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Checkpoint for Monday 11 November 2013
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Checkpoint Top Stories for Monday 11 November 2013
5:00 PM.The race to save lives in the Philippines. John Tamihere and Willie Jackson are taken off air and Mark Lundy will be re-tried in Wellington next year. Audio
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Rescue workers race clock after super storm kills thousands
5:07 PM.In the Philippines, rescue workers are fighting against the clock to get aid to the millions of people now trying to survive in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan. We go live to the ABC's Zoe Daniel who… Read more Audio
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Talkback hosts pulled from air over rape interview
5:15 PM.The radio hosts John Tamihere and Willie Jackson who sparked a backlash by asking a caller about her sex life when talking about rape, have been taken off the air. Audio
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Chinese homicide victim suffered violent death - police
5:19 PM.The police investigating the killing of a Chinese woman in Wellington say she suffered a violent attack and her body could have been lying dead for days before it was discovered. Audio
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Trial date set for Lundy
5:21 PM.The retrial of Mark Lundy on charges of murdering his wife, Christine and daughter, Amber, in August 2000, will take place in the High Court in Wellington in June next year. Audio
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Evening Business for 11 November 2013
5:23 PM.News from the business sector including a market report. Audio
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PM is still going to CHGM
5:26 PM.The Prime Minister says he's still going to CHOGM later this week, and New Zealand's position is unchanged, after the detention of an MP in Sri Lanka, and the decision of India's Prime Minister not to… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 11 November 2013
5:32 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Coroner looked at five deaths on quad bikes
5:35 PM.A coroner who looked at five deaths on quad bikes around the country has stopped well short of calling for them to be banned. Audio
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Man left dog so neglected it chewed of own foot
5:40 PM.The SPCA says the south Auckland farmer, who left his dog in so much pain that it bit its own foot off, should have been sent to jail. Audio
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Principals: commissioners have conflict of interest
5:44 PM.The Principals' Federation is calling for an overhaul of the way commissioners and statutory managers are appointed to run schools. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 11 November 2013
5:48 PM.A fire investigator says it's believed two children under the age of six started a fire that ravaged Mokau Marae north of Whangarei on Friday.A specialist in the study of men's violence against women… Read more Audio
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Meat Workers Union horrified meat industry stopping boning
5:51 PM.The Meat Workers Union says it is horrified workers are losing their jobs because more processsing is heading to China. Audio
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Debt collectors warned about overcharging
5:55 PM.Debt collectors are being put on notice with the Commerce Commission warning them not to overcharge people who've had their property repossesed. Audio
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The race to save lives in the Philippines
6:13 PM.Unicef's Christopher de Bono is in Manila. He says the death toll is only going to get worse. Audio
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Radio hosts taken off air after controversial comments
6:19 PM.The radio hosts who sparked a commercial backlash with their comments about rape have been taken off the air for the rest of the year at least. Audio
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TEU calls for $1 billion tertiary education boost
6:23 PM.The Tertiary Education Union has called for a billion-dollar boost in spending to stop what it calls the rot that's harming universities, polytechnics and wananga. Audio
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Sports News for 11 November 2013
6:33 PM.An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio
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Business News Update
6:37 PM.Summerset has won the best retirement village operator in Australasia award for the fourth consecutive year. Audio
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Local Filipinos launch aid efforts
6:40 PM.Filipinos living in New Zealand are offering whatever help they can in the wake of the ferocious typhoon that's killed at least 10 thousand people in their homeland. Audio
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Te Manu Korihi News for 11 November 2013
6:48 PM.A specialist in the study of men's violence against women and children is praising the decision by RadioLive to pull John Tamihere and Willie Jackson off air for the rest of the year; A fire… Read more Audio
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Coke bows to pressure over where it gets its sugar from
6:51 PM.Coca-Cola has bowed to pressure over where it gets its sugar from, announcing it will take a zero tolerance approach to illegal land grabs for sugar plantations. Audio