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Checkpoint for Thursday 30 August 2012
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Human trials start for new cancer drug
6:56 PM.Patients are being recruited for the first human trial of new anti-cancer drug that has been developed by a team of New Zealand scientists. Audio
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West Coast pupils anxious over parents coal mine jobs
6:50 PM.Greymouth High School says the axe hanging over Solid Energy's Spring Creek mine is already harming students' concentration. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 30 August 2012
6:46 PM.The lower North Island, Ngati Toa, has initialled a deed of settlement, which recognises the tribe's ancestral chief as the composer of the haka, Ka Mate Ka Mate; The Crown and Whanganui Iwi have… Read more Audio
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Auckland mayor stands by inner city rail loop
6:44 PM.The Auckland Mayor is standing by the city rail link project despite it being left out of the Government's latest transport spending. Audio
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Memorial Service held on 100th birthday of NZ war heroin
6:42 PM.Trevor Morley calls her one of the bravest women in the world but one who's been ignored. Audio
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MPs react to drinking age vote
6:36 PM.MPs have just voted to keep the alcohol purchasing age at 18 following a conscience vote in Parliament. Audio
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Sports News for 30 August 2012
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Support for teacher suspended for backing pro-gay protest
6:23 PM.A teacher at a Catholic school in Whangarei says he's got a lot of backing today from people for his stand on same sex marriage which he claims got him suspended. Audio
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Evening Business News for 30 August 2012
6:17 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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Five Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan
6:14 PM.Five Australian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours. Audio
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Workers told too unsafe to return to work while mine in limbo
6:10 PM.The country's biggest coal miner Solid Energy says it is too dangerous for workers to go back underground at its Spring Creek mine on the West Coast while they stress over their jobs. Audio
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MPs have just finished voting on the drinking age
6:08 PM.Our political reporter, Liz Banas joins us. Audio
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Banks not worried spending cap has been dropped.
5:54 PM.The Government has dropped the spending cap proposal from its Public Finance Amendment Bill. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 30 August 2012
5:50 PM.The lower North Island, Ngati Toa, has initialled a deed of settlement, which recognises the tribe's ancestral chief as the composer of the haka, Ka Mate Ka Mate; The Crown and Whanganui Iwi have… Read more Audio
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Air NZ's profit down but it's expecting better times ahead
5:44 PM.Air New Zealand is expecting to have its long haul flights back into profit by the middle of next year, after losing more than a million dollars a week on those routes last year. Audio
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Five Australian soldiers killed
5:41 PM.Five Australian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, with the Defence Force in Canberra short time ago confirming two men died when the US Black Hawk helicopter crashed this morning. Audio
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Sports News for 30 August 2012
5:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Living wage campaign starts
5:29 PM.A new campaign backed by churches, unions and other community organisations is urging employers to start paying their workers a living wage. Audio
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A dangerous Taranaki overpass misses out on funding
5:26 PM.A dangerous Taranaki overbridge has missed out on getting a big fix, but a congested bridge in New Plymouth does get a lot of money in the latest national road spending plan. Audio
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Evening Business for 30 August 2012
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Mitt Romney's slash and burn man promises to hang tough
5:20 PM.The Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan has promised he and his leader Mitt Romney won't duck the tough problems during his prime time speech at the party's convention in Florida. Audio
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Labour says Tim Groser in the firing line in MFAT investigation
5:17 PM.Labour says the inquiry into the MFAT leak may have uncovered a fundamental breach of collective Cabinet responsibility and confidentiality by Cabinet Minister Tim Groser, who if that's proved would… Read more Audio
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West Coast miners waste no time in looking for Aussie jobs
5:13 PM.Spring Creek miners expecting to return to work on Monday despite the axe hanging over their jobs are now being told they won't go back underground at all until the future of the West Coast mine is… Read more Audio
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MPs vote on what the drinking age should be
5:07 PM.A heated debate is going on right now in Parliament over what the legal age for buying alcohol should be. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 30 August 2012
5:00 PM.MPs vote on what the drinking age should be. West Coast miners waste no time in looking for Aussie jobs and Mitt Romney's slash and burn man promises to hang tough. Audio