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Checkpoint for Friday 17 August 2012
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Manu Korihi News for 17 August 2012
6:54 PM.Five new mataitai reserves have been established, enabling Maori in those areas to exercise their customary rights to gather food from the waterways; Some tracks are to close in the Hunua Ranges -… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 17 August 2012
6:36 PM.The MMP electoral system came under fire again this week, after the electoral commission announced a proposed shake-up of the system. Audio
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Sports News for 17 August 2012
6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 17 August 2012
6:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Beer pundits flock to Wellington for festival
6:22 PM.It's time for Friday night drinks - so how about a milk chocolate stout, a carrot cake brew or a dark beer that tastes of coffee? Audio
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Child witnesses may not be credible witnesses
6:16 PM.New research shows the way courts work invites children to make things up. Audio
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Gay marriage backlash in Samoa
6:13 PM.There's been a backlash after Samoa's Fa'afafine Association announced it wouldn't support any gay marriage in Samoa. Audio
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A call for jamaica to bring in tougher drug tests
6:08 PM.The man who trailblazed dope policing in elite sport says Jamaica must bring in tougher testing before the world will accept its sprint stars as fair competitors. Audio
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New commercial jet boat licenses issued today
5:58 PM.The first mandatory licenses for jetboat drivers have been handed out in Queenstown today as the Government tightens up the Maritime regulations for the industry. Audio
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Union criticises plan for shorter master's degrees
5:55 PM.The Tertiary Education Union is accusing universities of putting money before education with a plan to shorten their master's degrees. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 17 August 2012
5:51 PM.Epic waka voyage from Auckland to Rapanui or Easter Island retraces ancient journey made by Polynesian ancestors. Audio
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Speights $29m upgrade cuts pollution, saves heritage
5:48 PM.The Speight's brewery in Dunedin says it is doing more to reduce pollution and save heritage in a major site upgrade than it had planned. Audio
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Reaction to Basin Reserve flyover plan
5:44 PM.Plans to reduce traffic congestion around Wellington's Basin Reserve have horrified fans of the historic cricket ground, but are being applauded by members of the capital's business community. Audio
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Calls for calm in "hysterical" Whanganui community
5:36 PM.Prison reformers and criminologists are calling for calm in Whanganui, fearing a lynch mob mentality is brewing around the release of a notorious sex offender. Audio
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Sports News for 17 August 2012
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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SSC widens investigation into MFAT leaks
5:24 PM.The State Services Commission has widened its investigation into who leaked information about the restructuring at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade but the Labour Party says the witch-hunt… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 17 August 2012
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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4 dead in a nightclub fire in Thailand
5:19 PM.Four people have died in a fire at a nightclub popular with foreign tourists on the Thai resort island of Phuket. Audio
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Second escaped prisoner costs Serco hefty fine
5:15 PM.The country's only private prison company has been hit with another 150-thousand dollar fine for letting an inmate escape. Audio
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Coroner asks if skydiving planes should be grounded
5:11 PM.A coroner is asking if every skydiving plane in the country could be grounded until their safety is assured following the inquest into nine deaths at Fox Glacier. Audio
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Accountants jailed for 'sophisticated and repetitive' fraud
5:08 PM.The longest jail sentences ever handed down for a tax fraud in this country have been imposed on two Wellington accountants. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 17 August 2012
5:00 PM.Accountants jailed for 'sophisticated and repetitive' fraud, A coroner is asking if every skydiving plane in the country could be grounded until their safety is assured following the inquest into nine… Read more Audio