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Checkpoint for Monday 26 March 2012
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Fifty new jobs for Petone tobacco company
6:53 PM.A multi-million-dollar upgrade to Imperial Tobacco's factory in Petone is set to create 50 new jobs by June. Audio
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Opposition to Australian firm that wants to re-open gold mines
6:50 PM.An Australian company is hoping to strike gold on the West Coast, nearly 100 years after the mines stopped production. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 26 March 2012
6:46 PM.The chairperson of the Independent Constitutional Transformation Working Group says iwi are channelling their energy into creating a constitution - instead of being angry and frustrated with the… Read more Audio
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Calls in Fiji for meeting restrictions to be lifted
6:42 PM.Union and political groups in Fiji are stepping up calls for the Fiji regime to lift the restrictions on people meeting. Audio
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Landlords band together to ban keg party
6:39 PM.Landlords fed up with Dunedin's most notorious student party are banding together to have it banned. Audio
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Pope condemns drug trafficking in Mexico
6:36 PM.To Mexico now, where Pope Benedict has addressed hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholics, condeming drug trafficking and violence in the country. Audio
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Sports News for 26 March 2012
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Australian Labour reeling from Qld loss
6:23 PM.Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been warned she faces electoral annihilation in Queensland after voters mauled Labor in Saturday's state election. Audio
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Evening Business News for 26 March 2012
6:21 PM.An ASB economist says the industrial dispute at the Ports of Auckland won't have a large impact overall on trade. Audio
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Chinese company blocked from supplying Australian broadband
6:16 PM.Australia has banned the Chinese telecommunication company, Huawei, from supplying hardware to its National Broadband Network. Audio
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Early childhood centres fear more funding cuts
6:13 PM.Early childhood centres fear another round of funding cuts in the next Budget. Audio
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Former ACT MP and lawyer on tea tape
6:09 PM.Lawyer Steven Franks is a former ACT MP. Audio
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Time to move on from Teapot Tape - Banks
6:06 PM.The police have pulled back from prosecuting the teapot taper despite saying his election campaign recording was clearly unlawful. Audio
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Giveway rule change goes smoothly
5:57 PM.Driving into work and school-runs seem to have gone smoothly today and the police have had very few reports of crashes or confusion over the new giveway rules. Audio
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Multiple agencies to study tsunami risk off Kaikoura coast
5:54 PM.Environment Canterbury plans to spend 150 thousand dollars investigating the risk of a tsunami to the Kaikoura township. Audio
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New Zealanders using aliases has leapt up by 50 percent
5:50 PM.The number of New Zealanders using aliases has leapt up by 50 percent in two years, and is growing at more than a thousand a month. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 26 March 2012
5:46 PM.A southern Taranaki tribe wants a local water scheme - in the process of being privatised - included in its treaty settlement package; The chairperson of the Independent Constitutional Transformation… Read more Audio
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Nurse went to meeting instead of looking after patient
5:42 PM.A 70 year old man suffering stomach pains from an obstructed bowel died in a resthome after a senior nurse went to a meeting instead of checking him properly. Audio
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Late Tongan king's body arrives home for funeral
5:37 PM.The body of King George Tupou the 5th has arrived in Tonga for his state funeral tomorrow. Audio
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Sports News for 26 March 2012
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Bringing down the Christchurch Cathedral
5:28 PM.Cranes rolled into Cathedral Square today to begin the controversial deconstruction of the city's iconic cathedral. Audio
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Evening Business for 26 March 2012
5:26 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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A please explain letter for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
5:23 PM.The Embassy of Finland in Canberra has written a please explain letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over remarks by the Government Minister Gerry Brownlee criticising the Scandinavian country. Audio
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ANZ atms scammed
5:18 PM.Up to 500 people in Auckland may have been the victims of the latest ATM scam. Audio
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Reaction to the Teapot decision from Parliament
5:14 PM.The Act Party leader, John Banks, says he is glad the Police have decided not to prosecute over the recording. Audio
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Police drop prosecution over election's teapot tape
5:07 PM.The teapot taper has escaped prosecution despite the police finding he broke the law. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 26 March 2012
5:00 PM.The teapot taping is labelled reckless and deliberate but Police won't lay charges. ATM scammers strike in Auckland and why Finland is so upset with Gerry Brownlee. Audio