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Checkpoint for Monday 16 July 2012
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 16 July 2012
5:00 PM.Road tolls, and more expensive parking are back on the agenda in Auckland. Tougher punishments for bad students, not a softer line and weather records go on trial in the High Court. Audio
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Road tolls, and steeper parking charges on Auckland's agenda
5:08 PM.Road tolls, a regional fuel tax, and more expensive parking are back on the agenda in Auckland as the city struggles to beat congested roads with major new transport projects. Audio
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Principals say public want harder punishments for misbehaviour
5:15 PM.School principals say the public wants tougher punishments for misbehaving students, not a softer line. Audio
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HDC says company failed patients
5:18 PM.A company specialising in treating sexual dysfunction prescribed drugs to two patients after they'd had a phone consultation with doctors in Australia. Audio
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Evening Business for 16 July 2012
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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NIWA's weather records disputed in court
5:25 PM.A court has been told the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research's official temperature records are flawed and should not be used for evidence of climate change. Audio
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New laws to shake up party pill industry
5:28 PM.The Government wants party pills and legal highs to have to go through the same rigorous testing as all new medicines. Audio
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Sports News for 16 July 2012
5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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More on possible regional fuel tax in Auckland
5:37 PM.A new report short lists a regional fuel tax for Auckland and tolls as ways to pay for big transport projects. Audio
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NZ internet bills could rise under levy plan by US Government
5:41 PM.New Zealanders could be in for more expensive internet bills if the United States pushes ahead with a proposed levy undersea cables that land on its shores. Audio
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Local councils want their core role to stay the same
5:46 PM.Local councils say they have sent a strong message to the Government to drop its attempts to change what their core role should be. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 16 July 2012
5:49 PM.The Waitangi Tribunal's water rights inquiry has heard that shares in state-owned enterprises - such as four power companies - may serve as redress to Maori; The country's newest Maori-language school… Read more Audio
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Magic and Mystics chase place in trans-Tasman final
5:52 PM.A place in the final of netball's trans-Tasman competition awaits the winner of tonight's game between the Northern Mystics and the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, in Auckland. Audio
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The latest on deadly flooding in Japan
5:56 PM.Japanese troops have been airlifting supplies to thousands of people cut off by torrential rain and landslides on the southern island of Kyushu. Audio
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What civil war will mean for Syria
6:11 PM.Syria's army has been accused of blasting rebel strongholds in Damascus with mortars as the International Red Cross declares the violence has now escalated into civil war. Audio
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Families need to be able to appeal - commissioner
6:17 PM.The Children's Commissioner says families need an appeals system set up so they can challenge schools that try to expel or suspend their children. Audio
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Business News Update
6:23 PM.Chatham Rock Phosphate is seeking to list on another stock exchange. The fertilizer company, which is developing a project to mine phosphate 450 kilometres east of Wellington, wants to list on the… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 16 July 2012
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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More on the removal of North Korea's army chief
6:36 PM.North Korea's state media is reporting the head of the Army has been removed from power due to illness. Audio
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Meeting this week will decide fate of university club
6:42 PM.An anti-abortion group faces being banned from Auckland University, but says it's a victim of an attempt to stifle freedom of speech. Audio
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Aus Fisheries Minister calls for lift on ban of great whites
6:45 PM.To Australia now, and the latest in a spate of fatal shark attacks near Perth has triggered fresh calls to go after great whites. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 16 July 2012
6:48 PM.The Waitangi Tribunal's water rights inquiry has heard that shares in state-owned enterprises - such as four power companies - may serve as redress to Maori; The country's newest Maori-language school… Read more Audio
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Arguments over water rights at the Waitangi Tribunal
6:55 PM.Arguments over water rights are drawing to a close at the Waitangi Tribunal which is about to retire before returning to hear the final submissions on Thursday. Audio