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Checkpoint for Monday 26 August 2013
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 26 August 2013
5:00 PM.The High Court rules some Government offers on redzoned land in Christchurch are illegal. David Cunliffe will contest the Labour leadership and quarter of a million dollars for family of a man wrongly… Read more Audio
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Christchurch red zone offers illegal, says High Court
5:07 PM.A high court judge has ruled the Government's offers to some owners of uninsured property and vacant quake-hit land in Christchurch are illegal. Audio
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Cunliffe confirms he's seeking Labour's top job
5:11 PM.David Cunliffe has entered the Labour leadership race, squaring off against Grant Robertson and Shane Jones and promising if he loses he will back the winner. Audio
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Analysis from RNZ's parliamentary chief reporter
5:16 PM.Our Parliamentary Chief Reporter Jane Patterson is with us. Audio
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$250,000 for family of a man wrong shot by police
5:19 PM.An independent investigation found the two Armed Offenders Squad officers were justified in firing four shots, but the way they did it was inaccurate and they didn't identify the risks of hitting… Read more Audio
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Police on AOS shooting
5:24 PM.Assistant Commissioner Allan Boreham announced the settlement, and he's with us. Audio
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Evening Business for 26 August 2013
5:28 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Sports News for 26 August 2013
5:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Back to work for Team New Zealand
5:41 PM.A quick drink out of a big cup and it was back to work for Team New Zealand after winning the Louis Vuitton series and the right to challenge for the America's Cup. Audio
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Golfing sensation Lydia Ko makes history
5:45 PM.New Zealand sports fans are once again celebrating teenage golf sensation, Lydia Ko, after she made history by claiming her fourth professional title as an amateur and defending her Canadian Open… Read more Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 26 August 2013
5:49 PM.The Ngapuhi leader, Sonny Tau, is throwing his support behind the Labour MP, Shane Jones to become the party's new leader; New annual figures from the Chief Coroner show the number of Maori committing… Read more Audio
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Police launch homicide investigation
5:52 PM.Police are searching for a gun and at least one person in the homicide of a man and a woman in the Auckland suburb of Papakura. Audio
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Farmer who illegally chopped down 70 totara trees is fined
5:54 PM.A Waikato farmer who illegally chopped down a stand of mature totara trees, has been fined just over $32,000 from what could have been a maximum fine of $600,000. Audio
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Cunliffe joins Robertson and Jones in race for leadership
6:08 PM.David Cunliffe has become the third Labour MP to put his hat in the ring for the labour leadership. Audio
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Coalition formally launched campaign.
6:12 PM.The Coalition formally launched its election campaign in Brisbane yesterday with opinion polls strongly indicating that the Liberal Party leader,Tony Abbott, will be Australia's next Prime Minister. Audio
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Lydia Ko successfully defends Canadian Open title
6:15 PM.There's still no sign that the teenage golfing sensation Lydia Ko will turn professional despite successfully defending her Canadian Open title. Audio
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Police embarrassed shooting victim's mother - lawyer
6:18 PM.The lawyer for the family of a teenager shot dead by armed offenders officers, says the police have badly embarrassed the mother, who's been left in tears this evening. Audio
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Resthome failed an elderly woman suffering from an ulcer
6:24 PM.The Health and Disability Commissioner says a resthome failed an elderly woman suffering from an ulcer by not seeking specialist advice in time. Audio
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Chief coroner, ministry, to look at high rates ofsuicide
6:27 PM.The chief coroner says his office will investigate why suicide rates among very elderly people are some of the highest in the country. Audio
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Sports News for 26 August 2013
6:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Syrian refugee crisis begins to bite in Lebanon
6:36 PM.Thousands of people continue to pour across Syria's border to escape the brutal civil war raging, in what the UN says is the largest ever number of people fleeing their own country. Audio
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Team NZ set sights on America's Cup finals
6:42 PM.Team New Zealand isn't wasting any time preparing for the America's Cup finals after winning the Louis Vuitton Cup this morning. Audio
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Business News Update
6:46 PM.The Delegat's Group lifted annual wine sales by 5 percent with all its growth coming from North American sales. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 26 August 2013
6:49 PM.New annual figures from the Chief Coroner show the number of Maori committing suicide has dropped; The Ngapuhi leader, Sonny Tau, is throwing his support behind the Labour MP, Shane Jones to become… Read more Audio
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Work and Income manager sentenced for stealing $194,000
6:52 PM.A Work and Income manager and former Mormon pastor who stole 194 thousand dollars to give to members of his family has been sentenced to 10 months home detention Audio
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The number of Maori and youth suicides drop
6:56 PM.The number of Maori committing suicide has dropped for the first time since records began in July 2007. Audio