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Checkpoint for Wednesday 19 December 2012
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Critics sceptical of rugby World Cup economic claims l
6:54 PM.Economists are questioning an official report which says last year's Rugby World Cup was a glowing success. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 19 December 2012
6:48 PM.The Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, says an evaluation of the early outcomes of the marae based court system for young Maori, shows the rangatahi courts are on track; The Minister for Courts… Read more Audio
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East Auckland plagued by arson attacks
6:40 PM.East Auckland communities are being asked to look out for the culprits behind more than 30 suspicious fires across several suburbs. Audio
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Government to fast-track Grey base rebuild
6:35 PM.Twenty laundry workers at the West Coast's Grey Base Hospital are losing their jobs as the government fast-tracks upgrading the badly aging Hospital, which is earthquake prone. Audio
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Sports News for 19 December 2012
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 19 December 2012
6:22 PM.Shares in Sky City Entertainment jumped more than four percent after it reached a deal with the South Australian government to develop the Adelaide Casino. Audio
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Injunction won't deter Sea Shepherd activists
6:18 PM.A US court has ordered the environmental group Sea Shepherd to stay at least 450 metres away from Japanese whaling ships. Audio
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Labour calls for Parata to go too
6:11 PM.The Opposition Labour party says the next to go should be the Education Minister Hekia Parata. Audio
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CHCH schools pleased with resignation
6:08 PM.Christchurch school principals are sceptical that Lesley Longstone quitting will restore their confidence in the Ministry of Education, though they say it might help mend fences. Audio
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Higher dairy exports and lower payments to foreigners
5:54 PM.Lower payments to foreigners and a surge in dairy exports have helped narrow the country's deficit with the rest of the world. Audio
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Plans to dump oil and gas waste in Taranaki anger maori
5:51 PM.A plan to truck oil and gas drilling waste from the East Coast to dump sites in Taranaki has angered iwi on both sides of the North Island. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 19 December 2012
5:48 PM.The Maori Affairs Minister, Pita Sharples, says an evaluation of the early outcomes of the marae based court system for young Maori, shows the rangatahi courts are on track; The Minister for Courts… Read more Audio
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Lockwood Smith quit as Speaker for High Commission in London.
5:42 PM.Dr Lockwood Smith is leaving the chamber for good to become New Zealand's High Commissioner in London. Audio
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Christchurch principals sceptical as Longstone quits
5:38 PM.Christchurch school principals are sceptical that Lesley Longstone's quitting will restore their confidence in the Ministry of Education. Audio
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Nadi is in lockdown
5:35 PM.The centre of one of Fiji's largest cities has this afternoon been shut down, to prevent looters raiding cyclone-damaged shops. Audio
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Sports News for 19 December 2012
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Guidelines wanted on safe sleeping with babies
5:26 PM.An Auckland coroner has called for national guidelines on safe sleeping with babies, following the deaths of two infants from accidental suffocation while they were in hospital. Audio
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Evening Business for 19 December 2012
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Obama backs some gun control measures
5:20 PM.In the wake of the mass killings at a Connecticut school, the White House has spelled out some of the specific gun controls measures that would get the backing of President Obama. Audio
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Trans gender woman sent to mens jail despite pleas
5:16 PM.A Whangarei man seeking treatment to become a woman has been sent to a men's prison to serve time despite pleas to the judge that she'll be sexually attacked there. Audio
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RNZ's Education correspondent talks about sector reaction
5:14 PM.Our education correspondent, John Gerritsen has been following today's developments. Audio
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Secondary Principals' Association has more
5:11 PM.The President of the Secondary Principals' Association, Patrick Walsh, joins us. Audio
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The Secretary for Education has resigned
5:07 PM.The Secretary for Education, Lesley Longstone, has had to quit after barely a year in the job but is in line for a severance payout of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 19 December 2012
5:00 PM.The embattled head of education quits after barely a year in the job. A man who wants to become a woman is sent to a men's prison and guidelines wanted on safe sleeping with babies. Audio