.Firefighters in Canberra are still battling a huge chemical fire which has been spewing out toxic fumes for hours. Audio
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Newborns' blood samples will be kept forever
5:16 PM.A collection of blood samples taken from more than two million New Zealanders when they were born will be kept forever. Audio
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Meningitis-C vaccine for Northland
5:12 PM.Health authorities in Northland will begin vaccinating children and young people against Meningitis-C - starting this month. Audio
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Illegal filming and trespass by police in Urewera raids
5:07 PM.Chief Justice Sian Elias also says the police trespassed on Tuhoe-owned land to obtain the evidence. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 16 September 2011
5:00 PM.Illegal filming and trespass by Police ruled over Urewera raids; Meningitis-C vaccine for Northland; Newborns' blood samples to be kept forever; Chemical blaze in Canberra and; the latest from the… Read more Audio