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Checkpoint for Wednesday 16 May 2012
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Report recommends three Wairarapa councils become one
6:51 PM.Wairarapa mayors are backing calls for the region's three councils to merge, saying it would be better than being part of a Wellington super-city. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 16 May 2012
6:48 PM.The Far North Iwi Ngati Kuri is dropping its urgent Waitangi Tribunal claim - and is re-entering direct negotiations with the Crown to settle its grievances; Taranaki iwi met for the first time today… Read more Audio
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Waikato SPCA is calling for overnight kitty curfew
6:44 PM.The Waikato SPCA is calling for a curfew on cats so they're kept indoors overnight, to protect both them and the species they prey upon. Audio
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A closer look at Greece's Syriza party
6:36 PM.With Greeks preparing to go the ballot box yet again, the latest polls suggest the radical left-wing Syriza bloc could become the largest party after the new election. Audio
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Sports News for 16 May 2012
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Policeman resigns after investigation into sunglasses
6:26 PM.A police officer has resigned after being investigated over the theft of sunglasses from a quake-hit shop in Christchurch. Audio
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Evening Business for 16 May 2012
6:22 PM.Shares in Sky Network Television have plunged almost 7 percent after the Commerce Commission launched an investigation into pay tv operator's contracts with internet service providers because of fears… Read more Audio
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Dollar, dairy dropping further amid Eurozone ructions
6:19 PM.The Eurozone crisis has put the skids under the New Zealand dollar and prices for this country's number one export, dairy. Audio
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McCully biggest spender on international travel
6:16 PM.Government ministers have spent nearly 50 thousand dollars more on international travel in the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year. Audio
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Professor says bigger class sizes bad for some
6:11 PM.John O'Neill, a professor of teacher education at Massey University, says the Minister's argument backing the new class ratios is based on unreliable research. Audio
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Government come up against criticism over education spending
6:08 PM.Opposition parties have criticised the Government's plan to increase class sizes. Audio
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Second false tsunami alarm in 10 days
5:55 PM.Whitianga's been hit by a second false tsunami alert in 10 days. Audio
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Teachers and principals say bigger classes will hurt learning
5:51 PM.Teachers and principals groups are angry about government plans to increase class sizes, with one union saying it will cost 400 jobs mostly in primary schools. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 16 May 2012
5:48 PM.Taranaki iwi met for the first time today with a group of mountain users to spell out cultural guidelines including which sites on the maunga need to be treated with particular care; The Far North Iwi… Read more Audio
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Christchurch residents concerned about impact of asbestos
5:46 PM.The Christchurch city council is reconsidering its plan to dump five thousand tonnes of asbestos contaminated rubble in Bottle Lake Forest Park landfill which has been reopened to take earthquake… Read more Audio
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Evidence Affco coerced staff to leave the Union
5:42 PM.A court has heard how the meat processing company, Affco, compelled workers to resign from the Meatworkers Union and enter new contracts under a promise of being able to return to work. Audio
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We're a scapegoat in murder inquiry - halfway house
5:35 PM.The manager of a Wellington halfway house, where a man was murdered in 2009, says it's being made a scapegoat for his killing. Audio
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Sports News for 16 May 2012
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Christchurch looter jailed for two years
5:27 PM.An out-of-town contract worker who looted thousands of dollars of clothes and shoes from quake-hit Christchurch shops has been sentenced to two years in prison. Audio
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Evening Business for 16 May 2012
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Crisis in Greece hammers dairy prices and dollar
5:22 PM.The politicial crisis in Greece has put the skids under the dollar and world dairy prices which are now at their lowest level in almost three years. Audio
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Gambling chips could have been used to launder Westpac money
5:15 PM.A Casino manager has told a court how some of the so-called runaway millionaire's money could have been laundered using gambling chips. Audio
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More from RNZ's education correspondent
5:12 PM.Our Education Correspondent John Gerritsen is with us. Audio
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Minister can't promise teachers won't lose their jobs
5:07 PM.The Education Minister can't promise teachers won't lose their jobs under her plan to make classes bigger and save millions of dollars a year in teacher wages. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 16 May 2012
5:00 PM.The Government goes for quality over quantity in teaching and no guarentees all jobs are safe. How Westpac found out about that costly bank error and two years jail for the Christchurch looter who… Read more Audio