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Checkpoint for Monday 7 November 2011
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 7 November 2011
5:00 PM.Labour promises to extend working for families to beneficiaries as well. National plans to keep the very worst sexual and violent offenders in jail and evidence the September earthquake saved lives… Read more Audio
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Labour says it would lift 150,000 families out of poverty
5:08 PM.The Labour Party admits shutting the poorest families out of a Working for Families tax credit is discriminatory and it would change the policy if it became government. Audio
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The National Party promises extended prison lockup
5:12 PM.The National Party says if re-elected it will bring in a law so the very worst high-risk sexual and violent offenders can be kept locked up even after their sentences are finished. Audio
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Local electorate chair of ACT reprimanded
5:17 PM.The ACT Party's New Plymouth electorate chairman has been reprimanded by party officials for confronting National's leader John Key during a visit to a mall today. Audio
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Quake hearing told 300 more would have died
5:20 PM.An additional 300 people could have died in the February 22nd earthquake in Christchurch, if it wasn't for the earlier quake in September. Audio
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Evening Business for 7 November 2011
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 7 November 2011
5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Nats urged to sign pledge to end poverty
5:36 PM.The child advocacy group Every Child Counts is urging the National Party to sign a pledge to end child poverty by 2020. Audio
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Minister puts council on notice after V8 report
5:41 PM.The Hamilton City Council has received another rap over the knuckles for its handling of the V8 Supercar series in the city. Audio
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Fewer pseudoephedrine tablets seized at the border
5:44 PM.Customs has revealed the number of pseudoephedrine tablets being seized at the border is dropping. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 7 November 2011
5:47 PM.More volcanic maunga, or cones, in Auckland are to be returned to Maori; A new poll indicates the Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples, is on track to hold the seat of Tamaki Makaurau in this election… Read more Audio
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Pike River disaster inquiry
5:50 PM.The Department of Labour is expected to receive a grilling when it is recalled to the Pike River disaster inquiry next week. Audio
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Rally to end heritage building demolitions held in Chch
5:54 PM.People have rallied in Christchurch calling for an end to the demolition of the city's heritage buildings, just two days before the most famous such building, the Anglican Cathedral, is deconsecrated.
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ACT party has reprimanded its New Plymouth electorate chairman
6:08 PM.The ACT party has reprimanded its New Plymouth electorate chairman for confronting National's leader John Key during a visit to a mall today. Audio
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Labour Party says policy to lift families out of poverty
6:13 PM.The Labour Party says its policies would help lift 150,000 families out of poverty. Audio
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Parties clash on education policies
6:18 PM.The National Party leader, John Key, says the timing of its partial asset sales could be delayed, if the international economy worsened. Audio
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Evening Business for 7 November 2011
6:24 PM.New research has identified many expatriate kiwis who are willing and able to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in New Zealand companies. Audio
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Nat's proposed extended prison lockup
6:27 PM.The National Party says if re-elected it will bring in a law so the very worst high-risk sexual and violent offenders can be kept locked up even after their sentences are finished. Audio
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Sports News for 7 November 2011
6:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Latest from our correspondent in the UK
6:38 PM.To London, and our correspondent Barney Burnham. Audio
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Thai capital prepares for flood waters
6:42 PM.The centre of Thailand's capital Bankok is bracing itself for flood waters that have killed more than 400 people in the water-logged country. Audio
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No passenger sailings for troubled ferry likely this week
6:46 PM.Passengers sailings for the troubled KiwiRail ferry, Aratere, will likely be cancelled until at least the end of the week. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 7 November 2011
6:48 PM.A new poll indicates the Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples is on track to hold the seat of Tamaki Makaurau in this election; More volcanic cones in Auckland are to be returned to Maori; Iwi in Bay… Read more Audio
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Coal miner moves to open new West Coast mines
6:55 PM.State owned Solid Energy has applied for resource consent in preparation for opening new underground and open-cast coal mines on the West Coast it says will employ 150 people. Audio