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Checkpoint for Thursday 7 June 2012
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Opposition parties concerned over changes to dairy bill
6:54 PM.Opposition parties are worried that changes to the legislation that will let Fonterra's dairy farmers trade their shares in the exporting mega-cooperative are being rushed through. Audio
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Syrian-New Zealander describes terrifying Shabiha
6:51 PM.Reports from Syria say more than 80 people, all of them civilians, have been killed in another massacre. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 7 June 2012
6:47 PM.The government's being accused of being out of touch with communities by proposing legislation to ban an abusive parent from living or working with children; Plans to return fourteen Auckland maunga… Read more Audio
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Health researchers scoop $65.2m in grants
6:39 PM.From the genetics of happiness to reversing brain damage in babies, and the benefits of drinking raw milk. Audio
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Three million dollars for the Independent Maori Statutory Board
6:37 PM.The Auckland Council's controversial Independent Maori Statutory Board has hit back at accusations it's overfunded, saying it's not out to make a profit. Audio
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Sports News for 7 June 2012
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 7 June 2012
6:24 PM.Auckland airport, the country's largest airport, has revealed plans to build a new domestic terminal at a cost of up to 300 million dollars. Audio
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More about the power of Syria's Shabiba group
6:15 PM.Activists in Syria say more than 80 people have been killed in a massacre in the province of Hama. Audio
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Tech teacher and secondary teachers on policy dumping
6:09 PM.The Government has dumped its Treasury-approved plan to increase class sizes, saying it's unacceptable to parents and teachers. Audio
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Mixed-Ownership Model Bill signed off by Select Committee
5:55 PM.The Government's plan to partially sell four state-owned energy companies is another step closer tonight. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 7 June 2012
5:49 PM.Plans to return fourteen Auckland maunga, or mountains, to thirteen iwi and hapu picked up pace today, with all but one of the Tamaki Collective initialling a Deed of Settlement with the Crown; The… Read more Audio
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Former prostitute recants her story about Craig Thomson
5:46 PM.To Australia, where a former prostitute now says she never had sex with the suspended Labor MP Craig Thomson. Audio
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Chch clean up underway, as calls made for more shelter
5:43 PM.Some people in Christchurch who spent last night in freezing earthquake damaged homes with no power, are backing a call from the community group Cancern for emergency shelters to be set up when the… Read more Audio
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Parole looms for NZ's longest-serving inmate
5:41 PM.New Zealand's longest-serving prisoner could be out of jail within months. Audio
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Ditched class sizes policy mind-boggling - Labour
5:37 PM.The Government has dumped its policy to change class sizes in schools, after a fortnight of mounting backlash. Audio
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Sports News for 7 June 2012
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Two CT scanners to resolve community split
5:28 PM.The hospitals at both Queenstown and Clyde near Alexandra are to get new medical CT scanners after the Southern district health board backed off from plans to choose between them. Audio
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Scott guy's sister describes disbelief
5:24 PM.The sister of Scott Guy, who was shot dead in the gateway of his farm, has told a Court of the shock she felt when her brother-in-law was arrested for the murder. Audio
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The latest on the massacre in Syria
5:21 PM.Activists in Syria say more than 80 people have been killed in a massacre in the province of Hama. Audio
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Evening Business for 7 June 2012
5:19 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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More analysis from our education correspondent
5:15 PM.Our education correspondent John Gerritsen was at this afternoon's news conference. Audio
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Intermediate schools respond to backdown
5:13 PM.Teacher unions had claimed more than 2 thousand schools might have to cut teachers' jobs, with Intermediate schools the hardest hit. Audio
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Parents welcome u-turn over ratios
5:09 PM.Mathew Manninen is a Wellington father of three who has demonstrated against bigger classes. Audio
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Govt dumps bigger class sizes amid backlash
5:07 PM.The Government has backed down completely over changing class sizes in schools, dumping the policy in the face of a mounting public backlash. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 7 June 2012
5:00 PM.The government dumps its plan for bigger classes. Another brutal massacre in Syria and Scott Guy's sister describes disbelief when she heard of brother's death. Audio