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Checkpoint for Monday 23 January 2012
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NZ houses unaffordable by world standards
6:52 PM.The latest international survey has found New Zealand houses are still unaffordable. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 23 January 2012
6:47 PM.In just over three hours there'll be a ceremony at a museum in Paris of significance to all Maori in New Zealand; A sacred mauri pounamu found about 900 metres above sea level during an expedition in… Read more Audio
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New Dunedin stadium unable to pay rates bill
6:42 PM.Dunedin's new Forsyth Barr Stadium is facing a two-million dollar rates bill which it can't afford to pay. Audio
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Latest news from the UK with our correspondent in London
6:36 PM.The latest news from the UK now, and our correspondent in London, Barney Burnham - starting with a prominent peer saying he''ll vote against a proposed cap on welfare benefits. Audio
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Sports News for 23 January 2012
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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90 whales stranded at Farewell Spit beach
6:24 PM.About 99 pilot whales are stranded on a beach at Farewell Spit in Golden Bay, and 22 of them have died. Audio
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Evening Business for 23 January 2012
6:21 PM.Shares in Energy Mad have slumped more than 21 percent, after it cut its full year earnings forecast by more than two thirds. Audio
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The latest from the Auckland Council
6:17 PM.Listening to that was the Auckland Council chief executive Doug McKay and he joins us. Audio
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Auckland protesters resist clearance
6:15 PM.Security guards backed by police officers have faced noisy opposition today in moving to shut down a protest camp in central Auckland. Audio
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Owner asked why he didn't strengthen building before quake
6:12 PM.The owner of a building that collapsed in last February's Christchurch earthquake - killing four people - has faced questioning about why he did not get recommended strengthening work done. Audio
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Kim Dotcom's arrest talk of the technology world
6:08 PM.A German cyber tycoon has been remanded in custody on charges of running an international internet piracy business. Audio
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First major upset at the Australian Open
5:57 PM.To the Australian Open in Melbourne now where the local hero Lleyton Hewitt meets world number one Novak Djokovic tonight. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 23 January 2012
5:50 PM.In just over four hours 10.00pm NZ time Monday a ceremony of significance to all Maori in New Zealand, takes place in Paris; A sacred pounamu which spent almost two years on show at Te Papa museum, is… Read more Audio
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Cheaper to live in New York than Christchurch - survey
5:47 PM.A survey has found it's cheaper to live in New York than Auckland or Christchurch. Audio
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Calls to reinstate a taskforce
5:44 PM.Rape Crisis is calling for the Government to reinstate a Taskforce for Action on Sexual Violence in the aftermath of the Turangi rape case. Audio
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Christchurch councillor says the Council should be sacked
5:35 PM.The Christchurch City Council is lurching closer to breaking point, with a councillor calling for the Government to sack her and her colleagues. Audio
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Sports News for 23 January 2012
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Police arrest man they shot in Manurewa
5:27 PM.The police have arrested the man they shot in Manurewa at the weekend. Audio
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The latest from the US on the race for a Republican nominee
5:23 PM.Following Newt Gingrich's surprise victory in Saturday's South Carolina primary election, Mitt Romney, the former front-runner in the race for the Republican party's presidential nomination, says he… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 23 January 2012
5:19 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Auckland Council moves to shut down protest camps
5:16 PM.The Auckland Council initiated the clearance, saying the protesters are in breach of a bylaw which forbids camping. Audio
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The latest from Aotea Square
5:14 PM.Security guards backed by police officers have faced noisy opposition today in moving to shut down a protest camp in central Auckland. Audio
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Plane crash kills two men
5:11 PM.The police are looking into whether a plane that crashed killing two men today near Feilding was performing an aerobatic manoeuvre. Audio
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Judge reserves decision in bail hearing
5:07 PM.A tussle's being going on in court all day over the immediate fate of the German cyber-tycoon charged with running a massive internet piracy business. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 23 January 2012
5:00 PM.A German cyber-tycoon fights in court to win bail and a plane crashes near Feilding, killing two men. Audio