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Checkpoint for Wednesday 1 May 2013
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 1 May 2013
5:00 PM.The man who killed a service station worker 34 years ago is found guilty of murder. Fonterra moves to axe three hundred jobs and Dame Susan Devoy's new job is under scrutiny again. Audio
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Menzies Hallett guilty of murder
5:07 PM.A family who've known for decades who killed their father and husband today got the justice they've waited almost 34 years for. Audio
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More from the Crown Prosecutor
5:12 PM.Fletcher Pilditch was the crown prosecutor in the case. Audio
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Fonterra moves to axe three hundred jobs.
5:15 PM.Three hundred jobs are on the line at Fonterra as the dairy company takes the axe to its ranks of managers to try to save tens of millions of dollars. Audio
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AOS searching Palmerston North houses after shooting
5:18 PM.Armed police have been searching houses in Palmerston North today after two houses were shot at last night. Audio
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Evening Business for 1 May 2013
5:21 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Postal and defence leaders on Devoy selection panel
5:27 PM.Scrutiny of Dame Susan Devoy's appointment as Race Relations Commissioner has reignited. Audio
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Sports News for 1 May 2013
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Romanian ATM fraudsters to be deported
5:36 PM.Two Romanian men caught getting ready to fit a skimming device to an ATM cash machine will be deported from New Zealand on Friday. Audio
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Billion-dollar overhaul of tax IT systems
5:39 PM.Up to one-point-five billion dollars will be spent over the next ten years to upgrade Inland Revenue's information technology systems. Audio
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Software developer predicts IRD disaster
5:41 PM.Ben Gracewood is a software developer who has worked on large systems and on public sector contracts. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 1 May 2013
5:44 PM.Hundreds have gathered at Hauiti Marae in Tolaga Bay, north of Gisborne, for the first day of the tangi for Parekura Horomia; And members of Ngati Porou living abroad are paying tribute to Parekura… Read more Audio
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Red zoners take fight against Brownlee to High Court
5:50 PM.40 Christchurch property owners have filed court papers seeking a judicial review of the Government's red zone compensation policy. Audio
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Female truckie wins compensation for harrassment and dismissal
5:54 PM.A female truckie has been awarded more than 63-thousand dollars after being sexually harrassed, abused and bullied at work - but stands little of chance of seeing the money. Audio
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Justice for Rodney Tahu's family
6:08 PM.A family who've known for decades who killed their father and husband today got the justice they've waited almost 34 years for. Audio
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Taupo mayor says Hallett going free till now abhorrent
6:10 PM.The Taupo district mayor Rick Cooper says it's abhorrent that Menzies Hallett has been walking around free for three decades after killing Rodney Tahu. Audio
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Lawyer for Guantanamo Bay inmate describes force feeding
6:13 PM.An Ohio lawyer who represents 11 Guantanamo Bay prisoners wants President Obama to show some political courage and back-up his renewed pledge to close the camp with real action. Audio
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Thousand people on marae for Horomia tangi
6:20 PM.More than a thousand people have walked on to Hauiti Marae north of Gisborne to pay their respects to the former Maori Affairs Minister, Parekura Horomia, who died on Monday. Audio
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Evening Business for 1 May 2013
6:24 PM.News from the business sector. Audio
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Sports News for 1 May 2013
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Prime Minister defends new youth rates
6:35 PM.Retailers are backing the new youth wage saying more young people will get jobs because of it. Audio
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Government doubles funding
6:41 PM.An extra 73 and a half million dollars will be poured into top science projects over the next four years, on top of the 60 million dollars the Government already spends. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 1 May 2013
6:48 PM.Hundreds gathered at Hauiti Marae in Tolaga Bay, north of Gisborne, for the first day of the tangi for Parekura Horomia; And members of Ngati Porou living abroad are remembering Parekura Horomia as a… Read more Audio
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Obama's agenda questioned
6:52 PM.President Obama might have renewed his campaign pledge to close Guantanamo Bay but some human rights activists are calling for action not words. Audio
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Tetris used to treat lazy eye
6:57 PM.Playing the computer game, Tetris, could be the answer for those who suffer from the vision problem, known as lazy eye. Audio