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Checkpoint for Thursday 21 June 2012
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The latest from the Rio+20 summit
6:57 PM.World leaders are meeting in Rio de Janerio under a cloud of criticism that a three-day summit is falling far short of its promise to lay out firm goals for sustainable development. Audio
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Lyttelton pushes for land purchase to establish civic square
6:54 PM.The Lyttelton community is calling for the Christchurch City Council to buy land for a civic square urgently, before it is sold to a developer. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 21 June 2012
6:49 PM.The body overseeing the fishing quota owned by Maori is questioning how practical it will be to re-flag foreign charter fishing vessels that are only in New Zealand waters for short periods; The… Read more Audio
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Dialysis house opens to relieve pressure on clinics
6:43 PM.A 24-hour community house where kidney patients can do their own dialysis has opened in South Auckland. Audio
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Father of murdered man has message against senseless violence
6:38 PM.The father of New Zealand man whose son was killed after being pushed through a bar window in Perth, says he wants to reinforce the message that such violence is unacceptable and intolerable. Audio
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Sports News for 21 June 2012
6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 21 June 2012
6:24 PM.Metlifecare's investors have approved a controversial planned takeover of two other retirement home operators, just hours after the listed company revised its deal for a third time. Audio
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Survivor says he's suffered awful consequences of crash
6:19 PM.A man who survived a head-on crash in rural Hawkes Bay, in which four people died, says he wished people would think of the terrible consequences for others, before driving drunk. Audio
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Legislation for asset sales through to third reading.
6:12 PM.The legislation paving the way for the partial sell off state-owned energy companies has just passed another step and will have its final reading next week. Audio
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English welcomes news economy grew fast.
6:09 PM.The Finance Minister, Bill English, has welcomed news the economy grew faster than forecast for the first three months of the year but he does not expect the good times to last. Audio
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Vote to hold US attorney-general in contempt
5:55 PM.A congressional panel has voted to charge the United States attorney-general, Eric Holder, with contempt of congress for refusing to hand over critical documents about a botched gun-running… Read more Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 21 June 2012
5:50 PM.The Tauranga iwi, Ngati Ranginui, has signed its Treaty settlement with the Crown, in a ceremony attended by the Maori King and Government Ministers; The body overseeing the fishing quota owned by… Read more Audio
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Air Force veterans travel to London to unveil WW2 memorial
5:46 PM.A group of Air Force Bomber Command veterans is on the way to Britain for the unveiling of a long awaited memorial comemorating the controversial bombing campaigns of World War Two. Audio
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Te Urewera case far from over, despite sentencing
5:43 PM.The final two accused in the Te Urewera raids trial have been sentenced, but they say their legal fight is far from over. Audio
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Police stopped from going onto man's property
5:39 PM.The police have been stopped from going onto the property of a man on bail to check if he's breaching his curfew during the night. Audio
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Sports News for 21 June 2012
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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First car to be crushed under anti-boyracer legislation.
5:28 PM.The first car has been crushed under a law designed to crack down on boy racers. Audio
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New Australian party calls for a halt to unlimited immigration
5:28 PM.A new Australian political party is calling for the end of what he's calling unlimited immigrants from New Zealand. Audio
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Strong grass growth behind big March quarter GDP increase
5:25 PM.A surge in dairy production is behind the biggest quarterly increase in economic growth in five years. Audio
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Evening Business for 21 June 2012
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Greens reveal bonus payments to get people off ACC
5:19 PM.The Green Party has revealed ACC is paying bonuses to staff who get long-term claimants off compensation. Audio
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Jane Furlong's mother speaks out
5:17 PM.The mother of a troubled teenager snatched from the streets of Auckland's red light district 19 years ago, says she has an idea about who the killer is, and still holds out hope they'll be brought to… Read more Audio
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Anna MacDonald questions her husband about Scott Guys killing
5:13 PM.Ewen Macdonald's wife, Anna has told the High Court in Wellington that when she asked her husband if he had killed her brother, Scott Guy, he emphatically denied it. Audio
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RNZ reporter has been speaking to locals in Huntly
5:11 PM.In Huntly locals like Allana, who has family and friends who work at the mine, describe the stoppage as frightening. Audio
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Union on temporary halt to mining at Huntly East
5:07 PM.There's been no mining at Huntly East today, after a routine inspection found a build up of explosive methane gas underground. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 21 June 2012
5:00 PM.Huntly East Mine is shut down because of a build up of methane gas. Questions from Scott Guy's sister to Ewen Mcdonald about the killing and the first boy racer's car is crushed. Audio