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Checkpoint for Friday 19 October 2012
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Manu Korihi News for 19 October 2012
6:52 PM.The Whangarei hapu asserting their rights to Poroti Springs say the Maori Council has their full support to take the government to court over the water claims; The Green Party says nearly 90 per cent… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 19 October 2012
6:37 PM.This week the Ministry of Social Development shut down its nationwide network of self-service kiosks after it was discovered they could be used to access highly confidential ministry information. Audio
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Sports News for 19 October 2012
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Wellington City Council to eradicate homelessness
6:28 PM.The Wellington City Council is making a new attempt to tackle homelessness, by trying to stop people having to live rough in the first place. Audio
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Evening Business for 19 October 2012
6:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Australian sexual abuse inquiry within religious organisations
6:16 PM.An Australian inquiry into child sexual abuse within religious organisations began in Melbourne today. Audio
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A fraudster who spent stolen millions has been jailed
6:13 PM.A fraudster who spent stolen millions on her Remuera home, a BMW and a 15 thousand dollar a year girls' school has been jailed for more than seven years. Audio
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Our reporter from El Alamein commemoration
6:07 PM.In the next few hours twenty one New Zealand war veterans who've gathered in Egypt will be marking the 70th anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein. Audio
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Lindauer painting probable forgery
5:56 PM.An expensive painting at the Waikato art museum that has hung there for more than 10 years may be an elaborate forgery. Audio
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Hundreds of principals report school payroll errors
5:53 PM.School principals say there were far more mistakes in the latest school pay day than the Ministry of Education is admitting. Audio
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Manu Korihi News for 19 October 2012
5:47 PM.The Whangarei hapu asserting their rights to Poroti Springs say the Maori Council has their full support to take the government to court over the water claims; The Green Party says nearly 90 per cent… Read more Audio
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Piano man jailed for defrauding customers
5:45 PM.A former piano shop owner, whose business folded leaving customers out of pocket, is tonight beginning a two year jail term. Audio
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Court documents say that Chand's thinking wasn't delusional
5:38 PM.Christie Marceau's killer Akshay Chand hid his true mental state from a series of psychiatrists until after he stabbed her dead on Auckland's North Shore last November. Audio
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Sports News for 19 October 2012
5:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Inquiry into govt IT security faces huge task
5:28 PM.The inquiry into how secure government IT systems are, following the massive MSD breach has only five weeks to get its initial report back despite the scale of the task. Audio
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Rest homes upset at fast track for assessments
5:25 PM.The Government has upset resthomes by demanding they introduce a new way of assessing elderly people a year earlier than planned and making it mandatory. Audio
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Evening Business for 19 October 2012
5:22 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Fraudster sentenced to jail still insists she's innocent
5:19 PM.A fraudster who spent stolen millions on her Remuera home, a BMW and a 15 thousand dollar a year girls' school has been jailed for more than seven years. Audio
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Twenty graves desecrated with anti-semitic graffiti swastikas
5:15 PM.Twenty graves in a Jewish part of an Auckland cemetary have been desecrated with anti-semitic graffiti including swastikas. Audio
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Family supports man jailed for manslaughter
5:10 PM.The wife of a man jailed for more than six years for throwing their daughter against a wall and stomping on her, says she forgives her husband completely and trusts him to be with their children… Read more Audio
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Man killed clearing a slip in Fiordland
5:07 PM.A man has been killed and two other workers injured while clearing a slip on the Milford Road in Fiordland. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 19 October 2012
5:00 PM.Man killed clearing a slip in Fiordland. Family supports man jailed for manslaughter. Twenty graves desecrated with anti-semitic graffiti swastikas. Fraudster sentenced to seven years jail still… Read more Audio