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Checkpoint for Tuesday 11 June 2013
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Building industry struggles to find skilled workers
6:56 PM.A new survey shows people in the building industry expect more work over the next year, but are worried they won't be able to find enough workers, especially in Canterbury. Audio
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PPP looked at in Chch super school proposal
6:53 PM.The Minister of Education has raised the prospect of private investors building and maintaining a new super school in the Christchurch suburb of Aranui. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 11 June 2013
6:49 PM.The Maori Party is questioning whether the Government is doing enough to encourage new voters to join the Maori roll; National standard results show students at Maori-medium schools perform better at… Read more Audio
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St Laurence investors get less than 17c in the dollar
6:45 PM.Investors in the failed finance company, St Laurence, will be paid less than 17 cents for every dollar they put into the firm. Audio
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Should NZ govt forge ahead with GCSB law changes?
6:36 PM.The Government's being warned to put the brakes on changing the spy laws in the wake of the Prism scandal. Audio
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Sports News for 11 June 2013
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Evening Business for 11 June 2013
6:26 PM.Air New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand have boosted their joint marketing budget by 80% to $20 million in a new partnership. Audio
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What if mining metadata endangers democracy?
6:20 PM.The whistleblower Edward Snowden has disappeared as US lawmakers demand his immediate extradition from Hong Kong over his sensational leaking of a government surveillance program. Audio
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Councillor calls housing accord an insult to Auckland
6:17 PM.The Government's proposed housing accord with Auckland Council has been called an insult, and an attack on local bodies, as the local politicians debated the idea for the first time. Audio
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Treasury's monitoring of Solid Energy questioned
6:14 PM.An independent report into the Treasury's monitoring of Solid Energy has questioned whether it responded forcefully enough to problems at the state-owned coal company. Audio
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Principal reacts to Novopay resignation
6:09 PM.One of the Ministry of Education's seven deputy secretaries has quit over Novopay's shortcomings. Anne Jackson says there was no pressure put on her to leave. Audio
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PM pressed over whether Prism used to gather info about NZers
5:57 PM.The Prime Minister has batted away questions in Parliament over whether or not foreign spy agencies have been collecting information about New Zealanders. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 11 June 2013
5:48 PM.National standard results show students at Maori-medium schools perform better at reading and writing, than Maori students in mainstream education; The Maori Party is questioning whether the… Read more Audio
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Fire Service apologises to Govt about prison riot comments
5:45 PM.The Fire Service has apologised to the Corrections Minister for saying the sprinklers failed to work properly during the Spring Hill prison riot. Audio
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Former Catholic brother to be extradited on sex assault charges
5:43 PM.A former Catholic brother is to be extradited to Australia to face hundreds of sex offence charges. Bernard Kevin McGrath, who's 66, has 15 days to appeal against the extradition decision. Audio
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Educators ridicule claims of national standards improvement
5:39 PM.Educators are ridiculing the Education Minister's claim that the latest national standards results show students are doing better in reading, writing and maths. Audio
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Deer hunter puts George Taiaroa inquiry at risk
5:36 PM.A deer hunter has inadvertently landed himself and the police in hot water after publishing an article which could jeopardise the police investigation into who killed George Taiaroa. Audio
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Sports News for 11 June 2013
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Train moves while a woman in a wheelchair tries to exit
5:27 PM.Kiwirail says it's investigating why a train started moving while a woman in a wheelchair was still trying to get off one of the carriages. The woman was disembarking from the Capital Connection at… Read more Audio
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Evening Business for 11 June 2013
5:24 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Where is America's latest whistleblower?
5:20 PM.The NSA contractor who leaked details of top-secret US surveillance programmes has dropped out of sight in Hong Kong as American lawmakers seek to have him sent home to face charges. Audio
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John Key won't reopen leak inquiry
5:17 PM.The New Zealand First leader, Winston Peters, was repeatedly challenged in Parliament to release details of emails between Peter Dunne and a Fairfax journalist, if he has them. Audio
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Top ministry official quits over Novopay
5:12 PM.Schools have called for heads to roll over Novopay - and now one has near the top of the Education Ministry. One of its seven deputy secretaries, Anne Jackson, quit today saying the ministerial… Read more Audio
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A blackmail threat following another privacy breach
5:08 PM.Child, Youth and Family says it is being blackmailed by a woman - who wants her child back - in exchange for a document wrongly sent to her in another privacy breach by a government department. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 11 June 2013
5:00 PM.A blackmail threat following another privacy breach; Top ministry official quits over Novopay; John Key won't reopen leak inquiry; Principal reacts to Novopay resignation; Where is America's latest… Read more Audio