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Checkpoint for Monday 19 September 2011
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Manu Korihi News for 19 September 2011
6:57 PM.The National Collective of Iwi Maori Social Services has been told a lack of a long term strategy is hindering progress in volatile communities; An eastern Bay of Plenty iwi has teamed up with… Read more Audio
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Thefts force farmers to install security cameras
6:56 PM.Security firms say more and more farmers are having to put in spy cameras to combat thieves. Audio
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Guildford discusses drinking problem
6:50 PM.We hear now from the All Black Zac Guildford who held a news conference this evening to explain his excessive drinking and bad behaviour. Audio
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Latest from Latin America
6:45 PM.Time now to go to Latin America, and our correspondent, Daniel Schweimler, who says Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, has gone to Cuba for further cancer treatment. Audio
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Search and surveillance legislation change
6:40 PM.The Government is moving swiftly to pass a law allowing police to use illegally gathered evidence in dozens of cases. Audio
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Christchurch's CBD property owners threaten to go elsewhere
6:37 PM.Property owners in Christchurch's CBD say they'll be forced to take millions of dollars in insurance payouts elsewhere, unless radical changes are made to the council's draft central city plan. Audio
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Sports News for 19 September 2011
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Art row viewed a success despite controvery
6:27 PM.Members of Dunedin's artistic community say a controversial work is succeeding despite its negative press. Audio
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Evening Business for 19 September 2011
6:24 PM.Consumers have remained optimistic about the economy's prospects for two consecutive quarters. Audio
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Fake pilot alert at Auckland Airport.
6:14 PM.Three men including a company director, a film producer and a broadcaster have been arrested and charged over the fake pilot alert at Auckland Airport. Audio
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Serious breaches of pollution permits for the Manawatu River
6:11 PM.The head of the Manawatu-Whanganui Regional Council says he doesn't know if the Palmerston North City Council is seriously breaching pollution permits for the Manawatu River despite some breaches… Read more Audio
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All Black Zac Guildford admits to drinking too much
6:08 PM.All Black Zac Guildford has admitted he's been drinking too much, speaking out after speculation he'd behaved badly on last month's Tri-nations tour. Audio
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All Blacks meet families of those killed in the Chch quake
5:53 PM.The All Blacks have met with the families of those killed in the February earthquake, as part of their three day visit to Christchurch. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 19 September 2011
5:50 PM.An eastern Bay of Plenty iwi has teamed up with Greenpeace to take legal action over the Government's granting of an oil exploration permit off East Cape; The National Collective of Iwi Maori Social… Read more Audio
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Winners from this year's Emmy Awards in LA
5:47 PM.It was out with the old and in with the new at this year's Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Audio
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Pharmaceutical industry backs US Pharmac stance
5:44 PM.The pharmaceutical industry is applauding calls by the United States government to overhaul Pharmac in trade talks with New Zealand. Audio
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Latest from Pike River Royal Commission
5:41 PM.The Royal Commisison investigating the Pike River mine disaster has heard there was a lack of information and confusion about what was happening at the site in the days following the explosion. Audio
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Labour's proposals to rebuild Canterbury
5:36 PM.If it wins the election, Labour is promising to buy 15-hundred sections in Canterbury to sell on at cost price to people whose houses are in the red zone. Audio
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Sports News for 19 September 2011
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Greyhound Racing NZ official caught up in doping scandal
5:26 PM.The chair of Greyhound Racing New Zealand has been caught up in a doping scandal. Audio
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Evening Business for 19 September 2011
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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NZ soldiers come under attack in Bamiyan
5:19 PM.A New Zealand patrol has been shot at with a rocket propelled grenade in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province. Audio
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Airline pilots want fake pilot sent to prison
5:16 PM.The charges the three men face under the Civil Aviation Act carry a maximum penalty of 12 months imprisonment or a fine up to 10 thousand dollars. Audio
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Three men charged over impersonating pilot at airport
5:14 PM.Three men - a film producer, a company director and a broadcaster - have been arrested and charged over the fake pilot alert at Auckland Airport. Audio
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Law change on the use of illegally gathered evidence
5:08 PM.The Government is moving swiftly to pass a law allowing police to use illegally gathered evidence in dozens of cases. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 19 September 2011
5:00 PM.A law change to allow illegally gathered evidence to be used in dozens of cases. Charges laid against a comedian who impersonated an airline pilot and New Zealand soldiers come under attack again in… Read more Audio