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Checkpoint for Thursday 18 April 2013
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Website to judge judges to be launched
6:54 PM.Judges are about to be judged themselves, with the launch of a new website by the victims' lobby group, the Sensible Sentencing Trust. Audio
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Maori Party in box seat for charter school negotiations
6:51 PM.The Maori Party is planning to use its bargaining power to push for charter school teachers to be professionally qualified. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 18 April 2013
6:48 PM.The Maori Party MP, Te Ururoa Flavell who voted for same sex marriage to be legal says it was not the first time Maori have encountered controversy around the concept of what defines marriage; The… Read more Audio
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Plan proposes to prohibit damming of Hurunui River
6:44 PM.Fish and Game is backing part of a Canterbury Regional Council plan that prohibits the damming of two popular backcountry waterways. Audio
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British expert gives thumbs-up for Canty health redesign
6:41 PM.A visiting British health expert says major changes to the health system in Canterbury are already giving patients a better deal. Audio
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Sports News for 18 April 2013
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 18 April 2013
6:25 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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David Tamihere did not breach parole
6:21 PM.The convicted double murderer David Tamihere has been let off a charge of breaching his parole conditions for flying over Coromandal Peninsula where his victims died. Audio
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Break in Boston bombings case
6:17 PM.Investigators hunting for those behind the deadly Boston Marathon bombings say they've found images of a potential suspect on security camera footage taken before the twin blasts went off. Audio
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FBI arrest man for poison letters
6:16 PM.The FBI has arrested a Mississippi man after letters which tested positive for the deadly poison ricin, were sent to President Obama and two other officials. Audio
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Union want companies held to higher safety standard
6:09 PM.Pike River Coal has been found guilty of fundamental health and safety breaches which led to the deaths of 29 miners who were killed in massive explosions at the mine in November 2010. Audio
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Churches review stance on same sex marriage
5:54 PM.Anglican and Presbyterian ministers are reconsidering their stance on gay marriage, but it may be at least another year before same sex couples can marry in their churches. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 18 April 2013
5:51 PM.The Maori Party MP, Te Ururoa Flavell who voted for same sex marriage to be legal says it was not the first time Maori have encountered controversy around the concept of what defines marriage; The… Read more Audio
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Dotcom's lawyer critical of the FBI
5:47 PM.A lawyer for Kim Dotcom has criticised the FBI for refusing to hand back his client's personal property and depriving him of his basic human rights. Audio
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Labour and Greens propose single buyer of electricity.
5:43 PM.The Labour and Green Parties propose setting up a single buyer of electricity to help bring down the cost of power for households and businesses. Audio
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Obama: "shameful day for Washington"
5:38 PM.A shameful day for Washington - that's was the verdict from a visibily angry President Obama following the failure of his gun control legislation in Congress. Audio
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Queenstown bouncer guilty of stealing CCTV footage
5:35 PM.The Queenstown bouncer charged with stealing CCTV footage of the former England rugby captain Mike Tindall cavorting with a woman in a bar has been found guilty. Audio
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Sports News for 18 April 2013
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Live from Texas following the explosion
5:26 PM.New Zealand journalist Rob Harley has been at the triage centre and is on the line from Waco. Audio
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Evening Business for 18 April 2013
5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Labour Party is promising to slash household power bills
5:15 PM.The Labour Party is promising to slash household power bills by up to 330 dollars a year if it gets into Government, under a radical restructuring of the electricity industry that National is calling… Read more Audio
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More from Nicholas Davidson
5:12 PM.The lawyer for the Pike River families is Nicholas Davidson, he joins us. Audio
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Pike River Coal guilty
5:08 PM.Pike River Coal has been found guilty of fundamental health and safety breaches which led to the deaths of 29 miners who were killed in massive explosions at the mine in November 2010. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Thursday 18 April 2013
5:00 PM.Pike River Coal is found guilty of failing to prevent the deaths of 29 miners. Labour's proposal to radically restructure the electrcity industry and the massive explosion at a Texas fertiliser plant.
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