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Checkpoint for Tuesday 15 October 2013
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Oxfam: people forced off land to make way for sugar plantations
6:53 PM.Some of the biggest names in food and drink are being urged to help stop people being evicted from their land to make way for sugar plantations. Audio
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Fiji's Media Industry Development Authority
6:50 PM.Fiji's Media Industry Development Authority, or MIDA, has stopped international journalists from holding workshops locally on media freedom, democracy, human rights and the election without first… Read more Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 15 October 2013
6:47 PM.A trustee of the Kohanga Reo National Trust says the alleged misspending on credit cards by its staff signals change could be on the cards; A trainee surgeon is using maggots to develop new ways to… Read more Audio
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Silver Scroll awards underway
6:39 PM.The red carpet is out and New Zealand's music royalty are arriving at the Vector Arena in Auckland for the annual Silver Scroll Awards. Audio
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Politicians reluctant to commit on euthanasia debate
6:36 PM.The Prime Minister has restated his support for voluntary euthanasia under limited circumstances, but the Labour leader, David Cunliffe, will not reveal his position. Audio
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Sports News for 15 October 2013
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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McCashin's Brewery looking for back to back success
6:27 PM.In 1999 a South Island family was banned from brewing beer for 10 years. It was a condition imposed on the McCashin's when Nelson brewer, Terry McCashin, sold Mac's Beer to Lion. In 2009 the… Read more Audio
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Dairy farm fined a record $114,000
6:17 PM.A South Auckland dairy farm has been fined a record 114 thousand dollars for deliberately pumping thousands of litres of effluent directly into a local stream. Audio
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Southern DHB promises seamless transition for breast screening
6:14 PM.The Southern District Health Board is promising women in the region won't be left without breast cancer screening when it stops doing it next year. Audio
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Education Correspondent discusses kohanga situation
6:09 PM.Government ministers have summoned the Kohanga Reo National Trust Board before them tonight to explain allegations of credit card misuse by the trust's commercial arm. Audio
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Canterbury cyclists caught breaking safety laws
5:58 PM.The police in Christchurch have issued over a-hundred-and-fifty tickets to cyclists for not following bike safety laws during a four week operation. Audio
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English not worried by Solid Energy challenge.
5:55 PM.The Finance Minister, Bill English, says he is not worried by a legal challenge from the Bank of Tokyo to the Government's proposed restructuring of coal company Solid Energy. Audio
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Driver disqualified for causing crash that killed Allan Hubbard
5:52 PM.The motorist who fell asleep at the wheel, ploughing into South Canterbury financier Allan Hubbard's car and killing him has been disqualified from driving for a year. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 15 October 2013
5:49 PM.A trustee of the Kohanga Reo National Trust says the alleged misspending on credit cards by its staff signals change could be on the cards; A trainee surgeon is using maggots to develop new ways to… Read more Audio
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Wild wind continues to wreak havoc across North Island
5:45 PM.More severe weather has caused problems across the North Island today. Audio
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Court of Appeal: Red Devils gang members to face trial
5:42 PM.The Court of Appeal has ruled that members of the Red Devils motorcycle gang should face serious charges, even though the police fundamentally botched the investigation. Audio
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US senators say they think an end to the crisis is near
5:38 PM.In the United States, senate leaders are close to sealing a deal to stave off a debt default and avert a self-inflicted political calamity that could shred America's crediblity and rock the global… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 15 October 2013
5:35 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Court martial in constant contact with woman
5:28 PM.Defence Force employees have told a court martial that a top navy officer was in constant contact with a woman up until early this year, well after he says their secret affair had ended. Audio
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Evening Business for 15 October 2013
5:25 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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Rural areas on the decline as Auckland and other regions grow
5:21 PM.Census figures out today show Auckland's expanded by more than 110,000 people since the last people-count seven years, but rural populations are shrinking. Audio
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Private prosecution for accusation of electoral fraud
5:19 PM.A court's been told that John Banks, was always kept at arm's length from his mayoral campaign finances. Audio
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Man clung to tree in raging torrent after motor crash
5:14 PM.Rod Partington calls himself "the dope on the rope" but for the exhausted man clinging to a tree in a raging torrent, he was a lifesaver. Audio
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Te Kohanga Reo Board to be hauled in front Minister
5:11 PM.The Kohanga Reo National Trust Board is being hauled in front of ministers this evening to explain accusations of credit card misuse by the trust's commercial arm. Audio
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Auckland mayor confirms extra-marital affair allegation
5:08 PM.Auckland's mayor Len Brown has admitted today that he had a two year long affair with a woman who was on a council advisory board. Audio
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Tuesday 15 October 2013
5:00 PM.Auckland's mayor Len Brown admits he had a two-year affair. Ministers will grill the Kohanga Reo National Trust Board this evening about credit card spending and the extraordinary rescue of a man… Read more Audio