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Checkpoint for Friday 26 July 2013
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Te Manu Korihi News for 26 July 2013
6:52 PM.The Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency's explained why funded television hours for companies competing for cash to produce Maori language programmes have been cut; Nearly 200 money-minded Maori have… Read more Audio
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Focus on Politics for 26 July 2013
6:36 PM.The Government now has the numbers to pass its planned law change to allow the GCSB to spy on New Zealanders. Audio
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Sports News for 26 July 2013
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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NZ ophthalmologist teaches surgeons in Cambodia
6:26 PM.New Zealand ophthalmologist has been there teaching two local surgeons how to treat eye problems in children. Audio
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Evening Business for 26 July 2013
6:23 PM.Qantas and Emirates say their new alliance across the Tasman will lure more tourists to New Zealand, as they market cities such as Wellington and Queenstown to a global audience. Audio
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US hacking fraud prosecution case launched
6:16 PM.More now on what American prosecutors are calling the country's largest ever hacking and data breach case. Audio
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More on the Wellington central tower danger
6:08 PM.Workers have begun fixing down a quake-damaged lift shaft in danger of toppling over in central Wellington, and will carry on tomorrow. Audio
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Significant earthquake from faults in the Cook Strait reducing
5:58 PM.JBut GNS science says modelling shows that a quake of magnitude 6 or more in the next year is four times greater than normal.ohn Ristau Audio
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Drysdale doubts he can retain world title
5:56 PM.The Olympic rowing champion Mahe Drysdale doubts he'll be able to successfully defend his world title at next month's world champs in South Korea Audio
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DoC search for sea lion killer
5:53 PM.The Department of Conservation is asking for the public's help to solve the mystery of who killed a critically endangered sea lion on Stewart Island. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 26 July 2013
5:50 PM.The Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency's explained why funded television hours for companies competing for cash to produce Maori language programmes have been cut; Nearly 200 money-minded Maori have… Read more Audio
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Car crash after women jump in front of traffic
5:44 PM.Waitemata police are trying to find two women who deliberately jumped in front of traffic on State Highway 1 last night, causing a car crash that ended with seven people being taken to hospital. Audio
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EQC to meet with Institute of Surveyors
5:40 PM.The Earthquake Commission has agreed to meet with the Institute of Surveyors next week over concerns about how assessments of earthquake damaged Christchurch homes are being done. Audio
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Court decision could spell end of road for cathedral
5:37 PM.The Court of Appeal has upheld the right of the Anglican Church to demolish Christchurch's cathedral. Audio
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Sports News for 26 July 2013
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Ex-squadron leader says Air Force never fronted up, unlike Army
5:26 PM.Andrew Carson says the Army's apology to Private Ross's family seems genuine. Audio
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Evening Business for 26 July 2013
5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Dunne says inquiry went too far in seeking phone records
5:20 PM.The MP at the centre of an investigation into the leaked GCSB report says the inquiry went too far in seeking the telephone records of the journalist involved. Audio
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Tax specialist found guilty of evasion
5:16 PM.Three men, one of them a high-flying tax specialist, have been found guilty in the High Court in Wellington, of evading a total of one point six million dollars of taxes. Audio
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Workers strap quake-shaken lift shaft in central Wellington
5:07 PM.A crane and workers have begun taking emergency measures to strap a quake-damaged lift shaft to the side of a building in central Wellington. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Friday 26 July 2013
5:00 PM.Workers strap quake-shaken lift shaft in central Wellington, Tax specialist found guilty of evasion, Dunne says inquiry went too far in seeking phone records and A former airforce squadron leader says… Read more Audio