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Checkpoint for Friday 8 March 2013
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Authors and universities in a dispute of copying books
6:57 PM.Authors and publishers are taking universities to the Copyright Tribunal to try to force them to pay more for copying textbooks for students. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 8 March 2013
6:53 PM.A South Island tribe is reaching the end of an 18 year journey to resolve its grievances with the Crown; A group working to ensure that Maori get hooked up to high-speed broadband says it's proving… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 8 March 2013
6:38 PM.After getting the green light for its partial asset sales programme from the Supreme Court, the Government's wasted no time getting the process underway for the first company, Mighty River Power. Audio
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Sports News for 8 March 2013
6:34 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 8 March 2013
6:22 PM.The petrol company, Z Energy, may be listed as early July this year, after its owners confirmed it's preparing to float the business. Audio
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Dentists plead NZers to get checked
6:19 PM.Dentists are telling New Zealanders to bite the bullet and get their teeth seen to before they get worse. Audio
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Drug kingpin loses assets and is jailed for 12 years
6:07 PM.A Waikato drug boss who is tonight beginning a 12 year jail sentence for running a large meth-manufacturing ring has been forced to hand over more than five million dollars worth of assets - the… Read more Audio
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Campaign begins for national risk assessment
5:56 PM.A new political campaign has begun calling for an overhaul of the way New Zealand is responding to the risks of global climate change. Audio
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Court battle over prison smoking ban
5:53 PM.A career criminal's battle against the prison smoking ban at the High Court could pave the way for inmates to get compensation. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 8 March 2013
5:46 PM.A South Island tribe is reaching the end of an 18 year journey to resolve its grievances with the Crown; A group working to ensure that Maori get hooked up to high-speed broadband says it's proving… Read more Audio
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Warning not kill eels in Auckland parks
5:44 PM.The Auckland Council is warning that it is illegal to kill native eels in public places. Audio
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Proposal to allow cycling on Rangitoto angers conservationists
5:42 PM.An Auckland conservation group is condemning a plan to allow mountain biking on Auckland's protected Rangitoto and Motutapu Islands, calling it fool-hardy and desperate. Audio
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Child abuse laws failing children in P labs - research
5:36 PM.There are calls for child abuse laws to be strengthened to protect children left in the care of cooks in methamphetamine labs. Audio
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Sports News for 8 March 2013
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 8 March 2013
5:27 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Ministers may call Solid Energy former CEO to appear
5:23 PM.The Prime Minister and other senior Ministers say they'd be comfortable with Solid Energy's former chief executive appearing before a Parliamentary committee to explain the company's financial demise.
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Gunman in Brisbane mall
5:20 PM.A gunman who caused shoppers to run screaming from a Brisbane mall today has been shot and taken away in an ambulance. Audio
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Captain blamed for Korean fishing boat sinking
5:15 PM.A coroner has blamed the captain of a Korean fishing boat for it sinking off the Otago coast in August 2010 - the captain and five others drowned. Audio
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Ministry of Science and Innovation criticised over funding
5:12 PM.Officials have been approving tens of millions of dollars of research funding by scientists without checking their applications properly. Audio
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Over five million dollars of assets seized from drug kingpin
5:11 PM.The Mr Big of methamphetamine ring in the Waikato has been jailed for 12 years and lost more than five million dollars to the crown - the biggest confiscation of criminal assets that's ever been made… Read more Audio
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Pilot put passengers at risk
5:07 PM.A Pacific Blue pilot who took off in near-darkness from Queenstown has been found guilty of carelessly operating an aircraft and putting its 70 passengers and crew at risk. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 8 March 2013
5:00 PM.Pilot put passengers at risk, More than five million dollars of assets seized from drug kingpin, Captain blamed for Korean fishing boat sinking, Gunman in Brisbane mall, Ministers comfortable with… Read more Audio