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Checkpoint for Monday 31 October 2011
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 31 October 2011
5:00 PM.The gloves are off as John Key and Phil Goff clash over the economy. Qantas starts flying again and the war of the roses being fought out in Hamilton. Audio
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Key and Goff trade shots ahead of TV debate
5:08 PM.John Key and Phil Goff have clashed over the economy, asset sales and the pension age, ahead of their first head-to-head leaders debate tonight. Audio
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Analysis from RNZ's political editor
5:12 PM.Our political editor Brent Edwards is with us. Audio
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Qantas scrambles to resume flights after mass grounding
5:16 PM.Qantas is scrambling to gets planes back in the air after grounding its entire fleet and forcing the Government to intervene in Australia's worst industrial dispute in a decade. Audio
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Pike River families frustrated as anniversary nears
5:20 PM.The families of the 29 men killed at Pike River are becoming very frustrated at the lack of progress at the mine. Audio
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Evening Business for 31 October 2011
5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Peters becomes a reluctant poster boy for MMP campaign
5:26 PM.A spat has broken out between the New Zealand First Leader, Winston Peters, and the person fronting the anti-MMP campaign. Audio
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Hamilton rose fanciers livid at prospect of losing garden
5:28 PM.It's being dubbed the war of the roses and its being fought in Hamilton. Audio
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Sports News for 31 October 2011
5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Critics pan infrastructure fund as a smokescreen
5:37 PM.The Council of Trade Unions says the National Party's infrastructure fund is a smokescreen for what it says is an unpopular partial asset sales plan. Audio
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Kiwibank's former boss on possibility of a capital injection
5:40 PM.John Key says putting some of the money raised by state asset sales into KiwiBank is a definite possibility. Audio
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Australian soldiers disarmed Afghans after shooting
5:45 PM.It's emerged the Australian army disarmed Afghan soldiers after the shooting of three diggers in Kandahar at the weekend, in case of more attacks. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 31 October 2011
5:48 PM.The Maori Party says the Government has failed to respond to its call for tribes to be offered land and forestry blocks - before overseas buyers; University researchers say a recent survey of 14… Read more Audio
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The latest on the salvage of the Rena
5:51 PM.Forecast bad weather and high swells has forced salvage workers on the Rena to suspend their operations. Audio
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LGNZ reacts to coroner's recommendation on storm drains
5:54 PM.Local government New Zealand says councils are unlikely to inspect every manhole in the country, despite a recommendation from a coroner that they create a risk profile for them all. Audio
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Sirocco's regurgitated dinner sells for $400
5:58 PM.A bag of regurgitated pine needles infused with rare parrot saliva has been sold for four hundred dollars on TradeMe. Audio
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Labour and National's finance spokespeople debate their plans
6:08 PM.The National Party says Labour's plans for the economy will require billions of dollars worth of extra borrowing. Audio
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Survey reveals what businesses think of the Govt
6:11 PM.Only a third of businesses in a new survey think the Government has a coordinated plan to boost the economy. Audio
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Bus tours of Christchurch's city centre to start
6:19 PM.Bus tours through Christchurch's city centre will start this weekend in response to increasing demands from the public. Audio
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Evening Business for 31 October 2011
6:22 PM.The labour provider, AWF Group, says demand for temporary staff remains strong because the patchy recovery means firms are reluctant to take on workers permanently. Audio
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More about Alan Joyce and his actions
6:25 PM.Back now to the high stakes battle Qantas is fighting with its staff as it tries to shave 20 percent off the cost of its wages bill. Audio
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Sports News for 31 October 2011
6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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A look ahead at tomorrow's big race
6:38 PM.It's the eve of Australasia's biggest and most prestigious horse race, the Melbourne Cup. Audio
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Police trying to identify a man found dead in Chch river
6:41 PM.The police in Christchurch say a man found face-down in the Heathcote River this morning has no injuries and it's not clear how he ended up in the water. Audio
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The latest news from Latin America
6:43 PM.To Brazil now, where a judge has ordered hundreds of protestors off the construction site of a massive dam project in the Amazon. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 31 October 2011
6:49 PM.An opinion poll shows half of the people questioned in the Te Tai Tokerau seat feel their whanau is worse off under the current government; The Maori Party says the Government has failed to respond to… Read more Audio
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Crash that claims waterski racer's life called 'freakish'
6:53 PM.A judge at the waterskiing competition where Hamilton man Tony van Deursen died says it was a completely freakish accident. Audio
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Voting on Wellington's new sign opens
6:58 PM.An important election is about to take place and there is not a politician in sight. Audio