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Checkpoint for Thursday 23 February 2012
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US President puts forward plan to overhaul corporate tax code
6:54 PM.The U.S President Barack Obama has put forward a plan to overhaul America's loop-hole ridden corporate tax code - including slashing the top company tax rate from 35 to 28 percent. Audio
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Law Commission seeks public feedback over changes
6:49 PM.Sweeping changes to the court system are being proposed by the Law Commission. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 23 February 2012
6:45 PM.The Maori Party says the Government's latest decision on planned partial asset sales in a step in the right direction; The Maori Policy Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is facing the… Read more Audio
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49 killed and dozens injured in Argentine train crash
6:39 PM.In Buenos Aires - injured passengers have described how people were thrown through the air as a packed commuter train smashed into buffers at a city station. Audio
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Government delaying parts of its welfare changes
6:35 PM.The Government will delay some parts of its welfare reforms following warnings from Treasury that the system could be exploited by private providers. Audio
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Sports News for 23 February 2012
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Man in Forsyth Barr building talks about today's evidence
6:25 PM.The Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission has heard the earthquake resilience of stairways in the Forsyth Barr building was compromised when they were installed. Audio
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Evening Business for 23 February 2012
6:21 PM.A dairy farm investment company is trying to establish a 75 million dollar fund to invest in New Zealand farms. Audio
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Government broadband priorities questioned
6:18 PM.Some people in the IT industry in Dunedin say the city should have a say in which areas get ultra fast broadband first. Audio
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More on the Gillard-Rudd battle in Australia
6:15 PM.The leadership battle gripping Australia's Labor party is getting uglier by the hour. Audio
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Balloon Assn on TAIC calls for urgent checks
6:07 PM.The hot air balloon that crashed in Wairarapa last month killing 11 people on board was not airworthy, and now urgent inspections are underway to make sure the country's 74 other balloons are safe. Audio
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No evidence truck driver swerved before hitting school bus
5:58 PM.The police say there was no evidence the driver of a logging truck swerved or braked heavily before smashing into a school bus from behind near Whakatane in September last year. Audio
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Major US seafood importer demanding answers from Sanford
5:54 PM.A major seafood importer in the United States is demanding an explanation from the fishing company Sanford, about new allegations of poor labour conditions aboard it's foreign charter fishing vessels.
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Manu Korihi News for 23 February 2012
5:47 PM.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is proposing to scrap its Maori Policy Unit and hire a kaumatua; The Maori Party says the Government's latest decision on planned partial asset sales is a… Read more Audio
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More Strike strike action at the Ports of Auckland
5:44 PM.The stakes have been raised in the port dispute in Auckland with the maritime union extending its strike which begins tomorrow, to three weeks. Audio
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305 jobs set to go at MFAT
5:39 PM.Opposition MPs are accusing the Government of gutting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, leaving New Zealand badly exposed on the world stage. Audio
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Urewera group was training to kill according to witness
5:35 PM.A High Court jury has heard details of text and online conversation with one of the people charged over the police raids in Te Urewera ranges, in which he says the group was training to kill. Audio
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Sports News for 23 February 2012
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Rudd vs Gillard - the leadership battle is on
5:25 PM.The leadership battle gripping Australia's Labor party is getting uglier by the hour. Audio
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Evening Business for 23 February 2012
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Forsyth Barr building under scutiny
5:19 PM.A former tenant of the 18-storey Forsyth Barr building has recalled the DIY techniques he used to help colleagues abseil out of a window, after 15 flights of stairs collapsed during the February… Read more Audio
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305 jobs to go from MFAT
5:12 PM.More than 300 jobs will be cut from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade as part of a proposed restructuring unveiled this afternoon. Audio
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Doubts over whether Carterton balloon was airworthy
5:07 PM.The hot air balloon that crashed into powerlines near Carterton last month, killing 11 people, may not have been airworthy and there's now an urgent investigation into whether the other 74 hot air… Read more Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 23 February 2012
5:00 PM.The fatal hot air balloon crash in Wairarapa sparks an urgent nationwide investigation. More than 300 jobs slashed from the Foreign Affairs ministry and the Gillard - Rudd showdown in Australia. Audio